Winston & Strawn is a leading advisor to public and private companies and investment advisers on corporate transactions. We have experience representing public and private companies, financial sponsors, boards of directors and special committees, financial advisors, and management teams. This perspective enables us to understand the concerns of parties on all sides of the table, protect our clients’ interests, and execute deals.

Our results-oriented team is focused on making transactions fast, smooth, and cost-efficient. Our attorneys have advised on M&A transactions of all sizes and degrees of complexity, and have represented an exceptionally diverse base of clients, both large and middle-market.

Our goal is to deliver value throughout each phase of the transaction from diligence, structuring, and negotiation through execution and closing. We take an integrated approach to mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, providing seamless deal teams that draw upon not only our corporate and finance practices, but also on tax, antitrust, employment, intellectual property, environmental, and employee benefits.

Our experience includes:

• Public and private company acquisitions
• Stock and asset sales
• Carve-out transactions
• Tender and exchange offers
• Leveraged and management buyouts
• Take-private transactions
• Recapitalizations
• Special committee assignments

CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS

As a full-service, international law firm, we have established a successful track record of representing clients in cross-border transactions and assisting them in expanding their operations to the United States, Europe, and other key international markets. Our attorneys have advised clients on a broad scope of cross-border strategic investments, acquisitions, and joint ventures and help clients navigate complex cross-border transactional issues.

SELL-SIDE REPRESENTATION

Our team has extensive experience working with directors, shareholders, and management of private and public companies on a wide range of transactions involving the sale of a minority or controlling interests, including carve outs, spinoffs, asset and stock sales, and other strategic transactions.

We help prepare companies and work with investment bankers in all aspects of the auction and sale process. Years of experience representing public and private sellers, and financial and strategic buyers, permits us to bring the broadest market perspective to any transaction.