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Ian Borman

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London

+44 20 7011 8770

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London

Jason Bennett

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Charlotte

+1 704-350-7769

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Charlotte

David Baroni

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Chicago

+1 312-558-5851

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Debt Finance

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. ...Read more

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Finance

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....Read more

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Structured Finance

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....Read more

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Experience

August 18, 2025

Winston Represented Amphenol in Definitive Agreement to Acquire Trexon

Winston represented Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH), one of the world’s largest designers, manufacturers, and marketers of electrical, electronic, and fiber optic connectors and systems, as well as coaxial and high-speed specialty cables, in its definitive agreement to acquire Trexon, a leading provider of high-reliability interconnect and cable assemblies primarily serving the defense market. The acquisition is valued at approximately US$1B, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Amphenol will finance the transaction with cash on hand and expects to close in the fourth quarter of 2025....Read more

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June 3, 2025

NTE3 Series 2025A Bonds

Represented NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC (NTE3), the concession company operating, maintaining, and collecting tolls on the North Tarrant Express Segments 3A, 3B, and 3C Facility in Fort Worth, Texas (the Project), in connection with a senior financing consisting of approximately $457 million of senior forward delivery bonds. NTE3 will issue these bonds in three series, the proceeds of which will be applied, among other things, to the repayment of a portion of existing debt related to the construction of the Project....Read more

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February 13, 2025

RF Acquisition Corp. Closes Business Combination with GCL Asia to Go Public

Winston & Strawn represented RF Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its business combination with Grand Centrex Limited, one of Asia's leading video game distributors and publishers. The combined company, GCL, is now listed on Nasdaq under the reserved ticker symbol "GCL.” The transaction gives GCL approximately $1.2 billion in pre-transaction equity value. GCL's existing shareholders will roll over 100% of the equity and retain a majority of the Combined Company's outstanding shares, while GCL also designated a majority of the Combined Company's board of directors. The transaction includes a minimum cash condition of $25,000,000 and resulted in GCL receiving gross proceeds of approximately $42.9 million (assuming no further redemptions by RF Acquisition shareholders). RF Acquisition and GCL have agreed to work together to pursue commitments for a private placement of equity, debt, or other alternative financings of up to $20 million. GCL expects to use proceeds from the transaction to accelerate its game publishing and IP management business, alongside its marketing reach with AAA/AA PC game titles. ...Read more

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January 6, 2026

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Piercing the Corporate Veil: A Case Study and Best Practices Checklist

This article was originally published in Commercial Compliance Insights. Any opinions in this article are not those of Winston & Strawn or its clients. The opinions in this article are the authors’ opinions only....Read more

Capital Markets & Securities Law Watch

December 23, 2025

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DTCC Partners with Digital Asset to Tokenize DTC-Custodied U.S. Treasury Securities

On December 17, 2025, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced a partnership with Digital Asset Holdings (Digital Asset), a developer of distributed ledger technology, to tokenize a subset of U.S. Treasury securities custodied at its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), using Digital Asset’s Canton Network. This announcement follows DTC’s receipt of a No-Action Letter from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 11, 2025, providing no-action relief allowing DTC to offer a pilot tokenization service for certain highly liquid assets.

Client Alert

December 17, 2025

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OCC Releases Preliminary Findings from Debanking Investigation

As Winston & Strawn has detailed in earlier articles and alerts, the Trump administration has prioritized addressing “politicized or unlawful debanking” (i.e., when financial institutions close or refuse to open customer accounts based on a customer’s political affiliation, religion, or involvement in legal but politically disfavored industries), using executive orders, agency bulletins, and internal investigative probes to tackle the subject. The administration’s actions are starting to produce measurable results.

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What Is ESG in Finance?

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....Read more

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What Is Capitalization in Business?

Capitalization is the total amount of a company’s outstanding securities, including short-term debt, long-term debt, and equity securities....Read more

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What Is the Dodd-Frank Act?

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:...Read more