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Private equity clients need lawyers who understand the challenges of the private equity market and can help them move business objectives forward.  Winston & Strawn’s experience, depth, resources, relationships, and commitment to service keep private equity transactions on track. Our private equity practice encompasses capital raising, investment and divestiture, and operational activities.

Our private equity practice encompasses:

  • fund formation, institutional investor investments, and secondary market transactions
  • mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
  • venture capital, growth equity, and mezzanine financings
  • portfolio company representation, including leveraged recapitalizations, litigation, governance issues, employee benefits and employment matters, environmental problems, and intellectual property matters

Our client service teams are led by experienced deal lawyers able to provide judgment and knowledge derived from experience.  Our transactional lawyers are able to service our clients' needs completely by drawing upon the firm's resources in the areas of tax law, finance, environmental law, employment and ERISA law, intellectual property law, and other areas frequently confronted when structuring transactions and allocating risks among buyer and seller. Among other things, our deep experience and bench strength in leveraged finance provides our clients engaging in leveraged acquisitions, divestitures, and recapitalizations with market insights and positive results.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

Performance Trust Private Placement
PT Financial, LLC
Winston & Strawn represented Performance Trust Opportunity Fund I, LP, a newly formed private investment fund, in connection with the private placement of $22.6 million in limited partnership interests. 

Lightscape Technologies Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Lightscape Technologies Inc.'s $7.5 million private placement of common stock.

First Growth Investors Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in First Growth Investors, Inc.'s $21 million private placement of common stock.       

China Solar & Clean Energy Solutions Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in China Solar & Clean Energy Solutions, Inc.'s $11.3 million private placement of common stock.       

CPI Card Group Acquisition of Didier
CPI Card Group
Winston & Strawn represented CPI Card Group, a portfolio company of Tricor Pacific Capital, in its acquisition of Wm. A. Didier & Sons, Inc., a leading manufacturer of credit, debit, and ATM cards.       

Energroup Holdings Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Energroup Holdings Corporation's $17 million private placement of common stock.       

Discovery Technologies Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Discovery Technologies, Inc.'s $20.5 million private placement of common stock.       

I-Many Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in I-Many Corporation's $17 million private placement of notes.       

Sona Mobile Holdings Corporation
Our attorneys represented the issuer in Sona Mobile Holdings Corporation's $3 million private placement of convertible senior unsecured debentures.       

China BAK Battery Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in China BAK Battery, Inc.'s $13.7 million private placement of common stock.       

Ivivi Technologies Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Ivivi Technologies, Inc.'s $5 million private placement of common stock.       

Jade Mountain Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Jade Mountain Corporation's $24.4 million private placement of common stock.       

Fushi International Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Fushi International, Inc.'s $39 million private placement of common stock.       

China Public Security Technology Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in China Public Security Technology, Inc.'s $40 million private placement of common stock.       

Boo Koo Beverages Company Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Boo Koo Beverages Company's $11.3 million private placement of common stock.       

Sino Gas International Holdings
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc.'s $18.8 million private placement of common stock.       

EIF Haypress, LLC Investment in Hydroelectric Facility
Northbrook Energy, L.L.C.
We represented EIF Haypress, LLC in the purchase of an interest in a hydroelectic facility from Philip Morris Capital Corporation.       

Tricor Pacific Capital – Acquisition of Design Packaging
Tharco Packaging, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Tricor Pacific Capital and its portfolio company, Tharco Packaging, in connection with their acquisition of Design Packaging.       

Bank of America Formation of Public Private Equity Fund of Funds
Bank of America Capital Corporation
Winston & Strawn represented Bank of America in the formation of the first public private equity fund of funds, including the structuring and sale of an approximately $2 billion portfolio of interests in approximately 180 private equity funds.       

China Agritech Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in China Agritech, Inc.'s $15 million private placement of common stock.       

Silverstar Holdings Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Silverstar Holdings, LTD.'s $9 million private placement of common stock and warrants.       

Prime Group Realty Investment in Extended Stay Hotels
Prime Group Realty Trust
Winston & Strawn represented Prime Group Realty Trust, through its wholly-owned qualified REIT subsidiary PGRT ESH, Inc., in connection with its purchase of a $120 million membership interest in BHAC Capital IV, L.L.C., owner of Extended Stay Hotels, Inc., from Lightstone Holdings LLC.       

Park Hill Real Estate Group Sale to The Blackstone Group
Frank Schmitz
Winston & Strawn represented members of Park Hill Real Estate Group in connection with the sale of membership interests to affiliates of The Blackstone Group LP.       

