Latham & Watkins LLP

With a global presence across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and US, Latham & Watkins LLP is well-equipped to handle debt financing and liability management matters. The firm is also a strong choice for non-bank financial institutions and debt funds on leveraged lending transaction matters. The firm’s global banking practice is jointly overseen by New York-based Daniel Seale and Alfred Xue, as well as Los Angeles-based Jason Bosworth, while Washington D.C.-based Jason Licht leads the private equity finance team. Other key members of the practice include Washington DC-based Manu Gayatrinath, who is a key port of call for private equity sponsors and borrowers on the full spectrum of financing transactions. Gayatrinath is also knowledgeable of debt restructuring, asset-based loans, acquisition financing, and secured lending. In New York, Joshua Tinkelman is well-versed in leveraged buyouts, while Kendra Kocovsky is informed in asset-based lending. Operating out of Washington DC Katherine Putnam specialises in debt financing transactions and syndicated lending.