Ben Winnett represents clients in complex, high-profile capital markets transactions, with particular experience in technology, business services, industrials, healthcare, and consumer retail IPOs and REIT offerings.

Ben combines extensive first-chair deal experience with exceptional client service to advise issuers, private equity funds, and investment banks on capital markets deals, from origination through closing. He regularly helps clients navigate securities and corporate financing matters, including:

  • Initial public offerings (IPOs)
  • Multijurisdictional public and private debt and equity offerings
  • Public and private M&A and PIPEs
  • 144A/Reg. S private placements
  • Public company representation

A recognized leader within the firm, Ben previously served on Latham’s Associates Committee. 

Prior to law school, he was a professional hockey player and four-year letter winner with the University of Michigan men’s varsity ice hockey team in undergrad. 

Ben’s experience includes advising:

IPOs

  • Arhaus
  • Beyond Meat
  • Black Rock Coffee Bar
  • Definitive Healthcare
  • Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II and Corp. III
  • Dun & Bradstreet
  • Flame Acquisition Corp.
  • Mayville Engineering
  • Medline
  • Shoulder Innovations 
  • SmartStop Self Storage REIT
  • Sprout Social
  • Traeger 
  • UL Solutions
  • Vista Oil & Gas

Equity Financings

  • Accelerate Diagnostics
  • Aptevo Therapeutics
  • Arhaus
  • Assembly Biosciences
  • Athersys
  • Beyond Meat
  • Bowman Consulting Group 
  • Construction Partners
  • Curis
  • Essential Properties Realty Trust
  • Hyatt Hotels
  • InvenTrust Properties
  • Leslie’s
  • Marti Technologies
  • Medline
  • Performance Food Group
  • Sable Offshore 
  • SI-BONE
  • Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals
  • Sprout Social
  • TransUnion
  • Twin Disc
  • UL Solutions
  • Xponential Fitness

Debt Financings

  • Cheniere Energy Partners
  • CNH Industrial Group
  • Simon Property Group
  • UL Solutions 
  • Viking Cruises
  • Waste Pro USA

Bar Qualification

  • Illinois

Education

  • JD, University of Michigan Law School
    cum laude
  • BA, University of Michigan