Winston & Strawn has added two partners and a senior counsel to its New York office. Lawrence A. Larose and Samuel S. Kohn join as partners in the firm’s restructuring and insolvency group while William J. Grant has joined as senior counsel in the mergers and acquisitions practice.
Larose, who will head the financial restructuring practice, focuses his practice on the restructuring of financially troubled entities. He was previously with Dewey & LeBoeuf, where he led the corporate restructuring practice. Kohn practices in the area of business reorganizations, including complex Chapter 11 cases. He also joins the firm from Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Grant represents corporate clients and investment banks in financings and acquisitions, particularly in the healthcare, technology and media industries. He was previously a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Winston & Strawn’s New York office has grown to over 200 attorneys and further expansion is expected this year, the firm said in a press release. Winston & Strawn has 14 offices in Asia, Europe and the United States.
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