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Government Investigations, Enforcement & Compliance
Recognized for “Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded – Nationwide” by Chambers USA in 2023, Winston’s Government Investigations, Enforcement, and Compliance Practice assists individuals and organizations with government investigations and enforcement matters; related criminal and civil proceedings; trials; appeals; internal investigations; and compliance counseling and program development and enhancement. We are comprised of more than 100 litigators, with more than a dozen former prosecutors from the SEC, Main Justice, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, including two former U.S. Attorneys, Regional Supervisors, and the former Chief of IRS Criminal Investigations. We are known for our zealous advocacy, our unyielding commitment to our clients, and for protecting and defending clients’ interests with legal acumen that’s second to none.
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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.
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Today’s dynamic commercial real estate market calls for attorneys who bring a broad platform of skills and experience to the table. Our real estate practice offers institutional knowledge across an extensive array of real estate transactions.
Experience 356 results
Experience
|April 29, 2024
Winston advised the partners of BCF Life Sciences Group in its sale to Sparkfood
Experience
|April 10, 2024
Winston assists Eurazeo in the financing of Vulcain Ingénierie's fourth LBO
Experience
|April 2, 2024
Winston Represented Integrated Openings Solutions in its Acquisition of Atlass Hardware
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Speaking Engagement
|June 20, 2024
Winston & Strawn partner Kurt Mathas will speak at the 15thSummit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics, June 20-21, 2024, in New York. The summit—which attracts the “who’s who” of the industry, including leading in-house counsel from branded and biosimilar companies, representatives from key government agencies, and the top patent and regulatory attorneys—will cover legal, regulatory, and commercial strategies for the innovator and biosimilars marketplace.
Webinar
|May 21, 2024
Bite-Sized Insights: Legal Trends Impacting the Food & Beverage Industry
Join Winston & Strawn on May 21 for a CLE-accredited webinar during which we’ll uncork the latest class action, environmental, labor, and antitrust trends affecting the food and beverage industry.
Sponsorship
|May 15, 2024
Winston Sponsors, Kevin Goldstein Speaks at GCR Live: Cartels 2024
Winston & Strawn Antitrust/Competition partner Kevin Goldstein will speak on the panel “Where did the safe harbours go? Adrift in the sea of information sharing” at this year’s GCR Live: Cartels on May 15, 2024, in Washington D.C. from 11:35am-12:35pm EST. This panel will focus on recent DOJ actions revoking longstanding healthcare guidelines and how companies seeking market information should mitigate risk in light of the potential equivalence between information sharing and cartel behavior as perceived by European and other enforcers.
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What Are Unfair Trade Practices?
The phrase unfair trade practices can be defined as any business practice or act that is deceptive, fraudulent, or causes injury to a consumer. These practices can include acts that are deemed unlawful, such as those that violate a consumer protection law. Some examples of unfair trade methods are: the false representation of a good or service; false free gift or prize offers; non-compliance with manufacturing standards; false advertising; or deceptive pricing.
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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.