Winston & Strawn Signs 10-Year Lease for Expanded Los Angeles Office Space.Business Editors/Legal Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2001 The law firm of Winston & Strawn today announced that it has signed a ten year lease for approximately 50,000 square feet in the Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center is the name of several buildings in the United States:
It also secured rights to expand to additional floors to accommodate further growth. The firm is scheduled to relocate to their new offices in mid-December of 2001. Winston & Strawn will occupy the 38th and 39th floors of the building, which was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–84), and John O. Merrill (1896–1975). LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , and is managed by Maguire Partners. The new space more than doubles the firm's existing office space in Los Angeles. "Our new lease at the Wells Fargo Center represents additional space for continued firm growth, and confirms our commitment to Southern California," said Laura Petroff, head of Winston & Strawn's Los Angeles office. "The L.A. office's new home will give us the ability to add resources to better serve existing and new clients. In addition, we will be well-positioned to develop an even stronger presence on the West Coast," added James M. Neis, firm managing partner of Winston & Strawn. Winston & Strawn, founded in 1853, is one of the nation's oldest and largest law firms with more than 840 attorneys located in six offices worldwide, including Chicago; Washington, D.C.; New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; Los Angeles; Paris, France; and Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. |
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