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2021 GLOBAL CAPABILITIES Firm Profile
For more than 160 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 three continents. Of all the accolades we receive, Winston is most proud to have the continued trust and confidence of its clients. © 2021 Winston & Strawn LLP Firm Profile \\ 2
A Firm With a Mission
950+
JEFFREY KESSLER, DAN WEBB
TOTAL ATTORNEYS
15
OFFICES WORLDWIDE
1853
FOUNDED
CO-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMEN
TOM FITZGERALD CHAIRMAN
MICHAEL ELKIN VICE CHAIRMAN
CLIENT-DRIVEN RESULTS-ORIENTED
At Winston, we strive to: We litigate cases and close transactions. We are
shrewd advisers, and our clients view us as trusted
• Provide our clients with creative solutions to their
business partners.
business problems — on time and on budget
• Serve our communities and the public interest Our attorneys remain fully engaged in each matter
from start to finish, taking a hands-on approach to
• Promote diversity within the firm and throughout
coordinating client teams, ensuring the delivery of
the legal profession
quality work in as efficient a manner as possible,
• Maintain a culture of teamwork and collegiality and communicating directly with our clients.
Throughout the engagement, we apply market-
leading technology and innovation to provide
SYNERGISTIC essential data and clear communication to enable
With 15 offices in key financial centers around the our clients to make timely and well-informed
world, we bring an understanding of the global decisions.
and industry-specific legal and business issues
our clients face in transactions, disputes, and
regulatory/enforcement-related matters.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS*
AAR Corporation Deutsche Bank AG JPMorgan Chase & Co. SEPLAT Petroleum Development
Abbott Laboratories Discover Financial Services Luxottica Group S.p.A. Company Plc
AbbVie Inc. Duke Energy Corporation LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Telefónica International
American International Group, Inc. eBay Inc. Vuitton SA Teva Pharmaceuticals
AOL Inc. Eos Partners, L.P. Microsoft Corporation TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
AON Corporation FAGE International S.A. Motorola Mobility, Inc. Verizon Communications Inc.
Arris Group Inc. Frontenac Company Motorola Solutions, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bankers Life and Casualty Gazprom International S.A. National Football League Wells Fargo & Company
Company Inc. Players Association Yahoo! Inc.
GenNx360 Capital Partners
Cameron International Northern Trust Corporation
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Cisco Systems, Inc. NRG Energy, Inc.
Groupon, Inc.
Dell Inc. Panasonic Corporation *Select list of clients the firm has
Hospira Inc.
Schlumberger Limited permission to disclose
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Global Reach
Winston is organized as a single law firm with 15 continues to expand our capabilities and resources
geographic locations. We do not function as a in North America, Europe, and Asia with the
collection of independent offices— all of the firm’s strategic addition of the industry’s top legal talent
resources are equally available to each attorney to our teams — to keep pace with our clients’ legal
in the service of a client. Through this approach, needs around the world. This approach includes a
we ensure consistent outcomes and all clients strategic alliance with one of China’s leading local
receive the same high level of service everywhere firms. YuandaWinston’s cross-practice team serves
in the world. clients across industries in China and broader Asia,
as well as in global markets with interests in China,
We represent clients in all phases of international with their complex, market-specific transactional,
transactions and disputes, as well as before regulatory, and disputes needs.
governmental and international agencies. Winston
NEW YORK
WASHINGTON, D.C.
CHICAGO CHARLOTTE MOSCOW SHANGHAI
SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS LONDON HONG KONG
SILICON VALLEY HOUSTON BRUSSELS
LOS ANGELES PARIS
Winston established a Strategic Alliance in Shanghai with Yuanda China Law Offices in June 2020.
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Key Practice Areas
PRACTICE AREA We offer a compelling combination of experience,
DEMOGRAPHICS exceptional service, and value to clients across
Over the past several years, the firm has made a a wide range of industries, partnering with
concerted effort to more evenly balance its practice businesses and individuals in connection with their
offerings between transactional and litigation- transactional, capital-raising, and other corporate-
related areas. Our current mix takes into account related needs.
our clients’ present and future needs.
LITIGATION
CORPORATE Trial skills matter— even in a world where few
AND TRANSACTIONAL disputes ever see the inside of a courtroom.
