McDermott Will & Schulte makes New York scale a post-merger platform bet
McDermott Will & Schulte announced a connected Midtown campus spanning One Vanderbilt and 343 Madison Avenue, including approximately 150,000 square feet at 343 Madison and 175 new offices at One Vanderbilt by June 2027.
BY ECONOMICS DESK · JUNE 18, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
McDermott Will & Schulte announced a connected Midtown campus spanning One Vanderbilt and 343 Madison Avenue, including approximately 150,000 square feet at 343 Madison and 175 new offices at One Vanderbilt by June 2027. The move follows the Schulte Roth combination and the firm says its New York footprint has grown tenfold over the past decade. The expansion is a physical expression of consolidation economics: more lawyers, larger platform, premium market access, talent signaling and operational capacity. For firms pursuing scale, real estate is still part of the financial strategy, even as AI changes delivery models.