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Winston & Strawn’s private equity attorneys provide strategic advice and legal counsel to middle-market private equity funds, hedge funds, family offices, real estate funds, alternative asset managers, portfolio companies, and institutional investors. We have one of the broadest and most active national middle-market private equity practices in the U.S.
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Winston is well regarded for deep and broad experience advising clients in the development, construction, financing and refinancing, acquisition, and operation of major infrastructure assets, including several award-winning deals and public-private-partnership (PPPs or P3s) projects in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Recognized for our ability to “take complex issues and boil them down to pragmatic solutions” (Chambers USA 2023), our team represents a diverse mix of participants and stakeholders in a broad range of investments and non-recourse/limited recourse financings, and we have experience working on many of the most complex projects, within aggressive time frames, while employing inventive solutions. Likewise, our lawyers help to identify and quantify roadblocks and risks at an early stage, so that we can help our clients—which include developers and sponsors, a full range of lenders and investors, project owners and operators, governments and their agencies, and other project counterparties—evaluate and, to the extent possible, mitigate or eliminate risk.
Practice Area
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.
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Experience
|June 12, 2025
Winston Serves as Lead Counsel to GCP Capital Partners in New Continuation Vehicle
Winston & Strawn served as legal counsel to GCP Capital Partners (GCP) in connection with the formation and closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle involving ALKEME Insurance. Led by the PE and Funds Group practices, the team advised GCP throughout the transaction which included substantial newly committed capital to fund portfolio company ALKEME’s continued growth (the single asset). The fund raise was backed by a syndicate of institutional investors where Apollo S3 served as the lead investor. The deal signals a growing trend: the strategic use of continuation vehicles to extend sponsors’ ownership in high-performing portfolio companies. This deal also reflects a broader narrative in middle-market private equity: firms that started small are now scaling rapidly, and they’re turning to sophisticated liquidity solutions to fuel that growth.
Experience
|April 30, 2025
Rapid Ruling: Fifth Circuit Affirms Winston Win on Summary Judgment the Day After Oral Argument
Winston recently secured a total victory for our clients, KVP Energy Services, LLC and other affiliated defendants, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Plaintiff BHI Energy I Power Services LLC filed suit in the U.S. Northern District of Texas in September 2022, alleging US$150M in damages in connection with causes of action for misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, and various other business torts and statutory violations. Winston scored an important early win in January 2023 by defeating BHI Energy’s motion for preliminary injunction. After a year of extensive discovery, Winston moved for full summary judgment on behalf of all defendants. In a strongly worded opinion, the district court granted Winston’s summary judgment motion and dismissed the entirety of BHI’s lawsuit.
Experience
|April 18, 2025
Fueling Good: Winston Wins Motion to Dismiss in Oil Dispute
On April 18, 2025, a Winston team led by partners James Herbison and Mike Mayer secured a final judgment on behalf of their client, Enbridge, in a monopolization case brought by Ducere, LLC under Section 2 of the Sherman Act and the Illinois Antitrust Act. Winston obtained a dismissal with prejudice by successfully arguing that plaintiff’s antitrust claims were not sufficiently pled, and the alleged market was not properly defined.
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Sponsorship
|October 19, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors The 2025 National Summit for Middle Market Funds
Winston & Strawn is proud to be an elite sponsor of The 2025 National Summit for Middle Market Funds, the premier event for lower middle market networking and fundraising.
Sponsorship
|October 15, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors ChIPs 2025 Global Summit
Winston & Strawn is a proud sponsor of the 2025 ChIPs Global Summit, which brings together women from all over the world working in technology, policy, private practice, corporations, government, academia, and beyond. Each year, the summit aims to advance innovation through diversity of thought and connect women through engagement opportunities.
Sponsorship
|October 9, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors the 45th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate & Securities Law Institute
Winston & Strawn is proud to sponsor the 45th Annual Ray Garrett Jr. Corporate & Securities Law Institute at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, IL.
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What Is a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI)?
A Foreign Private Issuer (FPI) is any foreign issuer desiring to raise capital in the U.S., unless:
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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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The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act is legislation, enacted on April 5, 2012, designed to encourage funding of small businesses in the U.S. by easing securities regulations and therefore making it easier for private companies to access the public capital markets.