MacLean Sale of Jameson Corporation
MacLean Investment Company, L.L.C.
Winston & Strawn represented MacLean Investment Partners in connection with its sale of Jameson Corporation to Carousel Capital Partners (Fund III).       

GoFish Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in GoFish Corporation's $10.3 million private placement of convertible senior promissory notes.       

UGODS Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in UGODS, Inc.'s $30 million private placement of convertible preferred stock.       

Organic To Go Food Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Organic To Go Food's $6.7 million private placement of common stock and warrants.       

Tricor Pacific Capital $210 Million Sale of Matrix Packaging
Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc. in connection with its sale of Matrix Packaging, Inc. to Sonoco Products Company for approximately $210 million.       

KCA Partners Acquisition of Thera-Med, Inc.
KCA Partners, Ltd.
Winston & Strawn represented KCA Partners, Ltd. and its portfolio company Apex Medical Corporation in connection with the acquisition of Thera-Med, Inc., a Texas-based manufacturer and distributor of hot and cold pain relief therapy products.       

Intra-Asia Entertainment Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Intra-Asia Entertainment Corporation's $3.2 million private placement of common stock.       

Sale of The Hygenic Corporation to Cortec Group Fund IV
Baird Capital Partners
Winston & Strawn represented co-investors Baird Capital Partners, American Capital Strategies, and Beecken Petty & O'Keefe in the sale of their portfolio company, The Hygenic Corporation, to Cortec Group Fund IV.       

Armand Capital Group Acquisition of The C.L. Bailey Company
Armand Group, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Armand Capital Group, through its affiliate Armand Billiards Group LLC, in its acquisition of The C.L. Bailey Company, a manufacturer and distributor of pool tables, game room furniture, and billiard accessories.       

Tricor Pacific Capital Acquisition of Consolidated Utility Services
Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Consolidated Utility Services, Inc., an Omaha, Neb.-based provider of utility damage prevention process services and solutions.       

Equicap Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Equicap, Inc.'s $12 million private placement of common stock.       

ParkerVision Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in ParkerVision, Inc.'s $8.4 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Concept Ventures Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Concept Ventures Corporation's $12.25 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Sutor Steel Technology Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Sutor Steel Technology Co., LTD.'s $12 million private placement of convertible preferred stock.      
 
Synova Healthcare Group Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Synova Healthcare Group, Inc.'s $15 million private placement of convertible senior secured promissory notes.      
 
China Public Security Technology Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in China Public Security Technology, Inc.'s $15 million private placement in common stock.      
 
PACE Health Management Systems Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in PACE Health Management Systems, Inc.'s $15 million private placement of convertible preferred stock.      
 
$320 Milllion Sale of Pinehurst Resort and Country Club to Putterboy
Winston & Strawn represented the special committee of the Board of Directors of ClubCorp, Inc. in connection with the $320 million sale of its Pinehurst Resort and Country Club to Putterboy, Ltd. Pinehurst was sold in conjunction with the $1.8 billion sale of ClubCorp to an affiliate of KSL Capital Partners LLC, a travel and hospitality-focused private equity fund.      
 
KCA Partners Sale of Van's International Foods, Inc.
KCA Partners, Ltd.
Winston & Strawn represented KCA Partners, Ltd. in its sale of Van's International Foods, Inc. to Healthy Frozen Food, Inc., a portfolio company of Catterton Partners.      
 
$5.7 Billion Senior Notes Issuance/$33 Billion HCA Leveraged Buyout
Citigroup Global Markets
Winston & Strawn represented Citigroup Global Markets and the other investment bankers as health regulatory counsel in connection with the issuance of an aggregate of $5.7 billion senior secured notes as part of the $33 billion leveraged buyout of HCA, Inc. HCA is a holding company whose affiliates own and operate hospitals and related health care entities.      
 
Keyes Packaging Acquisition of Interplast
Keyes Packaging Group, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Keyes Packaging, a leading manufacturer of specialty packaging and a U.S. portfolio company of Canadian private equity fund Tricor Pacific Capital, in connection with its acquisition of the assets of Interplast, Inc., a Canadian-based manufacturer of specialty premium egg packaging.      
 
I-many Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in I-many, Inc.'s $7 million private placement in common stock and warrants.      
 
Asian Financial, Inc.
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Asian Financial, Inc.'s $23.5 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Veri-Tek Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Veri-Tek International Corporation's $11.1 million private placement in common stock and warrants.      
 
