Ben L. Winnett

Associate

Chicago
ben.winnett@lw.com
+1.312.876.6596

PRACTICES

  • Capital Markets
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Public Company Representation

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • Illinois

EDUCATION

  • JD, University of Michigan Law School, 2016
    cum laude
  • BA in Psychology, University of Michigan, 2011

PROFILE

Ben Winnett is a corporate associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins.

Ben advises on a variety of corporate matters, including capital markets transactions, public company representation, and mergers and acquisitions. He represents investment banking, corporate, and private equity clients on the following securities and corporate matters:

  • IPOs
  • Multijurisdictional public and private debt and equity offerings
  • High-yield debt issuances
  • Public and private mergers and acquisitions and PIPEs
  • Public company representation

Ben is a member of the firm’s Associates Committee. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and was a four-year letter winner with the University of Michigan men’s varsity ice hockey team in undergrad.

EXPERIENCE

Ben's experience includes representing:

  • InvenTrust Properties Corp. in connection with its upsized US$258 million public offering
  • UL Solutions Inc. in connection with its US$1.13 billion public offering
  • Sable Offshore Corp. in connection with its US$150 million PIPE offering
  • UL Solutions Inc. in connection with its upsized US$1.08 billion initial public offering
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$57 million offering of common stock by Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. and certain selling stockholders
  • UL Solutions Inc. in connection with its inaugural private offering of US$300 million of senior notes
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$168 million initial public offering of Arhaus, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$483 million initial public offering of Definitive Healthcare Corp.
  • Traeger, Inc. in connection with its US$487 million initial public offering
  • Beyond Meat, Inc. in connection with its upsized US$1.15 billion convertible senior notes offering
  • Flame Acquisition Corp. in connection with its US$287.5 million initial public offering
  • Citibank, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan in connection with the US$400 million initial public offering by Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. III
  • Citibank, Credit Suisse, and Morgan Stanley in connection with the US$276 million initial public offering of common stock by Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II
  • Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, and other leading banks in connection with the US$80 million offering of common stock by SI-BONE, Inc. and certain selling stockholders
  • Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays, and other leading banks in connection with the US$190 million offering of common stock by Sprout Social, Inc. and certain selling stockholders
  • BofA Securities, Barclays, Citigroup, and other leading banks in connection with the US$192 million offering of common stock by Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.
  • Simon Property Group, L.P. in its US$2 billion senior notes offering
  • The underwriters in the US$2 billion initial public offering for Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.
  • The initial purchasers, including BofA Securities, JP Morgan, and Credit Suisse in connection with a US$675 million offering of high yield notes by Viking Cruises Ltd
  • BofA Securities and other leading banks in connection with the US$82 million offering of common stock by certain selling stockholders of Construction Partners, Inc.
  • Sprout Social, Inc. in connection with its US$150 million initial public offering
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$279.7 million initial public offering and the US$598 million secondary offering of Beyond Meat, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$3.5 billion offering of investment-grade notes by Simon Property Group, L.P.
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$125 million offering of common stock and prefunded warrants by Assembly Biosciences, Inc.
  • The underwriters in connection with the US$106.3 million initial public offering of Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.
  • Vista Oil & Gas in its US$650 million global initial public offering, the first SPAC IPO in Latin America and the first energy exploration and production-focused IPO in Mexico, which was LatinFinance’s 2017 Financing Innovation of the Year and cited as “commended” by The Financial Times in its North America Innovative Lawyers Report
  • Hyatt Hotels in connection with its US$498 million underwritten secondary public offering by certain stockholders
  • The underwriters in connection with two US$1.35 billion dual-tranche offerings of investment-grade notes by Simon Property Group, L.P.
  • The initial purchasers in connection with a US$550 million offering of high yield notes by Viking Cruises Ltd
  • An initial purchaser in connection with a US$500 million offering of high yield notes by Waste Pro USA, Inc.
  • Onvoy, a portfolio company of GTCR, in its take-private acquisition of Inteliquent, an interconnection partner for communication service providers of all types