Winston & Strawn LLP is active in the tech, energy, telecoms, and utilities sectors, among others. Mike Blankenship is managing partner of the firm’s Houston office and co-chairs the practice group alongside David Sakowitz in New York, whose broad experience covers company- and underwriter-side engagements. Justin Hoffman in Houston is active in the energy, tech, financial services, and consumer products sectors; in the energy space he is especially well versed in upstream, midstream, and oilfield services transactions. Charlie Haag in Dallas and New York-based Sey-Hyo Lee are also key contacts in the group.
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Key clients
- Barclays Capital
- Bank of Nova Scotia
- BNP Paribas
- BofA Securities
- Chart Industries, Inc.
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
- Exelon Corporation
- FAGE International S.A.
- Granite Construction Incorporated
- Grupo Energía de Bogotá
Work highlights
- Served as underwriters' counsel to BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, and Wells Fargo Securities, as joint book-running managers, in connection with the registered public offering by Roper Technologies, Inc. of US$2 billion of senior notes, comprised of US$500 million of its 4.500% senior notes due 2029, US$500 million of its 4.750% senior notes due 2032 and US$1 billion of its 4.900% senior notes due 2034.
- Represented Motorola Solutions, Inc. in connection with the registered public offering of US$1.3 billion of senior notes, comprised of US$400 million of its 5.000% senior notes due 2029 and US$900 million of its 5.400% senior notes due 2034.
- Represented KeHE Distributors, LLC, a leading pure-play natural and organic, specialty and fresh products food distributor in North America in connection with a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 9.000% senior secured notes due 2029 issued by KeHE Distributors, LLC, NextWave Distribution, Inc. and KeHE Finance Corp. Proceeds from the offering were used to refinance existing debt securities, partially paydown existing ABL borrowings and repurchase equity.
Lawyers
Practice head
Mike Blankenship; David Sakowitz
Other key lawyers
Charlie Haag; Sey-Hyo Lee; Keerthika Subramanian