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Our European team consists of nearly 100 solicitors, all of whom are locally qualified and globally experienced. In each of our three European offices, our advocates offer regional knowledge with experience in innovative, market-leading transactions and complex litigation, disputes, and regulatory matters. We offer in-depth knowledge of our client’s industries, including the economic and regulatory environments in which they operate, and offer experience with the most critical competition matters throughout Europe and the world.
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Winston has decades of experience representing clients in the Middle East and Africa—key markets for global businesses. Our lawyers provide clients with effective and high-quality representation related to cross-border transactions, corporate, finance, banking, private equity and venture capital, as well as handling litigation and international arbitration matters. The combination of our lawyers’ extensive regional experience combined with longstanding relationships with local counsel, ensures that we are well equipped to provide top-quality legal services to clients in the region.
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Winston’s deep experience representing companies and investors across Latin America and the Caribbean has made the firm a “go-to” resource for the strategic development of our clients’ businesses and the vigorous protection of their interests in the region. With broad command of a diverse range of issues within the region’s key industry sectors, we advise Fortune 500 companies, government and quasi-governmental entities, financial institutions, private equity and other investors, domestic and international oil and gas exploration and production companies, refiners and shippers, and a range of commercial and infrastructure developers.
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Pro Bono In Action
|June 4, 2024
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Afghan Journalist and Women’s Rights Advocate Who Fled the Taliban Secures Asylum
Prior to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, our client Faisal Karimi established himself as a leading journalist, media scholar, and advocate for freedom and women. In 2015, he founded the Afghan Institute for Research and Media Studies, which includes the Afghanistan Women’s News Agency—a multimedia news agency staffed by female journalists. He was also a prominent critic of the Taliban and its treatment of women.
News
|May 1, 2024
|1 Min Read
Last year was a banner year for Winston Pro Bono. We won the largest pro bono jury verdict in the firm’s history on behalf of one of the firm’s Racial Justice & Equity CEASE Initiative clients. We played an important role in addressing the migrant crises in New York City and Chicago. We also assisted political prisoners expelled from Nicaragua to file for asylum in the United States and continued our longstanding commitment to protecting the rights of death row inmates in Alabama.
Pro Bono In Action
|April 19, 2024
|1 Min Read
Winston Secures Asylum for Russian Who Was Persecuted Because of His Sexual Orientation
A Winston team helped a Russian man receive a grant of asylum after he fled to the United States in 2022 because he experienced intense state-sponsored persecution and brutal violence simply because he was gay.
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Since opening in 2011, Winston & Strawn’s Houston office has grown to more than 60 attorneys and is home to many long-standing leaders of the Houston legal and business communities. Our Houston office hosts a comprehensive transactional team specializing in private equity, capital markets, and public companies, as well as extensive commercial litigation and intellectual property practices—with nearly all Houston IP attorneys possessing technical degrees. We are also home to a leading energy and infrastructure group that focuses on oil and gas projects and infrastructure litigation, and an international arbitration practice. Our robust offerings demonstrate our commitment to the continued growth of the city’s global, economic, and cultural footprint.
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