Canadian Private Equity Funds Acquisition of Plainfield Tool and Engineering
Polymer Technologies Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented a portfolio company of Triwest Capital and Kensington Partners, Canadian private equity funds, in its acquisition of Plainfield Tool and Engineering, a privately held U.S. company.      
 
$863 Million Sale of Michigan Electric Transmission Company
Winston & Strawn represented Evercore Capital, Sansome Partners, Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership, GFI Energy, and Trans-Elect, Inc. in the indirect sale of Michigan Electric Transmission Company to ITC Holdings, Inc. for $863 million.      
 
G Willi Food International Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in G Willi Food International LTD.'s $10 million private placement in common stock and warrants.      
 
Coleman Natural Foods Recapitalization and Bank Financing
Booth Creek Management Corp.
Winston & Strawn represented Coleman Natural Foods, LLC in a recapitalization involving the merger of BC Natural Foods and KDSB Holdings.      
 
Solar Power Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Solar Power, Inc.'s $16 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Motorola Investment in Clearwire Corporation
Motorola, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Motorola in its equity investment in Clearwire Corporation (pursuant to which Intel Capital and other investors along with Motorola made concurrent equity investments in excess of $1 billion).      
 
TMB Industries Acquisition of Whitley Products
TMB Industries LLC
Winston & Strawn represented TMB Industries in its acquisition of Whitley Products, Inc., a premier supplier of precision tubular products to the diesel engine, agricultural equipment, off-highway, construction equipment, and HVAC markets.      
 
REIT Transactions
We have extensive experience with REIT transactions, including private placements, securitization, equity offerings, recapitalizations, asset purchase and dispositions, Section 1031 exchanges, and mergers and acquisitions.      
 
Water Street Capital Partners Acquisition of Lakewood Pathology
Water Street Capital Partners, LLC
Winston & Strawn represented Water Street Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of a majority ownership stake in Lakewood Pathology Associates, a full-service national provider of multi-specialty anatomic pathology services to clinicians operating in outpatient surgical settings in more than 21 states.      
 
TMB Industries Sale of Fuel Systems
TMB Industries LLC
Winston & Strawn represented TMB Industries LLC in connection with the sale of Fuel Systems LLC, a portfolio company of TMB, to Brazos Private Equity Fund Partners LLC. Fuel Systems manufactures vehicular mounted fuel tanks, fuel tank modules, and hydraulic tanks for vehicles ranging from light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks to buses, industrial, military, construction, off-highway, emergency, and agricultural equipment.      
 
Wynnchurch Capital Acquisition of Interlake Material Handling
Wynnchurch Capital
Winston & Strawn represented Wynnchurch Capital in connection with its acquisition of Interlake Material Handling, Inc., a manufacturer of heavy duty steel storage racking and retail displays.      
 
Greyrock Capital Investment in MWA Intelligence
Greyrock Capital Group
Winston & Strawn represented Greyrock Capital Group in connection with its senior subordinated debt and equity investment in the acquisition of MWA Intelligence, Inc., a provider of service management, mobile workforce automation, and remote and intelligent asset diagnostics solutions.      
 
5280 Partners Stock Financing for Alpine Access
5280 Partners I, LP
Winston & Strawn represented 5280 Partners LP in connection with a series 5 preferred stock financing for Alpine Access, Inc., a provider of outsourced customer contact business solutions devoted to using exclusively home-based employees.      
 
Neptune Society Going Private Transaction
BG Capital Group Ltd.
Winston & Strawn represented BG Capital Group Ltd., as investor, in the going private transaction of The Neptune Society, a provider of cremation services.      
 
Mozzarella Fresca Recapitalization
Greyrock Capital Group
Winston & Strawn represented Greyrock Capital Group in connection with the recapitalization of Mozzarella Fresca, one of the largest producers of fresh mozzarella in the United States.      
 
Hopewell Ventures Investment in TL Contact Inc.
Hopewell Ventures LP
Winston & Strawn represented Hopewell Ventures, L.P., in connection with its preferred stock investment in TL Contact Inc., provider of a private patient Web page service, called CarePages, to the nation’s leading healthcare institutions.      
 
Wynnchurch Capital Asset Acquisition of Inverness Castings Group
Wynnchurch Capital
Winston & Strawn represented Wynnchurch Capital in connection with its acquisition of the assets of Inverness Castings Group, Inc., a manufacturer of aluminum die cast components for the auto industry, in a 363(b) bankruptcy sale and the related acquisition financing.      
 
