Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing complete transatlantic merger to form Winston Taylor

Dimitar Dimitrov is a content and engagement coordinator at LawCareers.Net

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Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing have completed their previously announced merger, launching new transatlantic law firm Winston Taylor, the firms confirmed on Monday 1 June.

The combination brings together more than 1,400 lawyers and is projected to generate around $1.75 billion in revenue. Firm leaders said the integration of the UK and US businesses was central to the deal, according to Law.com, and is already creating new cross-border business opportunities.

Chairman Steve D’Amore and managing partner for Europe and the Middle East Shane Gleghorn said the merged firm is capitalising on London-based clients’ interest in US debt markets. They also pointed to opportunities across the technology, life sciences, energy and healthcare sectors, supported by the firm’s expanded international footprint.

The merger, first announced in December 2025, includes the full integration of Taylor Wessing’s UK-led business unit, covering offices in the UK, Ireland and Dubai, into the combined UK-US firm.

However, some parts of Taylor Wessing’s wider international network aren’t yet integrated. The firm said its offices in the Netherlands and Belgium are expected to join Winston Taylor at a later stage, although no fixed timeline has been provided. Gleghorn said that the integration efforts are ongoing.

Meanwhile, offices in Germany, France and Austria will continue to operate separately under the Taylor Wessing name within a Swiss verein structure, following their split from the UK practice.

D’Amore and Gleghorn stated that the partial split wouldn’t create confusion for clients or negatively impact the merger firm’s brand. In addition, Gleghorn said the combination is an “amazing trans-Atlantic business, which covers all of the hubs in the Middle East and Europe and the US where we need to be”.

Winston Taylor has also introduced new branding, featuring a custom typeface and colour scheme. D’Amore said the branding reflected a “straight-talking” and “pragmatic” approach, emphasising the firm’s “commitment to being inside – really being inside – of the work, not ever being above the work”.

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