
Across European securitisation and structured finance, Latham & Watkins (London) LLP is active in all major asset classes, with work covering public and private securitisations, cash and synthetic CLOs, trade receivables, and other more esoteric asset classes. Practice head Jeremiah Wagner advises clients on international capital markets transactions, including securitisations, cross-border offerings, and private placements. Asset-backed structures are a key area for Lucy Oddy, whose practice also takes in cross-border debt portfolio disposals and related financings. Stephen Curtis focuses on structured debt and securitisation financings across the principal asset classes, with particular emphasis on infrastructure, regulated utilities, and commercial real estate. For innovative capital raising and investment transactions, Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya acts for private equity sponsors, hedge funds, and investment banks. In the social finance and impact investing space, Franz Ranero is a prominent adviser with experience that includes external non-executive roles and counselling wholesale participants on market infrastructure. Kamal Dalal’s practice spans a range of assets, including data centres, GPUs, lease receivables, and sovereign loans.
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Key clients
- Ares Management
- Barclays
- Blackstone
- Carlyle
- Citigroup
- Deutsche Bank
- Intermediate Capital Group
- JP Morgan
- KKR Credit Advisors
- Lloyds Bank
Work highlights
Advised the underwriters on Yondr Group's inaugural £532 million issuance of securitised term notes.
Advised Lendo, a debt crowdfunding platform in Saudi Arabia, on a P2P securitisation involving a US$690 million (SAR 2.6 billion) warehouse facility provided by J.P. Morgan.
Advised key investors and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in relation to Nscale’s US$1.4 billion delayed draw term loan backed by GPUs, financing multiple GPU cluster deployments located in Norway, Portugal, Iceland, and the UK and supporting contracted demand for next-generation AI compute.
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Practice head
Jeremiah Wagner
Other key lawyers
Lucy Oddy; Stephen Curtis; Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya; Franz Ranero; Kamal Dalal





