Winston Taylor announced the completion of the combination of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s U.K.-led business, which officially launched as a single transatlantic law firm. The newly combined firm is designed to serve businesses, people, and markets driving capital formation and innovation across major global economies.
The firm brings together more than 1,400 lawyers across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, making it one of the largest transatlantic law firms. Winston Taylor will operate from 20 offices located in key commercial and financial centers, offering clients expanded global reach and integrated legal services.
The combined firm focuses on major litigation, critical transactions, strategic intellectual property matters, and private wealth services. It also has significant capabilities across corporate law, private equity, real estate, finance, antitrust, regulatory matters, and wealth management. Winston Taylor serves clients across a range of sectors, including technology, media and telecommunications, life sciences and healthcare, financial services, and projects, energy and infrastructure.
According to the firm, the combination is intended to strengthen its ability to support clients with increasingly complex cross-border legal and business challenges. By integrating the resources, talent, and geographic reach of both legacy firms, Winston Taylor aims to provide end-to-end legal and strategic counsel for organizations operating in global markets.
The launch also marks the union of two firms with more than 400 years of combined history. Leadership said the integration process is already creating opportunities for expanded client service, with lawyers across the combined platform identifying new cross-border engagements and collaborative opportunities.
KEY QUOTES:
“As Winston Taylor, we are centered on a client-first approach and will be working shoulder to shoulder with our clients at the cutting edge of industry and ingenuity. With that common purpose, we are leveraging both strength and scale by integrating our teams and offices at record speed, working at pace to create a firm that is aligned, focused, and built for the day-to-day needs of our clients as well as their breakthrough moments.”
Steve D’Amore, Chairman, Winston Taylor
“We have created a unified, transatlantic team focused on providing unparalleled service to clients and attracting the best practitioners in the major hubs of innovation and capital. As part of this defining combination, our lawyers have already identified dozens of new cross-border opportunities to serve clients, advising global innovators in key sectors and winning work that is possible because of our newly combined footprint and capabilities.”
Shane Gleghorn, Managing Partner of Europe and Middle East, Winston Taylor
