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Winston takes a strategic approach to privacy and data security, integrating our extensive capabilities across practices to provide our clients with cutting-edge privacy and data security counseling, crisis management, security incident investigation and notification management, defense of data security class action litigation and regulatory inquiries, and international data protection. Our Global Privacy & Data Security Practice features a core team of privacy professionals and is bolstered by more than 40 attorneys from a variety of other disciplines firmwide. Our team combines compliance counselors, transactional lawyers, former government regulators and federal prosecutors, seasoned investigators, and experienced litigators. Few firms can rival our in-depth, sophisticated, and integrated experience in this area.
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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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Trial skills matter—even in a world where few disputes ever see the inside of a courtroom. Winston has built a reputation as a trial lawyers’ firm, featuring seasoned litigators who leverage extensive courtroom experience to meet our clients’ business and legal objectives. Our long history of taking cases to trial—and winning—provides our clients with tremendous settlement leverage with their adversaries, as well as a substantial likelihood of a favorable resolution if, and when, they go to trial.
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|July 5, 2023
Southern Cross Group's Sale of S.I.N. Implant System to Henry Schein, Inc.
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In the Media
|July 14, 2025
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Winston & Strawn partners Sara Susnjar and Cari Stinebower were featured in a Q&A with NextStep Magazine, where they discussed the impacts of Trump administration decisions made in his first 100 days in office on company and investor strategies. In the Q&A they provide insights on topics including slowed M&A activity in Europe and how American investors are reacting; how new policies may impact French investments in American companies in the long term; issues related to artificial intelligence, sanctions, and digital assets; and advice they would give to companies aiming for international growth.
In the Media
|July 3, 2025
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Mike Blankenship Discusses Increase in Refinancing Activity in Octus Americas Private Credit Review
Winston & Strawn partner Mike Blankenship was quoted in Octus’ Americas Private Credit Review discussing the increase in refinancing activity. The Federal Reserve’s recent announcement that interest rates will hold steady in the second quarter may have pushed sponsors to move forward with refinancing efforts after delayed in hopes of rate cuts. Additionally, sponsors executing rollup strategies have found that they have acquired platforms with smaller business units that are unrelated to the core business they want to hold in the long term. These dynamics are surfacing in how sponsors approach recapitalizations and exits.
In the Media
|June 26, 2025
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Mike Blankenship Discusses Increased Equity Contributions in M&A Market with LevFin Insights
Winston & Strawn partner Mike Blankenship was quoted in a LevFin Insights article discussing how the slowed M&A environment is translating to larger transaction sizes with higher equity contributions.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals that have been in widespread use for decades. Common uses have included waterproofing and stain-proofing in various applications in consumer products (e.g., waterproof clothing, stainproof carpeting, grease-resistant food packaging, and nonstick cookware). In an industrial setting, PFAS may be present in certain fire-fighting foams (often found at airports, military facilities, and large chemical facilities, but also might be in use at any manufacturing location) or in mist suppressants used in plating baths (primarily chrome plating). In addition to these common uses, PFAS compounds have been identified in a wide variety of products, including food and beverage products, cosmetics (including nail polish, lotions, and makeup), personal care products (including shampoo and dental floss), paints, and other coatings.
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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.