Focusing on the aviation and aerospace industries, Winston & Strawn LLP - which boasts an impressive roster of US clients - is regularly engaged in multijurisdictional disputes across Europe and the Middle East. ‘Particularly knowledgeable’ and ’very experienced’ practice head Ben Bruton is an expert in disputes relating to the Middle East. Daniel Meagher has an active cross-border practice that spans various sectors, encompassing aviation, energy, healthcare and technology. Other key names to note include Michael Stepek, Suzanne Labi and Freya MacCormack.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Commercial and practical advice which is actionable by the business. Willing to devote the time and energy to get to understand the businesses and provide true recommendations. Utilises trainees extremely effectively, in secondment scenarios to best achieve a proximate relationship with clients.’

  • ‘Ben Bruton is highly professional and responsive. Great relationship builder.’

  • ‘The team is incredibly responsive to developments. They also continue to be incredibly forward thinking, sometimes spotting issues we have not yet identified as the client, and knowing in advance what a likely, reasonable solution to such issue would be. That level of expertise is invaluable.’

  • ‘Ben Bruton continues to be the lead of this team, and our primary, go-to partner. Ben is incredibly responsive, and no ask seems to be beyond his team's capability. He is particularly knowledgeable about multiple jurisdictions and continues to give sound advice.’

  • ‘Dan Meagher is a quietly spoken, but highly intelligent and forceful lawyer, who thinks before he speaks and inspires confidence.’

  • ‘Ben Bruton is a very experienced partner who leads a motivated team. Ben is very good at putting in place systems so that everyone within the team knows their role and is able to make valuable contributions and is particularly keen to ensure that more junior members are given opportunities to run discrete parts of the case and have ownership of specific task.’

  • 'Dan Meagher is a thoughtful, experienced partner with a keen eye for strategic considerations.’
  • ‘Deep knowledge and practical approach. The team work hard to understand the business drivers of their clients and provide practical advice and solutions that address these drivers.’

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ben Bruton

Other key lawyers

Suzanne Labi, Freya MacCormack, Juliette Huard-Bourgois, Agustin Spotorno, Daniel Meagher