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Winston’s financial crimes compliance lawyers have been providing regulatory compliance counseling and enforcement services related to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML), and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) policy for decades. We also have experience with international AML matters, including in the EU and with respect to Financial Actions Task Force (FATF) recommendations.
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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 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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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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|September 11, 2025
$1.5 Billion Raymond James Financial, Inc. Public Offering of Senior Notes
We served as underwriters' counsel to BofA Securities, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Raymond James, as joint book-running managers, in connection with the registered public offering of $1.5 billion of Senior Notes by Raymond James Financial, Inc. comprised of $650 million of its 4.900% Senior Notes due 2035, and $850 million of its 5.650% Senior Notes due 2055.
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|September 10, 2025
$1.05 Billion PECO Energy Company Public Offering of First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds
We served as underwriters' counsel to BNY Capital Markets, Citigroup, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotiabank, US Bancorp, Mizuho and MUFG, as joint book-running managers, in connection with the registered public offering of $1.05 billion of First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds by PECO Energy Company comprised of $525 million 4.875% First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds due 2035 and $525 million 5.650% First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds due 2055.
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|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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|November 20, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors 2025 Smart Business Dealmakers South Florida M&A Conference
Winston & Strawn is proud to sponsor the upcoming Smart Business Dealmakers South Florida M&A Conference. The conference brings together hundreds of local dealmakers, including middle-market CEOs, top investors and lenders, and leading M&A advisers.
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|November 12, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors 2025 Smart Business Dealmakers Houston M&A Conference
Winston & Strawn is proud to sponsor the upcoming Smart Business Dealmakers Houston M&A Conference. The conference will discuss topics ranging from raising capital to alternative asset investing, covering the breadth of the M&A landscape.
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|October 22, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors the 2025 Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference
Winston & Strawn is a proud sponsor of the 2025 Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, one of the nation’s top annual bench bar conferences. The conference brings together judges, lawyers, topic speakers, guests, and other participants from across the world to discuss a broad range of cutting-edge legal topics.
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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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What Is a Publicly Held Company?
A publicly held company, also called a publicly traded company or public company, is a corporation whose ownership is distributed among general public shareholders through the trading of its shares on stock exchanges or over-the-counter markets. A public company is required to disclose its results of operations, financial condition, and other mandated business information regularly to the public. It must also report its securities trading on stock exchanges.