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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/lowell-abbe-david.html Abbe David Lowell is one of the country’s foremost white collar defense and trial lawyers. He has tried civil and criminal cases before judges and juries in more than a dozen states, argued numerous appeals before courts that include the U.S. Supreme Court, led complex international investigations, and navigated clients through congressional and administrative proceedings, often under the glare of media scrutiny. Abbe served as Chief Minority Counsel to the House of Representatives during the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton. He also previously served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General and Special Counselor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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Alan Hoffman - Sport, Stadium, and Infrastructure Project Finance Attorney | Winston & Strawn Co-Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Project Finance Practice, Alan Hoffman has extensive experience advising clients on lending, securities, infrastructure, private placements, and project finance transactions involving sports facilities, independent power and cogeneration facilities, real estate, aircraft, transportation assets, and various other tangible assets.    

Roth, Alan | Winston & Strawn Alan Roth concentrates his practice on private equity, private debt and venture capital fund formation with a special focus in small business investment company (SBIC) licensing. His clients say he is “incredibly thorough,” “uber responsive” and is a “business and solutions-focused lawyer.” Alan has more than 30 years of experience in the private equity sphere, specializing in SBIC licensing, investment and compliance, fund formation, and corporate acquisitions. He regularly represents private equity sponsors in the pre-licensing and post-licensing stages of the SBIC licensing process.

Alan Stevens | Litigation | Winston & Strawn Alan Stevens regularly represents national banks, international corporations, and executives in white collar matters, internal investigations, and complex commercial disputes. He negotiates resolutions of investigations and enforcement matters with numerous government agencies and litigates in federal and state courts across the country.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/badini-aldo-a.html Aldo Badini is co-chair of the Technology Antitrust Group and a first-chair trial lawyer with 40 years of experience litigating cutting-edge issues at the evolving intersection of IP, antitrust, and technology. He represents clients in the high-tech, pharmaceutical, metals/mining, and food industries. Admitted in California, New York, and D.C., Aldo has spent significant time practicing in Northern California. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, teaching a class that focuses on trying cases at the antitrust–IP nexus.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/swanson-alessandra-v.html Alessandra Swanson is a co-chair of Winston’s Global Privacy and Data Security Practice and counsels clients on significant matters related to the collection, processing, and protection of personal information. Alessandra is a former federal privacy regulator and primarily focuses her practice in the area of privacy and data security, which includes counseling on compliance with privacy laws, security breach response and regulatory defense, corporate advisory service and outsourcing, and large-scale commercial contracting. Alessandra has spent the entirety of her career working in the privacy space. Prior to joining Winston, Alessandra spent five years with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office for Civil Rights, where she was involved in a number of high-profile privacy investigations and settlements.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/groves-amanda-l.html#full-bio Amanda Groves serves on the firm’s Executive Committee as well as a co-chair of the Compensation Committee. She has successfully represented consumer product companies, national retailers, technology companies and lending institutions in high-stakes disputes since 1996. Amanda is recognized for her work in commercial litigation by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 USA, and has been named by the Charlotte Business Journal as an Outstanding Woman in Business.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/sidhu-amandeep-s.html Recognized in Washington, D.C. and nationally as a highly skilled litigator, Amandeep Sidhu represents clients with compliance concerns, regulatory challenges, internal and government investigations, and high-stakes disputes in the health care, life sciences, and pharmaceutical industries, including cases involving the False Claims Act, Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute. Aman focuses his practice on regulatory and compliance counseling, state and federal government investigations, and complex civil litigation involving regulated industries. Aman regularly represents clients in high-stakes disputes in the health care and life sciences industries, including hospitals and health care companies in defense of qui tam litigation involving the False Claims Act (FCA), Stark Law, and Anti-Kickback Statute in federal district courts. His health care regulatory practice includes significant experience with certificate of need laws in Virginia and Washington, D.C. and he regularly facilitates approval for the introduction or expansion of health care services in these jurisdictions. Furthermore, Aman also advises clients on domestic and international risk management issues, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act.

Amy H. Kearbey | Health Care Regulatory & Compliance Lawyer | Winston & Strawn Amy Kearbey is a health care fraud and abuse lawyer who draws on her experience as a former attorney in the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services and her years in private practice to provide a unique and practical perspective to companies throughout the health care sector.

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/white-andrew-t.html Andrew White, Real Estate Practice Chair, represents real estate private equity funds, hedge funds, REITs, developers, and other institutional investors and operators in a wide variety of real estate transactional matters, including joint ventures and co-investments, real estate debt financings, complex acquisitions and dispositions, leasing (including sale-leasebacks), and ground-up development. Andy also advises clients across industries and asset classes on real estate issues including borrowers, lenders, landlords, and tenants.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/machala-angela-m.html#full-bio Angela Machala is the managing partner of Winston’s Los Angeles office. She represents business entities, independent directors, and executives in federal grand jury, SEC, and other government investigations. Angela has successfully defended clients charged with or investigated for theft of trade secrets, securities fraud, health care fraud, environmental crimes, FCPA violations, and defense contractor fraud. She has extensive experience assisting companies in conducting sensitive internal investigations. In the civil arena, she has represented businesses accused of negligence in hiring, Lanham Act, and civil RICO claims, as well as breach of fiduciary duty, usurpation of corporate opportunity, and fraud claims.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/smedley-angela-a.html#full-bio Angela Smedley focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, leveraging insights from her federal court clerkship to defend financial services clients against individual and class actions across multiple jurisdictions. Angela also employs her years of sports litigation experience in representing professional sports unions and athletes in labor arbitrations, and complex disputes at the trial and appellate levels.

Russo, Angela Rohman | Winston & Strawn Angela Russo concentrates her practice on the tax aspects of complex business transactions and regularly advises private equity and leveraged buyout funds and their portfolio companies. Angela has extensive experience in transactional tax matters, specifically in structuring and negotiating complex domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of private and public companies in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, retail, food and beverage, professional services, technology, and health care. She also advises on the tax aspects of debt and equity financings, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, and various capital market transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/gibbons-anne-m.html Anne Gibbons focuses her practice on energy project financings, particularly those involving renewable energy sources. She has worked on a number of renewable energy projects involving wind and solar power throughout the country, including complex transactions involving back-leverage financings, tax equity financings, inverted leases, holdco and mezzanine financings, portfolio financings, and bridge financings for the Investment Tax Credit. Anne also has experience with investment grade lending, asset and cash flow based revolving credit facilities, and senior and mezzanine term lending.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/becker-anne-s-b.html#full-bio Anne Becker advises clients regarding a variety of employee benefits matters. She focuses her practice primarily on the design and administration of pension plans (including cash balance and pension equity plans), 401(k) and profit sharing plans, and nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements (including supplemental executive retirement plans).

Becky Troutman - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Recognized by World Trademark Review in its survey of the world’s leading trademark professionals, WTR 1000, Becky Troutman has over 20 years of experience advising clients on intellectual property and technology transactions. Becky’s strong background in technology includes a technical degree in biology. A co-chair of the firm’s Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Industry Group, Becky represents emerging and established companies in protecting and commercializing intellectual property assets and advising on the technology and intellectual property aspects of licensing, merger and acquisition, joint venture, financing, and other strategic transactions. She manages all intellectual property and IT-related aspects of corporate, private equity, and financing transactions. Becky also has extensive experience drafting and negotiating technology and commercial contracts, including complex software; software-as-a-service; cloud; data; and other license and service agreements as well as research and development; consulting; supply; and distribution agreements. She also practices in open source software risk management counseling.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/kramer-beth-r.html#full-bio Beth Kramer focuses her practice on the representation of U.S. and non-U.S. asset managers in connection with the formation of funds and ongoing management of their businesses. She also advises clients on regulatory and compliance matters.

Ellis, Billie | Winston & Strawn Billie Ellis focuses his real estate and corporate practice on a broad spectrum of private equity, financial, commercial, and real estate transactions that includes the acquisitions, financing, development and sale of all types of properties and companies.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/malhotra-bobby.html#full-bio Bobby Malhotra is a member of Winston’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy Group and focuses on navigating complex eDiscovery, digital forensics, cross-border, and data privacy issues in high-stakes litigation and investigations using his unique combination of both hands-on technical skill and two decades of business and litigation experience. A true “techno” lawyer, he uses his technical knowledge and legal expertise to serve clients across numerous sectors and industries. Bobby serves as a trusted eDiscovery advisor to Fortune 500 clients, and in this role, he provides counseling and guidance in connection with legally defensible and standardized company-wide discovery practices.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/vaiana-bradley-c.html#full-bio Brad Vaiana has extensive experience advising financial sponsors, alternative asset managers, family offices, and private companies in connection with a wide range of strategic transactions and corporate matters. As co-chair of Winston’s Private Equity Practice, Brad leads one of the broadest and most active middle-market private equity groups in the U.S.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/mandel-bradley-s.html Brad Mandel focuses his practice on representing both sponsors and institutional investors in all matters relating to the formation of private investment funds.  Brad also has deep experience representing buyers, sellers and fund sponsors in the growing secondary market, including representing both buyers and sellers in ‘traditional’ secondary transactions and sponsors and investors in GP-led fund restructurings and other complex structured secondaries.

Brendan A. Donahue - M&A Attorney | Winston & Strawn Brendan Donahue’s practice encompasses a wide variety of business transactions with an emphasis on mergers & acquisitions. He has significant experience representing both public company and private equity clients in domestic and cross-border deals. Brendan advises buyers, sellers, and investors on mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, divestitures, joint ventures, and private capital raising transactions, including minority equity investments and convertible note financings. He has worked across industries with deal experience spanning the software and technology, medical device, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing sectors.

Brendan Mace - Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Attorney | Winston & Strawn Brendan Mace’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. He has experience advising private companies across a range of industries on complex transactions and governance issues and guides clients through each phase of the investment life cycle from initial acquisitions to company management to exit transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/johnson-michael-b.html Brett Johnson is head of the Litigation Practice for the Dallas office and focuses his trial practice on complex commercial litigation and intellectual property matters across several industries, including high-tech, banking, and pharmaceutical. Clients trust his practical approach to litigation and value Brett’s ability to learn his client’s business, as well as its case and direct a litigation strategy that is consistent with the client’s overall business objectives.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/ferguson-brian-e.html#full-bio Brian Ferguson is recognized among the leading patent lawyers in the United States. He has more than 30 years of experience representing Fortune 100 innovator companies before all of the major patent law venues — the International Trade Commission, district courts, the Federal Circuit, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board — in high-stakes IP disputes involving an array of technologies. A leading publication described him as a “master technician” who “calls the right play at every stage of a case, whatever the forum.”

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https://www.winston.com/en/professionals/schafer-brian-m For more than 25 years, Brian Schafer has represented public companies and private equity firms in M&A and capital markets transactions. Brian concentrates his practice in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. He joined Winston & Strawn in 1996 and has been a partner since 2004. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.  

Bryan L. Goolsby - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Managing partner of the Dallas office, Bryan Goolsby is a nationally recognized REIT attorney who has represented many of the nation’s leading publicly traded real estate operating companies. The Legal 500 describes him as “one of the long-time REIT industry veterans” and a “REIT legend” who “provides no-nonsense, pragmatic guidance.” Sources tell Chambers USA he is one of “the most client-friendly lawyers” and “the best at the business of law.”

