Winston Announces 21 Newly Elected Partners
Winston & Strawn announced that 21 attorneys have been elected to partner. Spanning five practice areas and nine offices, the following attorneys were promoted:
• Scott Ahmad (Chicago) is a litigator and trial attorney who devotes a significant part of his practice to defending companies in the medical device/pharmaceutical, food, dietary supplement, and technology industries.
• Brian Bailey (Charlotte) represents lending institutions in connection with loans to finance retail, hotel, office, condominium, and multifamily properties.
• Nolan Bolduc (Chicago) has a wide range of experience in corporate finance matters, including corporate lending, structured finance, and debt capital markets transactions.
• Ilya Bubel (New York) focuses his practice on M&A and other complex business transactions on behalf of private equity sponsors and other financial investors, as well as public and private companies across various industries.
• Katrina Eash (Dallas) is a trial lawyer who concentrates her practice in complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. She also has experience in high-risk employment litigation.
• Christine Kolosov (Los Angeles) concentrates her practice in the development, financing, and sales of renewable energy projects and in the representation of water utilities and other companies in regulatory proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission.
• Maria Kostytska (Paris) is an international arbitrator and litigator who regularly serves as lead counsel to sovereign states, private companies, and individuals across a variety of industrial sectors.
• Rex Mann (Dallas) is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on complex civil litigation concerning commercial and intellectual property matters. He often works with companies in the technology sector or matters involving complex technology, as he adds additional value through his background in engineering and understanding of the technical issues in the matters.
• Shannon Murphy (Chicago) is a member of the firm’s White Collar, Regulatory Defense, and Investigations group as well as the firm’s Global Privacy and Data Security Task Force and focuses her practice on internal investigations, data protection counseling, and complex litigation, particularly matters involving potential criminal liability or trade secret issues.
• Alex Niebruegge (Houston) concentrates his practice on energy sector transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and other corporate matters.
• Brian Nisbet (Chicago) focuses his practice on patent litigation, in both the pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries, complex commercial litigation, and class action defense in cases alleging design defect and consumer fraud.
• Jason Parker (London) is a project development attorney advising clients on energy and infrastructure projects that are large-scale, complex, and highly technical.
• Conor Reidy (Chicago) concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, antitrust merger review, and antitrust counseling.
• Eimeric Reig-Plessis (San Francisco) is a patent litigator with significant experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation, Federal Circuit appeals, and inter partes reviews.
• Justin Reinus (Dallas and Los Angeles) advises on initial public offerings and other equity offerings, high yield and investment-grade debt offerings, and spin-offs. He also advises clients on day-to-day securities disclosure and corporate governance matters.
• Jennifer Stadler (New York) advises public and private companies, private equity clients, and fiduciaries on employee benefits and executive compensation matters.
• Matthew Stark (New York) focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, predominantly in the areas of class actions and insurance. He also has experience litigating disputes in the areas of antitrust, consumer fraud, and sports and entertainment.
• Courtney Tygesson (Chicago) concentrates her practice in capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters. She has experience representing both issuers and underwriters in debt and equity offerings, including IPOs and offerings of high-yield securities.
• Ryan Walden (New York) represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies throughout the life cycle of an investment, from the initial acquisition and debt financing through the ultimate sale. He also works with entrepreneurs and their companies on day-to-day corporate counseling, equity and debt financing, and sale transactions.
• Thomas Weber (Chicago) concentrates his litigation and trial practice on complex commercial disputes. He has experience handling breach of contract, fraud, post-closing M&A, securities, and insurance matters.
• Owen Zingraff (Charlotte) represents borrowers and lenders in connection with syndicated and bilateral credit facilities, including asset‐backed, term and revolving, and acquisition facilities. He also has experience with a variety of M&A, fund formation, and other corporate transactions.
Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with 16 offices located throughout North America, Asia, and Europe.
