Retail

Winston & Strawn represents retailers in various corporate matters, litigation, and labor and employment cases. Additionally, our restructuring and insolvency practice has extensive experience representing creditors' committees of major retailers, including Kmart and Musicland.

Our labor and employment practice is a particular area of the firm. We have an extensive track record of obtaining successful outcomes for retailers faced with employment-related class actions involving wage and hour issues, including exempt/non-exempt matters involving employee overtime status and off-the-clock pay practices.

Representative clients in the retail sector include: The Home Depot, Luxottica Group S.p.A., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Sharper Image, and Spiegel, Inc.