Bio

Serving as co-chair of Winston & Strawn’s Private Equity Practice, Matt Stockstill has extensive experience in a wide range of U.S. and cross-border complex business transactions, with a focus on M&A and private equity fund transactions. Matt regularly represents private equity funds, public and private companies, as well as individual and institutional investors and family offices, in purchase and sale transactions. Even though private equity M&A transactions are his primary focus, he is also involved in business formations, fund formation, senior and subordinate financings, corporate governance matters, and other strategic commercial transactions. His experience spans a variety of industries, including health care, oil and gas, technology, real estate, medical device, restaurant, automotive, investment banking, consulting, business services, and manufacturing. While he has worked on all sizes of M&A transactions and considers himself a generalist, Matt has developed particular expertise in middle-market M&A transactions, complex joint venture transactions, carve-out transactions, representing automobile dealerships in purchase and sale transactions, and representing oilfield services companies. In the past two years alone, he has led billions of dollars of transactions for a variety of clients. Matt also regularly represents founders, entrepreneurs, and emerging and established entities in growth-oriented capital raises as well as liquidating transactions and recapitalizations. Matt has been recognized by his peers as a D Magazine Best Lawyer (2020), a D Magazine Best Lawyer Under 40 (2018), and a Super Lawyer Rising Star (2015-2021). Clients routinely comment that they appreciate Matt’s practical approach to a transaction and his willingness to do whatever is needed to get the deal done. Matt is also very involved in mentoring and attorney recruitment in the office.