Bryan Ikegami - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Having represented the most discerning institutions, Bryan Ikegami brings the perspective of an investor and deal maker to each transaction and has helped clients evaluate and manage risk in order to complete complex transactions successfully. By developing strong relationships with his clients and tailoring his approach, Bryan is able to serve as an extension of their deal teams. Bryan represents numerous private equity funds and their broad range of portfolio companies in complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, financing transactions, restructurings, and recapitalizations, along with other public and private companies in various stages of their lifecycles.

Bryant Gardner - Regulatory and Government Contracts Attorney | Winston & Strawn Bryant Gardner has a diverse practice providing Federal regulatory and policy advice to a wide variety of public and private sector clients, with expertise in United States Government promotional programs and contracts, transactions, and Federal litigation involving regulated entities and Federal programs.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/cooper-bryce-a.html#full-bio Recognized as a “Rising Star,” Bryce Cooper is a trial lawyer who concentrates his practice on complex commercial, products liability, and pharmaceutical patent litigation while doing extensive pro bono work and community service in Chicago.

Mandel, Caitlin | Winston & Strawn Caitlin Mandel is an experienced defense attorney who focuses her practice on representing clients, both corporate and individual, in investigations and enforcement actions before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Congress, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), among others. Caitlin has many years of experience counseling her financial institution clients with regard to compliance with securities and consumer protection laws and regulations.

Caitlin McCann- Labor & Employment Associate | Winston & Strawn Caitlin McCann’s practice focuses on employment litigation, representing employers in a range of single plaintiff and class action litigation. She defends employers in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour litigation. Caitlin is experienced in handling unfair labor practices claims, employee grievances, and matters of collective bargaining agreement interpretation.

Cardelle Spangler - Labor & Employment Partner | Winston & Strawn Over her 25-plus-year career, Cardelle Spangler has concentrated her practice on employment relations litigation and counseling matters. She has significant experience representing clients in the medical device, pharmaceutical, food service, financial service, and transportation industries. Cardelle is Winston's Managing Partner for Internal Affairs.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/stinebower-cari-n.html#full-bio Based in the Washington, D.C. office, Cari Stinebower practices in the area of economic sanctions, export controls, and anti-money laundering. With over twenty years of government and private sector experience, she counsels clients on how to navigate the complex—and sometimes conflicting—web of government regulations. Cari provides practical guidance designed to allow clients to respond in a complex and changing political and business environment. Together with Winston’s other practices, she provides comprehensive and practical solutions for a wide range of clients.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/fornaris-carl.html Carl Fornaris is co-chair of the Financial Services Practice and co-chair of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Group. Carl represents clients in an extensive range of regulatory, transactional and administrative enforcement matters, including institution formation and licensing, capital-raising transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, BSA/AML compliance and OFAC sanctions programs (including the Corporate Transparency Act), cryptocurrency regulation, payments and FinTech, Dodd-Frank Act compliance, failed bank receivership and resolution advice, and federal and state agency enforcement proceedings. Throughout his career, he has counseled clients in their dealings with the OCC, FDIC, FRB, CFPB, FinCEN, SEC, FINRA, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, New York Department of Financial Services, and other state supervisory authorities.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/berger-walter-m.html Walter (Casey) Berger focuses his practice on complex commercial business litigation and trial practice in securities, antitrust, consumer fraud, and class action defense matters. He has resolved billions of dollars in claims and disputes for his clients in just the past few years. Casey’s range of experience includes defense of corporations, officers, and directors in private securities litigation, derivative actions, and enforcement proceedings; the defense of companies in antitrust and consumer fraud class actions; and the representation of major corporations in domestic and international arbitration. Casey has significant experience in all phases of trial and appellate practice in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitration proceedings throughout the United States and abroad.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/papavizas-constantine.html#full-bio Chair of the firm’s top-ranked maritime and admiralty practice, Charlie Papavizas is nationally recognized in major legal directories. Chambers USA ranks him as the only “Star Individual” in the category of “Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Regulatory,” who is “the Dean of the maritime bar” and “the godfather of maritime law.” He is widely known for his experience with Jones Act laws and the U.S. offshore wind industry.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/haag-charles-t.html Charlie Haag advises on venture capital, IPOs, high-yield and investment-grade debt, convertible securities, tender offers, spin-offs, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, and takeovers. He also regularly counsels clients on corporate governance matters, including fiduciary duties and SEC filings.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/ferazzi-chris-a.html#full-bio Chris Ferazzi has been recognized as a “Leader in the Field” for corporate and M&A law in Texas by Chambers USA. His clients span a wide range of industries including oil and gas exploration, oil field service, private equity, outpatient physical therapy, investment banking, manufacturing and distributing, commercial engineering and architecture, waste management and recycling, apparel, biotech, internet content, internet trading exchanges and computer software, hardware and consulting.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/gavin-chris-michael.html Co-Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Structured Finance Practice, Chris Gavin represents issuers, borrowers, sellers, buyers, lenders, official lenders, hedge funds, private equity funds and other investors in U.S. and international structured finance transactions. The transactions undertaken by Chris total in principal balance over a trillion dollars and have a footprint spanning North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Africa. Chris represents and advises clients in a range of cross-border transactions and structured solutions involving: Residential mortgage transactions, including whole loan sales, servicing transfers, repurchase and other warehouse facilities, and term securitizations for newly originated, seasoned and nonperforming loans Advising trustees, servicers and other parties regarding their rights and obligations in legacy residential mortgage transactions Asset-backed securitization and financing transactions Cross-border covered bonds Collateralized commercial paper programs Structured distressed portfolio joint ventures and other solutions The purchase and sale of residential mortgage and other financial services companies, including in developing structured solutions to protect purchasers from certain exposures of the acquired companies Structuring investment vehicles that issue extendable commercial paper, including the working out and resolution of such transactions In his counsel to a major industry group, Chris represented them on a significant comment letter on the reproposed risk retention rules. Highlights of his vast experience with novel structured financings also include establishing the first collateralized commercial paper program for a major global financial institution, structuring the first cross-border covered bond in Latin America, creating one of the first aggregator residential mortgage securitization programs since the recent financial crisis, and developing a microfinance lending facility for fund activities in Uganda, Tanzania, and South Sudan.

Wheaton, Christina | Winston & Strawn Christina Wheaton focuses on commercial lending, corporate finance, and corporate lending. She  represents banks and other financial institutions and specifically focuses on loan originations for financings such as acquisition, secured and unsecured, mezzanine, second-lien, including asset-based lending and restructurings.  

Capitanelli, Christopher | Winston & Strawn Christopher Capitanelli advises clients in structuring, documenting, negotiating, and administering various forms of complex debt financing transactions, with an emphasis on structured finance and secured lending transactions. He represents multinational banks, finance companies, issuers, borrowers, and placement agents in securitizations, term and warehouse asset-based financings, and forward-flow arrangements. His experience involves a broad range of asset classes, including equipment leases, trade receivables, litigation finance receivables, agricultural loans, CLOs, consumer loans, aircraft leases, and capital call rights.  

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/essig-christopher-b.html#full-bio Christopher Essig focuses his practice in the areas of products liability, class actions, and intellectual property.  He has deep experience with significant nationwide product liability matters, as well as consumer fraud class actions, involving multi-district and consolidated litigation in both state and federal courts.  He also has substantial experience representing major pharmaceutical companies in disputes involving intellectual property.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/man-christopher-d.html#full-bio Christopher Man is a highly regarded trial lawyer who has successfully represented numerous companies, as well as governors, members of Congress, senior White House officials, and U.S. presidential candidates. His practice focuses on civil and criminal litigation, appeals, internal investigations, investigations by Congress and the Executive Branch, and compliance with anti-corruption laws.

Charles B. Klein - Litigator | Winston & Strawn Chuck Klein is the litigation office head in Washington, D.C., serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, is the former co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice, and is the former chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice. He is a first-chair trial lawyer who litigates significant patent, antitrust, and commercial disputes. Managing Intellectual Property recently recognized him as an “IP Star,” and IAM described him as a “talisman for major pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses” who is “no stranger to billion-dollar cases.” Six of Chuck’s first-chair victories (including three trial wins) have been mentioned in the “Litigator of the Week” column published by The American Lawyer.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/serfilippi-claude-s.html Claude Serfilippi concentrates his practice in corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions across a range of industries with a particular emphasis on energy and emerging markets.

Conor has represented major U.S. and multinational clients in litigations nationwide with a focus on antitrust litigations. He has also assisted clients in obtaining antitrust clearances for transactions before both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including Fortune 500 companies across many industries.

Daniel T. Chaudoin - Partner | Winston & Strawn Dan is a former Assistant Director of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and has decades of experience representing financial institutions, public companies, and individuals in high-profile investigations regarding federal securities laws and consumer protection laws. Dan’s practice focuses on representing financial institutions in investigations regarding federal securities laws, consumer protection laws, and unfair and deceptive trade practices. He regularly appears before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/webb-dan-k.html#full-bio Dan Webb, co-executive chairman of Winston & Strawn, is one of the most distinguished and sought-after trial lawyers in the United States. He has tried more than 100 jury cases involving a wide variety of claims and been named a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. Notably, Dan achieved international acclaim for his successful prosecution of retired Admiral John Poindexter in the Iran-Contra Affair. He served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and has served in special prosecutor or similar roles on several occasions, including for the successful prosecution of actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago, for which he was named Am Law’s “Litigator of the Week” in December 2021.

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Danielle Williams | Winston & Strawn Danielle Williams is the managing partner of Winston’s Charlotte office. She is a high-stakes business litigation lawyer. With 25 years’ experience, Danielle handles significant, high profile disputes for publicly traded and privately held companies involving material damages demands. Over her career, she has represented clients in federal and state courts across the country and in arbitrations in patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement, breach of contract, antitrust, and environmental matters. Her patent infringement cases have been concentrated in the top patent litigation courts in the country and span a variety of technologies and industries including financial services, high tech, semi-conductors, telecommunications, software, mobile applications, and consumer products.

David Baroni - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Co-Chair of Winston’s Leveraged Finance Practice, David Baroni concentrates in asset-based and cash-flow secured lending transactions where he represents banks, private equity firms, and other financial institutions in a wide-range of commercial finance structures. He focuses his practice on commercial finance deals, including corporate lending transactions, leveraged acquisitions, specialty financings, and other debt investments.

David Scheper - Partner | Winston & Strawn A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, David Scheper is described by Chambers USA as a “premier, go-to lawyer.” David practices in the areas of complex business litigation, internal investigations, and white collar criminal defense. In the civil arena, David’s practice is both international and varied; he has represented numerous businesses and financial institutions in federal and state courts throughout the country. He served as lead counsel for an international law firm facing allegations arising out of its defense of a client that operated a Ponzi scheme. After granting in its entirety a motion to dismiss, the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge stated that David’s client was “fully entitled to hire the A-team and get a great service as they did. I’ve never used the word “superb” before in a fee motion and I don’t know if I’ll ever use it again, but [your] work was certainly superb.”

