Graeme Smyth > Latham & Watkins LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP advises its roster of clients on transactions involving commercial and esoteric assets, including aircraft leases, cell and broadcast towers, and rental car fleets, with demonstrable experience in whole-business securitizations. The team is also noted for its expertise advising collateral managers and arrangers on CLO transactions, loan warehouses, financing of CLO equity and risk retention funds, as well as related regulatory issues. In the firm’s New York office, Loren Finegold serves as global vice chair of the structured finance and securitization practice, acting on the securitization of cellular towers and other telecoms assets, in addition to CLOs and CMBS transactions, among others. The New York office is also home to Kevin Fingeret, who focuses on esoteric and operating assets, while Graeme Smyth advises on music royalty securitizations. Based in Chicago, Matthew Hays has experience in the automotive finance, banking, technology and manufacturing sectors, while Los Angeles’ Douglas Burnaford advises on ABS and CLO transactions. Dominic Yoong and Vicki Marmorstein also operate from the firm’s Los Angeles office.