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Jessica Diedrich

Associate

Chicago

+1 312-558-3742

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Jessica focuses her practice on a broad array of employee benefits and executive compensation matters.

Jessica is an associate in Winston’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice. She assists clients with their qualified retirements plans, health and welfare benefits, EBEC due diligence, and executive compensation plans and agreements.

Prior to joining Winston, Jessica worked as a paralegal at a Chicagoland family law firm and served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow in the Northern District of Illinois.

Recent Experience

Winston Represented GHOST in its Sale to Keurig Dr Pepper
Cuadrilla Capital Acquires Gluware, Inc.
GenNx360 Capital Partners in its Acquisition of Shenandoah Industrial Solutions
Representing Chuy’s Holdings in its US$605M Sale to Darden Restaurants
Represented Stout Risius Ross in the Acquisition of HealthCare Appraisers
Winston Represented MCE Holdings in its Acquisition of General Machinery
Winston Represented Amylu Foods in its Acquisition of Klement’s Sausage Company
Winston Represented Integrated Openings Solutions in its Acquisition of Atlass Hardware
Winston Represented MCE Holdings in its Acquisition of Daughtridge Sales Company
Winston Represented Zipline Logistics in its Acquisition of Summit Eleven
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  • Pro Bono Notation

Jessica maintains an active pro bono practice. During law school, she served as the chair of the Women’s Law Society Community Service Committee and volunteered at the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center. Jessica has also assisted pro bono clients in a range of matters that include petitioning for asylum and preparing tax documents to obtain non-profit status.

Capabilities

Corporate Governance
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation Plans & Agreements
Labor & Employment
Qualified Retirement Plans

Recent Experience

Winston Represented GHOST in its Sale to Keurig Dr Pepper
Cuadrilla Capital Acquires Gluware, Inc.
GenNx360 Capital Partners in its Acquisition of Shenandoah Industrial Solutions
Representing Chuy’s Holdings in its US$605M Sale to Darden Restaurants
Represented Stout Risius Ross in the Acquisition of HealthCare Appraisers
Winston Represented MCE Holdings in its Acquisition of General Machinery
Winston Represented Amylu Foods in its Acquisition of Klement’s Sausage Company
Winston Represented Integrated Openings Solutions in its Acquisition of Atlass Hardware
Winston Represented MCE Holdings in its Acquisition of Daughtridge Sales Company
Winston Represented Zipline Logistics in its Acquisition of Summit Eleven
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Credentials

Education

Jessica received her B.A. in History from Northern Illinois University in 2011 and a certificate in paralegal studies from Elgin Community College in 2013. She received her J.D., magna cum laude, from University of Illinois College of Law in 2018, where she was an admissions editor for the University of Illinois Law Review.

    Admissions
    • Illinois

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