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Practice Area
Financial Innovation & Regulation
Winston’s Financial Innovation & Regulation attorneys routinely counsel financial services, digital assets, and other clients on complex banking, crypto, FinTech, consumer financial, and securities matters. Many of our team members previously held positions as in-house counsel at global financial institutions and served in positions at government agencies, which gives us considerable experience in helping our clients obtain innovative, effective, and efficient solutions.
Practice Area
Privacy: Regulated Personal Information (RPI)
Winston’s Regulated Personal Information (RPI) Practice offers seamlessly integrated counseling and litigation services to companies looking for practical and solution-oriented assistance navigating the compliance, regulatory, and private class action enforcement risks presented by the emerging patchwork of complex (and often conflicting) privacy laws in the United States and beyond.
Practice Area
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.
Experience 10 results
Experience
|September 22, 2025
Winston Paris advised the founders and shareholders of Bylaw, on its acquisition by Septeo
Founded in 2019 by Adrien Aboudaram and Tuan Ardouin, Bylaw has developed next-generation AI technology to automate the processing of legal and financial documents. With a team primarily dedicated to R&D, the legaltech company aims to become the leading AI reference for regulated professions.
Experience
|March 18, 2025
Winston Blunts Earnout Payment
Following a bench trial in Fall 2024, a New York trial court ruled in March 2025 that Cresco Labs, Inc. was not required to pay a US$45M earnout under a merger agreement. The court found that Cresco did not receive “commercially reasonable access” to New York’s adult-use cannabis market, which was supposed to be subject only to a non-competitive application or approval process. Adopting Cresco’s arguments, the court determined that only the Office of Cannabis Management and Cannabis Control Board could decide when and how applicants access the adult-use market. The court agreed that regulators required Cresco to pay a significant one-time fee, prioritized other applicants, and had broad discretion over approvals. This win supports claims that New York’s adult-use program lacks details and clear entry paths, frustrating industry leaders’ efforts to develop a robust adult-use market.
Experience
|February 10, 2025
US$600 million Total Play Telecomunicaciones S.A.P.I. de C.V. Offer to Exchange Senior Notes
Winston & Strawn represented Total Play Telecomunicaciones, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Total Play”), a leading telecommunications company in Mexico, in connection with the offer to exchange (a) up to US$600M of its outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “Existing Notes”) for newly issued 11.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 (the “New Notes”) and (b) a cash payment by each tendering holder of U.S.$450 for each U.S.$1,000 in Existing Notes tendered by such holder (the “New Money Deposits”) for newly issued New Notes. Total Play also solicited holders for their consent to certain proposed amendments to the Existing Notes. The issuance of the New Notes was issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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In the Media
|January 9, 2026
|1 Min Read
Andrew Hinkes Discusses Stablecoin Regulation with Cointelegraph
Winston & Strawn partner Andrew Hinkes spoke with Cointelegraph to discuss evolving U.S. stablecoin regulation following China’s launch of an interest-bearing digital yuan. Andrew weighed in on how potential shifts in U.S. political dynamics after the 2026 midterm elections could impact the regulatory landscape for digital asset firms.
In the Media
|January 8, 2026
|1 Min Read
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.
Article
|Fourth Quarter 2025
|1 Min Read
The Trump administration’s “America First” agenda continues to color all manner of its actions in maritime Washington.
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Site Content
What Is the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)?
The Federal Acquisition Regulation, commonly referred to as “FAR,” is a collection of regulations governing the process by which the federal government purchases products, supplies, and services. The FAR consists of 53 parts, each covering a different aspect of the government procurement process. FAR part 52, for example, provides solicitation provisions and clauses that can (and in some instances must) be inserted into contracts with the government. While the FAR applies to all executive agencies, many agencies, such as the Departments of Defense, State, and Veterans Affairs, have issued their own supplements to the FAR which provide regulatory guidance on contracting issues that are unique to them.
Law Glossary
What Is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Law?
The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law is an act, applied across the Union, which directs data privacy. The GDPR law is designed to protect the data privacy of all EU citizens and guide organizational approaches to handling data, as well as transferring it across borders. Under the GDPR, breach notification is mandatory within 72 hours if the breach is likely to “result in a risk for the rights and freedoms of individuals.” The GDPR applies to organizations within the EU as well as those outside of the EU if they offer goods or services to European citizens. It also applies to organizations that monitor the behavior of data subjects online.
Law Glossary
What Statutes and Regulations Govern the Approval and Marketing of Biosimilars?
Congress passed the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCIA) in 2010 an amendment of the Public Health Services Act. The BPCIA is codified at 42 U.S.C. § 262.