In a global business and legal environment marked Winston has built a reputation as a trial lawyers’
by change, domestic and multinational companies, firm. From compliance counseling to mediation,
financial institutions, investors, and entrepreneurs settlement negotiation, motion practice, trial, and
face demanding challenges that significantly impact appeal, Winston offers a full-service litigation
their businesses. Winston helps clients navigate practice capable of meeting our clients’ business
these challenges, adapt to regulatory change, and and legal objectives, whatever they may be.
get transactions to the finish line.
Our litigators are some of the most seasoned in the
Our corporate and transactional attorneys industry, bringing extensive courtroom experience
represent public and private companies, leading to every matter the firm handles. This experience
financial institutions, private equity and investment helps us spot outcome-determinative legal issues
funds, funding sources, governmental entities, early and enables us to prepare compelling
investors, and emerging companies. Throughout arguments that support our clients’ positions.
our long history, we have advised on a broad What’s more, our long history of taking cases to
scope of high-profile transactions and matters for trial— and winning —gives our clients tremendous
our clients—from cross-border transactions, initial settlement leverage with their adversaries, as well
public offerings, and special committee matters as confidence in a successful outcome if and when
to distressed acquisitions, precedent-setting they go to trial. Winston’s global team of more than
restructurings, and creative financings. 450 litigators on three continents approaches every
case with strategic focus, unrelenting advocacy,
and intensive preparation. That is why some of the
world’s largest companies and financial institutions
Ranked National Tier 1 have asked us to represent them in their most
Banking and Finance Law \\ Bankruptcy and Creditor
difficult litigation matters.
Debtor Rights/ Insolvency and Reorganization \\ Corporate
Law \\ Mergers and Acquisition Law \\ Real Estate Law \\ The firm’s litigation prowess extends even beyond
Securities/Capital Markets Law \\ Tax Law the courtroom. Winston’s world-class International
Arbitration Practice assists clients with large-
U.S. NEWS ® – BEST LAW YERS 2020 value, complex, and high-profile commercial and
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competitive position rather than simply resolving
They’re practical, a dispute that arises out of past conduct, and we
have substantial experience providing assistance to
collaborative and value- clients who use intellectual property as part of their
oriented. business strategy.
CHAMBERS USA
However, what is most striking about our practice is
that we are at the forefront of not just the high-tech,
biotech, pharmaceutical, and new media industries,
and not just patent litigation, International Trade
investment-based disputes in virtually every major Commission (ITC) Section 337 investigations,
arbitration center. copyright, trademark, and privacy and advertising
law, but all of the above. Whether delivering
billion-dollar patent verdicts, paving new ground
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY in cutting-edge copyright issues, or prevailing
With 175 attorneys, Winston’s Intellectual Property before the Supreme Court, Winston’s lawyers
Practice is one of the most active and highly are dominating the landscape of intellectual
regarded in the country. In 2020, our IP litigation property law.
practice was ranked in the first tier nationally for the
seventh straight year by U.S. News & World Report
in its “Best Law Firms” survey. ANTITRUST / COMPETITION
Winston’s global Antitrust/Competition Practice
helps clients in virtually every industry resolve
their most complex problems. Regularly handling
NEARLY
issues of every size and scope, our internationally
30+ OF OUR
70
HAVE TECHNICAL
renowned attorneys are proud to offer a full range
of services, including advice and representation
related to all aspects of global cartel defense, civil
and criminal litigation, government investigations,
LITIGATORS HAVE DEGREES
FIRST-CHAIRED mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory
IP TRIALS counseling and compliance.
Understanding that a little bit of compliance
Our success has been driven by a simple strategy: counseling can be worth millions in litigation costs,
attract the best trial lawyers and support them with we offer counseling in every area of antitrust risk.
strong technical lawyers. Those teams get the We recognize, however, that despite the most
best results. Winston’s IP practice is unique in that stringent compliance strategies, investigations and
regardless of the venue, discipline, technology, litigation are sometimes unavoidable. Our Antitrust/
industry, client, or case, we have a strong story to Competition attorneys have significant experience
tell and can offer first-chair trial attorneys who have with government investigations, helping clients
the right mix of experience and credentials. In fact, safely navigate the challenges that can arise from
nearly 70 of our lawyers have technical degrees, regulators and government agencies in the United
including nearly 20 with advanced degrees. Our States, Europe, and Asia.