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/coulson-david-a.html#full-bio With over 30 years of experience, Dave Coulson stands out for winning complex commercial matters, class actions, and product liability cases on motions and trying cases to successful outcomes, oftentimes against the odds in challenging venues in and beyond Florida. He is also praised by clients for his “business-oriented approach and ability to think outside of the box” to engineer settlements that align with clients’ business objectives.  Dave is a trial lawyer who represents businesses in a wide array of disputes, including consumer class actions (typically involving claims of false advertising, statutory violations, or product defect) as well as lawsuits involving claims of breach of contract, business torts, trade secrets, trademark, RICO, product liability, product warranty, professional liability, shareholder securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and shareholder derivative actions. Dave is sought after by clients for his “analytical ability and knowledge of class action litigation” and “excellent courtroom manner.” Described by clients as “extremely experienced and strategic,” he has consistently developed successful strategies and implemented them with discipline, winning scores of cases on motions to dismiss or for summary judgment and defeating numerous motions for class certification.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/feher-david-g.html#full-bio David Feher has been recognized in Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business from 2005–2023 as “one of the country’s leading sports attorneys.” He also was recognized in The Legal 500 US 2019 for his work in Sports Law and International Litigation, selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019–2023 in the field of Sports Law, selected in the first 100 Lawdragon’s “New Stars” in 2006, and honored in 2010–2019 by New York Super Lawyers.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/rogers-david-e.html#full-bio David Rogers is the Managing Partner of Winston’s D.C. Office. He advises clients on the management of a variety of benefit plans, and regularly counsels on executive compensation arrangements. Clients describe him as “very knowledgeable, responsive, and practical” and “recommend David to any client seeking an employee benefits counsel” (Chambers USA).

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/greenspan-david.html An accomplished antitrust, sports, and complex-commercial litigator, Dave Greenspan counsels clients on wide-ranging matters and represents them both at trial and on appeal. Dave Co-Chairs Winston’s top-ranked Sports Law Practice. One of the nation’s leading sports law litigators, Dave has litigated sports-industry cases involving antitrust law, labor law, licensing, agent regulation, active and retired player rights, and collegiate athlete rights. Dave has represented all four major U.S. professional sports players associations, myriad professional athletes and agents, and on occasion teams and owners in disputes with their respective leagues. He was trial and appellate counsel in the landmark Alston v. NCAA antitrust litigation, wherein the team prevailed at trial and that culminated in a widely reported unanimous Supreme Court victory.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/lange-david-m.html Named a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” and D Magazine “Best Lawyer in Dallas,” David Lange represents private and public companies and private equity funds on complex business transactions. His experience including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, senior and subordinated debt financings, securities offerings, and corporate governance matters. David’s client experience spans a broad range of corporate and securities matters and transactions as well as a variety of industries, including energy, hospitality, business services, manufacturing, technology, and health care.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/neier-david.html David Neier concentrates his practice in bankruptcy matters, including corporate reorganization, restructuring and refinancing, and creditors’ rights. David frequently represents agents and lenders, official and ad hoc committees, creditors, trustees, examiners, financial advisers, purchasers, and fiduciaries in significant reorganization and restructuring matters.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/sakowitz-david-a.html David Sakowitz serves as the chair of the firm’s Capital Markets practice and concentrates his practice in securities, international corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/enzminger-david-p.html#full-bio David Enzminger has a nuanced understanding of cutting-edge technologies, as well as a track record of success as a “superb first-chair trial lawyer” (IAM Patent 1000). His extensive experience handling complex patent and trade infringement cases in state and federal courts for clients in the telecommunications, computer hardware and software, and manufacturing industries earned him recognition among The Daily Journal’s “Top 100 Lawyers in California” and as one of the “Top 75 California IP Litigators” in 2013. Clients praise his “command of subject matter” and “excellent client service” (The Legal 500 US 2018).

Dennis Kelly - Tax Attorney | Winston & Strawn As the supervising tax partner for four major transactional practice areas, Dennis Kelly has rendered advice and opinions on a wide variety of securitization transactions, onshore and offshore debt fund structures, and public and private REITs, as well as with respect to tax-efficient foreign investment in the U.S. loan and real estate markets.

Leiden, Diana | Winston & Strawn Diana practices trademark, copyright, right of publicity, and antitrust litigation, focusing on emerging technology and Internet issues, and has significant experience counseling clients regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). She has represented several technology and media companies in cutting edge intellectual property matters and is a frequent writer on new developments in copyright and entertainment law.

Dominick P. DeChiara - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn As a private equity and M&A attorney with over 30 years of experience, Dom DeChiara provides strategic and legal advice to a diverse client base for a variety of strategic transactions and corporate matters. Dom is a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. His practice focuses on private equity, mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance and general corporate matters.

Donald Goff - Tax Attorney | Winston & Strawn Don Goff concentrates his practice on all aspects of corporate and partnership transactions, specifically structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions for public and private buyers and sellers, financial institutions, and private equity funds. Don has broad experience with structuring and negotiating hundreds of M&A transactions, while focusing on tax efficiencies and bridging gaps between divergent positions. Notably, many of Don’s private equity transactions utilize pre-closing or post-closing restructurings, allowing buyers and sellers to meet their objectives, while minimizing tax inefficiencies.

Washington, Drew | Winston & Strawn Drew Washington is a litigation associate who has experience in sports, antitrust, and labor law. Drew worked on the litigation team that represented the U.S. Women’s National Team in its gender discrimination/equal pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. She also works on matters for the NFL Players Association, one of which involved a successful Second Circuit appeal involving claims brought under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. While Drew was a summer associate in 2017, she published an article for the Daily Journal alongside Kathi Vidal, discussing the impact of the TC Heartland Supreme Court decision on patent litigation.

Dustin Edwards - Patent Litigation Attorney | Winston & Strawn Dustin Edwards is an intellectual property trial litigator with experience across a range of industries, including financial services, computer science, oil and gas, and biotechnology. Dustin is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® (2021–2024) for Intellectual Property Litigation and in IAM Patent 1000 (2024).

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/kouimelis-eleni.html#full-bio Eleni Kouimelis is chair of the firm’s nationally ranked Environmental Law Practice. Prior to joining Winston & Strawn in 1989, Eleni served as assistant regional counsel with USEPA Region 5, where she brought actions to enforce the air, water, and toxic statutes in judicial and administrative forums, and provided legal counseling and policy assistance to program clients in these areas.

Elizabeth Ireland - Litigation | Winston & Strawn Clients in the financial services sector regularly seek out Elizabeth Ireland for advice and counseling pertaining to regulatory matters, white collar defense, and high-stakes government/internal investigations. She has defended a wide range of companies in class actions and successfully won cases at all stages of litigation. Throughout her career, Elizabeth has always taken a leadership role in the Charlotte community and the firm.

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Eric Kaufman - Private Equity and M&A Attorney | Winston & Strawn Eric Kaufman represents private companies, private equity funds, and their portfolio companies in mergers and acquisitions, specifically in buy-side, sell-side, auction sale, recapitalization, and general corporate matters. He has experience within the health care, defense and aerospace, energy and industrials, entertainment, retail and consumer products, and sports and media industries.

Eric Knapp - Class Action Litigator | Winston & Strawn An experienced class action litigator, Eric Knapp aggressively defends high-stakes, high-exposure class action matters involving alleged product defects, asserting a host of claims, including consumer protection statute violations, breach of warranty, and many more. Eric represents and counsels some of the most reputable companies worldwide. His clients include automobile manufacturers and distributors, consumer product and appliance manufacturers, the food industry, and more. Eric is results-oriented and committed to achieving the best and most efficient resolution of his clients’ cases.

Knickrehm, Eric J. | Winston & Strawn Eric Knickrehm focuses his practice on health care mergers and acquisitions as well as regulatory counseling and compliance. Eric counsels clients on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, underwriting, and financing, particularly on health care matters. His government and policy experience enables him to offer clients strategic guidance in their efforts to shape federal health care policy.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/chay-eunice-y.html#full-bio Eunice Chay is a corporate finance lawyer with extensive experience working with financial institutions, asset managers, corporate issuers, rating agencies, and governmental entities in connection with complex and cross-border financing transactions, asset securitizations, and structured products.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/cole-eva-w.html#full-bio Eva Cole helps clients navigate the complex area of antitrust law, identifying and mitigating risks before they turn into problems and effectively managing and resolving problems that have unavoidably turned into disputes. As co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust/Competition Practice Group, she focuses her practice on civil antitrust litigation, class actions, and international cartel investigations led by enforcement agencies around the world. She has particularly distinguished experience representing clients in the electronics, financial, and sports industries.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/davis-eva-h.html Eva Davis, Winston's Managing Partner – External Affairs, concentrates on U.S. and cross-border complex business transactions with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. As an advisor to strategics and private equity funds and their portfolio companies, she has counseled domestic and international clients in public and private M&A transactions, public and private debt and equity financing transactions, including initial public offerings, and distressed sales and investments in and out of bankruptcy. Eva has also represented public companies and their boards of directors and special committees in connection with enterprise-transformative business opportunities and legal challenges, as well as providing corporate governance advice.  

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/flores-francisco.html Francisco Flores, Esoteric Finance Practice, Co-Chair, focuses his practice on negotiating, structuring and documenting corporate transactions and related financing arrangements. He has represented publicly traded and privately held companies in borrowing and lending transactions, entertainment financing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, public and private debt and equity offerings, SEC compliance, tender offers, venture capital transactions and general corporate matters.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/jenkins-gayle-i.html#full-bio Gayle Jenkins has an exceptionally diverse litigation practice, representing clients in connection with consumer class actions, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, complex commercial, and financial services litigation. She has appeared before various courts and other tribunals across the nation and is experienced in appeals involving a broad range of issues.

George Mastoris - Litigation Attorney | Winston & Strawn An accomplished litigator, George Mastoris represents a broad array of companies involved in high-stakes and high-profile civil and criminal litigations, arbitrations and appeals. His experience spans a number of substantive areas, including antitrust, securities, insurance, financial technology, and bankruptcy. George’s clients include some of the world’s largest financial services companies, insurance companies and multinational manufacturing concerns, as well as blockchain and biotechnology startups, commercial banks, retailers, and private equity firms.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/lombardi-george-c.html#full-bio A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, George’s skills have been widely recognized by a number of the leading legal directories. The American Lawyer (2014), named him a “Litigator of the Year,” and he is described by IAM Patent 1000 as a “truly gifted lawyer and one of the finest trial lawyers anywhere in the world.”

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/scavo-gretchen-vetter.html#full-bio Gretchen Scavo is a solutions-driven litigator and former federal judicial law clerk with nearly 15 years of experience representing clients in complex civil litigation, government investigations, and internal investigations. Clients have complimented her ability to provide “clear, simple, and straightforward” advice on complicated issues.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/membiela-gustavo-j.html Gustavo J. Membiela has over 20 years of experience handling a wide variety of commercial arbitration matters around the world. He has successfully represented consumer product companies, financial institutions and corporations, developers, and investors in multi-jurisdictional disputes.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/huang-hao.html#full-bio Hao Huang’s practice focuses on representing financing parties and sponsors in a wide range of financing and acquisition transactions in the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors across the United States. She has advised lenders, tax equity investors, energy hedge providers and sponsors in the development, acquisition and financing of many wind and solar projects across the country, as well as in connection with municipal waste and water projects.

