Steve Gavin advises clients in a wide variety of corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions, and regularly counsels boards of directors and special committees of both public and private companies on corporate governance and oversight issues.

Steve’s clients include Loews, Inc.; SPX Flow, Inc.; Morningstar, Inc.; Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Groupon, Inc.; Skillz Inc.; Fathom Digital Manufacturing Corporation; Echo Global Logistics, Inc.; The Vistria Group; Water Street Healthcare Partners and CORE Industrial Partners.

Honors & Awards

Steve was ranked by Chambers USA in Corporate/M&A in 2014-2022. He was also honored in the 2007, 2015, 2016, and 2020-2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, where he was also named "Lawyer of the Year," in 2020 for mergers & acquisitions and securities/capital markets law. Steve has been consecutively listed in The Legal 500 as a top attorney in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts since 2009.

Activities

Steve served as the chair of Winston & Strawn’s Corporate & Finance Department from 2006 to 2012.  Steve is a former Chairman of the Board of Link Unlimited and currently serves as Chairman of the Nominating & Governance Committee of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Credentials

Steve received a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale College in 1982, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1985.