Winston & Strawn > Brussels, Belgium > Firm Profile
Winston & Strawn Offices

Wetstraat/Rue de la Loi 82
1040
Belgium
Winston & Strawn > The Legal 500 Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Winston & Strawn LLP‘s team of ‘top notch legal talent’ is active in high-profile cases across the full range of sectors, from aviation, consumer products, agriculture, to TMT, insurance, and finance, with a growing oil and gas litigation practice. In Dallas, Tom Walsh co-chairs the complex commercial litigation practice and specializes in energy-related disputes. Co-chair Samantha Lerner in Chicago handles commercial and patent litigation on behalf of Fortune 500 companies. Chicago-based Linda Coberly is co-chair of the litigation department alongside Tom Melsheimer in Dallas, who leverages his wealth of both civil and criminal jury trial experience. Also in Chicago, Dan WebbPractice head(s):
Tom Walsh; Samantha Lerner; Tom Melsheimer; Linda Coberly
Other key lawyers:
Dan Webb; Steve D’Amore; Paula Hinton; Michael Murphy; Sean Suber; Robine Morrison; Michael Toomey
Testimonials
‘Top notch legal talent. Able to tackle the most sophisticated matters while always keeping in mind what is best for the business. Exceptionally responsive. One of the few firms we are comfortable taking our matters to trial.’
‘Tom Melsheimer is the best litigator in Texas, if not the United States. He is dynamic with a jury and great with senior company leaders.’
‘Tom Walsh is a force of nature. He is exceptionally smart and equally as personable. He is a great organizer as well as a forceful advocate.’
Key clients
Abbott Laboratories
Archer Daniels Midland
Assa Abloy AB
Boral Industries
Champion Petfoods
Comcast Corp.
FM Global
Hertz
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
LifeVantage
Monsanto Company (now Bayer)
National Football League Players Association (NFLPA)
Panasonic Corporation
T-Mobile USA
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
The J.M. Smucker Co.
Unilever
WME IMG, LLC
Work highlights
- Representing Abbott in state and federal proceedings involving numerous product liability lawsuits regarding their preterm-infant formula products.
- Represented Pioneer in securing a ruling denying MIECO’s summary judgment.
- Representing Versata Software as plaintiff’s counsel in its litigation against Ford, which includes trade secret and breach of contract claims, alleging the car manufacturer misappropriated Versata’s technology to create a “like-for-like” replacement and breached the parties’ licensing agreement.
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Comprised of ‘strong members from the top down’. Winston & Strawn LLP’s boasts a strong patent litigation team with expertise in high technology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. The practice also specializes in patent cases involving AI. In Los Angeles, Nimalka Wickramasekera specializes in medical device patents. Wickramasekera co-chairs the department with Charlotte-based Danielle Williams, an experienced litigator in semiconductor and software patent infringement. David Enzminger, also in Los Angeles, is well-regarded for his work on complex hardware and software patent infringement cases. The team is further strengthened by the esteemed George LombardiPractice head(s):
Nimalka Wickramasekera; Danielle Williams
Other key lawyers:
George Lombardi; David Enzminger; Chuck Klein; Thomas Melsheimer; Dustin Edwards; Krishnan Padmanabhan; Michael Bittner; Jovial Wong
Testimonials
‘The patent litigation team at Winston is very effective at getting favorable results for its customers.’
‘George Lombardi, Danielle Williams and Dustin Edwards work great as a team. Each is amazing, organized, and thoughtful in their own right, and they provided us with great results on several patent matters this year. Could not be any happier with their effective representation of the company.’
‘The team works together seamlessly. Very strategic thinking, always thinking of creative solutions to difficult problems. Strong members from the top down, from senior partner to junior associate.’
‘Fantastic organization, nothing seems to slip between the cracks and wonderful oral arguments with a great courtroom presence.’
‘They seem to be at the forefront of using AI technology in legal work compared to other law firms we work with.’
‘Krishnan Padmanabhan knows the technology extremely well and works with his team to develop winning arguments on the merits. He thinks outside the box and has on numerous occasions found threads to pull that others overlook that turn out to be case dispositive in our favor.’
‘Michael Bittner is the best lawyer I have ever worked with. He is smart, decisive, tenacious, and also really listens to the client.’
Key clients
Advanced Micro Devices
Cisco Systems
U.S. Well Services Holdings
Flypsi
Corning Incorporated
MSN Laboratories Private Limited
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc.
Lupin Limited
Abbott Laboratories
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Work highlights
- Achieved a complete victory for Microsoft Corporation by securing a rare summary judgment of no damages in a patent litigation case filed by Exafer Ltd.
- Represented Flypsi, Inc. in a patent infringement case against Google regarding Flyp’s innovative telephone call setup methods, which recently resulted in a favorable jury verdict in the W.D. Tex.
Winston & Strawn > Firm Profile
The firm: For more than 170 years, Winston & Strawn LLP has served as a trusted adviser and advocate to companies in a broad array of industries. The firm has built a law practice with tremendous breadth and a global presence across the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Winston & Strawn’s 15 offices are located in major business centres around the world, including Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Chairman | Stephen D'Amore | [email protected] | +1 312-558-5934 |
Co-Executive Chairman | Jeffrey Kessler | [email protected] | +1 212-294-4698 |
Co-Executive Chairman | Dan Webb | [email protected] | +1 312-558-5856 |
Managing Partner – Internal Affairs | Cardelle Spangler | [email protected] | +1 312-558-7541 |
Managing Partner – External Affairs | Eva Davis | [email protected] | +1 213-615-1719 |
Managing Partner – International Affairs | Peter Crowther | [email protected] | +44 20 7011 8750 |
Chief Strategic Officer | Dominick DeChiara | [email protected] | +1 212-294-2609 |
Co-Chair, Litigation Department | Linda Coberly | [email protected] | +1 312-558-8768 |
Co-Chair, Litigation Department | Tom Melsheimer | [email protected] | +1 214-453-6401 |
Co-Chair, Transactions Department | Timothy Kincaid | [email protected] | +1 312-558-5243 |
Co-Chair, Transactions Department | Brad Vaiana | [email protected] | +1 212-294-2610 |
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