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/khan-m-imad.html#full-bio Imad Kahn is an international disputes lawyer with particular experience in investment treaty and commercial arbitration – having represented private companies, state-owned entities and States in numerous arbitrations under rules of the ICC, ICDR, HKIAC, and LCIA.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/knight-jack-m.html#full-bio Jack is nationally recognized as a leading white collar defense attorney and represents corporations and individuals in high–stakes investigations. He is listed in Band 1 of the white collar law category in Chambers USA, is routinely recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®, has been named to the North Carolina Super Lawyers list for many years, and was named to NC Business Magazine’s 2017 Lawyers of the Year. He was also named as the High Stakes Investigations Lawyer of the Year in North Carolina for 2024. Jack focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, grand jury investigations, and financial services matters. As part of his practice, he regularly represents Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and individuals in complex white collar criminal defense and securities enforcement matters. He routinely handles high-profile white collar matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, State Attorneys General, Internal Revenue Service, and other federal and state enforcement agencies. Jack currently chairs Winston & Strawn’s Financial Services Litigation Practice.

Mastracchio, James N. | Winston & Strawn Jim Mastracchio is widely recognized as one of the foremost advisers to the global tax community with regard to civil and criminal tax enforcement matters. He represents clients in all phases of federal civil tax controversies. Jim is one of the few lawyers in the country who has served as lead counsel on international criminal tax cases. In that role, he has defended publicly traded companies, boards of directors, and senior management facing criminal investigations and prosecutions for alleged tax violations.

James Randall - Litigator | Winston & Strawn James Randall focuses on defending complex commercial class actions, particularly in the consumer privacy space. He has extensive experience litigating claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/herbison-james-f.html#full-bio Jim Herbison, co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust/Competition Practice Group, is a proven litigator with over 30 major jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations under his belt. With extensive experience in the field of antitrust, he is well versed in civil and criminal antitrust litigation, government antitrust investigations, corporate counseling, and the review and clearance of large-scale mergers and acquisitions. He has represented clients in civil antitrust matters ranging from price fixing and merger enforcement to antitrust issues related to patents. He also has represented clients in connection with criminal price fixing and bid rigging grand juries and internal investigations, as well as various class action lawsuits. Jim has represented a number of trade associations and assisted in ensuring their compliance with the antitrust laws, as well as consulting on antitrust issues in connection with commercial transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/smith-james-p.html#full-bio James Smith chairs Winston & Strawn’s Securities Litigation Practice, leading what The Legal 500 US describes as a “fabulous, ... first-rate” “cadre of lawyers in New York who continue to impress in the M&A litigation space—they are as good as anyone in the industry.” He is ranked in the area of New York Litigation: Securities by Chambers USA in 2017–2019 and 2021–2023, where “impressed interviewees” praise him as “an exceptionally good trial lawyer and excellent strategic thinker.” He is recommended by The Legal 500 US in the areas of M&A Litigation and Securities Litigation—Defense as a “great lawyer with excellent judgment.”

Kessler, Jared R. | Winston & Strawn Jared Kessler concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, with a focus on defending against consumer class actions, and routinely represents clients in the consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, and manufacturing industries.

Jason Hellwig - Stadium, Arena, and Infrastructure Project Finance Attorney | Winston & Strawn In his more than 20 years of practice, Jason Hellwig has built a multifaceted, cross-border project and corporate finance practice with a focus on the construction or renovation of sports stadia and arenas and other large infrastructure projects worldwide. His experience includes capital markets transactions, including private securities offerings, secured lending, project finance, sports finance, structured finance, and lease finance.

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/campbell-jason-s.html#full-bio Jason Campbell helps California and national employers manage employment matters, including wage and hour compliance, investigations, and leaves of absence. He also aggressively defends them against wage and hour class actions and wrongful termination, discrimination, and whistle-blower claims.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/goldstein-jason-r.html#full-bio By building lasting relationships, Jason Goldstein has earned the respect of national leaders in arena and stadium development as well as real estate finance. His collaborative approach to working with his clients enables all parties involved in the transactional matters he leads to achieve their commercial goals. Jason also has significant experience handling all aspects of complex financing and real estate transactions.

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/lewis-jason-a.html Jason Lewis has worked with the electric power industry for more than two decades, representing utilities, generators, traders, end-users, and financial institutions in a wide variety of matters. He has represented electric generation projects powered by wind, solar energy, natural gas, and coal, as well as tolling counterparties and providers of energy management services, and has negotiated physical transactions with respect to natural gas, liquefied natural gas, refined petroleum products, crude oil, and industrial metals. Jason’s experience includes financially settled derivative transactions regarding commodities, interest rates, currencies, and equities.

Jeanifer Parsigian | Litigation | Winston & Strawn An accomplished antitrust, sports, and commercial litigator, Jeanifer Parsigian concentrates her practice on civil antitrust litigation with a particular focus in mixed issues of antitrust and intellectual property law, and class actions. She represents clients in some of the most complex antitrust, sports, and intellectual property disputes in the country at the trial and appellate levels. She has represented clients in high-profile matters such as the landmark Supreme Court decision against the NCAA on behalf of classes of D-I college athletes and Women’s National Soccer Team’s gender discrimination litigation. Jeanifer was recognized in 2023 as a Legal 500 US “Key Lawyer,” listed in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming Practitioner,” named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, and selected as one of Law360’s Sports & Betting “Rising Stars” of 2022.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/parsigian-jeanifer-e.html#full-bio An accomplished antitrust, sports, and commercial litigator, Jeanifer Parsigian concentrates her practice on civil antitrust litigation with particular expertise in mixed issues of antitrust and intellectual property law, and class actions. She represents clients in some of the most complex antitrust, sports, and intellectual property disputes in the country at the trial and appellate levels. She has represented clients in high-profile matters such as the landmark Supreme Court decision against the NCAA on behalf of classes of D-I college athletes and Women’s National Soccer Team’s gender discrimination litigation. Jeanifer was recognized in 2023 as a Legal 500 US “Key Lawyer,” listed in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming Practitioner,” named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, and selected as one of Law360’s Sports & Betting “Rising Stars” of 2022.

Jeff Wilkerson - Litigation | Winston & Strawn Jeff focuses on complex litigation and client counseling.  He works with his clients to develop and execute litigation and pre-litigation strategies that advance and protect their interests.  He has significant experience in all aspects of class action defense, investigations, and appeals.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/smith-jeffrey-m.html Jeff Smith represents a wide array of developers, private equity funds, investors, and large corporations in complex real estate transactions. His extensive real estate experience includes an emphasis on the representation of landlords and tenants in office, industrial and retail leasing, acquisitions and dispositions of commercial properties, including industrial facilities, apartment complexes, and large ranches for commercial operations, and the representation of equity investors in joint ventures. He has also represented receivers in commercial real estate matters and lenders in secured commercial lending transactions ranging from construction to permanent financing workouts, foreclosures, troubled asset disposition and note purchase and sale transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/kessler-jeffrey-l.html#full-bio Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn, Jeffrey Kessler is one of the world’s leading antitrust, sports law, and trial lawyers. He has served as lead counsel in some of the most complex antitrust, sports, and intellectual property litigations in the country, including major jury trials, and has represented a number of U.S. and international companies in criminal and civil investigations in the antitrust, sports law, trade, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) areas. Jeffrey formerly served as the co-chair of Winston’s global Antitrust/Competition Practice and as the co-chair of the firm’s Sports Law Practice. Law360 recently named both practices as a “Practice Group of the Year” for their respective categories.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/steinfeld-jeffrey-l.html#full-bio Hailed by The Legal 500 as “a legal rock star,” Jeffrey Steinfeld is an accomplished trial lawyer practicing at the cutting edge of securities litigation, shareholder and derivative actions, and white collar and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement defense. According to The Legal 500, Jeff is “sought out by clients for his know-how in criminal insider trading and securities fraud” cases and “provides keen problem-solving advice in high pressure situations.” He has successfully represented clients in civil and criminal actions at both the trial and appellate levels, including successfully litigating multiple months-long federal jury trials and arguing in the Delaware Court of Chancery. He has been recognized in AmLaw’s Litigator of the Week, quoted as a “securities expert,” and published or appeared in publications such as Law360, Bloomberg, and The National Law Journal. Jeff has consistently been recognized by Best Lawyers and was named a securities litigation “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/amato-jeffrey-j.html#full-bio Jeffrey Amato is a partner in the global Antitrust/Competition and Complex Commercial Litigation practices. He represents clients in a broad range of disputes with a particular focus on antitrust class actions. Jeffrey is skilled in the use of expert evidence and data analytics to devise innovative legal strategies.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/stadler-jennifer.html Jennifer Stadler assists clients with executive employment agreements, the design and implementation of equity and incentive compensation plans, and other executive compensation arrangements and public company disclosure requirements relating to executive compensation. She also assists in the employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/golinveaux-jennifer-a.html#full-bio Jennifer Golinveaux is an intellectual property litigator and Co-Chair of Winston & Strawn’s highly regarded Intellectual Property Practice. She represents clients in a wide variety of industries in copyright, DMCA, trademark, trade dress, design patent, right of publicity, and Internet-related disputes. She is known as an industry leader in copyright and trademark litigation and counseling and is consistently recognized by Legal 500 US, Best Lawyers in America, and World Trademark Review.

Joan Fife - Labor & Employment | Winston & Strawn Joan Fife is the managing partner of Winston’s San Francisco office, heads the firm’s San Francisco Labor & Employment Practice, and represents employers throughout the country in class action employment litigation. Clients praise her “very good courtroom demeanor” and describe her as “one of the best attorneys for wage and hour class actions” that is “great at strategy and thinking about the best way to handle things” and knows “when it’s appropriate to be aggressive.”

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/adams-joseph-s.html#full-bio Joe Adams focuses his practice exclusively on employee benefits and executive compensation, and has represented some of the largest companies in the world and many prominent “C-suite” executives with respect to such matters. Clients describe him as “phenomenal and collaborative” and “great with clients, as well as having all of the technical skills.” (Chambers USA 2021.)

Joseph W. Maher - Corporate Finance | Winston & Strawn Joe focuses his practice on general corporate and finance transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/hudgens-johanna-r.html#full-bio Johanna Hudgens counsels individuals and multinational clients in complex commercial, antitrust, and white-collar matters, whether it is working with them to avoid or resolve government intervention, or representing them in civil litigations on either the plaintiff’s or defendant’s side. Johanna’s dedication to client goals is enhanced by her focus on their business realities. Her experience as a judicial clerk in the Eastern District of New York offers clients behind-the-scenes insight into the judicial process and potential outcomes.

John Drosick - Litigation Associate | Winston & Strawn John Drosick focuses his practice on litigating product liability matters, mass torts cases, and other complex-commercial disputes, and has experience representing companies from the start of litigation through trial.

John Secaras concentrates his practice on corporate transactions, with a particular focus on corporate and finance law.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/schreiber-john-e.html#full-bio John Schreiber is chair of Winston & Strawn’s Los Angeles Litigation Practice and the Hiring Partner for the firm’s LA office.  He has been recognized by numerous legal directories— including Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US and Benchmark Litigation US—as “a first rate advocate” with “excellent courtroom judgment” (The Legal 500 US) and “credibility with judges” (Law360).  Clients describe him as “a brilliant lawyer with a wonderful personality” who “does an excellent job presenting the nature of issues and the facts to board members” and management (Chambers USA).