attorneys understand that intellectual property
litigation is a means of establishing a client’s future
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Our Antitrust/Competition attorneys also have collective actions, with an emphasis on wage and
decades of experience representing clients in hour and ERISA litigation. Among our peer firms,
both government and private antitrust litigation. we have one of the most-experienced and long-
In addition, we regularly assist clients with global standing labor relations practices, which covers
cartel defense. At any given time, we are typically the full range of high-profile and complex labor
handling the defense of clients in no fewer than a disputes. We also regularly handle single-plaintiff
dozen major international cartel matters around the employment litigation, as well as matters involving
world. trade secrets, unfair competition, and non-compete
issues; important counseling and compliance
advice; and other day-to-day employment issues.
2020 Antitrust Firm of
the Year
BENCHMARK LITIGATION 2020 PREFERRED
30
COUNSEL FOR
Finally, Winston’s Antitrust/Competition team LABOR
AND EMPLOYMENT
10
OF THE NATION’S
routinely handles all aspects of the merger review LARGEST EMPLOYERS
ATTORNEYS
and antitrust clearance process. Through our
offices in Europe, we assist with European state
aid clearances and represent clients before the
European Commission, European community
courts, and dozens of national courts. Our global ENERGY
Antitrust/Competition attorneys are also well versed Winston offers a full-service, multidisciplinary,
in Asian competition law, particularly with respect to and highly experienced energy team specifically
merger reviews and clearance challenges in China, assembled to support each of the core
Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. competencies that are most important in the current
market. Our experience spans electric generation,
transmission, distribution, and fuel supply and
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT transportation in the power sector, as well as the
Winston’s Labor & Employment Practice has long upstream, midstream, and downstream segments
been considered one of the nation’s premier in the oil and gas sector. We offer a true “one-
practices, as evidenced by the regular recognition stop shop” that can deliver value as a result of the
it receives on both regional and national levels. depth of our experience and the efficiency that
Our Labor & Employment attorneys represent comes with such experience, a long-tenured team,
employers of all types and sizes— ranging from and the institutional knowledge that we gain from
the Fortune 100 to privately held startups, and establishing broad relationships with our clients.
including both foreign and domestic businesses.
Our substantively knowledgeable and responsive The breadth of legal disciplines encompassed by
team manages a number of significant national and our energy practice provides our clients with ready
regional labor and employment engagements. We access to attorneys experienced in development,
regularly handle complex litigation matters involving mergers and acquisitions, tax, finance, marketing
hard-hitting issues, including major class and and trading, and regulatory and enforcement work.
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While these areas constitute the principal focus of industry sectors in varied jurisdictions. Our team
our practice, we work closely with our colleagues consists of seasoned compliance counselors,
who have exceptional technical and practical litigators, veterans in corporate transactions, and
capabilities in handling disputes, restructuring, attorneys adept in rulemaking and administrative
antitrust, real estate, environmental, and other lobbying. We regularly serve clients in all key areas
matters to provide a broad-based, fully-integrated of environmental law, including due diligence,
team. Our ability to effectively integrate the various counseling on sustainability and compliance,
substantive aspects of our practice, and bring permitting, strategic planning, audits, and civil and
to bear the appropriate legal team, presents a criminal enforcement proceedings.
compelling value proposition that sets us apart from
other firms.
TAX
With an international geographic reach, Winston’s
integrated Tax Practice addresses virtually all areas
Energy Law: of tax law. Our group of more than 30 Tax attorneys
has extensive experience representing some
National Tier 1 Practice of the nation’s largest public companies on tax
U.S. NEWS ® BEST LAW YERS—BEST LAW FIRMS 2020 planning and controversy matters. We closely align
our tax services to meet specific business needs
by partnering with the direct purchasers of tax
Our practice is built around core energy services, from the vice president of tax to the CFO.
practitioners who have focused their careers on We have long distinguished ourselves in the tax-
the energy sector. Many of our team members advantaged financing area and assist developers
have worked together for nearly a decade or more, as well as lenders. Our Tax lawyers have particular
which has created extreme process efficiencies. experience helping clients with alternative energy
Furthermore, several of our practitioners come and other congressionally authorized tax incentive
from industry and regulatory agencies that have programs. Winston also possesses significant
authority over the activities of our client base. Our practices in federal tax planning, state, local and
practitioners’ significant institutional knowledge, international tax, and tax transactions.
combined with our wealth of shared experience,
enables Winston to serve clients with a consistent
team, standardized legal review process, and a
broad and nimble substantive capability. Ranked National Tier 1 for
Tax Law
ENVIRONMENTAL U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT—BEST LAW FIRMS ® 2020
The firm’s Environmental Practice includes
attorneys in both the United States and abroad.
