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Banking & Finance - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins LLP is a go-to practice with a strong bench, acting for high-profile corporate borrowers as well as major financial institutions. The firm is recognized for its strengths in syndicated loan transactions and highly esteemed for its strength on cross-border transactions. It fields experienced attorneys with expertise across bridge financings, investment-grade loans and multicurrency facilities.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins represented JP Morgan and a syndicate of lenders in a $3 billion senior secured notes offering in connection with the acquisition of Truist Insurance Holdings from Truist. 

Strengths

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Latham is a go-to firm for complex situations.

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Latham provides a top tier service.

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Latham & Watkins brings deep teams to every one of our transactions. Their junior lawyers are helpful and have relevant market knowledge.

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Notable Practitioners

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Corey Wright
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Corey Wright
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Corey Wright has a practice which sees him act for several household name banks in the provision of term loans and revolving credit facilities.

A best in class leveraged buyout adviser.

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Jennifer Ezring
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Jennifer Ezring
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Jennifer Ezring has a highly regarded bank-side practice. She covers debt and asset-based financings.

She's a very fine lawyer.

She's excellent.

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Michèle Penzer
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Michèle Penzer
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Michèle Penzer impresses bank-side clients with her expert knowledge of both syndicated and single-lender transactions.
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Alfred Xue
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Alfred Xue
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Alfred Xue is noted for his strength in handling asset-based financing for both traditional and direct lenders.

He's a real force within the market.

In addition to being very strong on the legal side, Alf strives to understand his individual clients and adapt his approach to exceed their expectations.

He's an incredible problem solver and does a great job of making the complex simple.

He has a tireless work ethic and has a very deep knowledge of transactions across both the syndicated and direct lending markets.

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Daniel Seale
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Daniel Seale
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Daniel Seale comes particularly recommended for his lender-side practice, with clients including both banks and private equity funds. He often assists clients with acquisition financings.

He's very well liked in the markets.

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Joshua A. Tinkelman
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Joshua A. Tinkelman
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Joshua Tinkelman receives plaudits for his representation of investment funds and other borrowers in acquisition financings.

What I appreciate about Josh is his genius creativity in terms of understanding the documents inside and out.

He's a very diligent and knowledgeable partner. He's very much a problem solver and has an enormous amount of experience under his belt.

He is knowledgeable and experienced with virtually any issue that arises. He also has a good commercial sense to determine if any issue is important from a business perspective.

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Stelios Saffos
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Stelios Saffos
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Stelios Saffos is global chair of the hybrid capital practice as well as vice chair of the capital markets and public company representation practices. He has experience handling acquisition financings and advising clients on revolving credit facilities.

Stelios has an unrivaled network that he tactfully utilizes to assist clients. He has built a strong team around him yet is always personally available if needed.

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Stephanie Teicher
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Stephanie Teicher
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Stephanie Teicher principally assists company-side clients with the financing of domestic and cross-border M&A.

She really knows the market and she's thoughtful, commercial and finds the middle-ground. She can reach conclusions in an efficient way.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Latham & Watkins LLP

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Corey Wright
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Corey Wright
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Jennifer Ezring
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Jennifer Ezring
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Michèle Penzer
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Michèle Penzer
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Alfred Xue
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Alfred Xue
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Daniel Seale
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Daniel Seale
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Joshua A. Tinkelman
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Joshua A. Tinkelman
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Stelios Saffos
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Stelios Saffos
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Stephanie Teicher
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Stephanie Teicher
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