News About Winston & Strawn LLP

Japan’s Nagashima Ohno to launch Silicon Valley office

Big Four firm adds second US office after New York in response to growing demand for legal advice on Japan-US transactions and investment

9 Jul 2026

Transatlantic Winston Taylor merger goes live

Tie-up of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s UK-led business completed today, creating firm with 1,400 lawyers and £1.2bn in revenue

1 Jun 2026

Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing partners greenlight £1.2bn merger

Combined firm expected to launch in May 2026 following ‘decisive’ votes in favour by both firms’ partnerships

30 Jan 2026

‘So many common threads’ - the architects of the $1.75bn Winston Taylor merger on the rationale for their deal

Winston & Strawn’s Stephen D’Amore and Taylor Wessing UK’s Shane Gleghorn explain why they have pinned their firms’ destinies together

23 Dec 2025

Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing UK announce transatlantic merger

Tie-up to create firm with 1,400 lawyers and revenue in the region of $1.6bn

15 Dec 2025

Winston & Strawn in merger talks with Taylor Wessing UK

Possible tie-up could see Taylor Wessing’s UK arm leave firm’s European Verein to create firm with revenue of $1.6bn

12 Dec 2025

Cravath, Winston & Strawn guide Chart’s $19bn Flowserve merger

Winston guides Chart and Cravath acts for Flowserve in deal to create gas and liquid technologies leader

4 Jun 2025

Ex-Winston partner launches boutique with former Skadden associates who quit over Big Law’s Trump response

Lowell & Associates will represent clients facing investigations and litigation arising from the Trump administration

6 May 2025

Outgoing USPTO director to return to Winston & Strawn

Kathi Vidal rejoins in Silicon Valley and Washington DC ahead of the change in administrations

19 Nov 2024

Winston names new leadership for litigation and transactions

Co-chairs to take up roles alongside incoming chair Steve D’Amore and other new leaders in June

26 Feb 2024

Winston & Strawn to shutter Hong Kong office

Joint venture in the region will continue, firm says

6 Dec 2023

Winston & Strawn appoints four partners to new senior leadership roles

London and US partners to work with chair elect Steve D’Amore in areas including talent retention and international expansion

20 Nov 2023

Winston & Strawn names new chairman after almost two decades

Global litigation co-chair Steve D’Amore to succeed veteran chair Tom Fitzgerald in June 2024

15 Sep 2023

The Global Legal Post launches online international Commercial Litigation and Cross-border Enforcement guide

Law Over Borders guide helps users navigate commercial disputes in array of key jurisdictions

14 Sep 2023

Winston & Strawn adds 11-strong transactional team in Paris from local boutique

Group including four partners joins from Hoche Avocats to bolster M&A, labour and finance offering

18 May 2023

Winston & Strawn targets Bay Area expansion with hire of two class action partners from Squire Patton Boggs

Troy Yoshino and Eric Knapp bring blue-chip representation experience across healthcare, automotive, insurance and financial services

1 Feb 2023

Paul Weiss secures veteran litigation partner duo from Winston & Strawn in New York

Arrival of Robert Sperling and Staci Yablon set to deepen firm's relationship with key client Goldman Sachs

24 Aug 2022

Winston & Strawn and Kirkland & Ellis both target ‘dynamic’ Miami with new offices

Chicago firms take different routes south, Winston through lateral hires while Kirkland opts to relocate team

19 May 2022

‘Simply the right thing to do’ – five more law firms announce departure from Moscow

Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance join ever-expanding roster of exiting firms; Winston chair cites ‘sense of solidarity with the Ukrainian people’

10 Mar 2022

Winston & Strawn builds Chicago litigation offering with McDermott partner duo

Co-chair of McDermott’s class action practice moves over along with product liability specialist

14 Dec 2021