Together, our Environmental partners bring an Competitors respect and
average of more than 23 years of experience
to client engagements, enabling our team to fear the firm when on the
provide comprehensive legal services in a other side of the table.
wide variety of matters to environmental clients
across the globe. Our experience involves all THE LEGAL 500
environmental media and covers numerous
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American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)
A global firm that provides are members of our Real Estate Practice.
exceptional client service.
THE LEGAL 500 HEALTH CARE LAW
Winston has developed an industry-wide practice
in the health care field that encompasses virtually
all aspects of health care law and integrates
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND nearly every legal practice area. Our attorneys are
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION seasoned practitioners with experience serving as
Winston has a robust Employee Benefits and general, litigation, and special counsel to a wide
Executive Compensation (“EBEC”) Practice that has variety of health care organizations and entities.
been recognized on a national level by numerous We have a solid understanding of the health care
publications. Our attorneys advise corporations, sector and proven success in representing our
boards of directors, private equity firms, and clients in a broad spectrum of issues. Health care
executives on all legal, design, drafting, negotiation, is the fastest-growing and most complex industry
and compliance aspects of executive compensation in the world, and our attorneys make a point to
matters. We also advise corporations, firms, stay abreast of market developments, trends, and
fiduciaries, executives, administrators, cases that are relevant to our clients and practices.
governmental entities, and financial institutions on This depth of understanding is evident by our
innovative and traditional employee retirement and involvement in thought-leadership activities, and we
health and welfare benefits programs. Our level of encourage clients to tap into our knowledge base.
experience and more than 50 years of involvement
in the EBEC field have given our attorneys a deep
understanding of the evolution of benefits law and
the market for executive compensation. Law Firm of the Year –
Maritime & Admiralty
REAL ESTATE U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT—BEST LAW FIRMS ® 2020
Today’s dynamic real estate market calls for
attorneys who bring a broad platform of skills
and experience to the table. Winston’s Real
Estate Practice offers institutional knowledge MARITIME AND ADMIRALTY
across an extensive array of real estate Described in Chambers USA 2018 as “deans in
transactions. Collaborating with our corporate, the field who ‘know the area of law better than
tax, environmental, and litigation practices, we anyone else’,” Winston’s Maritime team understands
assist purchasers, sellers, developers, borrowers, the challenges involved in doing business and
and lenders in the acquisition, financing, sale, navigating the complex issues of the maritime
restructuring, development, and leasing of industry. By representing a diverse mix of industry
commercial, industrial, and multi-family properties. participants — including vessel owners and
Our client base includes major U.S. and operators, businesses that charter vessels to port
international corporations, financial institutions, authorities, and others engaged in the financing of
real estate funds, real estate investment trusts, maritime transportation assets —our attorneys have
insurance companies, and other major real estate gained a deep understanding of the most important
market participants. Notably, two members of the issues facing our clients. While we are nationally
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recognized as a “go-to” firm for difficult maritime development of business opportunities and the
problems involving U.S. government policy, law, protection of our clients’ interests. Our attorneys
regulations, and enforcement, we also are actively have extensive experience counseling clients in
involved in assisting clients with vessel financing, various industry sectors on a range of issues facing
commercial transactions, and non-government- those doing business in and with Latin American
related admiralty litigation, including collisions, and Caribbean countries. Our team has been
allisions, and cargo claims, among others. recognized by Chambers Latin America, Financial
Times, IFLR, LatinFinance, Latin Lawyer, and The
Our team has extensive experience dealing Legal 500 Latin America, among others.
with the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Our Latin America & Caribbean practice includes
Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Maritime nearly 35 corporate and litigation attorneys who
Administration, U.S. Transportation Command, are active in nearly every market in the region.
and the Military Sealift Command. In addition, Our clients include Fortune 500 companies,
our Maritime team is supported by the full government and quasi-governmental entities,
resources of the firm, including our corporate, financial institutions, private equity and other
restructuring, environmental, tax, litigation, labor investors, domestic and international oil and
and employment, and energy practices. gas exploration and production companies,
petrochemical companies, refiners, and shippers,
and a range of commercial and infrastructure
developers. Our experience includes capital
50
PUBLIC COMPANIES markets, M&A and spinoffs, joint ventures, private
USED OUR ADVISORS equity, project finance, finance, environmental, tax,
IN PROXY STATEMENT
litigation, international arbitration, and antitrust/
PREPARATION
competition.
