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Brian Schafer
Partner
Co-Chair, Private Equity Practice
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For more than 25 years, Brian has represented public companies and private equity firms in M&A and capital markets transactions.
Partner
Co-Chair, Private Equity Practice
For more than 25 years, Brian has represented public companies and private equity firms in M&A and capital markets transactions.
Brian concentrates his practice in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets. He joined Winston & Strawn in 1996 and has been a partner since 2004. He is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
His private equity clients include: Wind Point Partners, Merit Capital Partners, Silver Oak Services Partners, Longshore Capital Partners, Excellere Partners, WILsquare Capital, PPC Enterprises, and Charles Thayne Capital.
His public company clients include: Lamb Weston, Kellogg Company, Hayward Holdings, and OPENLANE.
Brian received a B.A., summa cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1991, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1996.
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