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Margaret Frey
Margaret Frey
Partner
  • Chicago
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+1 312-558-7945
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Partner

  • Chicago
Scott Naidech
Scott Naidech
Partner
  • Chicago, 
  • New York
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+1 312-558-3769
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Partner

  • Chicago
  • New York
Basil Godellas
Basil Godellas
Partner
  • Chicago
Email
+1 312-558-7237
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Partner

  • Chicago
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Capabilities 80 results

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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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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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International Trade

International trade is essential for the growth and development of global economies and businesses. As international trade has expanded and developed, so too have the myriad rules and regulations that govern it. The global compliance environment is becoming more complex by the day and can be difficult to navigate without the assistance of experienced counsel. Failure to comply with international trade rules and regulations—even if done so unwittingly—can lead to civil and criminal penalties, monitorships, consent agreements, debarment, reputational damage, substantial administrative burden, legal expense, and unsatisfied business objectives. Increasingly, there also is exposure for individual officers/directors, which can include monetary penalties and, potentially, jail time. ...Read more

Experience 187 results

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December 15, 2025

Winston & Strawn LLP represented Apogem in the closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle for Lion Beverages, LLC.

Winston & Strawn LLP represented Apogem in the closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle for Lion Beverages, LLC. The transaction, led by Apogem and including J.P. Morgan Asset Management, RCP Advisors, and Montana Capital Partners, raised over $150 million, with significant participation from Encore Consumer Capital. The meaningful GP commitment underscores both confidence in Lion and alignment with investors....Read more

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December 11, 2025

Winston Takes the Checkered Flag After “Massive Win” Settlement

Winston squared off in the W.D.N.C. against lawyers for NASCAR in an antitrust lawsuit brought on behalf of racing teams Front Row Motorsports Inc. and 23X1 Racing LLC—the team co-owned by Michael Jordan and driver Denny Hamlin—alleging monopolization of the market for premier stock car racing teams. On December 11, 2025, nine days into trial and the morning after the plaintiffs rested their case, the parties jointly announced a settlement. Jeffrey Kessler, Jeanifer Parsigian, and Danielle Williams were recognized by American Lawyer with its top “Litigator of the Week” honors on December 19, 2025, for this historic settlement....Read more

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November 19, 2025

Blockfusion Enters into Business Combination with Blue Acquisition Corp.

Winston & Strawn LLP represents Blockfusion, the owner-operator of a strategically located, clean-energy-powered data center, in its announced business combination with Blue Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. The transaction attributes a pre-money equity value of approximately USD 450 million to Blockfusion and would result in Blockfusion becoming a publicly traded company upon listing....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

Capital Markets & Securities Law Watch

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December 18, 2025

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Chairman Atkins’ NYSE Speech and the SEC’s 2026 Examination Priorities: A Reset for U.S. Capital Markets

Two recent developments signal where the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) is headed in 2026. First, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins’ address at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 2, 2025 set forth guiding principles for reform with the goal to, in Chairman Atkins’ words, “make IPOs great again.”

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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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What Is ESG Investing?

ESG, or environmental, social, and governance (ESG), Investing refers to the making of investment decisions by environmental and/or socially conscious investors based on a set of standards or requirements for a company’s behavior. Environmental criteria consider how a company protects the environment, including corporate policies addressing climate change. Social criteria examine how a company values and supports relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and its local communities. Governance deals with, among other things, a company’s leadership, executive compensation, and shareholder rights....Read more

Law Glossary

What Is Staking?

Staking concerns the “proof of stake” validation protocols utilized by certain blockchains. It is a process in which investors lock up—or stake—their crypto tokens with a blockchain validator with the goal of being rewarded with new tokens when their staked crypto tokens become part of the process for validating data for the blockchain....Read more

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What Is ESG in Finance?

ESG in finance can refer to, among other things, financing tools such as Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds and similar ESG-related debt instruments, as well as the separate discipline of ESG Investing. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. Investors are increasingly applying these non-financial factors as part of their analysis to identify ESG-related risks and opportunities in particular investments. ESG metrics have not historically been included in financial reporting, though companies are increasingly making disclosures in their annual report or in a standalone sustainability report, and regulatory requirements for such disclosures, including from the SEC, are expanding....Read more
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