CHICAGO & LONDON -- Winston Taylor announced that Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s U.K.-led business have officially launched as a single combined firm, creating a premier transatlantic law firm built for the needs of the businesses, people, and markets driving capital and innovation.

One of the largest transatlantic firms, with more than 1,400 lawyers spanning the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, Winston Taylor is built to meet clients’ evolving global needs for counsel.

“As Winston Taylor, we are centered on a client-first approach and will be working shoulder to shoulder with our clients at the cutting edge of industry and ingenuity,” said Chairman Steve D’Amore. “With that common purpose, we are leveraging both strength and scale by integrating our teams and offices at record speed, working at pace to create a firm that is aligned, focused, and built for the day-to-day needs of our clients as well as their breakthrough moments.”

Winston Taylor operates out of 20 offices across the major commercial centers that matter to its clients. The firm has strength and depth across its core defining capabilities of major litigation, critical transactions, strategic IP, and private wealth; and is embedded in key client sectors, including technology, media & telecommunications, life sciences & healthcare, financial services, and projects, energy & infrastructure.

“We have created a unified, transatlantic team focused on providing unparalleled service to clients and attracting the best practitioners in the major hubs of innovation and capital,” said Shane Gleghorn, Managing Partner of Europe and Middle East. “As part of this defining combination, our lawyers have already identified dozens of new cross-border opportunities to serve clients, advising global innovators in key sectors and winning work that is possible because of our newly combined footprint and capabilities.”

Now complete, Winston Taylor has brought together two firms with more than 400 years of combined history. The 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.