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Winston offers a comprehensive cross-practice area Public Company Advisory Group, which leverages the collective experience of our Capital Markets and Securities, M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Complex Commercial and Securities Litigation, and Tax practices, to advise our clients on the wide range of issues they face as public companies. With extensive experience providing top-tier legal counsel to our clients, we have cultivated a deep reservoir of knowledge in SEC reporting and compliance, capital markets, executive compensation, and corporate governance matters, earning the trust of numerous public company clients as their legal advisors in these critical areas.
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Our capital markets and securities attorneys represent U.S. and international issuers, institutional investors, underwriters, and placement agents in a wide variety of public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
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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.
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Experience
|November 8, 2024
GSR III Acquisition Corp. Announces the Closing of its $230.0 Million Initial Public Offering
Experience
|September 23, 2024
Global Engine Group Holding Limited Announces Closing of $8 Million Initial Public Offering
Experience
|August 8, 2024
Voyager Acquisition Corp. Announces the Closing of $253.0 Million Initial Public Offering
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Webinar
|June 18, 2025
EBEC for Public Companies: Optimizing Strategy & Tactics
As market conditions evolve, executive compensation and employee benefits have moved from routine HR matters to critical components of corporate strategy. Today, these programs directly influence investor confidence and long-term market positioning.
Article
|June 16, 2025
|1 Min Read
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.
Sponsorship
|June 11, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors 2025 Private Company Strategic Alternatives Symposium
Winston is a proud sponsor of the Private Company Strategic Alternatives Symposium on June 11, 2025. This exciting half-day event will bring together leading industry voices to discuss current market trends, capital growth opportunities, and strategies to address liquidity and value creation.
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An IPO is an initial public offering, in which shares of a private company are made available publicly for the first time, allowing a company to raise equity capital from public investors. Companies must meet specific legal, governance, and accounting requirements imposed by the securities exchanges and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct an IPO. Companies hire investment banks to market the offering, evaluate investor demand, and set the IPO price.
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A pre-IPO placement is a late-stage offering to raise funds by a company in advance of its initial public offering. The investors are typically private equity firms, hedge funds, and other large institutional investors. Due to the size of the investments and the significant risk, the investors typically receive a discount from the price in the eventual IPO. Individual investors rarely participate in pre-IPO placements. They are generally restricted to high-net-worth individuals with a sophisticated knowledge of the financial markets. For the company, the placement is a way to raise funds and offset the risk that the IPO will not be as successful as hoped.