TRUSTS AND ESTATES
Winston’s Trusts and Estates lawyers understand
that building relationships is the key to providing
great legal service. Whether counseling individuals
or corporate fiduciaries, our attorneys are sensitive
to the personal nature of estate and tax planning,
estate and trust administration, and litigation, and
are committed to addressing the unique concerns
of each and every one of our clients. We also offer
extensive experience in structuring and counseling
charitable foundations on tax and corporate issues.
LATIN AMERICA PRACTICE
With experience counseling clients across Latin
America and the Caribbean, the attorneys in
this practice are valuable resources for the
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Our European team consists of approximately
150 practitioners across four offices, all of whom
are locally qualified and globally experienced. Winston’s practice stands
Our professionals offer regional knowledge out in that it can truly deliver
with experience in innovative, market-leading
transactions and complex litigation, disputes, and and manage a global
regulatory matters. This is coupled with in-depth transaction with multiple
knowledge of our clients’ industries, including the
economic and regulatory environments in which jurisdictions involved. It
they operate, and experience in the most critical delivers a seamless and
matters across Europe and the world.
practical service.
Our close integration with the firm’s offices around
THE LEGAL 500 UK 2020
the world, as well as the firm’s emphasis on global
practice areas, provides us with an international
reach that serves our clients well. Our European
offices also advise extensively across Africa and LONDON
the Middle East, with the London and Paris offices Winston’s London office provides high-quality
acting as hubs for work across these regions. legal services across a diverse range of areas
Our European practices have received consistent within transactions, disputes, and competition/
acknowledgement in numerous top-tier industry regulatory matters.
publications, including Chambers and Partners (UK,
European, and Global editions), Global Arbitration Our corporate work includes cross-border M&A,
Review, Décideurs Magazine, ODA, and The private equity, venture capital, joint ventures,
Legal 500 (UK and EMEA editions). initial public offerings and SPACs. In parallel, we
advise on acquisition and leveraged finance,
restructurings, bank regulatory and compliance,
BRUSSELS investment management, private funds, broker-
We handle complex and critical competition dealer, and futures/exchange matters. Our asset
matters before the European Commission and finance team is a leader in the field of structuring,
national competition authorities across the full negotiating, and closing both complex and
spectrum of disciplines, including cartels, merger simple commercial transactions in the aviation,
control, commercial arrangements, compliance, shipping, and rail sectors. Our tax practice
EU sanctions, trade rules/export control, state aid, provides all necessary transaction support and
free movement, competition litigation, regulated structuring advice.
sectors, and government and regulatory affairs.
With lawyers in Brussels, London, and Paris, the firm On the contentious side, our London office
advises a wide range of clients on their competition routinely handles some of the most critical disputes
needs, including corporations in the industrial faced by companies, governments, and individuals.
manufacturing, insurance, financial services, sports, We focus on complex commercial litigation and
and pharmaceutical/ life science sectors. mediation in a variety of practice areas, including
shareholder disputes, fraud and white collar crime,
© 2021 Winston & Strawn LLP Firm Profile \\ 11contractual, securities, and trade and insolvency PARIS
matters. Winston has a wealth of experience acting For over two decades, Winston’s Paris office has
for a diverse mix of European, North and South been home to a group of dynamic, multilingual
American, Middle Eastern, and Asian sovereign attorneys who are members of the Paris Bar, as well
states and investors, as well as on mid-sized as various other jurisdictions.
