Winston & Strawn LLP

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Winston & Strawn LLP, founded in 1853, is one of the nation's oldest and largest law firms. With nearly 1,000 attorneys in offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Newark, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Moscow, Russian Federation, San Francisco, Geneva, Switzerland, Paris, France, and London, England, the firm provides a full range of legal services to clients throughout the United States and abroad, including Fortune 500 companies, major commercial and financial institutions, governments and governmental entities, as well as small and midsize companies, individuals and entrepreneurs from virtually every industry.

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Asset Securitization, Banking, Bankruptcy, Workouts and Financial Restructurings, Commercial Lending, Contracts, Corporate, Corporate Finance, E-Commerce, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Energy, Environmental Law, Healthcare, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment Relations, Lease Finance, Litigation, Maritime, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, State and Federal Governmental Relations and Regulatory Affairs, Tax, Technology, Transportation, Trusts and Estates and White Collar Criminal Defense.

DOE Issues Loan Guarantee Program for Commercial Technology Renewable Energy Generation Projects
Jonathan Birenbaum, Katherine A. McAvoy, Laurette Petersen, November 18, 2009
Nearly eight months after passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("Recovery Act") and its promulgation of Section 1705 of Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ("Energy Policy Act") authorizing Department of Energy ("DOE") loan guarantees...

New York Court of Appeals Says Judgment Creditors Can Garnish Property Held Overseas by Banks with New York Presence
Joseph A. DiBenedetto, Vincent A. Sama, David E. Mollón, Michael J. Friedman, Linda T. Coberly, Gene C. Schaerr, Steffen Johnson, Ari Waldman, June 25, 2009
In a decision that will significantly impact foreign banks and their clients, the New York Court of Appeals ruled recently that New York courts can order a bank with a New York presence to turn over to a judgment creditor any property it holds for a judgment debtor, even if the bank is holding that...

Adding Insult to Injury - How the Tax Code Complicates Amending Financing Transactions
David L. Batty, William L. Harvey, Marvin J. Miller, Gregory S. Murray, March 11, 2009
Few people would be surprised to discover that if a creditor forgives a debt or allows a debtor to retire a debt for an amount that is less than the amount originally borrowed by the debtor, the Internal Revenue Service will tax the amount of the forgiveness or discount as ordinary income.

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