Don McDermett is a Partner in the law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP. Mr. McDermett represents clients in a wide variety of corporate, securities, and transactional matters. Earlier in his career, Mr. McDermett served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Sterling Software, Inc., an NYSE-listed enterprise software vendor with annual revenues just under $1 billion.
Mr. McDermett leads teams in myriad merger and acquisition transactions, providing counsel on negotiated acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures, as well as tax-free spin-offs, corporate reorganizations and recapitalizations.