Melissa Winchester Named MCS Shareholder

McGuire, Craddock & Strother is proud to announce that Melissa Winchester has been promoted to shareholder.

A member of the MCS Corporate & Securities practice group, Melissa is a veteran transactions lawyer with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic business alliances, securities offerings and fundraising, and general corporate matters. In addition, she regularly provides advice regarding Exchange Act reporting and disclosure requirements.

Melissa’s work and her approach to client service are informed by her in-house counsel experience. Before joining MCS, she served as general counsel to a $2.35 billion company in the financial technology sector where she played a key role in the sale of the company twice during an 18-month period, as well as negotiated multiple acquisitions, strategic alliance business agreements and joint referral agreements. Her experience also includes venture-capital style investments, both in the form of promissory notes and equity.