Florida Capital Partners Acquisition of Red Hawk Industries
Allied Capital Corporation
Winston & Strawn represented Allied Capital Corporation, as investor group, in connection with Florida Capital Partners’ acquisition of Red Hawk Industries, LLC, the nation’s second largest provider of transaction/access security products and services.      
 
Graham Partners Acquisition of Line-X
Allied Capital Corporation
Winston & Strawn represented Allied Capital Corporation, as investor group, in connection with Graham Partners’ acquisition of Line-X, a global provider of branded spray-on pick-up truck bedliners and other industrial coatings through a franchise network.      
 
Booth Creek Acquisition of Capital Stock of Wheat Montana Farms
Booth Creek Management Corp.
Winston & Strawn represented Booth Creek Management Corporation in connection with its acquisition of the capital stock of Wheat Montana Farms, Inc.      
 
Smurfit-Stone Sale of Consumer Packaging Division to Texas Pacific Group
Winston & Strawn represented Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation in connection with the sale of its consumer packaging division to an affiliate of Texas Pacific Group, a private equity fund.      
 
Tharco Packaging Acquisition of Capital City
Tharco Packaging, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Tharco Packaging, a portfolio company of Tricor Pacific Capital, in its asset acquisition of Capital City, Lone Star CCC, LP's Austin, Texas-based corrugated box container business.      
 
GRC Holdings Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in GRC Holdings, Inc.'s $4.2 million private placement of common stock.      
 
China Security and Surveillance
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in China Security and Surveillance, Inc.'s $12 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Hopewell Ventures Investment in National Pasteurized Eggs, LLC
Hopewell Ventures LP
Winston & Strawn represented Hopewell Ventures, LP in connection with its venture capital investment in National Pasteurized Eggs, LLC, an Illinois-based egg pasteurization company.      
 
The Hygenic Corporation Acquisition of Performance Health, Inc. and BioFreeze Associates
Baird Capital Partners
Winston & Strawn represented The Hygenic Corporation in its acquisition of Performance Health, Inc. and BioFreeze Associates, marketers and sellers of topical analgesics and massage therapy products.      
 
Monterey Gourmet Foods Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc.'s $12.5 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Sona Mobile Holdings Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the issuer in Sona Mobile Holdings Corporation's $10.2 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Microfield Group Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Microfield Group, Inc.'s $15 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Keyes Packaging Asset Acquisition of Enviropak's Wine Shipper Packaging Business
Keyes Packaging Group, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Keyes (U.S.) Packaging, Inc., a portfolio company of Tricor Pacific Capital, in its asset acquisition of the Enviropak Corp.'s wine shipper packaging business.      
 
Viscofan Acquisition of North American Operations of Teepak
Viscofan S.A.
Winston & Strawn represented Viscofan USA, Inc. in its acquisition of the North American operations of Teepak, LLC, a portfolio company of Lake Pacific Partners.      
 
Austrian Pharma Company Acquisition of Parenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented an Austrian pharmaceutical company in its acquisition of Parenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a U.S.-based generic pharmaceutical company.      
 
Tricor Pacific Capital/Keyes Packaging Leveraged Recapitalization
Keyes Packaging Group, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc. and its portfolio company, Keyes Packaging Group, Inc., in connection with a leveraged recapitalization.      
 
House of Taylor Jewelry Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in House of Taylor Jewelry, Inc.'s $11.7 million private placement of convertible senior secured notes.      
 
Xaloy Acquisition of Dynisco Extrusion
Xaloy Holdings, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Xaloy Incorporated, a portfolio company of Baird Capital Partners, in its recent acquisition of Dynisco Extrusion LLC and the related European extrusion business of Dynisco LLC.      
 
Hub Group $38 Million Acquisition of Comtrak Inc.
Hub Group, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Hub Group, Inc. in its $38 million acquisition of Comtrak Inc.'s trucking business and assets.      
 
Metretek Technologies, Inc.
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Metretek Technologies, Inc.'s $28.2 million private placement of common stock.      
 
China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.'s $6.9 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Navarre Corporation
Our attorneys represented the investor in Navarre Corporation's $20 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Northlight Capital $18.5 Million Acquisition of United Sleep Products
Winston & Strawn represented Northlight Capital in connection with its $18.5 million acquisition of United Sleep Products, a mattress manufacturer based in Denver, Pennsylvania. Northlight Capital is a private equity firm headquartered in Chicago that specializes in investing in middle-market companies.      
 
