Latham & Watkins LLP

Andrew Baker is a partner in the Capital Markets Practice who leverages his deep experience of debt capital markets to provide clients with strategic commercial advice. Andrew maintains a broad-based capital markets practice representing sponsors, issuers and investment banks in high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, acquisition financing, bridge financings, exchange offers, tender offers and consent solicitations. Andrew has closed several hundred transactions with an aggregate market value approaching one trillion dollars.

Andrew regularly represents sponsors, issuers, and investment banks in connection with the following types of transactions:

• High-yield debt offerings
• Investment grade debt offerings
• Convertible notes offerings
• Bridge facilities
• Committed acquisition financing
• Equity offerings
• Initial public offerings
• Exchange offers
• Tender offers
• Consent solicitations
• Other creative liability management solutions

He regularly advises public and private company and sponsor clients on debt issuances, general corporate matters, debt offerings, securities and stock exchange rules, and corporate governance issues.

Andrew’s work covers a wide array of sectors including chemicals, healthcare, food products, aviation, financial institutions, casino gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, automotive, insurance, consumer lending, mining, energy, oil and gas, retail, specialty products, and telecommunications.