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Winston & Strawn LLP Offices
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WASHINGTON DC 20006
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Matthew Saxon
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Work Department
Complex Commercial Litigation
Position
Matthew Saxon – Complex Commercial Litigator | Winston & Strawn
Matt Saxon represents clients in a range of disputes focusing on multidistrict litigations, products liability, complex commercial litigation, financial services litigation, and white-collar criminal investigations. Matt has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Benchmark Litigation’s “40 & Under Hot List,” and The Legal 500 US.
Matt has successfully represented companies in bet-the-company litigations, MDLs, and investigations. He has managed large, complex MDLs and has litigated high-profile cases through trial on a range of issues. He has won dismissals for clients (including several pharmaceutical clients) in courts around the country including in Maryland, California, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, and West Virginia. Matt has also represented companies and individuals in numerous criminal investigations and litigations including cases involving FCPA, securities fraud, mortgage fraud, money laundering, and wire fraud. Matt also recently first-chaired a federal jury trial involving a pro bono client’s Eighth Amendment claims. Matt is the editor of Winston & Strawn’s Product Liability & Mass Torts Digest, and has published extensively on topics including products liability, MDLs, and complex commercial litigation.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- International trade > CFIUS
- Government > Government contracts