Winston & Strawn names new partners over various practice areas

Chicago, Dec. 6 – Winston & Strawn LLP announced the elevation of 19 partners over 11 practice areas, including some areas related to corporate finance.

Some of the new partners at the firm include:

• Julie Vern Cesano-Gouffrant (Paris) specializing in health care/life sciences in M&A and private equity, representing financial and industrial investors and practitioners in connection with structuring, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, dispositions and debt finance transactions;

• R. Kader Crawford (Charlotte) focusing on commercial lending, corporate finance and private equity transactions, representing bank and non-bank lenders, private equity sponsors, and other public and private companies in connection with a variety of complex financing transactions;

• Eric Kaufman (Chicago, New York) concentrating on private equity and mergers and acquisitions, representing private equity funds, their portfolio companies, independent sponsors, and other private companies in connection with platform and add-on acquisitions, divestitures, and other exit strategies; joint ventures; recapitalizations; minority investments; and general corporate matters;

• Maria Kenny (New York) focusing on representing private equity clients and public companies in acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings within the U.S. and across borders, with experience structuring management incentive compensation and equity arrangements; negotiating limited liability company, shareholder, and employment agreements; and designing executive compensation and nonqualified plan agreements;

• Brendan Mace (Los Angeles) focusing on mergers and acquisitions and private equity, advising private equity funds and their portfolio companies regarding M&A transactions and equity investments including guiding clients through each phase of the investment life cycle from initial acquisitions and company management to exit transactions;

• Miles McDougal (Dallas) concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, and corporate governance, representing private companies and private equity firms on domestic and cross-border transactions in connection with acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, divestitures, and other strategic initiatives; and

• Charles Vargo (Chicago) representing public and private clients in a variety of complex business transactions, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and private equity.

Winston & Strawn is an international law firm based in Chicago.

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