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Our attorneys have extensive experience counseling U.S. and multinational public companies across a range of industries in all aspects of corporate governance, securities, and compliance matters. We advise public companies, boards of directors and their committees, and senior executives on the corporate governance and compliance matters that public companies and their leadership confront—from board structuring and succession planning to shareholder activism and SEC regulation. Drawing on our experience as seasoned counselors, we keep clients abreast of evolving trends and best practices to proactively manage any governance or compliance issues. We have assembled one of the most experienced teams of any law firm in the country that’s counseling public companies.
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In a global business and legal environment marked by change, U.S. and multinational companies, financial institutions, investors, and entrepreneurs face demanding challenges that significantly impact their businesses. Transactions partners advise clients around the globe to navigate these challenges, adapt to regulatory change, and move transactions to the finish line.
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Government Program Fraud, False Claims Act & Qui Tam Litigation
Investigations and litigation involving alleged fraud against the government pose a significant and growing threat to organizations and individuals across all industries that engage directly or indirectly in business with federal, state, and/or local governments. The government makes aggressive use of its extensive criminal and civil investigatory powers to root out alleged fraud and abuse implicating government funds, including one of its most powerful civil enforcement tools—the federal False Claims Act (FCA)—and similar state false claims statutes.
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|December 6, 2024
Shepherd Ave Capital Acquisition Corp Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering
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|March 20, 2025
Eva Davis Speaks at ACG’s A New Day in M&A Seminar
Winston & Strawn’s Managing Partner of External Affairs, Eva Davis, will serve as a featured panelist at the Association of Corporate Growth’s “A New Day in M&A” seminar, hosted in Irvine, CA on March 20. Eva and her fellow panelists will discuss the following topics:
Client Alert
|March 3, 2025
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On Thursday, February 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it would not “issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on any failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act [CTA] by the current deadlines.”
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|March 3, 2025
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On February 24, 2025, Winston & Strawn partner Andrew Hinkes, acting in his individual capacity, was among the first group of legal professionals to present arguments to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force advocating for a revised interpretation of securities laws as they pertain to digital assets. The group suggested that the SEC, particularly under former Chairman Gary Gensler, has overextended its authority by misapplying the Howey Test—a legal standard that determines what constitutes an investment contact security—to various digital asset activities. The group’s recommendations urged the SEC to reassess the applicability of the Howey Test to facets of the digital assets industry such as staking, airdrops, secondary trading of digital assets, and NFTs. Additionally, they proposed narrowing the definitions of “broker” and “dealer” within the context of securities assets, aiming to foster a more collaborative regulatory environment between digital assets and traditional financial exchanges. Attorneys Jason Gottlieb of Morrison Cohen and George Mason University Professor J.W. Verret joined Andrew to present to the Task Force.
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What Is a Delaware Corporation?
A Delaware corporation is a company that is formed in the state of Delaware but can conduct business anywhere. Incorporating in Delaware has become widespread among large U.S. companies, including more than half of the S&P 500.