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/rosenthal-john-j.html#full-bio With more than 30 years of trial experience, John Rosenthal litigates complex commercial, antitrust, and false advertising cases. He is ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA, and clients say he is “invaluable as a resource” with “extraordinary judgment” and “a lot of practical advice at his fingertips.” Chair of Winston’s eDiscovery & Information Governance Practice, John also has expansive experience in all areas of electronic discovery, privacy, information governance, and data breach.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/amoona-jonathan.html#full-bio “One of sports law’s rising litigators” and “brightest stars” according to Forbes, Jonathan Amoona has served as counsel in some of the most significant sports legal matters in recent history and has successfully represented numerous athletes, players unions, sports agents, and agencies.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/birenbaum-jonathan.html#full-bio Jonathan’s practice focuses on complex acquisitions and dispositions, debt and equity financings, and general corporate law matters, primarily in the energy and infrastructure sectors. His experience includes deals involving numerous renewable and gas-fired projects, battery storage projects, transmission facilities, and pipelines. He is recognized in, among others, Chambers USA and The Legal 500 U.S.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/brightbill-jonathan-d.html An experienced trial and appellate lawyer, Jonathan Brightbill was the nation’s lead environmental law enforcement official as Acting Assistant Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice. Jon is uniquely positioned to represent clients in government enforcement and investigations, regulatory challenges and counseling, and complex civil litigation including “greenwashing” class actions, citizen suits, and CERCLA allocation. Jon is a national leader on legal issues relating to climate change, ESG disclosure, and “green” advertising. Jon represents public and private companies, corporate officers, and other individuals across white collar, regulatory defense, and government and internal investigation matters, rulemaking challenges and administrative litigation, and complex commercial disputes, citizen suits, class actions, and environmental torts. His commercial litigation experience encompasses business disputes, false and deceptive advertising, consumer protection and fraud, securities and disclosure litigation, and False Claims Act matters; antitrust and unfair competition matters; and intellectual property litigation, such as trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.

Jovial Wong - IP Attorney - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Jovial Wong concentrates his practice on patent litigation and counseling matters and has a technical background in biomedical and environmental health engineering. Clients laud his “great eye for detail” and his ability to “see the bigger commercial aspects and strategic goals.” Jovial routinely assists clients in the fields of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and other health care products. He also advises clients on matters related to the Hatch-Waxman Act, the BPCIA, and other regulatory issues, as well as in the development of strategic plans to successfully obtain FDA approval and commercialize drug and biologic products. Jovial has litigated cases in U.S. district courts, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit, and in the U.S Supreme Court, as well as before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board.  

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T. Justin Trapp | Tax | Winston & Strawn Justin Trapp  is a tax attorney in the firm’s Chicago office. He was elected to the order of the Coif, received the Rickert Award, and served as a law review editor while attending The University of Illinois College of Law.

Crawford, R. Kader | Winston & Strawn Kader Crawford focuses his practice on commercial lending, corporate finance, and private equity transactions, including representing bank and non-bank lenders, private equity sponsors, and other public and private companies in connection with a variety of complex financing transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/kurzatkowski-karl.html#full-bio Karl Kurzatkowski is an associate in the tax practice of the firm’s New York and Washington DC offices. As a member of the tax controversy group, Karl focuses his practice on a broad range of domestic and international tax matters, including various subchapter L and insurance tax, transfer pricing, and state and local tax matters. Karl advises clients in audits, appeals and litigation process in addition to representing them on regulatory matters.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/preston-katherine-ann.html Katherine Preston focuses on complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation. She represents individual and corporate clients in a variety of commercial disputes, including complex litigation in both state and federal courts, and she frequently practices in bankruptcy court. Although Katy focuses her practice on contractual disputes, she routinely works on a wide range of matters, including torts and valuation disputes. She also frequently defends clients against fraudulent transfer claims and other bankruptcy litigation matters, including both contested matters and adversary proceedings. Katy regularly advises clients in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, finance, and power.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/librera-kelly.html Kelly Librera is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on business disputes and complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, and in domestic and international arbitration fora. She is recognized as a BTI “Client Service All-Star” for exceptional client service, and a “Key Lawyer” by The Legal 500 US in Commercial Dispute Resolution.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/betts-kenneth-l.html Kenneth L. Betts concentrates his practice on representing issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities and assisting public companies in the preparation of periodic reports and proxy statements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In addition to representing companies in connection with the negotiation and structuring of joint venture, partnership, and other general business arrangements, he has extensive experience with representing companies in mergers and acquisitions, including stock and asset transactions, exchange offers, and tender offers.

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Kevin B. Goldstein - Antitrust Litigator | Winston & Strawn Kevin is an antitrust lawyer and litigator who provides counsel in all areas of antitrust law, including civil litigation, government investigations, merger reviews, and compliance counseling. He specializes in defending clients in high-stakes contested matters, including in class actions, civil and criminal investigations, FTC and DOJ Second Requests, and other private litigation and arbitration.

Kevin P. Simpson - Litigator | Winston & Strawn Kevin Simpson is a skilled litigator whose practice encompasses complex commercial disputes, class-action litigation, state law tort claims, and internal investigations. He has deep experience defending companies in consumer privacy lawsuits and advising companies on compliance with federal and state privacy laws. Kevin defends and litigates complex cases at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts, through and including trial. While based out of Los Angeles, Kevin also has extensive involvement with the Chicago legal market. Kevin focuses on defending class actions brought under consumer-protection and privacy statutes, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, California Invasion of Privacy Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, among others. He also counsels clients to help them achieve compliance with these statutes.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/smith-kevin-c.html Kevin Smith represents public and private companies, funds, and other institutions in corporate and securities law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, dispositions and spin-offs, and securities offerings across a variety of industries.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/anderson-kimball-r.html Kimball Anderson is recognized by Benchmark Litigation US as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” in the country. Additionally, as reported in Chambers USA, “Kimball Anderson is a renown practitioner concentrating in commercial litigation,” having tried cases over a range of issues for over 40 years. He concentrates in complex commercial matters, with specific expertise in consumer class actions, patent litigation, and antitrust investigations. According to a client, “he’s an excellent trial lawyer, he’s able to solve the most difficult problems, and he’s a real go-to guy when you have challenges above and beyond the norm.” As reported in the Leading Lawyers Magazine – Business Edition, Kimball is “widely respected in his field by peers, opposing counsel and clients.”

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Kobi Kennedy Brinson - Financial Services & Regulatory Enforcement | Winston & Strawn Drawing from prior experience managing complex litigation and regulatory enforcement matters at some of the nation’s largest financial institutions, Kobi offers clients invaluable business insight to help them navigate issues arising in government regulatory enforcement inquiries and investigations, as well as class action matters. Her extensive experience has led her to be recognized in both Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America®.  

Krishnan Padmanabhan - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Krishnan (KP) Padmanabhan  is a patent litigator with extensive experience across an array of complex technologies. Prior to practicing law, he worked as an engineer focused on commercial and next generation semiconductor technology. KP has been described as a “savant for high-tech matters” by IAM Patent 1000 and recognized by clients as “‘smart, insightful and hard-working’ and for having ‘a reputation for excellence.’”

Gann, Kyle | Winston & Strawn Kyle Gann is entrusted by Fortune 500 clients and financial sponsors alike as their legal advisor for the most strategic and high value M&A transactions, including substantial leveraged buyout transactions, complex carveout transactions, cross-border deals, bespoke joint ventures, strategic review processes and “sale of company” transactions for leading public companies.

Lawrence Sher - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Larry Sher is a skillful, zealous, creative, and accomplished litigator with more than 25 years of experience achieving exceptional results for clients in dynamic, high-stakes regulatory and commercial disputes across a wide range of industries, principally focused on government contracts and health care. He has tried several civil cases to judgment and consistently obtains outstanding results for clients on dispositive and other pivotal motions before federal and state courts and agencies, Administrative Law Judges, and arbitration tribunals.  

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/murphy-larry.html#full-bio Larry Murphy leverages over 20 years of business experience to represent private equity funds, portfolio companies, management teams, and other public and private companies in their mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and public and private capital transactions across multiple industries, including energy, energy transition, infrastructure, technology, telecommunications, and industrial services.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/rossi-laurae.html#full-bio With more than 15 years of experience, Laurae Rossi represents both lenders and sponsors in energy project financings, energy tax equity partnerships, and energy acquisitions, particularly in connection with projects involving renewable energy and storage. She is not only consistently recognized for her ability to lead highly sophisticated and novel debt transactions, but also for the sheer volume of deals she undertakes.

Laurens, Chair of Infrastructure Projects – Global Disputes, focuses his practice on complex civil litigation in state and federal courts highlighting infrastructure, fiduciary duty, and products liability disputes. He represents clients in the transportation, aerospace, energy, construction, and financial industries in litigation, counseling, and regulatory matters. He is an active member of the Construction Law Sections of the American Bar Association and State Bar of Texas, as well as a member of the Eastern District of Texas and Fifth Circuit Bar Associations.

Larry Block - Government Contracts Partner | Winston & Strawn Larry Block has significant experience in government contract consultation and litigation. His practice sees him handling significant bid protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Court of Federal Claims, as well as internal and external investigations.

Lilli Scalettar - Private Equity Attorney | Winston & Strawn Lilli Scalettar’s practice is focused on private equity. She represents investors and investment funds, including private equity sponsors, venture capital funds and their respective portfolio companies, in connection with platform and add-on acquisitions, related acquisition financing, dispositions and other exit strategies, restructurings, joint ventures, growth equity investments and general corporate matters.  

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/coberly-linda-t.html Linda Coberly, co-chair of the litigation department, is a business litigator and leads the firm’s Appellate & Critical Motions Practice. She is known for her strong business sense, clear briefs, and compelling oral advocacy. She has argued nearly 70 appeals, including in the U.S. Supreme Court, eight different federal courts of appeals, and a variety of state appellate and supreme courts. She leads strategic, motions-intensive litigation matters at the trial court level and frequently serves in an appellate-lawyer-at-trial capacity in trial courts around the country.  

Elizabeth Leavy - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Liz Leavy is an experienced government contracts attorney with tremendous depth of experience helping companies grow and maintain their presence in the federal, state, and local contracting and grant space through the procurement process and mergers and acquisitions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/connelly-luke-a.html#full-bio Luke Connelly is a commercial litigator, trial lawyer, and senior member of the firm’s renowned products liability practice. Named a Law360 “Legal Lion” and “Super Lawyer,” Luke represents pharmaceutical and consumer products companies in product liability, mass tort, and consumer protection litigation. Luke has deep experience in all phases of litigation in the state and federal courts, including MDLs and state court consolidations. In addition to his product liability work, Luke maintains a broad complex commercial litigation practice.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/blackburn-marcelo-m.html Marcelo Blackburn is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, international arbitration, and government investigations. He has particular expertise advising clients with cross-border issues and has been recommended for international litigation and arbitration by The Legal 500 US.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/blackburn-marcelo-m.html#full-bio Marcelo Blackburn is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, international arbitration, and government investigations. He has particular expertise advising clients with cross-border issues and has been recommended for international litigation and arbitration by The Legal 500 US.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/kenny-maria.html Maria Kenny is a partner in the firm’s New York office who focuses her practice in employee benefits and executive compensation matters. Maria assists in the employment, labor, compensation, and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions. She also assists clients with executive employment agreements, severance agreements and plans, equity and compensation arrangements, non-qualified retirement plans, and welfare benefit plans.