commercial arbitrations and court actions enforcing
or challenging arbitral awards. The team stands out for its unmatched combined
corporate, regulatory, litigation, and disciplinary
Our competition and regulatory practice is widely proceedings expertise, supported by our robust Tax
recognized for its leading merger control and and Employment practices. Our attorneys advise
behavioral practice. We have worked on many of their clients on M&A and private equity transactions,
the leading cartel investigations, including both on the setting-up of health care companies and
for successful immunity applicants as well as for industry networks, and regularly manage corporate
those defending against investigations. We have and shareholder disputes.
appeared before all the EU Courts in Luxembourg
and have substantial experience of litigating Our Health Care team, led by Managing Partner
competition matters in the High Court. A significant Gilles Bigot, continues to be a leading team in
part of our regulatory practice includes white collar the market in terms of the matters handled and
matters, EU regulatory compliance, and a wide turnover generated, and has more than 25 years of
variety of work in the sports industry. dedicated sector-specific experience. The team is
highly recommended for dealing with challenging
corporate, regulatory, and litigation matters.
MOSCOW
For over 15 years, attorneys in our Moscow office
have provided a wide range of services to some
of the world’s most prestigious Russian companies Paris office recognized
and financial institutions. As Moscow has become
a destination point for many important legal
in Commercial Litigation,
transactions and cases, our attorneys, many of International Arbitration,
whom have been raised and educated in Russia,
provide a thorough understanding of the Russian
Health Care & Life Sciences,
business community and offer connections to a and Mergers & Acquisitions
global network of contacts.
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2020
In addition to our core team of practitioners
handling Russia-related matters, whenever a
broader interdisciplinary team is needed, we pool
our capabilities in an array of areas, including
corporate finance, business counseling, corporate
governance, securities, tax, ERISA, labor and
employment, real estate, technology, intellectual
property, and litigation and arbitration.
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Cutting across a wide range of practice areas, HONG KONG
Winston helps international clients navigate the Since 2008, Winston’s Hong Kong team has been
changing business and regulatory landscape in assisting public and private companies, leading
pursuing opportunities across Asia and assists financial institutions, private equity and investment
private and public Asia-based clients in their funds, investors and emerging companies, in
outbound business activities. We understand that cross- border matters ranging from mergers
clients are looking for value beyond just legal and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity,
expertise, particularly in the challenging and investment funds, corporate governance, equity
competitive legal market in Asia. With this in mind, and debt capital market transactions, restructurings,
we take time to learn about our clients’ operations, and distressed acquisitions. We also provide a
strategic goals, corporate culture, and business full-service dispute resolution practice covering
objective, working with clients through complex counselling, mediation, settlement negotiation,
legal issues while also adding strategic value. litigation, arbitration and enforcement matters
arising from virtually every type of dispute
Our Asia practice combines Winston’s global reach that could arise from operating or investing
and capabilities, with our strategic alliance with in the region, from shareholder disputes to
Yuanda, one of China’s leading local law firms. With multijurisdictional patent enforcement actions. In
attorneys based in Hong Kong and Shanghai, our addition, we bring a unique set of experience and
team brings together a wealth of experience in the skills to compliance, white collar, and investigation
laws of Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China matters in Asia, offering a team led by a former
(the PRC), Taiwan, the United States, the United U.S. federal prosecutor who was also the Chief
Kingdom, Singapore and other jurisdictions across Compliance Officer for a Fortune 300 company.
Asia. We also draw upon a network of “best-of-
breed” local counsel in all other major economic
and dispute-resolution centers across the Asia- SHANGHAI
Pacific region with whom we work closely together Located in Lujiazui, the center of this major financial
to achieve the optimal result for our clients. hub of China, Winston’s Shanghai office consists
of foreign-qualified attorneys who have studied
and practiced Chinese law, and who excel at
(Winston & Strawn) really bridging the gap between Western and Chinese
legal concepts as well as cultural and commercial
knows how China works in differences. With significant legal experience both
both theory and practice. in and outside China, our lawyers assist a broad
array of multinational clients in navigating the
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS
fast-changing legal and regulatory environment
across the country and are adept at translating the
local laws and regulations to actionable advice for
Winston is known for its international companies.
experienced bench acting
for a diverse client base.
