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Winston offers a full-service energy practice. With four decades of experience handling a broad array of services for participants across the energy industry and in key markets worldwide, our practitioners have developed a deep familiarity and keen sense of the market. Our experience spans electric generation, transmission, distribution, and fuel supply and transportation in the power sector—including conventional and renewable resources—as well as the upstream, midstream, downstream, and oilfield services segments in the oil and gas sector. Additionally, our team is at the forefront of the flourishing market for energy transition, and we bring practical experience, perspective, and innovative thinking to this rapidly expanding segment of energy sector.
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Winston & Strawn’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) & Energy Regulatory Practice bring decades of experience counseling on transactional, regulatory, investigation, and enforcement and litigation matters.
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Energy Industry Litigation & Investigations
With our reputation as a trial lawyers’ firm serving as our foundation, we advocate for a variety of power producers, oil and gas companies, and oilfield services providers in high-stakes litigation throughout U.S. district and appellate courts. We also handle sensitive investigations, contentious regulatory and enforcement issues, and arbitration. Our bench is stacked with innovative legal and commercial problem solvers, many of whom came to Winston from in-house positions, amplifying their appreciation for C-suite complexities. By combining our knowledge of the energy industry with first-rate trial skills, and the experience our practitioners have gained from learning our clients’ businesses, we are positioned to obtain the best result for our clients efficiently—whether in the courtroom or a negotiated solution.
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|January 22, 2026
Advised SQM on US$600M offering of subordinated capital notes due 2056 (Hybrid Bond Offering)
Winston & Strawn LLP advised longstanding client Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (“SQM”) (NYSE: SQM) on its US$600 million offering of subordinated capital notes. The notes were offered in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S.The subordinated capital notes are due in 2056 and constitute SQM’s first international hybrid bond issuance, structured to be consistent with SQM’s recent UF 10 million (approximately US$ 430 million) Series S hybrid-subordinated bond issuance in the Chilean securities market. The notes bear an initial annual interest rate of 5.625% and are subject to reset on April 22, 2031 (the “First Reset Date”), and on every fifth anniversary thereafter, based on a spread over the 5-year U.S. Treasury bond rate, with interest rate step-ups on the fifth and twentieth anniversaries of the First Reset Date. The transaction closed on January 22, 2026.BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Santander US Capital Markets LLC, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. acted as initial purchasers of the notes.Link Capital Partners was financial advisor to SQM.SQM is a global company with a leading position in the lithium, iodine, and potassium nitrate markets. It develops and produces a diverse range of products for industries essential to human progress, including health, nutrition, renewable energy, and technology, driven by innovation and technological development.The Winston & Strawn team advising on the transaction included corporate partner Sey-Hyo Lee (New York) and foreign legal advisor Bruno M. Fiorino (New York). Partner Katherine Erbeznik (New York) advised on tax matters.
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|January 8, 2026
$2.75 Billion Constellation Energy Generation, LLC Public Offering of Senior Notes
Winston served as underwriters' counsel to BofA Securities, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley and Scotiabank, as joint book-running managers, in connection with the registered public offering of $2.75 billion of Senior Notes by Constellation Energy Generation, LLC comprised of (i) $300 million of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2028; (ii) $900 million of its 3.900% Senior Notes due 2028, (ii) $750 million of its 4.400% Senior Notes due 2031, and (iv) $800 million of its 5.875% Senior Notes due 2066.
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|January 6, 2026
Brightwood Capital’s Acquisition of Museum of Illusions Group
A team led by Bradley Vaiana and Austin Leach represented Brightwood Capital Advisors, LLC (“Brightwood”), a New York–based investment firm, in its acquisition of Museum of Illusions Group, the world’s largest privately held chain of museums, from Invera Capital Partners. As part of the transaction, five previously franchised locations will transition from the chain’s largest franchisee, LOL Entertainment, to become corporate-owned sites. Winston attorneys across multiple practice areas and offices, including M&A, Tax, Intellectual Property, Employee Benefits, and the firm’s UK office, assisted in structuring a complex cross-border transaction to support Brightwood's fund investment goals. The acquisitions were completed on January 6, 2026.
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Webinar
|March 19, 2026
New Perspectives on Venezuela: On-the-Ground Insights and Direct Foreign Investment Outlook
Please join us for the next session in our webinar series on Venezuela’s evolving economic and legal landscape, featuring a special presentation by Venezuelan lawyers Pedro Urdaneta and Miguel Rivero, partners at LEGA Abogados, who will share valuable on-the-ground insights. Winston & Strawn partners Cari Stinebower and Carl Fornaris will moderate the conversation, and time will be set aside to take questions from the audience.
Press Release
|March 2, 2026
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Winston & Strawn Adds Former DOJ Litigator Matthew Huppert to Antitrust Practice
Washington, D.C. – March 2, 2026 – Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Matthew Huppert has joined the firm as a Partner in Washington, D.C as a member of the Litigation Department and the Antitrust & Competition Practice. He comes to the firm from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where he served as a trial attorney and counsel to the Assistant Attorney General.
False Claims Act Playbook
|March 2, 2026
|7 Min Read
DOJ Continues False Claims Act Enforcement of PPP Loans Into 2026
Even though five years have passed since Congress enacted the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as an emergency response to the COVID‑19 pandemic, enforcement activity relating to PPP loans remains an active component of the federal government’s civil fraud agenda and—with the statute of limitations not expiring for another roughly five years—all indications are that it will continue to be an enforcement priority for the foreseeable future.
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What Is the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)?
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is the U.S. Government agency that leases offshore areas on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for energy development, including offshore renewable energy such as offshore wind. The organization’s goal is to responsibly manage OCS energy and resources in the interest of energy independence, environmental sustainability, economic development, and national security. BOEM utilizes the expertise of scientists and technical professionals who share information and research that contributes to the bureau’s decision making. The bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Interior. BOEM’s sister agency—the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or BSEE—enforces offshore safety, environmental and other requirements in tandem with BOEM issued leases and works closely with the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal and state agencies. BOEM has reported that OCS production accounts for approximately 18 percent of the nation’s crude oil supply and 4 percent of the domestic natural gas supply. BOEM is currently engaged in an extensive offshore wind leasing program with a number of leases already existing for wind farms off the U.S. East Coast.
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