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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.
Industry
Financial services companies in the financial technology (FinTech) space are contributing to rapid technological advances and innovation in the development, offering, and delivery of core financial products and services. Winston’s FinTech, Banking & Payments attorneys support these companies throughout the entire FinTech business life cycle, from proof of concept through maturity, including federal and state licensing and registration, regulatory compliance and risk management, structured finance, M&A, and private equity, intellectual property (IP) management, and supervision and enforcement. Our clients include banks, FinTech companies, private equity and other investors, money services businesses, trust companies, consumer finance companies, investment advisers, and other financial firms.
Practice Area
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 global 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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Experience
|September 9, 2025
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Greenland Exploration Limited in a landmark business combination with Pelican Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: PELI) and March GL Company. The transaction, structured as a merger agreement, will result in the formation of Greenland Energy Company, expected to be publicly listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “GLND.” Winston advised Greenland Exploration on all aspects of the deal, including regulatory strategy, corporate structuring, and negotiation of the merger terms.
Experience
|September 8, 2025
Winston represents a class of professional swimmers alleging World Aquatics (WA) violated antitrust laws by blocking their participation in the competing International Swimming League. After WA won summary judgment, Winston successfully appealed, arguing the court applied improper antitrust standards and wrongly denied certification of a damages class. In September 2024, the Ninth Circuit reversed both rulings, reviving all claims and issuing a landmark ruling on the possible application of the per se rule or quick look review to sports-associations rules. Am Law awarded Winston “Litigator of the Week” Runner-Up recognition for the win. In November 2024, the Ninth Circuit denied rehearing. In April 2025, the district court certified a damages class.
Experience
|August 19, 2025
Winston advised Ellipsis U.S. Onshore Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of the Westlawn Group, in connection with the acquisition of high-quality, non-operated working interests in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico—adding approximately 4,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in net production and over 600 gross remaining drilling locations. This strategic transaction strengthens Ellipsis’ Delaware Basin footprint and supports its strategy of scaling through high-margin, low-cost assets.
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In the Media
|October 2, 2025
|1 Min Read
Winston & Strawn partner Carl Fornaris was quoted in ThinkAdvisor discussing the U.S. Treasury Department’s proposal to delay the implementation of an anti-money laundering rule for investment advisors until January 1, 2028. The proposed extension is meant to afford it “an opportunity to reduce any unnecessary or duplicative regulatory burden and ensure the IA AML Rule strikes an appropriate balance between cost and benefit.”
In the Media
|October 1, 2025
|1 Min Read
Richard Semple Joins Winston & Strawn in London
Winston & Strawn recently announced the appointment of finance specialist Richard Semple as a partner in the Transactions Department in the London office. Richard brings extensive experience advising sponsor, borrower, and lender clients on real estate finance transactions across the UK and European markets. His practice covers all aspects and all stages of domestic and cross-border real estate finance matters.
Competition Corner
|September 30, 2025
|5 Min Read
Enforcement Priorities of the FTC and DOJ—Insights from Recent Antitrust Conferences
The landscape of antitrust enforcement in the United States continues to undergo a significant transformation, as highlighted by recent remarks from leaders at both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.
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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.
Location
Founded in 2008, Winston & Strawn’s Charlotte, North Carolina office of 25+ lawyers, includes 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.
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FinTech (Financial Technology) is a term used to categorize technology-driven solutions to traditional banking products. FinTech aims to make financial services more accessible to consumers.