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Securities, M&A & Corporate Governance Litigation
In today’s market, litigators with experience in securities, corporate governance, and M&A-related (collectively, “securities litigation”) matters need to leverage their broad experience to serve as both advocate and as counsel and strategist, focused on helping clients to overcome not just a legal issue but a collective business problem. Given the frequent interplay between things such as corporate-control transactions, public offerings, activist shareholders, the use of complex derivatives and other financial instruments, bad news impacting stock performance, regulatory inquiries and investigations, and insurance coverage, strategic and tactical litigation decisions can have a wide-ranging impact on the success of a given transaction, as well as on companies, their boards, senior management, and advisors.
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In a global business and legal environment marked by change, U.S. and multinational companies, financial institutions, investors, and entrepreneurs face demanding challenges that significantly impact their businesses. Transactions partners advise clients around the globe to navigate these challenges, adapt to regulatory change, and move transactions to the finish line.
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Winston & Strawn’s private equity attorneys provide strategic advice and legal counsel to middle-market private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, real estate funds, alternative asset managers, portfolio companies, and institutional investors. We have one of the broadest and most active national middle-market private equity practices in the U.S.
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Client Alert
|April 13, 2023
|10 Min Read
Post-Closing Private M&A Litigation: Four Notable Decisions from the Delaware Court of Chancery
In the last year, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued several decisions addressing important issues in post-closing private M&A disputes. This article summarizes four of those decisions, which touch upon conditions to closing, material adverse effect clauses, the bootstrapping defense, the sandbagging defense, and best efforts in an earn-out clause. This article is not intended to be an exhaustive summary of these cases, but rather focuses on learnings that will apply to future post-closing disputes. As discussed below, in these decisions, the Court of Chancery clarified existing law and tackled previously unanswered questions of law—and, in the process, the Court provides helpful guidance to both M&A transactional and litigation practitioners.
Article
|April 1, 2021
|4 Min Read
COVID-19 Hotel M&A Contract Case Offers Drafting Takeaways
This article was originally published in BloombergLaw. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only.
In the Media
|July 16, 2020
|1 Min Read
On the eve of what would have marked the first material adverse event case litigated in the COVID-19 era, Advent International and Forescout Technologies settled on a revised agreement that cut the cybersecurity company’s valuation by nearly $500 million. The settlement underscores how material adverse event clauses, or an MAE/MAC, remains a huge undertaking.
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Opened in 2017, Winston & Strawn’s Dallas office is located in the cultural and economic epicenter of DFW, the fourth largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and the fastest growing over the last year. Our Dallas attorneys litigate both high-stakes civil and criminal matters, including major state and federal trials and appeals nationwide, and represent clients in complex transactional matters. Under the leadership of Bryan L. Goolsby, our office—made up of nearly 100 lawyers—continues to expand, attracting some of the country’s top legal talent to meet the increased needs of the many technology, investment, and health care companies that are increasingly making Dallas their home.
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Serving one of the world’s largest economies for over 20 years, Winston & Strawn’s Los Angeles office is home to more than 100 lawyers and business professionals. Under the guidance of Office Managing Partner Angela Machala, our L.A. office thrives as a dynamic and tightly knit community with an inclusive culture in which its members from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives collaborate closely to support each other’s success and achieve their clients’ goals. Our L.A. lawyers—who are equally split between litigation and transactional work—advise 80+ Fortune 500 companies, which is a testament to the collaborative environment we’ve created to provide exceptional legal services.
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Winston & Strawn’s New York office opened in 1989 and has since grown to become the firm’s second-largest location, with 225+ lawyers distributed across 16 practice areas. Based in the iconic MetLife Building above Grand Central Station in Midtown Manhattan, our New York lawyers represent 80+ Fortune 500 companies from the city’s business epicenter. Our New York attorneys are tenacious and insightful, and they reflect the rich tapestry of New York City, with lawyers from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives working closely to support each other's success and achieve their clients' goals. Several of our firmwide employee networks are chaired by New York attorneys. Our New York office’s welcoming and collaborative atmosphere can be seen through numerous office-wide events, including volunteer opportunities, gatherings to connect over food and drinks, wellness event pop-ups, and annual entry in the NYC Lawyers Basketball League. Creating a connected and supportive setting for attorneys and business professionals fosters camaraderie and encourages all of us to work harder for one another and our clients.