Latham & Watkins

Advising major investment banks such as JP Morgan as sponsors, Latham & Watkins is adept in forming agreements for a high volume of high-yield offerings and bridge financings. The group deals with unsecured and secured lending from both an issuer and an underwriter standpoint. Global Chair of the capital markets and public company representation practices Stelios Saffos, Ian Schuman and John Sobolewski in New York are the trio at the helm, the latter of whom joined from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in February 2025 as global vice chair, whereas Saffos is a strong option for complex structured equity and mezzanine financings. More widely, the group is at the forefront of the development of high-yield financing transactions, leveraged on both the underwriter and issuer side for both private equity and venture capital funds, and involving themselves in complex IPOs, convertible notes offerings, and traditional loan and bond structures. Marc Jaffe in New York has a strong background in IPOs and high-yield transactions.