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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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Winston is well regarded for deep and broad experience advising clients in the development, construction, financing and refinancing, acquisition, and operation of major infrastructure assets, including several award-winning deals and public-private-partnership (PPPs or P3s) projects in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Recognized for our ability to “take complex issues and boil them down to pragmatic solutions” (Chambers USA 2023), our team represents a diverse mix of participants and stakeholders in a broad range of investments and non-recourse/limited recourse financings, and we have experience working on many of the most complex projects, within aggressive time frames, while employing inventive solutions. Likewise, our lawyers help to identify and quantify roadblocks and risks at an early stage, so that we can help our clients—which include developers and sponsors, a full range of lenders and investors, project owners and operators, governments and their agencies, and other project counterparties—evaluate and, to the extent possible, mitigate or eliminate risk.
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Winston has one of the world’s premier sports law practices. Our work has included some of the most famous legal matters in sports history—including Alston v. NCAA, the case that culminated in a 9–0 Supreme Court victory for the college players against the NCAA; the US$2.15B Los Angeles Dodgers acquisition; McNeil v. the NFL, the landmark antitrust jury trial that led to the establishment of free agency in the NFL; the multi-billion-dollar construction and permanent financings for SoFi Stadium; and Morgan v. USSF, the case that led to a historic equal pay settlement for the players on the Women’s National Team. Our work is transforming this global, multibillion-dollar industry.
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|June 4, 2025
Winston Represents Chart Industries in All-Stock Merger of Equals with Flowserve
Experience
|May 27, 2025
Experience
|May 2, 2025
Copley Acquisition Corp. Closes $172.5 Million Initial Public Offering
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Webinar
|June 25, 2025
What’s Going on in the World of Enforcement?
In this webinar, our attorneys will discuss the latest developments at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and what these changes may mean for the financial services industry.
Pro Bono In Action
|June 23, 2025
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Winston attorneys, along with co-counsel The Legal Aid Society and Disability Rights Advocates, secured class certification for incarcerated New Yorkers with disabilities who filed a landmark lawsuit challenging the unlawful use of solitary confinement for disabled individuals in New York state prisons. This ruling allows the case to proceed on behalf of all impacted individuals, rather than being limited to the nine named plaintiffs.
Client Alert
|June 23, 2025
|10+ Min Read
Receiving notice of an SEC investigation is not only a stressful moment for any public company—it is one that requires prompt and diligent action. This guide provides an overview of the stages of an SEC investigation and some key considerations along the way, including best practices to avoid regulatory scrutiny in the first instance.
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What Is a Publicly Held Company?
A publicly held company, also called a publicly traded company or public company, is a corporation whose ownership is distributed among general public shareholders through the trading of its shares on stock exchanges or over-the-counter markets. A public company is required to disclose its results of operations, financial condition, and other mandated business information regularly to the public. It must also report its securities trading on stock exchanges.
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