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Today’s legal and regulatory landscape is more fraught with risk than ever before. To survive—and thrive—in this challenging environment, sophisticated companies must have robust, proactive, and effective compliance programs in place.
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Addressing a crisis in today’s climate requires both swift action and careful consideration of all potential risks. Winston & Strawn is a trusted business adviser to clients facing complex, fast-moving, high-profile crises.
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|January 10, 2025
Winston Advises on Pioneering Bitcoin Crypto Lending Programs
Winston & Strawn represented subsidiaries of Hankey Group—Hankey Capital, Westlake Financial, and Midway—in structuring new, cutting-edge Bitcoin Lending Programs which provide real estate and luxury vehicle purchasers with innovative ways to pledge Bitcoin as collateral. The Bitcoin Lending Programs provide Hankey with flexibility on loan terms and conditions and offers Hankey’s borrower clients dynamic solutions for pledging Bitcoin as collateral.
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|April 12, 2024
Winston Wins Unanimous Supreme Court Case Clarifying Securities Fraud Liability
Winston secured a unanimous victory in the U.S. Supreme Court for Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. in a federal securities class action that was filed after the announcement of the company’s 2017 financial results and 2018 dividend guidance caused US$2+B drop in market cap. The Court ruled that silence does not equal fraud, even if SEC regulations require disclosure. This decision resolves a longstanding disagreement among the lower courts about the scope of securities fraud liability under Rule 10b-5. It makes clear that a company cannot be liable under that provision for a pure omission of material information, even if SEC regulations required the information to be disclosed. This is particularly important for disclosures under Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K, which requires management to make complex judgments about the likelihood of future events.
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|November 7, 2023
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) in connection with its "green" bond offering of US$750M principal amount of 6.500% Notes due 2033 (the “Green Bonds”). The Green Bonds were offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The proceeds of the Green Bonds will be used to finance or refinance recently completed, ongoing or future eligible green projects with respect to lithium production capacity expansion for applications related to clean transportation and energy efficiency. Disbursements may cover project expenditures for up to 36 months preceding the issuance of the Green Bonds and until their maturity date. BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC (Confidential) acted as initial purchasers of the Green Bonds. SQM shares are traded on the Santiago Stock Exchange and its ADSs are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Under SQM’s green bond Financing Framework, eligible green projects include expenditures for the development, expansion, operation and maintenance of projects for the extraction and processing of lithium and production of lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate primarily dedicated to clean transportation and energy efficiency. Lithium is a critical component of the batteries to power electric vehicles that have become popular in response to climate change concerns, as well as batteries for energy storage.
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The Reg E Reader
|September 2, 2025
|5 Min Read
Overdraft Practices Under Reg E: Regulatory Evolution, Compliance Risks, and Enforcement Trends
Overdraft fees have been a persistent concern for lawmakers and regulators since the rise of electronic banking in the late 20th century.
Webinar
|August 21, 2025, 12:00 PM E.T.
Join our Financial Services Industry Group for a webinar focused on the key points in President Trump’s debanking executive order and recent debanking-related changes to the regulatory landscape. They will discuss expectations for debanking-related regulation and enforcement in the near future, as well as practical steps for financial institutions to manage associated risks and reduce the chances of becoming involved in debanking investigations. This webinar is part of a series covering the latest developments affecting our financial services clients.
In the Media
|August 21, 2025
|2 Min Read
Aparna Sehgal Discusses European CRE Recovery with Structured Credit Investor
Winston & Strawn partner Aparna Sehgal spoke with Structured Credit Investor to discuss the findings of the Bayes Business School’s latest European Commercial Real Estate Lending report and the legal issues and trends underpinning them. In addition to valuable data on deal volumes and covenant and pricing terms, the report on European real estate debt markets offers insight into how underlying funding structures and bank participation through the repo/loan-on-loan market are shaping the recovery of different real estate markets at a national and sector level. According to the report, U.K. property values and deal activity have rebounded faster, while European markets remain challenged by a mix of stalled development sales, rising capital costs, and stricter environmental upgrade requirements hold back volumes.
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ESG, or environmental, social, and governance (ESG), Investing refers to the making of investment decisions by environmental and/or socially conscious investors based on a set of standards or requirements for a company’s behavior. Environmental criteria consider how a company protects the environment, including corporate policies addressing climate change. Social criteria examine how a company values and supports relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and its local communities. Governance deals with, among other things, a company’s leadership, executive compensation, and shareholder rights.
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What Is Privacy Assessment Law?
The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is a method of privacy risk identification. It is an analysis of how personally identifiable information is collected, used, shared, and maintained by an organization’s system. Within the area of privacy assessment law, companies perform PIAs to verify and document that they are in compliance with state or federal privacy regulations for protecting personally identifiable information. The impact assessment identifies the risks of collecting and sharing personally identifiable information.