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Winston’s Environmental Practice brings decades of experience to our clients. Chaired by Eleni Kouimelis, former assistant regional counsel with USEPA Region 5, our Environmental Practice provides comprehensive services to clients around the globe.
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Environmental Litigation & Enforcement
With today’s rapidly evolving rules of engagement, paired with the often contentious nature of environmental disputes, clients rely on Winston for our practical experience and substantive knowledge of the broad-ranging issues involved in environmental litigation, enforcement, and investigations.
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As core segments of the global economy continue to embrace sustainable and carbon-neutral energy resources as complementary and integral to fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption, we stand ready to guide our clients through the energy transition. Our team is at the forefront of the flourishing energy transition market, and we bring practical experience, perspective, and innovative thinking to the sector. By combining our more than 40 years of experience in renewable and conventional energy with an integrated service approach, we help clients to plan for, invest in, and thrive in today’s shifting environment. Not only does our team include experienced energy and corporate lawyers, but also practitioners with deep experience in tax credits and tax equity, project finance, infrastructure, and power and renewables to serve the varied needs of our client base.
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|November 19, 2025
Blockfusion Enters into Business Combination with Blue Acquisition Corp.
Winston & Strawn LLP represents Blockfusion, the owner-operator of a strategically located, clean-energy-powered data center, in its announced business combination with Blue Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. The transaction attributes a pre-money equity value of approximately USD 450 million to Blockfusion and would result in Blockfusion becoming a publicly traded company upon listing.
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|August 22, 2025
2025 EnCore Convertible Notes Offering
Winston & Strawn LLP represented enCore Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: EU) (TSXV: EU) in its offering of $115M in aggregate principal amount of its 5.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2030. The proceeds include the full exercise of the option by the initial purchasers to purchase an additional $15M aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes granted by enCore to the initial purchasers. The Convertible Notes were sold in a private offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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|June 8, 2025
Secured, with co-counsel, final approval of an historic settlement of over US$2.75B in back-damages for current and former college-athletes and a new revenue-sharing model allowing schools to share future earnings with athletes. This decade-long effort across four different lawsuits redefines the economics of college sports, affirming athlete rights and fair compensation. Following a 9-0 Supreme Court victory in Alston v. NCAA, the team filed three antitrust class actions, resulting in a groundbreaking settlement that creates a revenue-sharing system projected to generate at least US$20B in new, previously prohibited payments and benefits to Division I college athletes over the next decade. The settlement was recognized in Am Law‘s Litigator of the Week column.
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|January 20, 2026
Winston & Strawn and RSM US LLP are co-hosting the annual NYC SBIC Fund Conference on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.General and limited partners, chief financial officers, and controllers of small business investment company (SBIC) funds are invited to a half-day seminar covering various topics related to SBIC fund operations, including:
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|January 6, 2026
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Guardrails Before Greenlights: How Gen AI Will Actually Shape E-discovery in 2026
This article was originally published in LegalTech News. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only.
Client Alert
|December 31, 2025
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New York FAIR Business Practices Act Bolsters State’s Consumer Protection Framework
Not quite a year after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its January 2025 report urging states to strengthen state-level consumer protections, New York enacted the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable (FAIR) Business Practices Act into law. The FAIR Act amends New York’s general business law to prohibit unfair and abusive business acts and practices beyond deceptive conduct.
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The Jones Act, as used in the world of shipping is a law that reserves the transportation of goods between two points in the United States to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. This coastwise reservation law is named after its chief sponsor, Senator Wesley L. Jones. Similar laws apply to the transportation of passengers and reserve towing, dredging, and fishing in U.S. waters to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. Such vessels must be U.S. citizen-owned, U.S. citizen-crewed, U.S.-registered, and U.S.-built. Another law, also called the “Jones Act,” relates to merchant mariner injury recoveries.
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What Is the Securities Act of 1933?
The Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act”) was passed to ensure that investors have financial and other important information about securities that are being sold publicly. It also bans the use of fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation in the sales of securities. The Securities Act, which is also referred to as the “truth in securities” law, is part of a legislative effort to govern and oversee the securities industry.