Winston Taylor acts as lead counsel on challenging project mandates, advising sponsors, developers, underwriters, equity investors, and both public and private lenders. The practice is led by New York-based Alan Hoffman and Mike Pikiel, alongside Richard Puttré in Miami and Laurae Rossi in Los Angeles. Hoffman remains active in the sports infrastructure space and recently represented JPMorgan Chase Bank as lead arranger and lender on the financing for Etihad Park, a 25,000-seat soccer stadium under development in Queens. Pikiel advises on a broad range of transactions across infrastructure, transportation, and energy, while Puttré focuses on the development, financing, and acquisition of energy and infrastructure assets across the US and Latin America. Rossi brings experience across renewable energy projects, including wind, solar, geothermal, and storage assets nationwide. Dan Shapiro departed the team in April 2026.
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Key clients
- AxInfra US LP (Axium Infrastructure)
- Barclays Capital Inc.
- ING Capital LLC
- John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.)
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
- J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC
- KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
- Kiewit Development Company
- Manulife Infrastructure Fund III, L.P.
- Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC
- New York Life Insurance Company
- NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC
Work highlights
Represented the underwriters supporting SR 400 Peach Partners LLC in connection with the financing of the US$11B SR-400 Express Lanes Project being procured by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT).
Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (JPMorgan), as lead arranger and as a lender, in connection with a financing for the design, planning, development, and construction of Etihad Park, a professional soccer stadium having a capacity of approximately 25,000 seats, to be built in the New York City borough of Queens. The stadium will be the first soccer-specific stadium in New York City.
Represented CIBC with respect to a US$179M construction and term loan to rPlus Energies for the Pleasant Valley Solar 2 Project, a 125 MW solar facility in Ada County, Idaho.
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Practice head
Alan Hoffman; Mike Pikiel; Richard Puttré; Laurae Rossi