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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.
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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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Bankruptcy Litigation & Investigations
Large corporate bankruptcies and companies in financial distress often spawn a complex web of claims by lenders, trustees, debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, investors, shareholders, and other constituents. Attorneys in Winston & Strawn’s complex commercial litigation group and special situations and restructuring group serve as trusted advisors and resolute advocates to protect clients’ business interests and assets in multifaceted Chapter 11 cases and bankruptcy-related disputes.
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|June 25, 2025
Winston Secures Federal Circuit Affirmance of 101 Victory for Polycom
Winston secured an appellate victory for Polycom (now part of HP) when the Federal Circuit affirmed a judgment on the pleadings of patent-ineligibility in a lawsuit brought by directPacket Research, Inc. Working closely with HP, Winston argued that all claims of the asserted patent were directed to the abstract idea of translation via an intermediate protocol, with no inventive concept. The Northern District of California agreed, and the Federal Circuit unanimously affirmed, adopting Winston’s arguments. Eimeric Reig argued the appeal, working with HP and the Winston team, including Kathi Vidal, Kelly Hunsaker, Sam Lerner, Matt McCullough, and David Dalke.
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|May 9, 2025
An Am Law LOTW Shout Out-Worthy Gold Medal Victory In $Jenner
Winston, led by partners Jeffrey Steinfeld, John Schreiber, and George Mastoris, secured full dismissal of a high-profile securities class action involving hundred of millions of dollars in $Jenner memecoin trades. Plaintiffs alleged securities fraud under federal and California laws. The team was recognized in Am Law’s Litigator of the Week column for the win.
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|March 31, 2025
Winston & Strawn assists Santa Fe Operating, LLC, a subsidiary of HRM Resources IV, LLC, a Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors sponsor-backed borrower, in reserve-based $300,000,000 lending facility with BOKF, NA, the proceeds of which were used to acquire producing oil and gas properties.
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Direct Sellers Update: Regulation, Law & Policy
|September 23, 2025
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Direct Seller Defeats Class Certification in Misclassification Case
As we’ve written previously, direct selling companies are facing a wave of lawsuits, primarily in California, claiming that distributors do not qualify as independent contractors and instead are misclassified employees. Just recently, however, a California court refused to certify a class on these claims—an important outcome for all direct sellers.
In the Media
|September 23, 2025
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Kathi Vidal Discusses Gender Gap in Patents with MLex
Winston & Strawn partner Kathi Vidal was featured in a MLex article where she discussed the gender gap in patents, outreach efforts in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under her leadership as the former Director, and how the office can support women inventors. A 2022 study from the USPTO showed that office policy can help close the gap between men and women in the US patent system. The paper studied the effectiveness of the Pro Se Pilot Examination Unit (PSPEU), which provides additional communication and assistance to inventors attempting to prosecute a patent without representation.
Press Release
|September 22, 2025
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LONDON – 22 September 2025—Winston & Strawn LLP has today announced the appointment of real estate finance specialist Richard Semple as a partner in the Transactions Department in its expanding London office.
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A federal contract is a binding contract or agreement with an authorized official of any agency or department of the U.S. Government for the purpose of purchasing goods, products or services of any kind, or purchasing, renting, or leasing property, for the direct use or benefit of the U.S. Government. Federal contracts are the procurement mechanism the U.S. Government uses to obtain such goods, products, services, and property across all sectors and industries. Federal contracts may be express or implied and may be of various different types, e.g., fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, time and materials, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ).
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What Is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an executive agency of the United States under the direct authority of the President of the United States. The EPA’s mission is to protect people and the environment from significant health risks. The EPA is responsible for developing, maintaining, and enforcing environmental regulations and policies, including regulating the manufacturing, processing, distribution, and use of chemicals and other pollutants. EPA enforcement powers include fines, sanctions, and other measures.
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What Is Cross-Border Data Protection Law?
A cross-border data protection law involves the safe movement of electronic, personal data around the world. The European Union currently has a cross-border data protection law called the General Data Protection Regulation, which replaces the EU’s Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.