Winston & Strawn LLP > London, England > Firm Profile

‘Excellent partner-driven service. Responsive and user-friendly.’

‘Paul Amiss is a safe pair of hands in a tricky situation. Easy to deal with, results-oriented, and good at bringing parties to the table.’

‘Depth of experience in cross-border transactions, often coordinating multiple jurisdictions.’

‘Seasoned practitioner and team leader. Calm, pragmatic and commercial.’

‘They do a great job because they apply the same level of care and attention to all deals. Smaller deals receive partner-level attention and are not viewed primarily as learning opportunities for younger lawyers, which is the unfortunate case at many of their competitors.’

‘Nick Usher is an experienced and superb M&A lawyer capable of handling deals of any size and degree of sophistication.’

‘The team is a small but highly focused team of industry experts with detailed and specific knowledge of aviation finance.’

‘The team is strong and on point. They know the aviation market very well and what issues are important to us.’

‘Maestro Mark Moody is very experienced and always focused on his deals. He always gets us the best result possible.’

‘Mark Moody is the stand-out individual. Mark knows the industry inside out and we like bouncing commercial ideas off him as much as legal issues.’

‘Rishi Raheja – an experienced associate who takes a pragmatic approach to aviation-related issues.’

‘People at Winston are experienced and very helpful.’

‘The team is very consistent, responsive and reliable, always demonstrating a great ability to adjust to new variants and late time changes in the transaction.’

‘Rishi Raheja is certainly someone who stands out and is always available to make the deal work and close timely.’

‘Responsive, smart and strategic advice.’

‘Very dedicated team – fair billing vs the value delivered.’

‘Deep subject matter expertise in oil and gas.’

‘Michael Stepek is an extraordinary advocate for his clients. He has the ability to break down the most intricate of corporate transactions to understand them properly, and then craft arguments based on that understanding of the economics of the deal.’

‘Michael Stepek is phenomenal in providing sharp analysis of claims and defence strategies. He is business minded and solution-oriented.‘

‘Michael Stepek is extraordinarily focused and understands the arbitration world intimately.’

‘Daniel Meagher is user friendly, collaborative and has good subject matter knowledge.’

‘Matthew Bate and associate Oriane Cannac are an excellent double act.’

‘The first-class team handles projects really well and we have been thoroughly impressed with them.’

‘Ian Borman is a class act.’

‘Rising star Daniela Cohen is excellent.’

‘The team is skilled in all commercial aviation disputes particularly involving finance, manufacturing and maintenance, and particularly in multi-jurisdictional disputes.’

‘Dan Meagher stands out in a team which can also draw on huge US expertise. Dan is quietly brilliant. Understated but also incisive and on the ball.’

‘Excellent industry knowledge and top rate partners who are responsive and keen to understand the commercial drivers.’

‘Paul Amiss is a safe pair of hands in a tricky situation. Both Paul and Ian Borman are easy to deal with, results oriented and good at bringing parties to the table.’

‘Depth of experience in cross border transactions, often coordinating multiple jurisdictions. Partner level attention assured throughout.’

‘Solutions orientated, with the ability to maintain a sense of humour.’

‘Highly experienced and knowledgable professionals, great availability and capable of adjusting quickly to changing deal dynamics.  Capable of sourcing know-how from wide range of practices, as needed. We were particularly impressed by Paul Amiss.’

‘Peter Crowther is an excellent lawyer with a sharp, analytical mind.’

‘The Winston team in the UK has been very strong, reliable and responsive. They have a deep bench of talented associates to assist, and the partner leadership is excellent, and very attentive to our needs as a client.’

‘Peter Crowther has assisted us in extremely complex, sensitive and challenging issues. He always brings practical, business-focused advice while also understanding the very complicated legal issues that are involved. He is always available and responsive.’

‘The firm is held in very high regard and gives its clients great confidence. They are good at setting out clear strategies designed to advance clients’ interests.’

‘Daniel Meagher is very efficient and capable. I am struck by how effective he is at keeping up-to-date and understanding the detail of cases.’

‘Extremely capable and dynamic litigators.’

‘Ben Bruton is a stand-out. A master of international litigation and almost unrivalled in expertise.’

‘Extensive experience combined with considerable strategic insight makes this a formidable team that achieves effective results for its clients.’

‘Ben Bruton: a dynamic litigator who combines intellectual rigour with strong organisational skills. Ben uses these qualities to secure positive solutions for his clients.

‘Daniel Meagher: an efficient operator, who identifies successful strategies for his clients and is able to adapt to changing circumstances. A real asset to any client with a difficult dispute to resolve.’

‘Ben Bruton is a true gentleman who will always put the client’s interests first. He is exceptionally clever when devising strategy, a gifted communicator and someone who always delivers.’