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Margaret Frey

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Chicago

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Chicago

Scott Naidech

Partner

+1 312-558-3769

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Michael Mullins

Partner

Chicago

+1 312-558-7568

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Capabilities 68 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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Transactions

In a global business and legal environment marked by change, U.S. and multinational companies, financial institutions, investors, and entrepreneurs face demanding challenges that significantly impact their businesses. Transactions partners advise clients around the globe to navigate these challenges, adapt to regulatory change, and move transactions to the finish line....Read more

Experience 85 results

Experience

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

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....Read more

Experience

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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Insights & News 1,390 results

False Claims Act Playbook

October 30, 2025

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Private Equity Firm Avoids Potential False Claims Act Liability in Dismissal from Whistleblower Suit Brought by Healthcare Portfolio Company Executive

On October 15, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (the Court) dismissed Pharos Capital Group and its related investment funds (Pharos Capital) from a qui tam or whistleblower suit brought under the antiretaliation provision of the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)) (the FCA), against Pharos Capital and Charter Health Care Group (Charter), a portfolio company of Pharos Capital.

Winston’s AI Top 10

October 2025

5 Min Read

Winston’s AI Monthly Recap - October 2025

Winston’s AI Top 10 summarizes the latest AI developments in the legal industry.

Competition Corner

October 23, 2025

2 Min Read

California Strengthens Its Antitrust Law with Stiffer Penalties

On October 6, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law S.B. 763, which will comprehensively strengthen the enforcement framework of California’s Cartwright Act.

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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