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/pendas-fernandez-mariana.html#full-bio Mariana Pendás advises clients on U.S. and European economic sanctions, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery/anti-corruption laws and regulations. Mariana also has extensive experience in conducting FCPA and AML internal investigations and participating in international commercial arbitrations. Her civil and common law legal experience and her multilingual skills make her an ideal lawyer to represent and advise clients on international matters.

Mark Christy - Tax Attorney | Winston & Strawn Mark Christy concentrates his practice in international tax planning, finance, real estate, and transactional tax matters. He advises clients in a wide variety of structured finance and project finance transactions, including transactions relating to CLOs, warehouse/leverage facilities, and other securitization structures, financing renewable and alternative energy sources, real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and real estate investment trusts (REITs).

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/rizik-mark-e.html#full-bio Mark Rizik’s practice focuses on antitrust, class actions, contract disputes, and sports law. He has particularly significant experience defending large clients in antitrust class actions, and litigating high-stakes disputes involving contractual claims and counterclaims among multiple companies.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/carlston-mats-g.html Managing Partner of the New York office and Co-Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Finance Practice, Mats has more than 25 years of experience representing leading banks, finance companies, and direct lenders in syndicated financings and restructurings, with an emphasis on leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations of private equity sponsored enterprises.

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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.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/bergmann-matt.html Matthew Bergmann concentrates his practice in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. He joined Winston & Strawn in 1994 and has been a partner since 2002. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. His private equity clients include: Water Street Healthcare Partners; Shore Capital Partners; The Vistria Group; Pritzker Private Capital; CORE Industrial Partners; HC Private Investments; Brynwood Partners; RiverGlade Capital; and D’Orazio Capital Partners.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/costigan-matthew-d.html Matt Costigan has been recognized as one of the nation’s top lawyers in corporate, M&A, and private equity transactions. He represents acquiring and acquired companies in both public and private mergers and acquisitions, and handles private equity and corporate governance issues for companies and investment groups in a range of industries.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/dirisio-matthew-l.html#full-bio Matt DiRisio is a partner in the Securities Litigation Group, hailed by The Legal 500 as “an excellent team… as good as anyone in the industry.” Chambers USA 2023 commends Matt as “excellent litigation counsel… a fabulous writer and clear communicator who thinks at a very high level….” Clients praise Matt’s “great judgment” and delivery of “accurate, practical advice… in a timely, efficient manner.” – The Legal 500.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/stockstill-matthew-r.html#full-bio Recognized by his peers as a D Magazine Best Lawyer (2020), a D Magazine Best Lawyer Under 40 (2018), and a Super Lawyer Rising Star (2015-2021), Matthew Stockstill focuses his practice on M&A, complex joint ventures, private securities transactions, and general corporate matters, and has extensive experience representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/stubbs-maxwell-l.html Max Stubbs has a broad energy practice with experience in commercial negotiations for midstream clients and acquisitions and divestitures of upstream and midstream assets. He counsels clients on upstream/midstream asset purchase agreements, hydrocarbon gathering and agreements, gas processing agreements, fractionation agreements, hydrocarbon storage and terminalling agreements, produced water gathering, recycling, and disposal agreements, hydrocarbon purchase, sale, and exchange agreements, pipeline capacity leases and undivided joint-interest agreements, construction and operating agreements, and master service agreements.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/devaney-megan-m.html#full-bio Megan provides fund formation and management advice to private equity funds. She also represents clients with the evaluation and negotiation of investments, transactions, and general corporate matters.

Michael Mayer - Trial Lawyer | Winston & Strawn Michael  Mayer is a trial lawyer who represents companies and individuals in antitrust and complex commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts around the country. He has broad experience in class action defense, intellectual property matters, grand jury proceedings, and responding to government investigation claims of anticompetitive practices and consumer fraud. Michael is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law where he teaches a course regarding pretrial strategies.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/roche-michael-p.html#full-bio Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice, Michael Roche represents employers in complex employment and benefits litigation and employment counseling. He has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, named one of the country’s “Top 100 Employment Lawyers” by Lawdragon and Human Resources Executive and recognized in the Legal 500 US. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and serves as lead employment counsel to many clients, including some of the world’s largest professional services firms and financial firms.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/mullins-michael-t.html#full-bio Co-Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Finance Practice, Michael Mullins has extensive experience advising finance companies, asset managers, banks, and investment funds in connection with a wide range of financing transactions. Michael has a broad-ranging corporate finance practice, focusing primarily on commercial financings, fund finance, CLOs, warehouse/leverage facilities, and structured products. He represents finance companies, asset managers, banks, and investment funds in connection with a wide range of financing transactions. Michael also regularly represents issuers, investment banks, collateral managers, investment funds, and institutional investors in structured finance and debt transactions at all levels of the capital structure, with particular emphasis in transactions involving alternative asset managers, captive finance companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, and loan funds.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/elkin-michael-s.html A widely recognized trial lawyer, Michael Elkin is known for his precedent-setting wins in “bet-the-industry” intellectual property disputes involving the streaming of motion picture, television, and music properties. His matters are frequently at the core of disputes arising from a digital media evolution that intersects at the crossroads of Silicon Valley and Hollywood. This winning experience has made him “the go-to litigator in new media law in the country” (The American Lawyer) and the “go-to attorney in digital copyright cases” (Chambers USA).

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/pikiel-michael-e.html#full-bio Mike Pikiel has nearly 20 years of experience handling transactions for clients in the infrastructure, transportation, and energy sectors. A recognized leader in his field, clients have praised him for his “straightforward no-nonsense style of negotiating and drafting.”

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/blankenship-michael.html#full-bio Mike Blankenship is the managing partner of Winston’s Houston office. He focuses his practice on corporate finance and securities law, including securities offerings, public company advisory, special purpose acquisition company offerings, private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. Mike regularly counsels public companies on strategic transactions, capital markets offerings, and general corporate and securities law matters. He represents both issuers and underwriters in U.S. and non-U.S. capital markets transactions, including IPOs and direct listings, and advises on corporate governance and securities market regulation. Mike routinely assists clients from many different industries, including, among others, energy & infrastructure, healthcare & life sciences and technology and new media.

Natalie Arbaugh - Litigation Attorney | Winston & Strawn Natalie Arbaugh is a trial lawyer with a passion for top-notch client service, creative problem solving, and courtroom excellence. Her extensive experience has led her to be recognized multiple times as one of Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Business and Intellectual Property Litigation, selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, and named “Winning Woman” by Texas Lawyer. She represents plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of industries in state and federal courts throughout the country in complex—and often high-profile— business and intellectual property disputes. From handling breach of contract matters to trade-secrets litigation to class actions, she is skilled at distilling even the most complex of business disputes into a simple story that resonates with judges and juries alike. Her intellectual property practice focuses on trade secret and departing employee issues, including noncompete counseling and litigation, and trademark litigation.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/wickramasekera-nimalka-r.html#full-bio Nimalka Wickramasekera has years of trial and counseling experience in connection with high-tech disputes. Paired with her strong technical background and significant stand-up courtroom experience, Nimalka’s deep IP knowledge has earned her industry praise and recognition, including by The American Lawyer as a Litigator of the Week runner up in 2019. IAM described her as having “trial smarts in abundance” and being “aggressive in pursuing early resolution to disputes.”

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/bolduc-nolan-r-p.html Nolan Bolduc is a corporate finance lawyer, focusing his practice primarily on structured finance, fund finance, and other commercial financings.  He has represented leading financial institutions, asset managers, private equity sponsors and corporate issuers in connection with secured and unsecured credit facilities, securitizations, CLOs, warehouse/leverage facilities, subscription facilities and private placements. Nolan has complementary experience in corporate governance and general corporate matters.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/david-oscar-a.html#full-bio Regularly recognized as one of the country's top attorneys in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, and joint venture work, Oscar David is a co-chair of the firm's Consumer Products Industry Group, and he was formerly chair of the firm’s M&A, Securities, and Corporate Governance practice. He serves as a trusted, strategic advisor to his clients and their C Suite executives and boards of directors. His clients include major public and privately-held businesses, family held businesses and private equity funds.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/hogan-patrick-e.html Patrick Hogan is a litigation associate in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Washington, D.C. office. He represents clients in class-action and multidistrict litigation in courts across the country, focusing on false advertising and product liability cases. Pat has experience in most aspects of litigation, including developing arguments for and briefing pretrial procedural motions, developing and briefing motions to dismiss, managing document collections and reviews, drafting and responding to discovery, preparing fact and expert witnesses, opposing class certification, and examining witnesses at trial. Pat also has experience preparing briefing to the federal courts of appeal.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/selinger-patrick-w.html Patrick Selinger represents clients in a wide range of U.S. and international transactions, including infrastructure development, mergers and acquisitions, project financings, and public-private partnerships. Patrick also served as in-house counsel at a multi-national commodities trading company and as a secondee to the international legal department of a major Japanese trading house in Tokyo.

Paul C. Huddle | Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Paul focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and general corporate matters. He works closely with private equity firms, privately held and family-owned business, entrepreneurs, emerging companies, financial market participants, and investment advisors to address their business and financial needs.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/salvaty-paul-b.html#full-bio Paul Salvaty is a business trial lawyer who handles complex commercial litigation, antitrust, entertainment, and intellectual property matters in both state and federal courts.  Paul has been recognized repeatedly for his work in commercial litigation including being named the 2021 “Litigation Lawyer of the Year” by the Century City Bar Association.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/hinton-paula-w.html#full-bio Paula Hinton is a go-to trial lawyer, as recognized by Chambers USA and U.S. News – Best Lawyers, and recognized as one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation” by Benchmark Litigation. Her clients have told The Best Lawyers in America that “Paula is one of the best trial lawyers I have worked with. She easily grasps complex issues and is able to explain them to the fact finder in simple effective terms.”

Peter Clarke - Mergers and Acquisitions Attorney | Winston & Strawn Peter represents both public and private company clients in a variety of complex business transactions. By developing strong client relationships and tailoring his approach, he delivers value through each phase of the transaction.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/morgan-peter-s.html#full-bio Co-Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Structured Finance and Esoteric Finance Practices, Pete Morgan advises clients in connection with warehouse financings, lease arrangements, senior secured transactions, second-lien financings, mezzanine financings, and high-yield debt issuances, and structuring private equity transactions and highly structured funds.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/brothers-rand-k.html#full-bio Rand Brothers is an accomplished attorney in Winston’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s Chambers ranked Mass Tort & Product Liability practice. He regularly represents clients across a variety of industries in complex commercial and product liability litigation before federal and state courts across the country. Rand has represented both U.S. and international corporations across a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, transportation, telecommunications, and manufacturing. In connection with his product liability work, Rand frequently engages with experts in diverse scientific fields such as pharmacokinetics, pathology, epidemiology, oncology, genetics, and toxicology to develop compelling general and specific causation defenses for his clients. Rand has extensive experience in all phases of complex litigation, ranging from initial case assessment and development of defenses, to authoring critical briefs in courts across the country, to defending and examining fact and expert witnesses at deposition, hearings, and trials. He has also had leading roles in the development and implementation of cost-efficient pre-trial discovery plans for large product liability matters, including all defense-side discovery in a multidistrict litigation involving claims from nearly 4,000 individual plaintiffs.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/smith-reid-f.html Reid Smith focuses his practice on complex civil litigation and has a broad range of experience in federal, state, and appellate disputes. He has extensive experience managing class action, multidistrict, and other high-stakes commercial litigation. Reid has a track record of obtaining dismissals and favorable judgments and has been a member of several trial teams. He has represented clients in a wide variety of industries, including agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, technology services, financial services, and insurance. Reid is valued by clients for his vigorous pre-trial case management, positioning cases for favorable resolution through strategic discovery and critical motion practice while also preparing cases for trial. Reid has experience briefing critical motions at the trial court level and has also briefed disputes at every level of federal and state appellate court. He has also argued critical motions, including several successful arguments on case-dispositive motions and one argument in favor of class certification.

http://winstonway2/spa/apps/index.html#/people/winston/rugarte Former chair of Winston’s International Arbitration Practice, Ricardo Ugarte applies his multilingual capabilities to advise clients in international arbitrations and lawsuits filed across the world, including in the U.S., Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/shutran-richard.html#full-bio Rich Shutran counsels development companies, investment funds, and strategic investors in connection with mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance and project finance matters, and restructurings and reorganizations, with an emphasis on energy, transportation, and other infrastructure businesses. Rich also has extensive experience in transactions involving Latin America.

