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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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Our attorneys have extensive experience counseling U.S. and multinational public companies across a range of industries in all aspects of corporate governance, securities, and compliance matters. We advise public companies, boards of directors and their committees, and senior executives on the corporate governance and compliance matters that public companies and their leadership confront—from board structuring and succession planning to shareholder activism and SEC regulation. Drawing on our experience as seasoned counselors, we keep clients abreast of evolving trends and best practices to proactively manage any governance or compliance issues. We have assembled one of the most experienced teams of any law firm in the country that’s counseling public companies.
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White Collar & Government Investigations
Ranked Tier 1 Nationally for “Criminal Defense: White Collar” by Best Law Firms®2025, and recognized for “Corporate Crime & Investigations: Highly Regarded – Nationwide” by Chambers USA in 2025, Winston’s White Collar & Government Investigations Practice assists individuals, companies, and organizations with government investigations and enforcement matters; related criminal and civil litigation; trials; appeals; congressional oversight; internal investigations; and compliance counseling and program development and enhancement. We are comprised of 80+ litigators, with more than a dozen former prosecutors from the SEC, Main Justice, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, including four former U.S. Attorneys, Regional Supervisors, and a former Assistant Director, Enforcement Division, SEC. We are known for our zealous advocacy, our unyielding commitment to our clients, and for protecting and defending clients’ interests with legal acumen that’s second to none.
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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. 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.
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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.
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|December 4, 2025
2025 Exelon Convertible Notes Offering
Winston served as initial purchasers' counsel to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers, in connection with the private offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Exelon Corporation's 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029, comprised of (i) $900,000,000 firm notes and (ii) an additional 100,000,000 notes issued at the initial purchasers' option.
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Recognitions
|January 8, 2026
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Imad Khan Wins Houston Business Journal’s Inaugural 2026 Inclusive Leadership Award
Winston & Strawn partner Imad Khan won the Inclusive Leadership Award (Individual) in the Houston Business Journal’s inaugural 2026 Community Leadership Awards. Imad was selected for this award in recognition of his extensive work fostering an inclusive and respectful environment, broadening access to opportunity, and encouraging meaningful engagement within both Winston and the Houston area. Imad’s outstanding reputation in the international disputes industry, including accolades from Legal 500 US, Lexology Index, and Lawdragon was also factored into the judging process, including testimonials from his colleagues and mentees.
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|January 8, 2026
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Cari Stinebower Discusses Legal Challenges for U.S. Energy Investment in Venezuela with Law360
Winston & Strawn partner Cari Stinebower was quoted in a Law360 article discussing the legal and regulatory hurdles U.S. oil and gas companies now face when considering new investments in Venezuela amid recent political changes. Cari explained that with extensive U.S. sanctions against the Venezuelan government and state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) still in place, few companies will risk doing business until those sanctions are relaxed—either through general or specific licenses issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or by executive orders that lift the restrictions.
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|January 8, 2026
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Bobby Malhotra Shares Predictions for eDiscovery in 2026 with LegalTech News
Winston & Strawn partner Bobby Malhotra was featured in a LegalTech News article where legal professionals share their insights for what is in store for the e-discovery industry in 2026. Bobby shared that he believes AI transcription rollouts will drive a surge in privacy-based wiretap litigation in 2026.
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What Is the National Advertising Division (NAD)?
As part of the independent, non-profit BBB National Programs, the National Advertising Division (NAD) independently evaluates the truth and accuracy of national advertising. It also works to increase the public’s confidence in advertising. NAD assesses a broad scope of ad claims, including those related to product performance, surveys, pricing, and guarantees. NAD responsibilities include:
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What Is the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team?
The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) is part of the DOJ’s Criminal Division. It is to identify, investigate, support, and pursue cases involving the criminal use of digital assets, with a particular focus on virtual currency exchanges, mixing and tumbling services, infrastructure providers, and other entities that are enabling the misuse of cryptocurrency and related technologies to commit or facilitate criminal activity.