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Our structured finance group is widely recognized as a leader, encompassing Esoteric Finance, Residential Asset Finance and Securitization, and CLOs/Fund Finance. Positioned prominently at the forefront of the industry, our team boasts extensive experience across a broad spectrum of assets, with a particular focus on bespoke structures and emerging and/or “esoteric” assets, including residential and commercial PACE, RMBS, and CMBS; aircraft, vessel, and railcar finance; FinTech and marketplace lending; CLOs; specialty finance; consumer and business lending; energy structured finance (including solar finance and reserve-based finance); derivatives and structured products; lease and operating asset finance; trade receivables; litigation settlement financing; and life settlements.
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Winston’s deep experience representing companies and investors across Latin America and the Caribbean has made the firm a “go-to” resource for the strategic development of our clients’ businesses and the vigorous protection of their interests in the region. With broad command of a diverse range of issues within the region’s key industry sectors, we advise Fortune 500 companies, government and quasi-governmental entities, financial institutions, private equity and other investors, domestic and international oil and gas exploration and production companies, refiners and shippers, and a range of commercial and infrastructure developers.
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|October 13, 2021
US$1.18B Green Financing for First North American Flood Prevention P3
In what is a first-of-its-kind project in the North American infrastructure market and among the largest climate change/resiliency projects in the world, Winston & Strawn LLP represented the underwriters of US$273.4M of tax-exempt private activity bonds (split into two tranches), the lenders on a US$642.56M revolving credit facility and the related interest rate swap providers, and the note purchasers of US$197.76M of privately placed secured notes, the proceeds of which will be used by Red River Valley Alliance, LLC (RRVA) to pay a portion of the costs incurred to design, construct, finance, operate, and maintain the Diversion Channel and Associated Infrastructure Work Package of the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project (the Project). RRVA established a framework that allowed the loans, notes, and bonds to be issued as “green,” which then allows allow for direct investment into debt that supports climate change adaptation and resilience projects – a novel arrangement in the current public-private partnership (P3) market. The Project involves a proposed 30-mile diversion channel, two aqueducts, two river inlets, drainage inlets, four railroad bridges, four interstate highway bridges, and 10 county road bridges, which will collectively help protect the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo metro area (Fargo, Cass County in North Dakota and Moorhead, Clay County in Minnesota) during times of flooding. In addition to the Project serving as the first flood management project in North America to be delivered as a P3, it serves as a blueprint for communities at risk of extreme flooding to similarly establish a flood risk mitigation protocol. With climate change expected to influence severe weather, including increased frequency and intensity of precipitation and exacerbated sea levels, both of which serve as catalysts to extreme flooding, the Project stands alone as a viable solution to minimizing damage to those communities situated in harm’s way.
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Recognitions
|August 11, 2025
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Winston & Strawn Recognized in 2025 IFLR1000 Rankings
Winston & Strawn is proud of its continued recognition in the 2025 edition of the IFLR1000, a leading guide to the world’s top financial and corporate transactional law firms and lawyers. In the United States, Winston is recognized in:
In the Media
|August 7, 2025
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Yulia Makarova and Kimberly Prior Discuss Guiding Clients Through the GENIUS Act with IFLR
Winston & Strawn Winston & Strawn Digital Assets Group co-chair Kimberly Prior and partner Yulia Makarova were featured in an IFLR article sharing their insights on client reaction, increased demand for their legal knowledge, and compliance challenges for non-US issuers following the passing of the GENIUS Act. The act, passed by the House of Representatives on July 17 and signed by the President on July 18, brings clarity to the digital assets markets after years of regulatory uncertainty legitimizing the use of payment stablecoins in the US financial system and providing detailed requirements for compliance and governance.
In the Media
|July 24, 2025
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Winston’s Digital Assets Lawyers Discuss the GENIUS Act with IFLR
Winston & Strawn Digital Assets Group co-chairs Kimberly Prior and Daniel Stabile and partner Yulia Makarova were featured in an IFLR article discussing the GENIUS Act and how it is set to drive new client demand, complex advisory needs, and internal investment across legal teams. On July 18, President Trump signed the stablecoin bill titled “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act of 2025” which marks the first federal regulatory framework for the issuance and operation of payment stablecoins in the country.
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Winston & Strawn’s São Paulo office reflects the firm’s long-term investment in Brazil and the significant commitment of Winston’s Latin America practice group members to the country over many decades. Our fully bilingual São Paulo-based attorneys represent clients on international financing, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and disputes. They also act as a relationship touch point for global clients looking to expand into Brazil, ensuring an integrated and seamless service. Our São Paulo attorneys have in-depth knowledge of the region’s legal, cultural, political, regulatory, and commercial frameworks, which have earned them recognition from Chambers Global, Chambers Brazil, Chambers Latin America, Leaders League, The Legal 500, Latinvex, IFLR 1000, and LatinFinance, among many others.
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Winston’s London office acts as a hub for our cross-border clients and advises a range of emerging and global companies, corporates, financial institutions, and private investors on domestic and cross-border matters. Our legal practices include corporate, M&A, private equity, capital markets, banking and finance, restructuring, litigation and disputes, international arbitration, antitrust and competition, and tax. Practitioners based in London include not only lawyers who are recognized as leaders in their fields but also a diverse group of international professionals, many of whom are bilingual and dual-qualified. Our global platform enables our London lawyers to quickly marshal relevant experience across practices and offices.
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