Winston Taylor is home to a team of experienced dealmakers, offering both cross-border and domestic clients a range of services, including private and public acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions and private equity-backed M&A deals. With a broad industry scope covered, the team is particularly active across the healthcare, food and beverage and energy sector. From the Chicago office, Matt Stevens heads the M&A practice, offering proficiency in international deals whilst Brian Schafer co-chairs the private equity practice and Timothy Kincaid is a key contact for clients in the life science and financial service sectors. From the Dallas office, Matt Stockstill co-chairs the private equity practice and Brad Vaiana, from the New York practice is a contact for all-round transactional knowledge.
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Key clients

  • GHOST Lifestyle
  • LesserEvil
  • Millicom
  • Denali Capital Acquisition Corporation
  • RF Acquisition Corporation
  • Voyager Acquisition Corporation
  • Amphenol Corporation
  • Chart Industries
  • The Chartis Group
  • Audax Private Equity / CW Advisors
  • TJC, L.P. (formerly The Jordan Company)
  • Nscale Global Holdings Ltd.

Work highlights

Represented Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DECA) in its high-profile business combination with Semnur Pharmaceuticals, valuing Semnur at $2.5 billion.
Represented GHOST Lifestyle in its US$1.65 billion sale to Keurig Dr Pepper, which includes an initial 60% stake for US$ million and the remaining 40% in 2028.
Represented Voyager Acquisition Corp. in its announced business combination with VERAXA Biotech AG, valuing VERAXA at $1.3 billion with up to $253 million in cash held in trust.

Lawyers

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Practice head

Matt Stevens; Matt Stockstill; Brian Schafer ; Brad Vaiana; Timothy Kincaid