China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in China Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.'s $1 million private placement of common stock.      
 
AdStar Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in AdStar, Inc.'s $1.65 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Loudeye Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Loudeye Corporation's $8.25 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Meritas Acquisition of College du Leman
Sterling Capital Partners
Winston & Strawn represented Meritas, LLC, a portfolio company of Sterling Capital Partners, in connection with its acquisition of College du Leman International. College du Leman operates a primary and secondary school in Geneva, Switzerland.      
 
Genius Products Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Genius Products, inc.'s $32 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Blue Point Capital Partners Acquisition of MHF Logistical Solutions
Allied Capital Corporation
Winston & Strawn represented Allied Capital Corporation, as investor group, in connection with Blue Point Capital Partners' acquisition of MHF Logistical Solutions Inc., a provider of packaging, transportation, and technical services for generators and shippers of radioactive, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste and materials.      
 
Hilco Equity Acquisition of Awrey Bakeries
Hilco Equity LLC
Winston & Strawn represented Hilco Equity Management LLC and Monomoy Capital Partners LLC in the acquisition of Awrey Bakeries, Inc., one of the largest privately owned baked goods producers in the country.      
 
Sale of RxPerts to Kindred Healthcare
Winston & Strawn represented RxPerts and its sole stockholder in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets and business to Kindred Healthcare, Inc.      
 
UCN Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in UCN, Inc.'s $2.5 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Kintera Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Kintera, Inc.'s $13.5 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Sterling Capital Partners Acquisition of North Broward Preparatory Schools
Sterling Capital Partners
Winston & Strawn represented NBP Schools, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Sterling Capital Partners, in its acquisition of The North Broward Preparatory Schools by purchasing all of the outstanding membership interests of North Broward Preparatory Schools, L.C., a Florida limited liability company; all of the outstanding partnership interests of Florida Preparatory Schools Management, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership; and all of the outstanding partnership interests of North Broward Preparatory Schools, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, from the individual equity holders of each entity.      
 
Matrix Service Company Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Matrix Service Company's $15 million private placement of common stock.      
 
DrugMax Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in DrugMax, Inc.'s $51.1 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Tricor Pacific Capital Acquisition of Beresford Box Company
Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Tricor Pacific Capital in connection with its acquisition of Beresford Box Company, a manufacturer of printed cartons for food manufacturers, software manufacturers, and pharmaceutical firms.      
 
Tricor Pacific Capital Acquisition of Tharco Holdings
Tricor Pacific Capital, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented Tricor Pacific Capital in connection with its acquisition of Tharco Holdings, Inc. from Code, Hennessy & Simmons III, L.P. and other individual stockholders.      
 
Wynnchurch Capital Acquisition of United Fixtures Company
Wynnchurch Capital
Winston & Strawn represented Wynnchurch Capital, Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of United Fixtures Company, a manufacturer of heavy-duty racking.      
 
OPIC $55 Million Private Equity Fund Debt Financing
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Winston & Strawn represented Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in connection with a $55 million debt financing of a private equity fund sponsored by Darby Overseas Partners and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. This was the first deal to close as part of OPIC's new investment funds program, a major initiative for the client.      
 
Medex Sale to Smiths Group plc
Medvest Holdings, Inc.
Winston & Strawn represented One Equity Partners in connection with the sale of Medex, Inc. to Smiths Group plc. Medex is a supplier of infusion equipment used in critical care, specializing in intravenous infusion catheters which prevent needle-stick injuries.      
 
Uroplasty PIPE Transaction
Our attorneys represented the lead investor in Uroplasty, Inc.'s $7.5 million PIPE offering of common stock and warrants.      
 
MedicalCV Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in MedicalCV, Inc.'s $13.6 million private placement of preferred stock and warrants.      
 
One Travel Holdings Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in One Travel Holdings, Inc.'s $31.1 million private placement of preferred stock and warrants.      
 
Calypte Biomedical Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the investor in Calypte Biomedical Corporation's $8 million private placement of convertible senior secured notes.      
 
Flow International Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Flow International Corporation's $65 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Emrise Corporation Private Placement
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Emrise Corporation's $18 million private placement of common stock and warrants.      
 
Xenonics Holdings
Our attorneys represented the placement agent in Xenonics Holdings, Inc.'s $2.5 million private placement of common stock.      
 
