Winston & Strawn LLP has extensive experience in debt tender and exchange offers. The firm is designated underwriters’ counsel for a number of major corporate issuers in investment grade offerings. It has close connections to a number of major banks, along with large corporates, including those based in Latin America. New York’s David Sakowitz is chair of the capital markets group, while Chicago partner Cab Morris is a prolific adviser on investment grade, high-yield and convertible debt transactions. Carol Anne Huff has left the firm.
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Key clients
- Barclays Capital
- Bank of Nova Scot
- BNP Paribas
- BofA Securities
- Chart Industries
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
- Exelon Corporation
- FAGE International S.A.
- Granite Construction
- Grupo Energia de Bogota
- J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
- Lear Corporation
- Morgan Stanley
- Motorola Solutions, Inc.
- NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.
- Nxu Inc.
- Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.
Work highlights
- Acted as designated underwriters’ counsel to the Exelon Corporation family of public companies in connection with the registered public offering of $2.5bn of Notes by Exelon Corporation.
- Represented Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile in connection with its $750m green bond offering.
- Represented Granite Construction Incorporated in its offering of $374m in aggregate principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2028 and in an exchange of its 2.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 for cash and shares of its common stock.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Sakowitz