Falek, Richard | Winston & Strawn Richie Falek is Co-Chair of Winston’s Antitrust Transactions Practice and advises Fortune 500 and other public and private clients on antitrust and trade regulation issues, particularly domestic and international mergers and acquisitions. Richie has been lead antitrust counsel in hundreds of domestic and multinational transactions covering myriad industries including numerous multi-billion dollar transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/puttre-richard-p.html#full-bio Chair of the firm’s Projects Practice - Latin America, Richard has over 30 years of experience in complex, cross-border, project finance transactions and represents sponsors, developers, lenders, and investors in the development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of major capital-intensive assets, primarily in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/vlasis-robert-tony.html#full-bio Robert Vlasis has more than 15 years experience representing innovator companies before all of the major patent law venues in high-stakes patent disputes involving an array of technologies and life sciences. Robert has advised clients in dozens of Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission and has second-chaired a dozen bench and jury trials.

Moore, Rodney Lee | Winston & Strawn Rodney Moore has over 35 years of experience representing public and private companies, private equity firms, and management teams in transactions and other corporate matters, primarily in the energy and infrastructure space. Rodney represents private equity firms and public and private companies in M&A, joint venture, financing, and other commercial transactions across the energy spectrum, including in the traditional upstream and midstream sectors as well as in the evolving transition energy sectors such as hydrogen, renewable fuels, and carbon capture. Rodney also advises clients on corporate governance matters, as well as transactional and corporate matters in restructurings and chapter 11 reorganizations.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/herrera-moro-saft-rodolfo-j.html Rodolfo Herrera-Moro works with United States and Latin America-based clients on arbitration, civil litigation, regulatory and FCPA/White Collar matters. Admitted to practice in Mexico, he has extensive experience in administrative and judicial proceedings both at the federal and state levels, and has assisted clients from the oil and gas, construction, publishing and services industries in numerous investigations and disputes. He currently assists on matters for one of the largest oil and gas companies in Latin America, and his recent experience includes extensive work for high-net-worth individuals from Mexico and Central America.

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/rothstein-ronald-y.html#full-bio Ron Rothstein is a first-chair trial attorney with experience in complex commercial matters. He is recognized for his “heavy-duty trademark and false advertising disputes” (World Trademark Review). Beyond litigation in trademark and false advertising, he has served as first-chair trial counsel in class action and multidistrict class action litigations.

Ryan Meyer - Private Equity Lawyer | Winston & Strawn Ryan Meyer focuses his practice on a broad range of corporate matters with a primary focus on private equity transactions. Ryan is an associate in the firm’s Chicago office. He represents clients in a variety of corporate transactions, including private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Ryan has experience in a variety of industries both in the private and public sectors on transactions ranging from US$10M to US$4.5B.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/hunsaker-ryan-b.html#full-bio Ryan Hunsaker advises clients on commercial lending, alternative lending, and other finance transactions, with an emphasis on traditional reserve-based lending, midstream lending, asset-based lending, and alternative/direct lending.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/park-ryuk.html#full-bio Ryuk Park is a seasoned intellectual property (IP) lawyer with years of experience counseling clients in connection with high-tech disputes. Ryuk leverages his experience as a semiconductor circuit engineer and as an in-house counsel for a video game company to advise technology companies on various IP matters, including matters involving semiconductor design and fabrication, telecommunications and networking, consumer electronics, computer hardware, and software.

Sam Falcon Trimbach | Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Sam Trimbach counsels clients on environmental issues and helps them navigate federal, state, and local regulations. He assesses environmental risk in corporate transactions, advocates for clients in contact with regulators, guides clients in litigation, and helps clients achieve regulatory compliance. Sam provides assistance on a variety of corporate transactions, including representing buyers, sellers, and lenders. He works on transactions in a range of industries, including automotive, textiles, packaging, food goods, and energy. For each transaction he works on, he helps identify and characterize environmental risks so they can be properly mitigated through contractual provisions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/maxfield-samantha-l.html Co-chair of Winston’s Complex Commercial Litigation Practice and co-leader of the Chicago Litigation Group, Samantha Lerner is a trial lawyer who concentrates her practice on complex commercial and patent litigation. Her lengthy service as chair of the Chicago office chapter of Winston’s Women’s Leadership Initiative demonstrates her commitment to advancing gender diversity and inclusion in the legal community. Samantha has spent her career litigating complex commercial cases for Fortune 500 companies. She has represented clients in a variety of industries, including agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, financial services, healthcare, and insurance, and has litigated breach-of-contract, trade-secret-theft, Commodities Exchange Act, RICO, antitrust, employment, and fraud cases. Samantha has also represented clients in patent cases in courts across the country involving medical devices and instruments, telephone and computer technology, and pharmaceuticals.

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https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/edwards-sandra-a.html#full-bio Chair of Winston & Strawn’s Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice and a former Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco, Sandra Edwards has extensive civil trial and complex litigation experience. Her practice focuses on product liability and pharmaceutical litigation, mass and toxic torts, and commercial litigation. She has been recognized as one of the nation’s “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” and one of California’s “Top 20 Trial Lawyers” by Benchmark Litigation US.

Harmon, Sarah E. | Winston & Strawn Sarah Harmon focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, particularly pharmaceutical product liability and toxic tort matters. Sarah has handled multi-jurisdictional litigation in federal and state courts and represents companies, manufacturers, utilities, and their insureds in cases alleging personal or catastrophic injury and wrongful death due to toxic product exposure.

http://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/attorneys/naidech-scott-w.html Scott Naidich is co-chair of Winston’s Funds Practice group. He has extensive experience representing U.S. and non-U.S. private fund sponsors in the structuring, establishment, and operation of their funds. He has formed buyout, growth capital, energy and infrastructure, real estate, and venture capital funds ranging in size from US$50M to over US$15B of committed capital.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/ahmad-scott-m.html#full-bio Scott Ahmad is an experienced litigation partner whose practice focuses on mass tort / product liability cases, financial services litigation, and high-stakes commercial disputes. Scott is extraordinarily responsive to client needs, and provides direct, practical, and strategic advice across all of his matters.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/landau-scott-e.html#full-bio Since 2012, Scott Landau has been ranked in The Legal 500 U.S. for employee benefits and executive compensation. Clients interviewed have described him as “an excellent specialist in executive compensation” and said, “the brilliant Scott Landau has a superior command of issues and the current state of the market, as well as incredible negotiation skills.” Notably, Scott has handled the EBEC aspects of transactions in more than 50 countries around the world.

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Sean G. Wieber - Litigator | Winston & Strawn Sean focuses his practice on a variety of complex commercial and class action litigation matters. As co-chair of Winston’s Global Privacy & Data Security and Regulated Personal Information (RPI) practices, Sean has vast experience advising clients on privacy, data breach, and consumer matters (brought as class actions or as individuals) under various federal and state laws that are primarily enforced through private right of action, such as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA), the Florida Security of Communications Act (FSCA), and the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). He is also the Chair of the firm’s TCPA, BIPA, and GIPA litigation practices.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/suber-sean-h.html#full-bio Sean Suber is a trial and appellate lawyer who focuses his practice on complex litigation, class actions, product liability, and mass tort matters. He represents clients in a wide range of industry sectors, with a focus on guiding clients through all phases of litigation in the consumer products, media & entertainment, technology, and health care industries.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/hilson-sean-f.html Sean Hilson is a corporate partner in Winston’s Chicago office, with a practice focused on debt financing in complex transactional matters. He is a member of Winston’s Finance practice, with an emphasis on representing middle-market and upper-tier private equity sponsors, private and public companies, and lending institutions in a wide array of financing transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/lee-sey-hyo.html#full-bio Sey-Hyo Lee is an experienced securities and transactional attorney who advises US and international corporate clients on their securities law compliance and corporate governance matters, debt and equity offerings, and M&A transactions.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/desh-sharon.html#full-bio Sharon Desh is a courtroom-proven trial lawyer with extensive experience in multidistrict, class action, and complex commercial litigation, including cases involving parallel proceedings in state and federal courts. She is a frequent writer and speaker on trial strategy and case management, with a focus on emerging trends in mass tort and high-profile litigation. Named a “Key Lawyer” by The Legal 500 in life science and product liability defense, Sharon has extensive experience working with and examining witnesses, as well as in setting case strategy for joint defense groups in complex matters. Sharon concentrates her practice on product liability and mass torts and has represented Fortune 500 companies in high-profile class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the pharmaceutical and consumer product industries. She has been a key member of several trial teams, including representing a major pharmacy chain in litigation related to the distribution and sale of prescription opioid medications, described by the Washington Post as “the most complex civil lawsuit in U.S. history.” Sharon previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edith Brown Clement of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/obi-shawn-r.html#full-bio Shawn Obi is an experienced litigator whose practice concentrates on defending clients in class actions and complex commercial litigation — often with bet-the-company stakes. Shawn is a fierce advocate for her clients, and they benefit not only from her skill at managing the highest-profile cases but her focus on resolving matters as quickly, efficiently, and effectively as possible. Shawn is a thought leader on class action defense and is cited as one to watch in high-profile commercial litigation cases. She has expertise that spans diverse industries including food and beverage, cosmetics and personal care, consumer products, financial services and automotive.

Agarwal, Shreyansi | Winston & Strawn Shreyansi Agarwal focuses her practice on corporate and finance matters. She brings a combination of high energy, market knowledge, and commercial sensitivity to the world of financing. She represents private equity funds, leading banks, and direct lenders on a range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, with an emphasis on leveraged buyouts and recapitalization transactions.

Sofia Arguello - Partner | Winston & Strawn Sofia Arguello focuses her practice on civil antitrust litigation, international cartel investigations led by enforcement agencies around the world, white collar criminal defense, and corporate internal investigations focusing on anti-corruption and FCPA compliance issues. She has particular expertise advising clients on cross-border issues, and dealing with disputes and investigations in Latin America.

Stephanie D. Clouston – Partner | Winston & Strawn Stephanie Clouston is a skilled and seasoned litigator focusing on complex commercial litigation and government investigations, enforcement, and compliance. She has been recognized by Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America® for her commitment to delivering resolutions in courtrooms and before government and regulatory agencies on behalf of her clients.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/d-amore-stephen-v.html Steve D’Amore, Chairman of Winston & Strawn, is an accomplished trial lawyer who advises clients on business disputes in state and federal courts across the nation and in U.S. and international arbitration forums. He has a successful practice in the areas of commercial, product liability, tax, and other business litigation. Steve represents clients operating in a wide range of industries, focusing on the life sciences, financial services, professional services, and agribusiness industries. In addition to counseling clients on litigation risk, he has successfully represented clients in complex litigation and jury trials throughout the country for over 30 years. 

