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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.
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Secondaries & Liquidity Solutions
Winston & Strawn’s Secondaries and Liquidity Solutions group delivers market-leading counsel to clients navigating the evolving landscape of private fund liquidity, secondaries transactions, and bespoke capital solutions. Our multidisciplinary team advises private fund sponsors, institutional investors, and asset managers on the full spectrum of private investment fund secondary market activity, from traditional LP portfolio sales to complex GP-led transactions and innovative liquidity structures. Our attorneys are consistently recognized by leading private equity corporate publications, including Chambers, Legal 500, and others.
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Our nationally recognized Appellate & Critical Motions (ACM) Practice delivers sophisticated legal advocacy and analysis before trial, at trial, and on appeal. From state trial courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, our ACM attorneys identify, preserve, and present the critical legal issues that can make the difference between winning and losing.
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|April 27, 2026
Winston Represents Initial Purchasers in GABX Leasing’s $1 Billion Inaugural Senior Notes Offering
Winston & Strawn LLP represented the initial purchasers, BofA Securities, Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in connection with GABX Leasing LLC’s inaugural $1 billion Rule 144A offering of senior notes, with GATX Corporation as guarantor. The offering consisted of $500 million of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2031 and $500 million of 5.300% Senior Notes due 2036. GABX Leasing LLC is a joint venture between GATX Corporation and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. and its institutional partners, formed in connection with the approximately $4.2 billion acquisition of a portfolio of approximately 101,000 railcars from Wells Fargo. This financing represents a key component of the joint venture’s capital structure and supports the continued expansion of one of the largest railcar leasing platforms in North America. This transaction underscores Winston’s market leading capital markets practice and its continued role advising global financial institutions on complex, large scale financings, particularly those supporting critical infrastructure and transportation assets.
Experience
|April 6, 2026
MLBPI’s Licensing Fight Ends in Victory and Settlement with DraftKings
Winston is representing MLB Players Inc. (MLBPI), which serves as the exclusive group licensing representative for all MLB (major league baseball) players. MLBPI sued several online sportsbook and mobile-betting platforms, including DraftKings, over their use of hundreds of MLB player images and likenesses without MLBPI’s consent.
Experience
|April 2, 2026
Business Combination and Secured Financing of Keo World and Maha Capital AB
Served as legal counsel to KEO World, Inc., a Miami-based fintech platform specializing in embedded credit and B2B digital payments, in connection with its business combination with Maha Capital AB, a publicly listed investment company on Nasdaq Stockholm. The transaction, which closed on April 2, 2026, was structured as a reverse triangular merger through which KEO World became a wholly owned subsidiary of Maha, with KEO World's parent entity receiving approximately 141 million newly issued Maha shares and nearly 49.2 million earn-out warrants as consideration. In connection with the closing, Maha also executed two directed capital raises totaling USD 27 million at SEK 16 per share and announced a planned third raise of USD 8 million ahead of a contemplated dual listing on a U.S. national securities exchange. Based on publicly available disclosures, the combined transaction has been valued at approximately USD 680 million.
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Sponsorship
|7 May 2026
Winston Sponsors Sport Resolutions Conference 2026
Winston is pleased to sponsor the annual Sport Resolutions Conference, which will take place at the Leonardo Royal London St Paul’s Hotel.
Capital Markets & Securities Law Watch
|April 27, 2026
|4 Min Read
SEC Grants Exemptive Relief for Shortened Equity Tender Offers
On April 16, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the SEC) Office of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) issued an exemptive order (the Order) permitting certain tender offers for equity securities to remain open for a minimum of 10 business days rather than the standard 20 business days, subject to strict conditions designed to preserve investor protections.
In the Media
|April 24, 2026
|1 Min Read
Aimee Fagan Joins Winston in Dallas
Winston & Strawn recently announced that Aimee Fagan has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the Litigation Department and a member of the Intellectual Property Practice. Aimee is a first-chair trial lawyer whose practice focuses on intellectual property and complex commercial litigation. She represents clients in high-stakes disputes, with significant experience in technology and IP matters, particularly within the energy sector, as well as across the technology, financial services, private equity, medical, and retail industries.
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