About

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Winston’s NY office is its second-largest, boasting 215+ attorneys. Our NY litigators represent a wide variety of domestic and international public and private companies, financial institutions, sports leagues, and individuals in commercial disputes, class actions, antitrust/unfair competition, securities, bankruptcy, tax, non-compete/misappropriation of trade secrets, and labor & employment matters. Our NY commercial litigators have led some of the most important victories for the firm that have also generated historic changes and press.

 

Our NY securities litigation practice is built to field teams of broadly experienced litigators who are both advocates with established trial acumen and counsellors/strategists, viewing their task as part of a collective solution to a client’s business problem. Accordingly, our experienced securities litigators see the entire field, taking a case-customized interdisciplinary approach to complex securities litigation. We collaborate seamlessly with other Winston attorneys across all legal disciplines and industries, leveraging the strengths of our robust litigation, corporate, and transactional practices. Our NY securities litigators represent public companies in high-end engagements in parallel/“piggyback” civil proceedings following governmental investigations, qui tam lawsuits, and other “corporate trauma” in heavily regulated sectors, and we are uniquely positioned in high-stakes M&A and corporate governance litigation in Delaware.

Chambers Review

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Litigation: Securities - New York

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Winston & Strawn boasts a strong New York securities litigation practice with an enviable client base of public and private companies as well as several major investment banks. It is able to draw on nationwide network to provide full coverage of complex securities concerns, including shareholder class and derivative actions and M&A litigation. The group possesses wider commercial litigation capacity, with experience handling claims in the antitrust, product liability and employment fields.

Work Highlights

  • Winston & Strawn represented current and former NCAA college athletes in antitrust litigation seeking billions in lost compensation for their names, images and likenesses (NIL) rights.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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James P Smith
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James P Smith
3
Band 3
James Smith is recognized for his broad-ranging securities litigation practice, regularly handling securities fraud class actions, derivative suits and M&A-related disputes.

James does an excellent job orchestrating the various constituencies within securities litigation, whether it be adversaries, the court, mediators, insurers or senior management.

James advises with confidence. He cuts to the chase and tells you what you need to know, as well as painting a clear picture of possible outcomes and risks.

Matthew DiRisio
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Matthew DiRisio
3
Band 3
Matthew DiRisio is a strong performer in the full gamut of securities-related litigation, with experience handling M&A, SPAC and corporate governance disputes as well as shareholder class and derivative actions.

Matt is very helpful on the big picture and developing strategy for the longer term goals.

Matt led our litigation strategy and exceeded all of our expectations.

He is detail oriented and a great communicator to management, in addition to his practicality and strong business sense.

Ranked Lawyers at
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New York

Litigation: Securities

James P Smith
3
James P Smith
3
Band 3
Matthew DiRisio
3
Matthew DiRisio
3
Band 3

Members

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Angela Smedley

George Mastoris

Kelly Librera

Kerry Donovan

Luke Connelly

Martin Geagan

Samantha Lerner

Head of Department

Sean Anderson

Seth Farber

Tom Walsh

Head of Department

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