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Winston Taylor LLP

Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded

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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.

Industries (12)

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Consumer products
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Financial Services & Banking
  • Health Care & Life Sciences
  • Insurance
  • Media & entertainment
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Retail
  • Sports
  • Technology, New Media & Telecommunications

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Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded - New York

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Winston Taylor 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 a 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.

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Work Highlights

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  • Winston Taylor secured a unanimous Supreme Court decision for Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and its former officers and directors in a federal securities class action stemming from a nearly $2 billion stock drop.

Strengths

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  • Winston applies both sound legal and business judgment in handling legal matters.

    Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

  • Winston has an excellent grasp of the law and does an excellent job of formulating a strategy that will best serve the client's interests. Attorneys at all levels of the firm are exceedingly competent, hardworking and always responsive to client needs.

    Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

  • Winston Taylor does excellent work. The team is rigorous, responsive and demonstrates a high quality of collaboration. It is highly committed to going into detail and preparing all aspects of the case in an extremely professional manner. The firm is able to mobilize a multidisciplinary and international team.

    Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

  • Winston is collaborative and provides excellent work. The firm has a very active, responsive and high-performing team with close understanding of our business.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • James P Smith
    James P Smith

    James P Smith

    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 is clear, accessible and high level. He is highly professional, attentive to every detail and both technical and human.

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    • James is practical and responsive. He is a real expert in securities litigation.

      Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

    • James is very effective in court and a very good litigator.

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  • Matthew DiRisio
    Matthew DiRisio

    Matthew DiRisio

    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.

    • Matthew is a level-headed litigator and is able to maintain a viewpoint and an unemotional approach to litigation, even in contested situations.

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    • Matthew is very thoughtful and provides excellent advice. He is also very available.

      Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentUSA

    • Matthew does an excellent job of assessing a matter and advising on risks and outcomes.

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