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Capabilities 67 results

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Fund Finance

We advise clients that originate, manage, and invest in broadly syndicated and middle-market corporate loans with their fund formation and capital markets fund-financing activities. Our experience includes structure and formation of CLOs, registered funds, hedge funds, listed funds, private credit funds, managed accounts, synthetic funds, SBICs, and onshore and offshore special purpose investment vehicles. Our experience spans the complete spectrum of services, including warehouse, leverage, and subscription facilities and ongoing portfolio support. Our Capital Markets Practice has extensive experience in debt and equity offerings, spin-offs, split-offs, and carve-outs, as well as securities compliance and corporate governance....Read more

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Private Investment Funds

Winston & Strawn represents both private investment fund managers and institutional investors in the full range of legal and market practice issues involved in establishing, managing, and investing in private investment vehicles. By representing both managers and institutional investors, our attorneys have a unique perspective on the market drawing from in-depth experience and state-of-the-art knowledge of legal issues, deal terms, and market trends....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

Experience 85 results

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July 15, 2025

Atsion Commits Up to $200 Million in Strategic OFA Investment

Winston & Strawn is representing Atsion Opportunity Fund LLC – Series 1 in connection with its committed equity facility of up to US$200M with OFA Group. The facility enables OFA to issue and sell ordinary shares over a 36-month period to support its cryptocurrency treasury strategy....Read more

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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....Read more

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July 9, 2025

BitMine Completes $20 Billion Upsize of ATM Program

Winston & Strawn LLP represented BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. in connection with its latest expansion of its at-the-market (ATM) equity offering, increasing the program by $20 billion to a total of $24.5 billion. BitMine (NYSE: BMNR), a former bitcoin mining company now focused on building the largest Ethereum treasury in the world, currently holds more than 1,713,899 ETH valued at over $8.2 billion. ...Read more
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January 20, 2026

2026 NYC SBIC Fund Conference

Winston & Strawn and RSM US LLP are co-hosting the annual NYC SBIC Fund Conference on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.General and limited partners, chief financial officers, and controllers of small business investment company (SBIC) funds are invited to a half-day seminar covering various topics related to SBIC fund operations, including:...Read more

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December 15, 2025

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Sovereign Wealth Fund Sues PE Firm over Continuation Vehicle Process

On November 26, 2025, the sovereign wealth fund, Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC), filed a lawsuit in the Chancery Court of Delaware against Energy & Minerals Group LP and several affiliate private investment funds (collectively EMG). The complaint seeks a preliminary injunction to stop the sale of an EMG portfolio company, Ascent Resources LLC, to a continuation vehicle that is also managed by EMG in a so-called “GP-led secondary” transaction. ADIC alleges that by selling to a continuation fund, EMG is engaging in self-dealing in breach of its fiduciary duties as manager of the selling private investment fund, in which ADIC is also a limited partner.

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December 15, 2025

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Professional Swimmers May Be Eligible for Money Damages From a Class Action Settlement

Winston & Strawn LLP, representing Thomas A. Shields, Katinka Hosszú, and plaintiff classes of professional swimmers, is pleased to announce that it has reached a settlement with World Aquatics to resolve the claims on behalf of professional swimmers in the case Shields et al. v. Federation Internationale De Natation, pending in the Northern District of California....Read more
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Who Are Institutional Investors?

Institutional investors are large non-individual shareholders, including hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds, endowment funds, and insurance companies....Read more

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What Is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)?

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) is a proxy advisory firm that provides research and analysis, governance data, and shareholder proxy voting advice to hedge funds, mutual funds, and other investors....Read more

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What Is Pre-IPO?

A pre-IPO placement is a late-stage offering to raise funds by a company in advance of its initial public offering. The investors are typically private equity firms, hedge funds, and other large institutional investors. Due to the size of the investments and the significant risk, the investors typically receive a discount from the price in the eventual IPO. Individual investors rarely participate in pre-IPO placements. They are generally restricted to high-net-worth individuals with a sophisticated knowledge of the financial markets. For the company, the placement is a way to raise funds and offset the risk that the IPO will not be as successful as hoped....Read more
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