Practice Areas & Industries: Winston & Strawn LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Winston & Strawn has a corporate group of more than 200 attorneys who have cutting-edge experience in virtually every type of transaction in which a financial services firm has regular involvement.  A significant part of our corporate practice involves representing a variety of lenders on commercial loan transactions, including syndicated loans, senior and subordinated loans, asset-based transactions, tender offer financings, and special purpose loans.  The firm has a robust practice in structuring, negotiating, and documenting a broad array of structured products, including CLO transactions, securitizations, and derivatives.  In addition, Winston & Strawn represents financial services firms participating in real estate, municipal, and energy financing transactions. 

Winston & Strawn also has pre-eminent capabilities assisting financial services firms with their own internal corporate transactional needs.  From the formation of a new subsidiary or joint venture to the completion of a significant merger or acquisition, our attorneys can field an experienced and responsive team to complete a transaction efficiently and to satisfy the client’s business goals.  This experience includes representing clients on public and private debt or equity offerings, contracting for technology services, and making venture capital investments.

Representative Matters

Morgan Stanley Joint Venture
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Winston & Strawn represented Morgan Stanley in connection with a structured joint venture transaction with a major European financial institution.      
 
Discover Alliance with JCB International
Discover Financial Services
An international team of Winston & Strawn attorneys represented Discover Financial Services in the negotiation of a major reciprocal alliance with JCB, the largest card issuer and acquirer in Japan. This alliance enables acceptance of Discover and PULSE cards in Japan and JCB cards on the Discover network in the United States.      

Discover Alliance with LINK
Discover Financial Services
An international team of Winston & Strawn attorneys represented Discover Financial Services in the negotiation of major reciprocal alliance with LINK Interchange Network Ltd., which operates the UK cash machine network. Discover's alliance with LINK enables the 4,200 U.S. banks which participate in Discover's PULSE ATM network to offer their customers access to 58,000 cash machines across the UK, and enables LINK cardholders to access 250,000 PULSE ATMs in the United States.      
 
Derivatives Matters
Winston & Strawn regularly assists clients with structuring, negotiating, and documenting a broad array of over-the-counter derivative products and litigating the controversies that can arise in connection with derivative transactions.      
 
HSH Nordbank Joint Venture with Bank of America
HSH Nordbank AG
Winston & Strawn represented HSH Nordbank AG in connection with its acquisition of a partnership interest with Bank of America, N.A.      
 
Antares Capital Sale to General Electric Capital Corporation
Antares Capital Corporation
Winston & Strawn represented Antares Capital Corporation and its management equityholders in connection with its sale to General Electric Capital Corporation.      
 
Discover Financial $311 Million Acquisition of PULSE EFT Association
Discover Financial Services
Winston & Strawn represented Discover Financial Services, Inc. in its $311 million acquisition of PULSE EFT Association. The transaction combines PULSE and its 4,100 member banks, credit unions, and savings institutions with the Discover Network and its 4 million merchant and cash access locations to create a new competitor in the electronic payments field.