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White Collar & Government Investigations
Ranked Tier 1 Nationally for “Criminal Defense: White Collar” by Best Law Firms® 2025, and recognized for “Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded – Nationwide” by Chambers USA in 2024, Winston’s White Collar & Government Investigations Practice assists individuals, companies, and organizations with government investigations and enforcement matters; related criminal and civil litigation; trials; appeals; congressional oversight; internal investigations; and compliance counseling and program development and enhancement. We are comprised of 80+ litigators, with more than a dozen former prosecutors from the SEC, Main Justice, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, including three former U.S. Attorneys, Regional Supervisors, and a former Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation. We are known for our zealous advocacy, our unyielding commitment to our clients, and for protecting and defending clients’ interests with legal acumen that’s second to none.
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Winston’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice is one of the most active and highly regarded in the United States per Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation US, and Best Law Firms®, among other ranking organizations. Our team features some of the country’s best IP lawyers, attorneys with the technical abilities to litigate and try highly complex IP disputes, and technical lawyers who provide critical advisory services.
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Class Actions & Group Litigation
Winston has developed a consistent record of success handling class action cases in state and federal courts. The practice is anchored by seasoned class action lawyers, many of whom have been recognized by Chambers USA and other ranking organizations as being top practitioners in their field. Our clients rely on us to steer them through class action matters by drawing on the firm’s significant experience in resolving complex litigation using creative and aggressive arguments, across a broad range of class, collective, coordinated, and mass actions, as well multidistrict litigation. We also have succeeded at trial in several class actions—a rare occurrence.
Experience 11 results
Experience
|October 30, 2024
Drilling Tools International in Agreement to Acquire Titan Tools Services
Experience
|June 28, 2024
Agreement Between 119 Institutional Investors and the Company Vivendi SE
119 institutional investors, among which Union Asset Management Holding, accused the French company Vivendi of having disseminated false or misleading information between 2000 and 2002, thereby causing them an important stock market damage.
Experience
|March 18, 2024
Drilling Tools International Corp. Closes on Acquisition of Deep Casing Tools
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Article
|June 18, 2025
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Chambers Blockchain 2025 Global Practice Guide: Trends and Developments
This article was originally published in Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide “Blockchain 2025.” Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only.
Article
|June 16, 2025
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Chambers Healthcare M&A 2025 Global Practice Guide - France
This article was originally published in Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide “Healthcare M&A 2025.” Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only.
Press Release
|June 16, 2025
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Winston & Strawn Bolsters London Office with Addition of Financial Regulation Partner Yulia Makarova
London—June 16, 2025 — Winston & Strawn announced today that Yulia Makarova has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Financial Innovation & Regulation practice. Yulia’s arrival marks a significant enhancement to the firm’s capabilities in counselling clients navigating complex financial regulatory matters across the UK, EU, and globally.
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Winston & Strawn’s São Paulo office reflects the firm’s long-term investment in Brazil and the significant commitment of Winston’s Latin America practice group members to the country over many decades. Our fully bilingual São Paulo-based attorneys represent clients on international financing, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and disputes. They also act as a relationship touch point for global clients looking to expand into Brazil, ensuring an integrated and seamless service. Our São Paulo attorneys have in-depth knowledge of the region’s legal, cultural, political, regulatory, and commercial frameworks, which have earned them recognition from Chambers Global, Chambers Brazil, Chambers Latin America, Leaders League, The Legal 500, Latinvex, IFLR 1000, and LatinFinance, among many others.
Location
Opened in 2003, Winston & Strawn’s San Francisco office is located in the financial district, just down the road from the Bay Area’s technology epicenter. Our team—now 25+ lawyers strong—keeps a finger on the pulse of the rapidly evolving financial services and technology sectors, and offers support across a wide spectrum of services, including antitrust/competition, commercial litigation and disputes, government investigations and compliance, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, and product liability. The San Francisco team works seamlessly with lawyers and departments across the firm’s global network to ensure the highest quality service to our clients. With a culture that represents the Bay Area’s innovative spirit, our lawyers are regularly honored with high-profile awards and frequently recognized by publications, such as Chambers USA, The American Lawyer, the Daily Journal, and The Recorder.