CHAMBERS ASIA-PACIFIC
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Based in Shanghai, the firm’s strategic alliance Middle East
in China, YuandaWinston, combines first-hand
knowledge of China’s legal, political and regulatory Winston has decades of experience representing
environment with global experience in areas clients in the Middle East and Africa, key markets
of particular importance for Chinese entities for global businesses. Our lawyers provide clients
and global companies doing business in China with effective and high-quality representation in
including cross-border M&A and private equity, cross-border transactions, corporate, finance,
intellectual property, data security, employment, banking, private equity and venture capital,
international trade, regulatory compliance, litigation litigation, and international arbitration matters.
and arbitration.
Our transactional lawyers have considerable
The YuandaWinston team is comprised of nearly experience of transactions in, and involving
50 attorneys, many with prior experience in businesses in, the Middle East in the industrial,
roles throughout China’s judiciary, prosecutor’s utilities, infrastructure, and financial sectors.
offices, government agencies and in-house legal
department of large corporations. The team’s One staple of our practice is multi-jurisdictional
knowledge of China’s complex legal environment litigation and international arbitration. Drawing
and global experience help clients navigate cross- on the experience of our lawyers who have lived
border complexities and achieve success in this and worked in the region, our global team acts
dynamic and challenging market. for multinational companies, governments, and
individuals, representing them in complex litigation,
commercial and investor-state arbitration, and court
actions enforcing or challenging arbitral awards.
YUANDA’S AWARD-WINNING PRACTICE
The combination of our lawyers’ extensive regional
Band 1 in “Corporate experience and our integrated global network
Investigations/Anti- of offices ensures that we are well equipped to
provide top-tier legal services to clients in the
Corruption (PRC Firms)” Middle East from across our firm.
in China
CHAMBERS ASIA PACIFIC
Recognized for Anti-Bribery
& Anti-Corruption and
Corporate Compliance
CHINA BUSINESS LAW AWARDS 2020
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FIRM THE BEST LAWYERS IN LITIGATION
• Ranked #40 in 2020 Am Law 100 AMERICA 2020
AM LAW LITIGATOR OF THE WEEK
• Ranked #47 in 2019 Am Law • 94 attorneys listed
• 2019, 2018, 2015—Jeffrey Kessler
Global 100 • 7 attorneys named
• 2018, 2011— Michael Elkin
“Lawyer of the Year”
CHAMBERS USA 2020
AM LAW LIFETIME ACHIEVER
• 75 lawyers listed among Leading THE BEST LAWYERS IN CHINA
• 2017—Dan Webb
Lawyers • 2 partners listed in the inaugural
• 13 partners with No. 1 or Star Ranking edition in 2020 BENCHMARK LITIGATION
• 29 nationally ranked practices • 2021 8 partners named to the
• 14 practices received No. 1 or No. 2 Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America,
rankings CORPORATE the highest number of ranked
attorneys of any firm on the list
CHAMBERS GLOBAL 2020 BLOOMBERG
• 2020 Antitrust Firm of the Year
• 18 recommended attorneys • Ranked in the top 20 law firms
• 2020 Recognized in White-collar
• 7 ranked practice areas on Bloomberg’s 2018 Global
Crime, Intellectual Property, and
Legal Adviser League Tables for
CHAMBERS LATIN AMERICA 2020 International Arbitration in Hong
Capital Markets
• Recognized in Capital Markets, and Kong, with 2 partners named as
Corporate/ M&A CORPORATE COUNSEL’S Dispute Resolution Stars
• Latin America Practice Co-Chairs, BEST OF 2018 • 2020 8 partners named to the
Allen Miller and Talbert Navia ranked • #1 in Alternative Fee Arrangements Top 250 Women in Litigation, the
second-highest number of partners
LAW360 THE DEAL 2018
selected of any firm on the list
• 2019 Illinois Powerhouse (YEAR-END RANKINGS)
• 2020 6 attorneys named to the 40 &
• Ranked Top 50 in M&A (#32)
THE LEGAL 500 EMEA 2020 Under Hot List
• Ranked Top 10 in Private Equity (#10)
