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Our structured finance group is widely recognized as a leader, encompassing Esoteric Finance, Residential Asset Finance and Securitization, and CLOs/Fund Finance. Positioned prominently at the forefront of the industry, our team boasts extensive experience across a broad spectrum of assets, with a particular focus on bespoke structures and emerging and/or “esoteric” assets, including residential and commercial PACE, RMBS, and CMBS; aircraft, vessel, and railcar finance; FinTech and marketplace lending; CLOs; specialty finance; consumer and business lending; energy structured finance (including solar finance and reserve-based finance); derivatives and structured products; lease and operating asset finance; trade receivables; litigation settlement financing; and life settlements.
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Product Liability & Mass Torts
Major multinational companies trust Winston to defend their products and reputations in high-profile, high-stakes product liability and mass tort claims. Our Product Liability & Mass Torts Practice is one of the industry’s most seasoned, with a deep bench of experienced lawyers and a unique combination of extensive trial experience and expansive technical knowledge.
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Experience
|March 31, 2025
Winston & Strawn assists Santa Fe Operating, LLC, a subsidiary of HRM Resources IV, LLC, a Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors sponsor-backed borrower, in reserve-based $300,000,000 lending facility with BOKF, NA, the proceeds of which were used to acquire producing oil and gas properties.
Experience
|January 10, 2025
Winston Advises on Pioneering Bitcoin Crypto Lending Programs
Winston & Strawn represented subsidiaries of Hankey Group—Hankey Capital, Westlake Financial, and Midway—in structuring new, cutting-edge Bitcoin Lending Programs which provide real estate and luxury vehicle purchasers with innovative ways to pledge Bitcoin as collateral. The Bitcoin Lending Programs provide Hankey with flexibility on loan terms and conditions and offers Hankey’s borrower clients dynamic solutions for pledging Bitcoin as collateral.
Experience
|July 29, 2024
Winston represented SandRidge Energy, Inc. (SandRidge) in its US$144M definitive agreement to acquire certain oil and gas producing assets and leasehold interests in the Cherokee play of the Western Anadarko Basin. Additionally, SandRidge entered into a joint development agreement that governs it participation in future development of the acquired leasehold interests. The transaction expands Sandridge’s footprint in the Mid-Continent region and bolsters its production capabilities.
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Recognitions
|January 9, 2026
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Winston & Strawn’s Antitrust/Competition Practice Honored in 2026 GCR 100
Global Competition Review has recognized Winston & Strawn’s Antitrust/Competition Practice as “highly recommended” in New York, Illinois, and California in the 2026 GCR 100. For over two decades, GCR 100 has provided a comprehensive list of the world’s best competition practices based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the law firms and economic consultancies doing the most important antitrust work around the world.
Life at Winston
|December 22, 2025
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Winston for Good Volunteers Deliver Holiday Joy Within Our Communities
From donating gifts to assembling care packages, our lawyers and business professionals on both sides of the Atlantic helped make the holidays brighter in the communities they call home.
Press Release
|December 15, 2025
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Professional Swimmers May Be Eligible for Money Damages From a Class Action Settlement
Winston & Strawn LLP, representing Thomas A. Shields, Katinka Hosszú, and plaintiff classes of professional swimmers, is pleased to announce that it has reached a settlement with World Aquatics to resolve the claims on behalf of professional swimmers in the case Shields et al. v. Federation Internationale De Natation, pending in the Northern District of California.
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Opened in 2003, Winston & Strawn’s San Francisco office is located in the financial district, just down the road from the Bay Area’s technology epicenter. Our team—now 25+ lawyers strong—keeps a finger on the pulse of the rapidly evolving financial services and technology sectors, and offers support across a wide spectrum of services, including antitrust/competition, commercial litigation and disputes, government investigations and compliance, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, and product liability. The San Francisco team works seamlessly with lawyers and departments across the firm’s global network to ensure the highest quality service to our clients. With a culture that represents the Bay Area’s innovative spirit, our lawyers are regularly honored with high-profile awards and frequently recognized by publications, such as Chambers USA, The American Lawyer, the Daily Journal, and The Recorder.
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For more than 170 years, Winston & Strawn has served as a trusted adviser and advocate for clients across virtually every industry. Our law practice—built on the talent, creativity, and determination of our lawyers and an unwavering commitment to our clients—has grown into a global firm of tremendous breadth. While many things have changed since the firm’s inception, our goal has remained steadfast: provide the highest echelon of service by developing strategic partnerships with our clients, creating and implementing tailored business solutions, and identifying opportunities for innovation. Complementing this service model is the priority we place on cultivating an internal culture of inclusion and opportunity, as well as our role in serving critical needs in our communities. We continue to learn from our storied history, while looking ahead to effect change in our industry.
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Sanctions are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience to the law, rules, and regulations. Sanctions can be used by one country or a group of countries against another country, organization, or individual. The implementation of sanctions is meant to encourage a change in behavior, punish non-compliance with international norms or laws, or achieve specific policy objectives. There are various types of sanctions, including economic or financial, diplomatic, military, or environmental. Sanctions can also take on several forms, such as penalties, fines, or restrictions.