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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins LLP is a highly regarded CLO group that frequently represents asset managers in the full range of sophisticated transactions. The firm is also noted for its expertise in dealing with innovative market products and securitization techniques. The attorneys in the securitization team are adept at handling esoteric ABS matters involving the securitization of fiber, music royalty and digital infrastructure assets, among others.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins advised Recognition Music Limited on its $1.47 billion music rights asset-backed securities transaction.

Strengths

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Latham is incredible across a large array of asset classes. The firm's work is very solid and trustworthy and its experience is without peer.

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Latham's team is commercial, detail-oriented, responsive and its work product is very accurate.

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Latham has either invented all the useful tools of the trade or has used them all.

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The Latham team does a really good job of gaining knowledge of what the underlying goal is, not just concentrating on documents.

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Latham has been integral in coming up with solutions for us. The team is very good at thinking outside the box.

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Notable Practitioners

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Kevin Fingeret
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Kevin Fingeret
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Kevin Fingeret is a longstanding market practitioner who attracts ample praise for his handling of transactions involving esoteric assets. In recent years, he has built an enviable practice handling matters involving data centers.

Kevin is fantastic. He has a wealth of experience, gives sound advice and will tell us how it is.

Kevin comes up with great solutions to problems.

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Douglas Burnaford
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Douglas Burnaford
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Douglas Burnaford is a talented securitization practitioner who regularly advises US and international clients on CLOs.

Douglas is fantastic, commercial and very well versed in the CLO market.

He has a deep knowledge of the CLO market and his responsiveness as a point person for us is invaluable.

He is knowledgeable and very commercial.

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Graeme P. Smyth
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Graeme P. Smyth
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Graeme Smyth excels in ABS, with notable capabilities in transport and music royalty securitizations.

Graeme is the top name in the music space, with the most expertise and experience.

Graeme is really easy to work with. He understands and helps spot and identify issues, is practical and has a commercial sense of compromise.

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Matthew R Hays
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Matthew R Hays
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Matthew Hays is recommended for his expertise on ABS. His recent experience includes work on deals connected to the energy market.

He is excellent in helping us with complex lending agreements.

Matthew is very good at thinking outside of the box and at knowing where we can deviate from precedent and come up with a better solution.

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Loren Finegold
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Loren Finegold
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Loren Finegold is a partner in Latham & Watkins' New York office. He has vast experience working on sophisticated asset-backed securitizations across a number of asset classes, including digital infrastructure and energy.

Loren is fantastic. He has a wealth of experience, offers sound advice and helps us navigate lots of twists and turns.

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Kevin Fingeret
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Kevin Fingeret
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Graeme P. Smyth
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Graeme P. Smyth
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Matthew R Hays
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Matthew R Hays
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Loren Finegold
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Loren Finegold
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Douglas Burnaford
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Douglas Burnaford
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