• 4 practice areas recognized in France • 2020, 2019 Top 20 Trial Law Firm
IFLR1000 2019 • 2020 7 partners named to the
THE LEGAL 500 U.S. 2020
• 23 attorneys recognized Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America,
• Top-Tier firm in 6 practice areas
• Recognized in Financial & Corporate the highest number of ranked
• Recommended in 46 categories
rankings for UK and UAE attorneys of any firm on the list
THE LEGAL 500 UK 2020 • Recognized in M&A in China • 2019 Tier 1 for Antitrust, General
• Recommended in 14 categories • Recognized in M&A and Capital Commercial, Intellectual Property
• 19 attorneys recognized Markets in Hong Kong • 2019 8 partners named to the
• Recognized across 5 jurisdictions, Top 250 Women in Litigation
U.S. NEWS-BEST LAWYERS®
7 practice areas, 15 industry sectors
BEST LAW FIRMS BTI LITIGATION OUTLOOK 2020
• Tier 1 National Best Law Firm in THE LAWYER 2018 • A Powerhouse in Complex
22 practice areas in 2020 • Shortlisted: “Energy & Infrastructure Commercial Litigation—among the
• Tier 1 Regional Best Law Firm in Deal of the Year 2018” (Delimara top 3
50 practice areas in 2020 LNG-to-Power) • A BTI Awesome Opponent—one
• 2020 “Law Firm of the Year” for its of the 10 most feared law firms
THE M&A ADVISOR 2018
Sports Law and Antitrust Practice in litigation
• Asia Deal of the Year
• Tier 1 National Best Law Firm in
22 practice areas in 2019
• Tier 1 Regional Best Law Firm in
53 practice areas in 2019
© 2021 Winston & Strawn LLP Firm Profile \\ 15CHINA BUSINESS LAW AWARDS PRO BONO
• Recognized in Competition & • Ranked number 13 in The American
Antitrust, Dispute resolution, Lawyer’s 2020 National Pro
Anti-bribery & Compliance Bono Rankings
• Deals of the Year in 2019 • 98% of Winston’s U.S. attorneys
IAM GLOBAL IP AWARDS 2020 contributed at least 20 pro bono
• Patent Litigation Firm of the Year hours in 2019
• New York Partner Jeffrey Kessler
IAM PATENT 2020 Honored with Servant of Justice
• Intellectual Property Practice ranked Award from the Legal Aid Society
Gold Tier nationally in 2019
• 22 partners listed as leaders in • Dallas Office received Citation of
patent law Merit for Dedicated Service to Latino
LAW360 Youth from the National Hispanic
• 2020, 2017 Sports Group of the Year Institute in 2019
• 2019, 2017 Trial Group of the Year • Hong Kong Office recognized
• 2018 Consumer Protection Products with the Gold Law Firm Award
Group of the Year from The Law Society of Hong
Kong 2019 and 2020
LATINVEX • New York Office recognized as “Law
• Mariana Pendas and Cari Firm Volunteer of the Year” by the
Stinebower named to Pro Bono Partnership
2020 Top 100 Female Lawyers • Immigration Pro Bono Supervisory
• Three attorneys named to 2019 Latin Counsel Nareeneh Sohbatian named
America’s Top 100 Lawyers to the National Law Journal’s List of
• Ranked in 8 practice areas in Immigration Law Trail Blazers in 2019
2019 Top Law Firms • New York office honored by Legal
• Cari Stinebower named to Aid Society for Ensuring Access to
2019 Top 100 Female Lawyers Justice for All New Yorkers in 2019
THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
• 2020 Criminal Law Trailblazers—
Abbe Lowell and Tom Melsheimer DIVERSITY
• 2019 Winning Litigator— • Named a Women in Law
George Lombardi Empowerment Forum (WILEF) Gold
• 2019 Litigation Trailblazer— Standard Firm for 2018 and 2019
Jeffrey Kessler • Achieved Mansfield Certification
• 2019 Employment Trailblazer— Plus status for 2018–2020
Joan Fife • Scored 100% on the Human Rights
• 2019 Healthcare Trailblazer— Campaign’s Corporate Equality
David Dahlquist Index for 12 consecutive years
• 2019 Technology Law Trailblazer— • Yale Law Women Top Ten Family
George Mastoris Friend Law Firms 2017–2020—“Top
• 2019 California Trailblazer— Firms for Advancement for Part-Time
Kathi Vidal Attorneys” honor in 2020
• 2019 Government Relations • Named a “Top 100 Law Firm for
Trailblazer— Cari Stinebower Women” by WomenInc. Magazine
• 2019 Texas Trailblazers— Tom for 2019
Melsheimer, Sheryl Falk,
John Sanders, and Katrina Eash
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