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Executive Compensation Plans & Agreements

Our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation (EBEC) attorneys generally focus on two separate but related areas—employee benefits and executive compensation. We advise corporations, boards of directors, private equity firms, and executives on all legal, design, drafting, negotiation, and compliance aspects of executive compensation matters. We advise corporations, firms, fiduciaries, executives, administrators, governmental entities, and financial institutions on innovative and traditional employee retirement and health and welfare benefits programs. Our substantial experience and over 50 years of involvement in the EBEC field have given us a deep understanding of the evolution of benefits law and the market for executive compensation....Read more

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Derivatives & Structured Products

Winston represents swap dealers, major swap participants, financial intermediaries, hedge funds, national exchanges, and end-users in a broad array of derivative transactions ranging from highly structured transactions to more traditional trading or hedging transactions, and in regulatory and enforcement issues related to commodities and derivatives....Read more

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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....Read more

Experience 92 results

Experience

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March 10, 2026

Winston Advising Dawn Foods in its Sale to Puratos

A Winston team led by Peter Clarke and John Secaras is representing Dawn Foods in connection with its definitive agreement to be acquired by Puratos....Read more

Experience

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March 6, 2026

Transition Evergreen & Zencap Agreement: Winston Advises Transition Evergreen on Its Restructuring

Transition Evergreen, a company listed on Euronext Paris and dedicated to ecological transition and carbon-footprint reduction, has completed the first phase of its financial restructuring by carrying out, on February 26 and 27, 2026, the operations set out in a settlement agreement concluded with its main creditor, a private debt fund managed by Zencap Asset Management (“Zencap”)....Read more

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February 6, 2026

Winston Represented ETi Gida in Acquisition of TRUBAR

A Winston deal team, led by Tim Kincaid, Brad Vaiana and Ben Popeck, represented Turkish snack company ETI Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (ETi Gida) in its acquisition of Miami-based TRUBAR, a popular nutrition bar known for dessert-inspired flavor and clean ingredients. ...Read more
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Insights & News 2,040 results

In the Media

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April 14, 2026

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The American Lawyer Reports Winston Delivered Record Revenue, Profits While Building Transatlantic Powerhouse

Winston & Strawn Chairman Steve D’Amore spoke with The American Lawyer about the firm’s continued growth and its anticipated transatlantic combination with Taylor Wessing....Read more

False Claims Act Playbook

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April 1, 2026

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DEI and FCA Liability: EO Highlights Potential Exposure for Federal Contractors

On March 26, 2026, President Trump signed a sweeping Executive Order titled “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors” (the EO) that attaches binding contractual consequences to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in federal contracting. By April 25, 2026, federal contractors, subcontractors, and lower-tier subcontractors should expect to be required to agree—as a term of their contracts—not to engage in “racially discriminatory DEI activities,” to open its books and records to government compliance audits, and to acknowledge that any violation is material to the government’s decision to pay—a critical element for False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement. In this blog, Winston lawyers analyze the new EO and weigh potential implications for contractors. 

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March 31, 2026

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The Xerox “Non-Subsidiary Drop-Down Financing”: A New Frontier in Leakage and Subordination?

Last month, Xerox Corporation (Xerox) completed a $450 million intellectual property-backed financing through a newly formed joint venture with third-party private equity investors. The transaction has drawn considerable attention among leveraged finance participants and practitioners as it exposes a potential structural gap found in many of today’s credit documents....Read more
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Law Glossary

What Is Consumer Targeting Law?

The protection of consumers’ privacy online is addressed within the field of consumer targeting law. The Federal Trade Commission’s Behavioral Advertising Principles recommend that websites disclose data collection policies, which are used to create consumer-targeted advertising. The FTC also advises that websites allow consumers to opt out of data collection. The FTC Act can be used to charge companies that do not adhere to their stated consumer privacy policies, do not protect consumer data, or do not provide adequate notifications of privacy policy changes. The law does not require all companies to provide privacy policies, though financial firms must disclose their information-sharing policies to their customers....Read more

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What Is BIPA?

The Illinois Biometric Invasion of Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, grants Illinois consumers the right to their own biometric data, such as fingerprints, retina or iris information, voiceprints, and DNA. Under the BIPA, private companies are prohibited from collecting biometric information unless (1) the person consents in writing and (2) the companies inform the person in writing of what data is being collected, for what purpose, and for how long. Besides the notice and consent requirement, the law also bans any company from selling or otherwise profiting from consumers’ biometrics....Read more

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What Is CCPA?

Enacted in 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a broad state law that provides California residents with...Read more
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