Hilco Equity Partners and Pfingsten Partners Acquisition of Convergent Label Technology's Label Production Unit
Hilco Equity LLC
Winston & Strawn represented Hilco Equity Partners, L.P. and Pfingsten Partners, LLC in connection with the acquisition of the pharmacy prescription label production assets of Convergent Label Technology, Inc., a portfolio company of Blue Point Capital Partners, L.P.      
 
Baird Capital Partners Acquisition of Xaloy
Baird Capital Partners
Winston & Strawn represented Baird Capital Partners in its acquisition of the U.S. and Asian operations of the Xaloy group of companies from Saurer Ltd., a publicly held Swiss company. 

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Winston & Strawn is consistently regarded as one of the most diverse large law firms in the country.  Our diversity efforts have won awards from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the New York Urban League, the Hispanic Bar Association of Washington, D.C., and our client Morgan Stanley. In its most recently published survey on diversity (July 2008), Chicago Lawyer reported that Winston & Strawn has the second-highest number of minority partners. MCCA’s Diversity & the Bar (January 2006) magazine reported that our Chicago office displays “extraordinary progress in women in legal leadership” and that the firm overall boasts a higher percentage of women attorneys than the National Association for Law Placement national average.  The Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms has given the firm high diversity rankings. In 2008, the Burton Foundation, a legal writing organization, chose Diversity@Winston & Strawn asBest Law Firm Newsletter.”
 
These successes are the result of extensive efforts by the firm.  Winston & Strawn’s diversity values are articulated in a Diversity Charter that outlines the firm’s commitment to and responsibility for achieving greater diversity.  The Charter, which was adopted by the firm’s Executive Committee, drives our ongoing efforts in several key areas: hiring, recruitment, and retention; promoting diversity on the basis of merit and performance; professional development; and maintaining a leadership position in our diversity endeavors. 
 
Our diversity efforts are led by a formal, firmwide Diversity Committee, co-chaired by partners Amanda Groves and Joseph Torres, which includes representatives of top management and major practice areas and departments. The Diversity Committee’s work is guided by a formal strategic plan for diversity that involved research, focus groups, extensive interviews, and analysis. The plan, now in the implementation phase, has led to new initiatives, including an enhanced maternity leave policy.
 
Our recruitment and retention efforts involve ongoing and active participation in law school and minority association job fairs, including efforts with the Harvard Law School Black Law Students and Cook County (IL) Bar Association minority job fairs, as well as the Bay Area Diversity Career Fair, Lavender Law, and Latino/a Law Student Association, and Hispanic National Bar Association. 
 
The firm believes in taking an active role in diversifying the law school pipeline and, since 2001, has offered scholarships to diverse law school students. In selecting the scholarship recipients, we consider the students’ academic achievements and extra-curricular activities, demonstrated leadership skills,  and interpersonal skills. Award recipients become part of our summer associate program, and we encourage them to consider positions with us upon graduation. 
 
Our formal mentoring program, rolled out in 2007, is designed to encourage retention among our attorneys. At a national level, the program is co-chaired by a minority female attorney. The Chicago office mentoring program is coordinated by two minority females, and the New York and San Francisco office efforts also are led by women. The program is designed to provide support for the career and professional development of associates, including opportunities for greater attorney interaction across levels, discussion about firm culture, processes, expectations, and values, and more rapid assumption of leadership roles.  
 
We also support women attorneys through our Women’s Steering Committee (WSC), which includes women partners from the firm’soffices who meet quarterly to discuss new initiatives and ongoing efforts aimed at retaining, developing, and promoting women attorneys to partnership and leadership positions. Through the Women to Women initiative (W2W), the firm hosts formal and informal programs so female associates have a chance to develop stronger relationships with female partners. The formal programs have included discussions on business development and leadership, along with profiles of new female lateral partners. Informal mentoring lunches provide opportunities for female associates to meet with female partners to discuss work-related issues. To encourage information sharing, the firm has held three firmwide women’s conferences for all female partners and associates that have included panel discussions, outside speakers, and networking opportunities. 
 
The firm rolled out a Parent2Parent intranet site in 2008 that includes information, tips, and contacts so attorneys can more easily manage their legal careers and home life. The core set of pages include information about adoption and pregnancy, childcare resources, elder care, school options, books, DVDs, and links to many web sites. The site is interactive so attorneys can share tips, news, and suggestions with other attorneys about parenting and family issues. 
 

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