Leading middle-market private equity funds such as The Jordan Company, Wind Point, and Vistria retain longstanding relationships with the team at Winston & Strawn LLP, which has a penchant for handling leveraged buyouts and growth investments in sectors such as software, food, healthcare, and defense. Integrated antitrust, real estate, tax, and IP expertise further allows the team to guide funds through the entire transactional lifecycle and handle a diverse range of portfolio company-related matters, including cross-border mergers, add-on acquisitions, and take-private deals. The team is active across the country and is jointly led by New York-based public and private M&A and corporate governance expert Brad Vaiana, Dallas lawyer Matthew Stockstill, who focuses on cross-border PE acquisitions and exits alongside fund formation matters, and transactional and debt finance specialist Eva Davis, who practices from Los Angeles. Further key contacts include private equity and capital markets expert Matthew Bergmann in Chicago and de-SPAC specialist Dom DeChiara in New York.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
- Profile
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Superb ability to problem solve and create out-of-the-box solutions to complex issues. The team is communicative, deadlines are adhered to, and little to no follow up is ever needed. All around, this team makes doing deals so much more enjoyable by taking the best care and attention to us.’
‘This team is one of the best M&A deal teams that I've ever worked with and goes above and beyond in terms of client service - always meeting deadlines; creating and executing upon novel solutions to novel and complex issues; advising and counseling us instead of just doing what they are told; they truly feel like an extension of our internal team.’
'The team has a breadth of experience and works to factor in our unique hot button issues when integrating their best practices.'
'Eva Davis, Brendan Mace, and Bryan Ikegami excel in client management and business judgment.'
Key clients
- ACON Investments
- Arbor Investments
- Argand Partners
- Bregal Investments
- Century Park Capital Partners
- Charger Investment Partners
- CORE Industrial Partners
- Court Square Capital Partners
- Diversis Capital
- Eos Partners
Work highlights
- Advised The Jordan Company on its acquisition of Soteria Flexibles Holdings and its subsidiaries.
- Represented Eos Partners in its acquisition of Gulf Pacific and Southwest Spice.
- Advised Canada-based Beringer Capital on its acquisition of VeraData Holdings.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Brad Vaiana; Matthew Stockstill; Eva Davis
Other key lawyers
Matthew Bergmann; Dom DeChiara; David Lange; Timothy Kincaid; Brendan Mace; Eric Kaufman; Lilli Scalettar; Bryan Ikegami