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Winston & Strawn’s Government Contracts & Grants Practice is a nationally recognized, highly regarded group of lawyers with deep experience in handling high-value, and often contentious, government contract disputes, bid protests, and claims across a broad spectrum of industries and issues. Our team also counsels clients on significant regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters—predominantly private equity and M&A deals.
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As core segments of the global economy continue to embrace sustainable and carbon-neutral energy resources as complementary and integral to fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption, we stand ready to guide our clients through the energy transition. Our team is at the forefront of the flourishing energy transition market, and we bring practical experience, perspective, and innovative thinking to the sector. By combining our more than 40 years of experience in renewable and conventional energy with an integrated service approach, we help clients to plan for, invest in, and thrive in today’s shifting environment. Not only does our team include experienced energy and corporate lawyers, but also practitioners with deep experience in tax credits and tax equity, project finance, infrastructure, and power and renewables to serve the varied needs of our client base.
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|July 31, 2024
Maritime Counsel for Rand Logistics's Acquisition of Andrie
Winston & Strawn served as special maritime counsel to Rand Logistics, a leading provider of bulk freight shipping in the Great Lakes region, in its acquisition of Andrie, LLC, a leading marine transporter of liquid bulk commodity goods, from Auxo Investment Partners.
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|April 26, 2021
ION Geophysical's At-the-Market Offering
Winston & Strawn LLP represented ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE: IO), a leading technology company in the offshore energy and maritime operations markets, in connection with an “at-the-market” offering, pursuant to which it may sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate sales price of up to US$10M.
Experience
|April 20, 2021
ION Geophysical Successfully Completes Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation and Rights Offering
Winston & Strawn LLP represented ION Geophysical Corp. (the Company) (NYSE: IO), a leading technology company providing services to offshore energy and maritime operations markets, in a restructuring of its 9.125% Senior Secured Second Priority Notes due 2021 (“Old Notes”) pursuant to a registered exchange offer and a concurrent rights offering. In the exchange offer, an aggregate principal amount of US$113,472,000, or approximately 94.1%, of the US$120,569,000 outstanding Old Notes were accepted for exchange for (1) US$84,652,000 aggregate principal amount of newly issued 8.00% Senior Secured Second Priority Notes due 2025 (the “New Notes”), (2) 6,116,369 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, including 1,542,201 shares issued as the Early Participation Payment and 4,574,168 shares issued as stock consideration in lieu of New Notes, and (3) US$20,659,722 paid in cash, including US$3,595,250 of accrued and unpaid interest that became due on the Old Notes as part of the exchange. In the concurrent Rights Offering, an aggregate amount of US$41,835,286 of Rights (including over-subscriptions) was validly exercised by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock, US$30,081,000 allocated in New Notes and US$11,754,286 allocated in 4,573,652 shares of ION Common Stock. ION received approximately US$14M in net proceeds from the transactions.
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Recognitions
|November 6, 2025
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Winston & Strawn received a cumulative 99 Tier 1 practice area rankings in the 2026 edition of Best Law Firms®. 25 Winston practice areas received a National Tier 1 ranking, and 74 received local Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings across the firm’s Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C offices.
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|November 3, 2025
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United States Suspends Section 301 China Shipping Fees
On November 1, 2025, President Trump announced the suspension, starting on November 10, 2025, for one year of the fees imposed by the U.S. Trade Representative stemming from the USTR’s China maritime investigation.
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|October 31, 2025
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EU Publishes 19th Sanctions Packages Against Russia
As Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine continues, the European Union (EU) has maintained its commitment to increasing economic and legal pressure on Russia. In 2025, the EU adopted its 16th, 17th, 18th, and now 19th sanctions packages, each introducing new measures and expanding existing restrictions.
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The Jones Act, as used in the world of shipping is a law that reserves the transportation of goods between two points in the United States to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. This coastwise reservation law is named after its chief sponsor, Senator Wesley L. Jones. Similar laws apply to the transportation of passengers and reserve towing, dredging, and fishing in U.S. waters to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. Such vessels must be U.S. citizen-owned, U.S. citizen-crewed, U.S.-registered, and U.S.-built. Another law, also called the “Jones Act,” relates to merchant mariner injury recoveries.
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Also known as maritime cabotage laws, U.S. coastwise laws reserve U.S. domestic maritime trade to qualified U.S. registered (referred to as “U.S.-flag” vessels). These laws are also commonly referred to as the Jones Act. One of these coastwise laws, the Passenger Vessel Services Act, reserves the transportation of passengers between U.S. ports, or points, to qualified U.S.-flag vessels.
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Winston & Strawn’s Washington, D.C. office—the first outside of Chicago—opened its doors in 1970. The office is home to 75+ lawyers, many of whom are nationally recognized and award-winning, with experience navigating clients through regulatory and enforcement issues as well as complicated governmental processes. Located in the center of the nation’s capital, the D.C. office assists clients at the intersection of business, government, and law. We represent 75+ Fortune 500 companies and employ eight lawyers with prior government experience. The office also boasts a nationally ranked eDiscovery group known for providing a full-service practice.