New York

Winston & Strawn’s New York office, located in the MetLife building in the heart of midtown Manhattan, is the firm’s second largest office with 180 attorneys. The office was created as a result of the firm's 1989 merger with Cole & Deitz and expanded again in 2000 when it merged with the New York office of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan. New York attorneys have a prominent practice representing public and private companies, financial institutions, and state and local government entities in connection with transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters.

Our corporate attorneys in New York assist clients in U.S. and cross-border capital markets, corporate lending, mergers and acquisitions, project finance, and restructuring and insolvency matters. Winston New York offers one of the leading bond counsel practices in the tri-state area and also frequently serves as underwriters' counsel in public finance transactions. New York also is home to the firm's significant real estate capital markets practice.

Winston recently has added significant tax practice resources in the New York office, including partners with prominent practices in international corporate tax planning for corporations and investment funds, as well as the tax aspects of energy deregulation and utility restructuring.

Litigation attorneys in New York represent clients in many high-profile securities, white-collar, internal investigations, insurance coverage, and product liability matters on a regional and national basis. In addition, Winston's New York office has significant practices in the areas of trademark and patent counseling and litigation, labor and employment relations, employee benefits and executive compensation, and trusts and estates.