McKay & Co was formed in Paris in 1969 by Brendan P. McKay, a British national, member of the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh and of the Paris Bar.

The lawyers at McKay & Co are all members of the Paris Bar and some of them, members of foreign Bars, have resided abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the Middle-East. They are all bilingual (French/English), some are trilingual (Arabic, Romanian).

Contrary to the current trend, McKay & Co has chosen to remain independent, and to preserve a concentrated and accessible structure, with a view to provide its clients and partners with an efficient, personalised and trustworthy service.

In addition to its expected territorial scope of action in France, McKay & Co, strengthened by its sound knowledge of cultural, commercial and legal differences between France and the rest of the world, has developed solid and privileged relations with an important number of law firms abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom, the United States, Asia and most countries in the Middle-East.

McKay & Co thus provides its clients with useful legal advice on all their commercial projects, the negotiating and drafting of their contracts, their relations with their employees or sub-contractors, and, if required, protects their interests before the Courts or in the course of private or institutional arbitration.