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/gavin-steven-j.html Routinely honored as one of the country’s top lawyers in M&A and private equity work, Steve Gavin advises clients on the full range of corporate finance transactions, counseling boards of directors and other key leaders on matters of governance, oversight and structure.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/grimes-steve.html Steve Grimes brings a unique set of global experiences to his clients, having honed his investigation skills as a federal prosecutor, demonstrated his courtroom expertise leading or co-leading twelve trials, and having developed a pragmatic approach to client-service while in-house as a Chief Compliance Officer and litigator at a multinational Fortune 500 company.

Seabrook, Susan Elizabeth | Winston & Strawn Susan Seabrook is widely recognized as one of the go-to advisors for the rapidly evolving global tax controversy landscape. She represents clients in all phases of administrative tax controversy and litigation, with emphasis on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters, including competent authority and global information exchange. Susan partners with her clients to effectively and efficiently resolve tax disputes while being mindful of global business, regulatory and reputational concerns.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/nash-susan-m.html#full-bio Known as a “strong communicator” with a “very high level of technical proficiency” (Chambers USA 2023), Susan Nash is a go-to lawyer in the area of health care reform and health and welfare benefits. She assists employers, health plans, insurers, and vendors with their health care reform strategy and compliance with laws affecting group health plans. Susan is well-versed in laws affecting health and welfare plans, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the CARES Act, the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, and the Internal Revenue Code. She also has extensive experience with innovative employee health benefit strategies, design, and funding, such as employer direct contracting with providers, health plan transparency, data privacy, population health management, disease management and wellness programs, telehealth, on-site clinics, cafeteria plans, private healthcare exchanges, VEBAs, as well as consumer-directed health plans such as health reimbursement arrangements and health savings accounts. She also advises employers with respect to federal and state paid leave requirements, fringe benefits, paid-time off, and paid leave donation programs.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/torpey-susannah-p.html Co-Chair of Winston’s Technology Antitrust Group, Susannah Torpey is a Litigation Partner with nearly twenty years of experience representing Fortune 500 companies in multimillion and billion dollar antitrust class actions, high-tech competitor disputes, international investigations, and counseling partnerships. She has been repeatedly recognized as a “SuperLawyer,” “Top Woman Attorney,” and as a “Star” in Antitrust and Litigation for obtaining critical wins for her clients, whether at trial on behalf of plaintiffs or by winning complete dismissals on behalf of defendants. She has also been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Women Leaders in Technology” and as a “high-tech expert.”

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/bloom-suzanne-jaffe.html Suzanne Bloom is a former federal prosecutor (SDNY and EDNY) who is consistently recognized as one of New York’s top lawyers in white collar criminal defense and government investigations and described as “exceptionally smart and tenacious” and “an outstanding strategist and a great trial lawyer.” (Chambers USA 2018) Suzanne is a dedicated advocate for her clients, who benefit from her wealth of government experience. Suzanne’s keen insights, strategic acumen, and ability to mount vigorous defenses allow her to achieve her clients’ goals in a highly effective manner, at times preventing government charges or claims from being filed in the first instance.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/stephens-theodore-r.html#full-bio A nationally recognized legal authority in the life sciences industry, Reed Stephens focuses his practice on pharmaceutical fraud and abuse, corporate compliance, and risk management. He has extensive experience in Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Physician Self-Referral Law False Claims Act litigation. Reed represents pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, wholesalers and individuals, health care systems, and non-health care-related companies in various global industries. This includes the defense industry, government contractors in the gaming industry, as well as the financial services and banking sectors. He has experience in matters involving state and federal government law enforcement and U.S. congressional investigations. He represents health systems and managed care organizations in federal False Claims Act litigation, and counsels pharmaceutical manufacturers on government drug pricing and voluntary disclosures in the areas of Medicaid Drug Rebate, Federal Supply Schedule/Department of Veterans Affairs, and the 340B program.

http://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/attorneys/navia-talbert-i.html Recognized by Latinvex as a top 100 Lawyer in Latin America, Talbert Navia is a seasoned attorney with more than 30 years of experience in transactions in the U.S. and Latin America. Taking time out from the practice of law, he founded and was co-head of investments for two private equity funds and a venture capital firm focused on U.S. and Latin America investments. Talbert is the Chair of the firm’s Latin America practice. His experience spans a broad range of areas including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), joint ventures, financings, public-private partnerships, fund formations, corporate and securities compliance (including FCPA), and corporate restructurings. A primary focus of his practice involves representing leading companies, emerging and high-growth companies, investment funds, and family offices in the U.S. and Latin America in industries such as energy (including renewable energy), infrastructure, oil and gas, telecommunications, media and technology, financial services, real estate, consumer products, food and beverage, and sports and entertainment.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/dee-terrence-j.html#full-bio Terry Dee is a nationally recognized trial lawyer in product liability, mass torts and healthcare litigation. Clients rely on Terry to provide pre-market exposure mitigation strategies and his deep experience with preemption and expert admissibility challenges. Terry has also successfully litigated disputes in healthcare antitrust, earn-outs, post-closing, breach of contract, and other civil matters in a variety of commercial sectors.

Charmani, Athanasia | Winston & Strawn Thania has a broad range of experience representing U.S. and international clients in federal and state courts in complex, high-stakes commercial, securities, and antitrust litigation, as well as habeas corpus and reproductive rights litigation. Thania also has an exceptional understanding of matters relating to blockchain and digital assets and has been representing clients in this space since 2018, including in enforcement actions brought by the SEC, as well as advising companies on regulatory matters in this field.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/jarvis-thomas-l.html With more than 60 ITC Section 337 patent litigations under his belt, Tom Jarvis chairs Winston’s ITC practice and has the highest-level rankings in all the major ranking directories. Clients say he is “a terrific lawyer and a highly valued partner,” Chambers USA highlights his “depth of knowledge second to none,” and he was named to the inaugural Legal 500 Hall of Fame for ITC patent litigation. Tom is a former Senior Investigative Attorney at the ITC.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/kearney-thomas-j.html Thomas Kearney has represented major internet service providers in high-stakes copyright and trademark lawsuits. Prior to joining Winston, he was a Research Fellow at Berkeley’s Center for Law and Technology in copyright and privacy law, and holds a technical degree in Mathematics and Linguistics.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/melsheimer-thomas-m.html Described as “one of the most sought after trial lawyers in the country” by American Lawyer’s publishers, “a celebrated storyteller” by the magazine’s founder, and a “game-changing ringer” by another national legal publication, Tom Melsheimer is a true trial lawyer—one who can try any case, whatever the claims or subject matter. Tom has remarkably broad and extensive jury trial experience. He has tried civil cases involving breach of contract, business torts and fraud, trade secret, patent, antitrust, securities, product liability/mass tort, and qui tam claims. He also has tried criminal cases involving antitrust, health care fraud, bank fraud, public corruption, and kidnapping. Tom is the author of a widely acclaimed book on trying cases before a jury, On the Jury Trial.  

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/millar-thomas-r.html Tom Millar handles a broad array of power and gas transactional and enforcement matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and in federal court, from complex transactions involving FERC-regulated assets to the most sophisticated market manipulation enforcement actions.

Tim Kincaid - Private Equity Attorney | Winston & Strawn As Co-Chair of Winston’s Transactions Department, Tim Kincaid has a proven track record of success in M&A and private equity deals. With clients ranging from private equity funds to strategic buyers, family funds, and individuals, he has handled numerous transactions including buyouts, divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, and capital-raising ventures. Tim has a particular focus representing clients in transactions for the middle market, with industry-focused experience in health care, life sciences, education, financial services, and other sectors. Clients appreciate his ability to balance finding the quickest way to closing while protecting their long-term interests and goals. His experience and business first on both the buy and sell side gives him keen insight into strategies that move deals past obstacles.

Troy Yoshino - Seasoned Class Action Litigator | Winston & Strawn A seasoned litigator, Troy Yoshino defends class actions with a strategic and aggressive approach, aiming to get cases dropped or dismissed as early as possible and keep clients from repetitive suits. Troy uses a big-picture lens to understand a plaintiff’s strategy and build consistent defenses that align with clients’ overall business needs. Troy moves strategically in motion practice, discovery, and all other phases of defense to present obstacles to plaintiffs in high-stakes cases. Troy focuses his practice on defending class actions from consumer claims to employment, privacy, financial services, insurance, toxic torts, and more. He thoroughly assesses risk tolerance for clients and advises them on avoiding future claims. Troy is experienced in coordinating class action and complex proceedings, defending clients in multiple jurisdictions, and has handled appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal circuits, and state appellate courts. In that capacity, he also regularly assists clients in the defense of proceedings that can or have given rise to class actions, such as federal, state, and local government enforcement matters and investigations, as well as proceedings in countries outside the United States.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/richards-tyler-c.html#full-bio Tyler Richards is an associate in the firm’s Litigation Department. Tyler concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, drawing upon his prior experience as a paralegal at a large law firm and as a clerk at the Federal Trade Commission.

Turner, William Everett | Winston & Strawn Will advises public and private companies operating in the finance and technology industries on M&A, venture capital investments, and commercial transactions. He is described by digital assets clients as “hands down the best crypto commercial lawyer.” Will Turner represents U.S. and international emerging and established finance and technology companies in a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, product launches, distribution agreements, and financial services agreements. Deeply knowledgeable in U.S. securities and corporate governance laws and investment standards, he regularly advises clients in cross-border transactions occurring in the United States and abroad. Will has extensive experience advising digital assets and blockchain clients in commercial transactions and product launches and is described by a client as “hands down the best crypto commercial lawyer.”

William Lang - Real Estate Attorney - Winston & Strawn | Winston & Strawn Bill Lang represents clients in the real estate industry in connection with acquisitions and dispositions of properties in all asset classes, commercial leasing of both office and retail from both the landlord and tenant sides, and real estate financing representing both lenders and borrowers.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/brewer-william-d.html Bill Brewer, Debt Finance Practice Co-Chair, has extensive experience in asset-based, cash flow, leveraged, and other finance transactions, acquisition finance, related securities offerings of both equity and debt, and health care financing. In addition, he routinely represents financial institutions in workouts and restructurings, both in and out of bankruptcy.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/o-neil-william-c.html#full-bio Bill O’Neil is an accomplished trial lawyer who litigates and facilitates resolution of high-stakes business disputes. Bill has tried over 20 cases to verdict, including three in the past 10 months alone. Bill is a sought-after counselor to some of America’s largest corporations and private equity funds. Widely regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent M&A litigators, Bill has litigated dozens of buyer-seller disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and won what is regarded as the largest working-capital dispute in U.S. M&A history. Bill is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal regarding the representation and warranty (R&W) insurance market.

https://www.winston.com/en/who-we-are/professionals/weit-zachary-c.html Zach Weit is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office who focuses his practice on tax controversy and criminal tax matters. He draws on his experience as a former clerk at the U.S. Tax Court and at the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to help clients navigate complex tax issues in a variety of forums.