Sandra Wintner

Sandra Wintner

Of Counsel
Philadelphia

Sandra Wintner focuses her practice on finance, and strategic transactions consisting of mergers and acquisitions and licensing transactions.

Sandra has represented banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety of financing transactions, including secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities, term loans, asset-based loans, and syndicated credit facilities. Sandra also has significant experience in representing corporate clients in sophisticated commercial financing transactions.

Representative Experience 

Representative Matters – Strategic Transactions

  • Represented a global pharmaceutical company in a novel collaboration with a manufacturer of a complementary product to offer a joint program to key customers
  • Represented a global pharmaceutical company in a complex amendment of an in-license agreement from another global pharmaceutical company
  • Represented LAVA Therapeutics in a licensing deal with Seagen to develop, commercialize, and manufacture LAVA-1223, an advanced preclinical asset that targets epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-expressing solid tumors

Representative Matters - Financing

  • Represented a heavy equipment distributor in a $1.3 billion acquisition term loan and revolving credit facility, including negotiation of related amendments and consents from existing term lender, seller and original equipment manufacturers
  • Represented a national bank as the administrative agent in connection with a $500 million delayed draw term loan to a public processed food and snack company
  • Represented an asset-based lender in $65 million secured ABL facility as part of $355 million total financing package to enable $420 million private equity company's acquisition of national provider of engineering, design and services to leading cable providers along with two tuck-in acquisitions

Professional Highlights

Professional Activities

Association for Corporate Growth

Turnaround Management Association

Recognition & Accomplishments

Chambers USA, "Associates to Watch," Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania), 2016; "Up and Coming," Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania), 2023, 2024; Band 3, Banking and Finance (Pennsylvania - Philadelphia & Surrounds), 2025

Credentials 

Education

Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005)
Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review

Cornell University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001)

Admissions

Pennsylvania