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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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Experience
|July 5, 2023
Southern Cross Group's Sale of S.I.N. Implant System to Henry Schein, Inc.
A Winston & Strawn team led by Kevin Smith represented Southern Cross Group, one of the longest standing and largest independent Latin American focused private equity fund managers, in the sale of S.I.N. Implant System, one of Brazil’s leading manufacturers of dental implants, to Henry Schein, Inc. Based in São Paulo and founded in 2003, S.I.N. manufactures an extensive line of products to perform dental implant procedures and is focused on advancing the development of value-priced dental implants. S.I.N. recently expanded the distribution of its products into the United States and other international markets.
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In the Media
|February 17, 2026
|2 Min Read
Scott Naidech Discusses CV Transaction Risks with Private Equity Law Report
Winston & Strawn partner Scott Naidech was quoted in a Private Equity Law Report article discussing key takeaways for sponsors to consider as they undertake continuation vehicle (CV) transactions following a complaint filed in Delaware Court of Chancery that highlights the potential risks when a fund sponsor seeks to push through a CV transaction over the objection of existing investors.
In the Media
|February 5, 2026
|1 Min Read
Laurens Wilkes Discusses Rise in Disputes with Infrastructure Investor
Winston & Strawn partner Laurens Wilkes was quoted in Infrastructure Investor to discuss litigation risks and a rise in disputes across the infrastructure space. When combined with rising inflation, more expensive capex, and a concentration of infrastructure spending in fewer, larger projects, some are seeing disputes climb up the list of concerns.
In the Media
|February 2, 2026
|1 Min Read
Erin Weber Discusses Supreme Court Review of Pension Withdrawal Liability with Law360
Winston & Strawn partner Erin Weber was quoted in a Law360 article discussing a case that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear addressing how withdrawal liability is calculated when employers exit multiemployer pension plans. The court is reviewing whether actuarial assumptions must be fixed by a certain date when an employer leaves a multiemployer fund, or whether those assumptions can be retroactively adjusted.
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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.