Recognitions
Winston Selected as Winner for D CEO’s 2020 Large Deal of the Year
Recognitions
Winston Selected as Winner for D CEO’s 2020 Large Deal of the Year
May 1, 2020
Winston & Strawn received D CEO’s 2020 Mergers & Acquisitions Award for Large Deal of the Year for representing Motorola Solutions in the July 2019 sale of WatchGuard Inc. to Motorola Solutions.
Matt Costigan led the deal team that included Peter Clarke, Katie Mariani, John Secaras, and Becky Troutman. The deal is featured in the May edition of D CEO (subscription required). The D CEO program recognizes the top M&A matters in North Texas and the outstanding professionals involved in the deals.
The winning transaction involved WatchGuard Inc., a leading provider of mobile video solutions for law enforcement. Its products include in-car video systems and body-worn cameras along with evidence management software and Motorola Solutions, a global leader in mission-critical communications. The acquisition expands Motorola Solutions’ mission-critical ecosystem, adding to its video security solutions platform that includes fixed cameras and advanced analytics from Avigilon and license plate recognition (LPR) cameras and software from Vigilant Solutions.