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Practice Area
Our REIT attorneys are experienced in the planning and implementation of a variety of organizational and real estate ownership structures used for REIT formations and transactions. We understand the complex requirements of asset ownership and character of income that must be met to qualify for pass-through tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code. Our team has extensive experience with IPOs, private placement of debt, securitization of debt, public/private preferred and common equity offerings, PIPE transactions, recapitalizations, trust preferred securities, asset purchase and dispositions, §1031 exchanges, and mergers and acquisitions. Our experience in capital raising (via public and private securities offerings), securitization, and structured finance transactions is just as deep.
Practice Area
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.
Region
Winston’s deep experience representing companies and investors across Latin America and the Caribbean has made the firm a “go-to” resource for the strategic development of our clients’ businesses and the vigorous protection of their interests in the region. With broad command of a diverse range of issues within the region’s key industry sectors, we advise Fortune 500 companies, government and quasi-governmental entities, financial institutions, private equity and other investors, domestic and international oil and gas exploration and production companies, refiners and shippers, and a range of commercial and infrastructure developers.
Experience 4 results
Experience
|October 19, 2021
Experity Ventures LLC Sponsors US$38,85M 144A Securitization
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Experity Ventures LLC, as sponsor, and TVEST 2021A, LLC, as issuer, in connection with a US$38.85M 144A securitization of litigation funding receivables and medical receivables.
Experience
|August 11, 2021
Dominion Financial Services: Mortgage-Backed Notes Series 2021-1
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Dominion Financial Services, LLC, as sponsor, in connection with a US$190M Rule 144A/Reg. S securitization of residential bridge mortgage loans or “fix and flip” mortgage loans originated by the sponsor in 36 States across the United States.
Experience
|June 9, 2021
Agrifund, LLC's US$112.5M 144A/Reg S Master Trust Securitization
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Agrifund, LLC, as sponsor, and ARM Master Trust, LLC, as issuer, in connection with the US$112.5M 144A/Reg S master trust securitization of agricultural loans.
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Seminar/CLE
|March 19, 2025
Winston & Strawn is proud to host an event in our Washington, D.C. office for the Structured Finance Association’s Women in Securitization Week.
Sponsorship
|February 23, 2025
Winston & Strawn Sponsors, Partners Speak at SFVegas 2025
Winston & Strawn was proud to sponsor SFVegas 2025 on February 23-26 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. SFVegas is the world’s largest capital markets conference, drawing over 9,000 professionals from the securitization and structured finance market.
Recognitions
|February 13, 2025
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Eunice Chay Named a 2025 WiS Rising Star
Associate Eunice Chay was selected as a 2025 WiS Rising Star by the Structured Finance Association's Women in Securitization Initiative. This prestigious award recognizes exceptional women driving innovation and impact in the securitization industry.
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Opened in 2017, Winston & Strawn’s Dallas office is located in the cultural and economic epicenter of DFW, the fourth largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and the fastest growing over the last year. Our Dallas attorneys litigate both high-stakes civil and criminal matters, including major state and federal trials and appeals nationwide, and represent clients in complex transactional matters. Under the leadership of Bryan L. Goolsby, our office—made up of nearly 100 lawyers—continues to expand, attracting some of the country’s top legal talent to meet the increased needs of the many technology, investment, and health care companies that are increasingly making Dallas their home.
Location
Launched in 2013, Winston & Strawn’s Silicon Valley office is home to nationally recognized attorneys that draw clients from Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. Led by Kelly Hunsaker—who has deep roots in Silicon Valley spanning nearly three decades—the office draws from the firm’s deep bench strength and global network of resources to serve clients in a variety of industries, including the semiconductor, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, life sciences, and pharmaceutical sectors. The office’s intellectual property attorneys have litigated extensively in all the top national patent litigation venues, as well as before the International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeals Board of the USPTO.
Location
Serving one of the world’s largest economies for over 20 years, Winston & Strawn’s Los Angeles office is home to more than 100 lawyers and business professionals. Under the guidance of Office Managing Partner Angela Machala, our L.A. office thrives as a dynamic and tightly knit community with an inclusive culture in which its members from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives collaborate closely to support each other’s success and achieve their clients’ goals. Our L.A. lawyers—who are equally split between litigation and transactional work—advise 80+ Fortune 500 companies, which is a testament to the collaborative environment we’ve created to provide exceptional legal services.