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T. Justin Trapp

Of Counsel

Chicago

+1 312-558-6374

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Justin focuses his practice on tax matters. 

Justin is a tax attorney in the firm’s Chicago office. He was elected to the order of the Coif, received the Rickert Award, and served as a law review editor while attending The University of Illinois College of Law.  

Recent Experience

Copley Acquisition Corp. Closes $172.5 Million Initial Public Offering
Voyager Acquisition Corp. and VERAXA Biotech Announce Business Combination
Precision Aviation Group in its Acquisitions of ICON Aerospace and TAG Aero
Representing Chuy’s Holdings in its US$605M Sale to Darden Restaurants
Winston Represented Charles Thayne Capital in its Acquisition of Bluescape
Represented Stout Risius Ross in the Acquisition of HealthCare Appraisers
Winston Represented S&S Automotive in its Sale to Lawson Products
Winston Represented Empower Clinic Services, LLC, in its Acquisition of a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
Sale of International Cellulose Corporation Assets to Saint-Gobain
Winston Represented Modern Aviation in its Acquisition of Puerto Rico FBO LLC
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  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Tax Law, 2022–2025
  • The Legal 500 US, “Key Lawyer,” US Taxes: Non-Contentious, 2024
  • Member of elite team that was awarded "Renewables & Energy Transition Deal of the Year" for the IJInvestor Awards 2021. The Renewables & Energy Transition Deal of the Year, Portfolio Deal – AMERICAS was awarded to Enel Américas’ corporate reorganization transaction.

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Tax

Recent Experience

Copley Acquisition Corp. Closes $172.5 Million Initial Public Offering
Voyager Acquisition Corp. and VERAXA Biotech Announce Business Combination
Precision Aviation Group in its Acquisitions of ICON Aerospace and TAG Aero
Representing Chuy’s Holdings in its US$605M Sale to Darden Restaurants
Winston Represented Charles Thayne Capital in its Acquisition of Bluescape
Represented Stout Risius Ross in the Acquisition of HealthCare Appraisers
Winston Represented S&S Automotive in its Sale to Lawson Products
Winston Represented Empower Clinic Services, LLC, in its Acquisition of a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
Sale of International Cellulose Corporation Assets to Saint-Gobain
Winston Represented Modern Aviation in its Acquisition of Puerto Rico FBO LLC
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Credentials

Education

Justin received his B.A. in Creative Writing from North Carolina State University in 2008 and his J.D., summa cum laude, from The University of Illinois College of Law in 2013, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, a Rickert Award Recipient, and served as articles editor of the University of Illinois Law Review.

    Admissions
    • Illinois

    Related Insights & News

    Justin co-authored the three-part InsideCounsel series "M&A Contractual Boilerplate by State: Same Provisions, Different Results?" in 2014. Justin’s Note, “Taking up Space by Any Other Means: Coming to Terms with the Non-Appropriation Article of the Outer Space Treaty”, was published in the University of Illinois Law Review in 2013.

    • "Guaranteed Payments Under IRC 199A Regulations: Year-End Strategies to Maximize QBI Benefits," December 3, 2018
    Recognitions

    Winston Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025

    August 15, 2024

    Recognitions
    Winston & Strawn Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. 2024

    June 12, 2024

    Recognitions
    Winston Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2024

    August 17, 2023

    News
    2022 Pro Bono Impact Report

    May 1, 2023

    Recognitions
    Winston & Strawn Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2023

    August 18, 2022

    Recognitions
    Winston Advises on Winning Renewables & Energy Transition Deal for the IJInvestor Awards 2021

    December 28, 2021

    News
    2020-2021 Pro Bono Impact Report

    2020-2021

    Recognitions
    Winston & Strawn Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2022

    August 19, 2021

    News
    Winston Advises on Corporate Reorganization, Merger and Tender Offer Involving Enel S.p.A. and Enel Américas S.A.

    April 19, 2021

    Pro Bono In Action
    Chicago Staffs Annual Clinic to Assist Immigrant Crime Victims

    October 31, 2019

    Webinar
    Winston Attorneys Present Guaranteed Payments Under IRC 199A Regulations Webinar

    December 3, 2018

    Pro Bono In Action
    Pro Bono Reporter – Fall 2017

    Fall 2017

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    Tax
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