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Michael E. Pikiel

Partner

New York

+1 212-294-6654

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Partner

New York

Michael Stepek

Partner

+44 20 7011 8754

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Partner

Craig V. Rasile

Partner

+1 305-910-0760

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Practice Area

Finance

Keeping a deal moving forward can be challenging. Our 100+ Finance attorneys help clients maintain momentum with a commitment to understanding the challenges, risks, and opportunities they face. Our global team has developed great insights through the representation of financial institutions and corporate enterprises of all types and sizes in the finance industry. We have a well-rounded finance practice, with dedicated teams that advise banks, credit funds, alternative capital providers, sponsors, and corporations on a wide range of transactions including debt finance (leveraged, asset-based, and reserve-based lending), fund finance, structured finance, derivatives and structured products, project finance, and transportation finance....Read more

Practice Area

Project Finance

Industry

Infrastructure

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....Read more

Experience 20 results

Experience

July 31, 2024

Maritime Counsel for Rand Logistics's Acquisition of Andrie

Winston & Strawn served as special maritime counsel to Rand Logistics, a leading provider of bulk freight shipping in the Great Lakes region, in its acquisition of Andrie, LLC, a leading marine transporter of liquid bulk commodity goods, from Auxo Investment Partners....Read more

Experience

January 29, 2024

Winston Represents POET, LLC in CCS Agreement with Summit Carbon Solutions

Represented POET, LLC in connection with a groundbreaking partnership with Summit Carbon Solutions connecting the world’s largest biofuel producer with the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project. The partnership strategically expands the carbon opportunity across the Midwest by incorporating POET’s 12 facilities in Iowa and five facilities in South Dakota into the Summit project. This addition will facilitate the capture, transportation, and permanent storage of 4.7 million metric tons of CO2 annually from the 17 POET bioprocessing plants. The deal was signed on January 29, 2024....Read more

Experience

December 20, 2023

Winston Represented Hub Group in its Acquisition of the Final Mile Business of Forward Air Corporation

Winston represented Illinois-based Hub Group (NASDAQ: HUBG), a freight transportation management company, in its acquisition of the final mile business of Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ: FWRD). The acquisition bolsters Hub Group's presence in the transportation industry across the United States and adds a complementary business line to its customers' transportation and logistics needs....Read more

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Global Trade & Foreign Policy Insights

September 29, 2025

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UN and EU Reimpose Sanctions on Iran Following Snapback Mechanism

On September 27, 2025, the United Nations reimposed sanctions and other restrictions based on Iran’s continuing “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments. Today, September 29, following the UN resolution, the European Union formally reimposed a broad range of sanctions on Iran, citing the same “significant non-performance” of its nuclear commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). These actions follow the invocation of the JCPOA’s snapback mechanism by the E3 (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) on August 28, 2025, and mark a major shift in the international legal and commercial landscape for entities engaged with Iran.

MaritimeFedWatch

September 29, 2025

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Courts Provide Guidance on Customs Jones Act Ruling Process

A September 24, 2025 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia opinion in the case of Radtke v. U.S. Bureau of Customs & Border Protection casts further light on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ruling process relating to the Jones Act.

Recognitions

July 11, 2025

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Enrique Martin Named Among Florida Trend’s 2025 Legal Elite Notable Managing Partners

Winston & Strawn Miami Office Managing Partner Enrique Martin has been named to the 2025 Florida Trend Legal Elite Notable Managing Partners list....Read more

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What Is The Jones Act?

The Jones Act, as used in the world of shipping is a law that reserves the transportation of goods between two points in the United States to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. This coastwise reservation law is named after its chief sponsor, Senator Wesley L. Jones. Similar laws apply to the transportation of passengers and reserve towing, dredging, and fishing in U.S. waters to qualified U.S.-flag vessels. Such vessels must be U.S. citizen-owned, U.S. citizen-crewed, U.S.-registered, and U.S.-built. Another law, also called the “Jones Act,” relates to merchant mariner injury recoveries....Read more

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What Are U.S. Coastwise Laws?

Also known as maritime cabotage laws, U.S. coastwise laws reserve U.S. domestic maritime trade to qualified U.S. registered (referred to as “U.S.-flag” vessels). These laws are also commonly referred to as the Jones Act. One of these coastwise laws, the Passenger Vessel Services Act, reserves the transportation of passengers between U.S. ports, or points, to qualified U.S.-flag vessels....Read more

Location

Washington, DC

Winston & Strawn’s Washington, D.C. office—the first outside of Chicago—opened its doors in 1970. The office is home to 75+ lawyers, many of whom are nationally recognized and award-winning, with experience navigating clients through regulatory and enforcement issues as well as complicated governmental processes. Located in the center of the nation’s capital, the D.C. office assists clients at the intersection of business, government, and law. We represent 75+ Fortune 500 companies and employ eight lawyers with prior government experience. The office also boasts a nationally ranked eDiscovery group known for providing a full-service practice....Read more