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Alessandra Swanson
Alessandra Swanson
Partner
  • Chicago
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+1 312-558-7435
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Partner

  • Chicago
Sean G. Wieber
Sean G. Wieber
Partner
  • Chicago
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+1 312-558-5769
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Partner

  • Chicago
James P.  Smith III
James P. Smith III
Partner
  • New York
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+1 212-294-4633
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Partner

  • New York
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Capabilities 89 results

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Privacy & Data Security

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....Read more

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Privacy: Regulated Personal Information (RPI)

Winston’s Regulated Personal Information (RPI) Practice offers seamlessly integrated counseling and litigation services to companies looking for practical and solution-oriented assistance navigating the compliance, regulatory, and private class action enforcement risks presented by the emerging patchwork of complex (and often conflicting) privacy laws in the United States and beyond....Read more

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Finance

Keeping a deal moving forward can be challenging. Our 100+ Finance attorneys help clients maintain momentum with a commitment to understanding the challenges, risks, and opportunities they face. Our global team has developed great insights through the representation of financial institutions and corporate enterprises of all types and sizes in the finance industry. We have a well-rounded finance practice, with dedicated teams that advise banks, credit funds, alternative capital providers, sponsors, and corporations on a wide range of transactions including debt finance (leveraged, asset-based, and reserve-based lending), fund finance, structured finance, derivatives and structured products, project finance, and transportation finance....Read more

Experience 268 results

Experience

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December 3, 2025

US Tiger Securities Announced IPO

Winston & Strawn LLP is serving as U.S. securities counsel to US Tiger Securities, Inc., a full-service broker/dealer, in connection with the $10,000,000 initial public offering of SMJ International Holdings Inc., a Singapore-based premium flooring specialist. The Company priced 2,500,000 Class A ordinary shares at US$4.00 per share. The Class A ordinary shares are expected to begin trading on the NYSE American under the ticker symbol “SMJF” on December 4, 2025....Read more

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November 26, 2025

Winston & Strawn Represented CFS Brands in its Acquisition of Cornerstone Foodservice Group

Winston represented CFS Brands, a portfolio company of TJC, in its acquisition of Cornerstone Foodservice Group, a global leader in foodservice equipment serving both front- and back-of-house applications through a portfolio of established, innovative brands. ...Read more

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November 19, 2025

Blockfusion Enters into Business Combination with Blue Acquisition Corp.

Winston & Strawn LLP represents Blockfusion, the owner-operator of a strategically located, clean-energy-powered data center, in its announced business combination with Blue Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. The transaction attributes a pre-money equity value of approximately USD 450 million to Blockfusion and would result in Blockfusion becoming a publicly traded company upon listing....Read more
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January 7, 2026

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Winston Paris Partners’ Healthcare Roundtable Featured in Décideurs Magazine

In a context of structural strain on the French healthcare system—marked by social security deficits, pressure on hospitals, shortages of healthcare professionals, and territorial inequalities in access to care—the role of private investment in the healthcare sector is the subject of growing debate....Read more

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January 7, 2026

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Kevin Brophy Shares Market Outlook on Natural Gas and Oil in Hart Energy

Kevin Brophy, co-chair of Winston & Strawn’s Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group, was featured in Hart Energy discussing the diverging outlooks for natural gas and oil markets and the implications for investment, capital allocation, and deal activity heading into 2026....Read more

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January 6, 2026

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Guardrails Before Greenlights: How Gen AI Will Actually Shape E-discovery in 2026

This article was originally published in LegalTech News. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only....Read more
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Other Results 134 results

Law Glossary

What Is Data Breach and Data Security Law?

Within 48 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, data breach and data security laws require organizations and government agencies to provide notifications of security breaches when they involve personally identifiable information. Companies may also be required by state data breach laws to act to minimize the effects of a breach. The FTC can investigate companies that do not adhere to their stated privacy policies and do not have safeguards to protect customer data, but no broad federal law exists regarding breach notifications. However, these U.S. data security laws and government agency rules are enforced:...Read more

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What Is Data Security Law?

Though the U.S. has not passed legislation dealing solely with data security law, organizations are expected to safeguard sensitive information and establish privacy policies. Legislation addressing specific types of sensitive data is found within various U.S. laws, such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act....Read more
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