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Keeping a deal moving forward can be challenging. Our 100+ Finance attorneys help clients maintain momentum with a commitment to understanding the challenges, risks, and opportunities they face. Our team has developed great insights through the representation of financial institutions and corporate enterprises of all types and sizes in the finance industry. We have a well-rounded finance practice, with dedicated teams that advise banks, credit funds, alternative capital providers, sponsors, and corporations on a wide range of transactions including debt finance (leveraged, asset-based, and reserve-based lending), fund finance, structured finance, derivatives and structured products, project finance, and transportation finance.
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Our structured finance group is widely recognized as a leader, encompassing Esoteric Finance, Residential Asset Finance and Securitization, and CLOs/Fund Finance. Positioned prominently at the forefront of the industry, our team boasts extensive experience across a broad spectrum of assets, with a particular focus on bespoke structures and emerging and/or “esoteric” assets, including residential and commercial PACE, RMBS, and CMBS; aircraft, vessel, and railcar finance; FinTech and marketplace lending; CLOs; specialty finance; consumer and business lending; energy structured finance (including solar finance and reserve-based finance); derivatives and structured products; lease and operating asset finance; trade receivables; litigation settlement financing; and life settlements.
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Winston’s Debt Finance team focuses on all aspects of leveraged finance and asset-based lending both internationally and domestically. Our clients include leading international investment banks, commercial banks, direct lenders, credit funds, insurance companies, CLOs, and other institutional investors, as well as private equity funds, hedge funds, and corporations.
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Experience
|October 21, 2024
Investcorp AI Acquisition Corp. Announces Entry into Business Combination
Experience
|October 15, 2024
Experience
|September 27, 2024
Winston Represents KeHE Distributors, LLC in a $250.0 Million Senior Secured Notes Tack-On Offering
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Sponsorship
|February 23, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors, Partners Speak at SFVegas 2025
Winston & Strawn is proud to sponsor SFVegas 2025 on February 23-26, 2025. SFVegas is the world’s largest capital markets conference, drawing over 9,000 professionals from the securitization and structured finance market.
Recognitions
|February 13, 2025
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Eunice Chay Named a 2025 WiS Rising Star
Associate Eunice Chay was selected as a 2025 WiS Rising Star by the Structured Finance Association's Women in Securitization Initiative. This prestigious award recognizes exceptional women driving innovation and impact in the securitization industry.
Winston’s Environmental Law Update
|February 13, 2025
|2 Min Read
President Trump Signs Executive Order Withdrawing the United States From Paris Agreement
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (the EO), “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements.
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ESG in finance can refer to, among other things, financing tools such as Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds and similar ESG-related debt instruments, as well as the separate discipline of ESG Investing. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. Investors are increasingly applying these non-financial factors as part of their analysis to identify ESG-related risks and opportunities in particular investments. ESG metrics have not historically been included in financial reporting, though companies are increasingly making disclosures in their annual report or in a standalone sustainability report, and regulatory requirements for such disclosures, including from the SEC, are expanding.
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The full name of the Dodd-Frank Act is the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. It was passed in 2010 to regulate the financial market and protect consumers from risky financial practices. The legislation and its rules cover the following:
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Founded in 2008, Winston & Strawn’s Charlotte, North Carolina office of 25+ lawyers —nearly half of which are women and include firm leaders such as Kobi Kennedy Brinson—represents many major national and international companies headquartered in the city. Our Charlotte office also provides legal services to all of the top ten financial services companies in the U.S., which aligns with Charlotte’s reputation as the second-largest banking center in the country.