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Latham & Watkins has attained a reputation for excellence for its private debt and direct lending practice, with clients often turning to its lawyers for their most complex and sophisticated lending transactions. The firm offers expertise across the full range of financing matters, including midmarket and large-cap transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Latham are excellent in both private credit and more general banking deals. They have a lot of experience and are a fantastic firm."
"I feel well represented and safe when I'm using them. They are going to be appropriately commercial, but not lead me to do anything off-market or stupid which would expose our platform."
"Latham are excellent in both private credit and more general banking deals. They have a lot of experience and are a fantastic firm."
"I feel well represented and safe when I'm using them. They are going to be appropriately commercial, but not lead me to do anything off-market or stupid which would expose our platform."
Notable Practitioners
Alfred Xue is held in high esteem for his lending practice and has an excellent track record in advising private equity firms and other alternative lenders on direct lending transactions.
"Alf is the leading practitioner in the US private credit space. He's fantastic with clients and he's very thoughtful and analytical."
"He is prodigious and well liked by large number of direct lending clients, having worked on just about any direct lending you can name. Clients like him because he's commercial and makes things easily understood, speaking in a way that clients do."
"I think he's a phenomenal lawyer, he works harder than anyone I know."
Daniel Seale is considered one of the industry's foremost experts in direct lending, with clients benefiting from his tremendous depth of experience in acting for private capital providers across the full gamut of financing transactions.
"He's a leader in this space and he's got a really strong grip on what we are looking for, with a strong grip of our documentation and precedents. He's always efficient and helps us get to a good spot in negotiating documentation."
Stelios Saffos is frequently called upon by private equity firms and other investors on a broad range of lending and wider capital markets transactions.
"He's an amazing lawyer with terrific knowledge of the market and a commercial approach."
"You know you're in great hands when working with Stelios."