Bio

A nationally recognized dealmaker, Eva Davis serves as a strategic advisor to some of the most active private equity funds in the country. Clients turn to Eva for her business acumen, commercial advice, and sophisticated knowledge of the latest innovations and current market practices and trends. With over 30 years of experience, Eva has successfully negotiated on behalf of U.S. and global public and private companies, boards of directors, and private equity funds involving their most significant transactional matters. Eva is Winston’s Managing Partner for External Affairs and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Eva is one of three Managing Partners supporting the Chairman in the leadership and management of the Firm. In this role, Eva’s primary area of focus is growth—with an emphasis on relentless service to our clients, business development initiatives, and lateral partner hiring. Eva concentrates on U.S. and cross-border complex business transactions with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. As an advisor to strategic and private equity funds and their portfolio companies, she has counseled domestic and international clients in public and private M&A transactions, public and private debt and equity financing transactions, including initial public offerings, and distressed sales and investments in and out of bankruptcy. Eva has also represented public companies and their boards of directors and special committees in connection with enterprise-transformative business opportunities and legal challenges, as well as providing corporate governance advice. Eva has led public and private companies through hundreds of complex business transactions, ranging in deal value from several million dollars to over $5.0 billion. Eva has negotiated and completed transactions in a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, business and financial services, consumer products, industrials and manufacturing, medical devices, pharmaceutical, retail, semiconductor, software, technology and telecommunications. Eva was previously Chair of the Firm’s Global Transactions Department and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Global Private Equity Practice. She also currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Compensation Committee.