CHICAGO & LONDON - Monday, 15. December 2025
Winston
Taylor to build on shared vision and culture in establishing a
transatlantic powerhouse for major litigation, critical transactions,
strategic IP, and private wealth
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Winston &
Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s UK-led business announced today their
intention to combine, creating a premier transatlantic law firm that
would operate under a new shared name, Winston Taylor. The combination
responds to increasing client demand for seamlessly integrated US–UK–EU
counsel for the businesses, people, and markets driving capital and
innovation.
The combination once final will unite two
international firms with more than 400 years of combined history,
complementary strengths, and a common vision to meet clients’ evolving
global needs. The combined firm will include more than 1,400 lawyers,
establishing one of the largest transatlantic firms whose footprint is
primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe, and also
in Latin America and the Middle East.
Leveraging significant
strength and scale in major litigation, critical transactions, strategic
IP, and private wealth, Winston Taylor will deliver best-in-class
client service across key sectors including technology, life sciences,
and financial services. Clients will gain a unified team with end-to-end
capabilities across jurisdictions to achieve their business objectives
in the breakthrough moments across their lifecycle.
“Once
combined, we will have a London-headquartered partner that fulfills our
long-held ambition to grow in the UK, while preserving the culture,
agility, focus, and relentless client service that define Winston &
Strawn,” said Steve D’Amore, Chairman of Winston & Strawn, who will
continue as Chairman of the combined firm. “This combination will
establish an elite practice in the major commercial centers important to
our clients. Winston Taylor will be positioned to lead on the most
sophisticated litigation and transactions in the world’s most defining
industries.”
"In Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing UK will
have a US partner that shares our vision, our values, and culture, and
absolute focus on the highest levels of client service," said Shane
Gleghorn, Managing Partner of Taylor Wessing UK, who will serve as
Managing Partner of Europe and Middle East for Winston Taylor and will
become a member of its Executive Committee. "By combining Winston &
Strawn’s strength in the major hubs across the United States with our
coverage of the key centers of London, Europe, and the Middle East we
will have created a firm with the highest level of transatlantic
capabilities in key practices and sectors."
Winston Taylor, once
formed, will bring together two firms with aligned practices, shared
clients, and cultures rooted in innovation and exceptional client
service. The combined firm’s expanded corporate, private equity, real
estate, finance, antitrust, regulatory, and private wealth capabilities
will provide clients with end-to-end global business strategy and
support. In addition, the combination of Taylor Wessing UK’s Tier 1
UK–EU holistic IP practice with Winston & Strawn’s premier U.S.
intellectual property litigation practice will establish a
market-leading transatlantic IP platform.
As part of the
combination, Taylor Wessing the Netherlands and Belgium will enter into
an agreement with Winston Taylor to operate under the Winston Taylor
brand.
Completion of the combination is expected in May 2026,
subject to approvals and a vote of the partners in each firm. Until
then, they will operate as separate firms in the normal course. Upon
closing, Taylor Wessing UK and Taylor Wessing the Netherlands and
Belgium would depart the Taylor Wessing verein and Winston Taylor would
seek to have a cooperation and referral relationship with the Taylor
Wessing verein to provide continuity of support to clients.
Notes to editors
The
combined business will have 20 offices in Amsterdam, Brussels,
Cambridge, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Dublin, Eindhoven,
Houston, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San
Francisco, São Paulo, Silicon Valley, and Washington DC.
For more information, visit www.winstontaylor.com.
About Winston & Strawn
Founded
in 1853, Winston & Strawn is an Am Law 50 firm with ~1,000 lawyers
across 14 offices worldwide. The firm is recognized for its leadership
in litigation, intellectual property, corporate and finance
transactions, and regulatory work across major sectors, including
technology, life sciences, and financial services.
About Taylor Wessing UK
Founded
in 1782, Taylor Wessing UK is a Top 20 UK law firm with over 450
lawyers in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East. The firm is renowned for
its Tier 1 intellectual property, life sciences, technology, and
private wealth practices, advising clients ranging from global
corporations to leading innovators and investors.
About Taylor Wessing the Netherlands and Belgium
Taylor
Wessing the Netherlands and Belgium brings together its Amsterdam,
Eindhoven, and Brussels offices into a fully integrated Benelux
practice, with over 100 lawyers and civil-law notaries advising
high-growth technology and life sciences companies, multinational
corporates, and investors on corporate transactions, intellectual
property, disputes, and regulatory matters.
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