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Our attorneys have extensive experience counseling U.S. and multinational public companies across a range of industries in all aspects of corporate governance, securities, and compliance matters. We advise public companies, boards of directors and their committees, and senior executives on the corporate governance and compliance matters that public companies and their leadership confront—from board structuring and succession planning to shareholder activism and SEC regulation. Drawing on our experience as seasoned counselors, we keep clients abreast of evolving trends and best practices to proactively manage any governance or compliance issues. We have assembled one of the most experienced teams of any law firm in the country that’s counseling public companies.
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Winston takes a strategic approach to privacy and data security, integrating cross-practice capabilities to provide our clients with cutting-edge counseling; trade secret protection and investigations; cybersecurity incident investigations, including breach and ransomware; data-security class action litigation; and international data protection. Our Global Privacy & Data Security Practice features a core team of more than 20 privacy professionals and is bolstered by over 60 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.
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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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|February 27, 2024
Experience
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|May 13, 2024
Winston & Strawn Sponsors SFNet’s International Lending Conference 2024
Winston & Strawn is proud to once again sponsor the Secured Finance Network’s International Lending Conference which takes place from May 13-15, 2024, in London. The event brings together leading players on the international lending scheme and will address issues around private equity, private debt, syndications, restructurings, technology in ABL, and more.
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|May 2, 2024
Beyond the Finish Line: Navigating IPOs and M&A
Is your organization racing towards an IPO or M&A transaction, but unsure on how to navigate the strategic, financial, accounting, or legal processes?
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|April 25, 2024
Ivan Poullaos Discusses Jury Trial Preparedness in ANDA Cases at Paragraph IV Disputes Conference
Winston & Strawn partner Ivan Poullaos will speak at the 20thAnnual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference, April 25-26, 2024, in New York City.
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What Is the Securities Exchange Act of 1934?
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”) established the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and gave it the power to oversee the securities industry. Through the Exchange Act, the SEC gained the authority to register, regulate, and oversee brokerage firms, transfer agents, and clearing agencies. The Commission also has authority over the U.S. securities self-regulatory organizations (SROs), including: The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Market, Chicago Board of Options, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. SROs must have guidelines in place to make sure investors are protected.
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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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What is the Nasdaq Composite Index?
The Nasdaq Composite Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of almost all the stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It is a broad index that is heavily weighted toward the important information technology sector, followed by consumer discretionary and healthcare companies. The index is composed of both domestic and international companies.