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Financial Innovation & Regulation
Winston’s Financial Innovation & Regulation attorneys routinely counsel financial services, digital assets, and other clients on complex banking, crypto, FinTech, consumer financial, and securities matters. Many of our team members previously held positions as in-house counsel at global financial institutions and served in positions at government agencies, which gives us considerable experience in helping our clients obtain innovative, effective, and efficient solutions.
Practice Area
Privacy: Regulated Personal Information (RPI)
Winston’s Regulated Personal Information (RPI) Practice offers seamlessly integrated counseling and litigation services to companies looking for practical and solution-oriented assistance navigating the compliance, regulatory, and private class action enforcement risks presented by the emerging patchwork of complex (and often conflicting) privacy laws in the United States and beyond.
Industry
Financial services companies in the financial technology (FinTech) space are contributing to rapid technological advances and innovation in the development, offering, and delivery of core financial products and services. Winston’s FinTech, Banking & Payments attorneys support these companies throughout the entire FinTech business life cycle, from proof of concept through maturity, including federal and state licensing and registration, regulatory compliance and risk management, structured finance, M&A, and private equity, intellectual property (IP) management, and supervision and enforcement. Our clients include banks, FinTech companies, private equity and other investors, money services businesses, trust companies, consumer finance companies, investment advisers, and other financial firms.
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Experience
|July 11, 2025
Winston Represented South Reach Networks in Sale to Blue Owl
Winston represented Intermetro Fiber, LLC (d/b/a South Reach Networks (SRN)), a Florida-based fiber optic infrastructure provider, in its sale to a fund managed by affiliates Blue Owl Capital (Blue Owl). This acquisition will allow Blue Owl to provide incremental scale and deepen Blue Owl's existing fiber capabilities, adding major new builds across the network, and scale the business to meet the growing need for additional fiber optic network capabilities across SRN's dark and lit fiber optic infrastructure network which spans 370 miles from Jacksonville to Miami.
Experience
|March 18, 2025
Winston Blunts Earnout Payment
Following a bench trial in Fall 2024, a New York trial court ruled in March 2025 that Cresco Labs, Inc. was not required to pay a US$45M earnout under a merger agreement. The court found that Cresco did not receive “commercially reasonable access” to New York’s adult-use cannabis market, which was supposed to be subject only to a non-competitive application or approval process. Adopting Cresco’s arguments, the court determined that only the Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board could decide when and how applicants access the adult-use market. The court agreed that regulators required Cresco to pay a significant one-time fee, prioritized other applicants, and had broad discretion over approvals. This win supports claims that New York’s adult-use program lacks details and clear entry paths, frustrating industry leaders’ efforts to develop a robust adult-use market.
Experience
|February 10, 2025
US$600 million Total Play Telecomunicaciones S.A.P.I. de C.V. Offer to Exchange Senior Notes
Winston & Strawn represented Total Play Telecomunicaciones, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Total Play”), a leading telecommunications company in Mexico, in connection with the offer to exchange (a) up to US$600M of its outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Existing Notes”) for newly issued 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 (the “New Notes”) and (b) a cash payment by each tendering holder of U.S.$450 for each U.S.$1,000 in Existing Notes tendered by such holder (the “New Money Deposits”) for newly issued New Notes. Total Play also solicited holders for their consent to certain proposed amendments to the Existing Notes. The issuance of the New Notes was issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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Sponsorship
|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.
Recognitions
|October 23, 2025
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Winston & Strawn Paris Office Recognized in the Inaugural Edition of Best Law Firms® France
The Winston & Strawn Paris office has been recognized in the inaugural edition of Best Law Firms® France, meriting seven Tier 1 regional rankings in the following areas: Banking and Finance Law, Financial Institutions, Health Care Law, Private Equity Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, Structured Finance Law, and Tax Law.
Recognitions
|October 22, 2025
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Juan Azel Named to Florida Trend’s 2025 Florida 500 List
Winston FinTech, Banking, and Payments Group Chair Juan Azel merited a place on Florida Trend’s 2025 Florida 500 List. This special publication highlights industry leaders shaping the state’s future through their commitment and initiative.
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Site Content
What Is the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)?
The Federal Acquisition Regulation, commonly referred to as “FAR,” is a collection of regulations governing the process by which the federal government purchases products, supplies, and services. The FAR consists of 53 parts, each covering a different aspect of the government procurement process. FAR part 52, for example, provides solicitation provisions and clauses that can (and in some instances must) be inserted into contracts with the government. While the FAR applies to all executive agencies, many agencies, such as the Departments of Defense, State, and Veterans Affairs, have issued their own supplements to the FAR which provide regulatory guidance on contracting issues that are unique to them.
Law Glossary
What Is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Law?
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law is an act, applied across the Union, which directs data privacy. The GDPR law is designed to protect the data privacy of all EU citizens and guide organizational approaches to handling data, as well as transferring it across borders. Under the GDPR, breach notification is mandatory within 72 hours if the breach is likely to “result in a risk for the rights and freedoms of individuals.” The GDPR applies to organizations within the EU as well as those outside of the EU if they offer goods or services to European citizens. It also applies to organizations that monitor the behavior of data subjects online.
Law Glossary
What Statutes and Regulations Govern the Approval and Marketing of Biosimilars?
Congress passed the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) in 2010 an amendment of the Public Health Services Act. The BPCIA is codified at 42 U.S.C. § 262.