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Mergers & Acquisitions

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Matt Stevens
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Winston is a leading advisor to public and private companies and investment advisers on corporate transactions. We have experience representing public and private companies, financial sponsors, boards of directors and special committees, financial advisors, and management teams. This perspective enables us to understand the concerns of parties on all sides of the table, protect our clients’ interests, and execute deals.

Our results-oriented team is focused on making transactions fast, smooth, and cost-efficient. We have advised on M&A transactions of all sizes and degrees of complexity, and have represented an exceptionally diverse base of clients, both large and middle market.

Our goal is to deliver value throughout each phase of the transaction from diligence, structuring, and negotiation through execution and closing. We take an integrated approach to mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, providing seamless deal teams that draw upon not only our corporate and finance practices, but also on tax, antitrust, employment, intellectual property, environmental, and employee benefits.

Our experience includes:

  • public and private company acquisitions;
  • stock and asset sales;
  • carve-out transactions;
  • tender and exchange offers;
  • leveraged and management buyouts;
  • take-private transactions;
  • recapitalizations; and
  • special committee assignments.

Key Contacts

Matt Stevens
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Areas of Focus

We represent acquiring and target companies and investment banks in connection with public takeovers, private acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, divestitures, and joint ventures.

Working closely with our clients, we deliver value throughout each phase of a transaction—planning and strategy, structure and objectives, due diligence, drafting and negotiation, execution and closing, and integration and transfer.

As a full-service, international law firm, we have established a successful track record of representing clients in cross-border transactions and assisting them in expanding their operations to the United States, Europe, and other key global markets. We have advised clients on a broad scope of cross-border strategic investments, acquisitions, and joint ventures and helped clients navigate complex cross-border transactional issues.

We have extensive experience working with directors, shareholders, and management of private and public companies on a wide range of transactions involving the sale of a minority or controlling interests, including carve-outs, spinoffs, asset and stock sales, and other strategic transactions.

We help prepare companies and work with investment bankers in all aspects of the auction and sale process. Years of experience representing public and private sellers, and financial and strategic buyers, enables us to bring the broadest market perspective to any sale transaction.

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Private Equity
Antitrust Transactions
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Transactions
International Trade
Capital Markets
Venture Capital

Recent Experience

RF Acquisition Corp. Closes Business Combination with GCL Asia to Go Public
Cuadrilla Capital Acquires Gluware, Inc.
Drilling Tools International in Agreement to Acquire Titan Tools Services
Precision Aviation Group in its Acquisitions of ICON Aerospace and TAG Aero
Winston Represented Shore Capital Partners in its Sale of Behavioral Innovations
StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation Closes Business Combination with DigiAsia
Drilling Tools International Corp. Closes on Acquisition of Deep Casing Tools
Winston Represented DNOW Inc. in its Acquisition of Whitco Supply
Academic Partnerships, LLC acquisition of Wiley University Services from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Veradigm Acquisition of Koha Health
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Notable

Tier 1: M&A: Middle-Market 

The Legal 500 US 2024

“The firm is very strong. Overall, the team is great, and in terms of transactional work, they are unbelievable.” 

Chambers USA

Ranked Nationally in Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Best Law Firms® 2025
The Legal 500 US 2024

Tier 1: M&A: Middle-Market 

Chambers USA

“The firm is very strong. Overall, the team is great, and in terms of transactional work, they are unbelievable.” 

Best Law Firms® 2025

Ranked Nationally in Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Press ReleaseWinston & Strawn Adds Two Transactions Partners in Houston
Winston & Strawn recently welcomed Kevin Brophy and Ming Lei as partners in the firm’s Houston Office and as members of the Transactions Department.
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