Melissa Alwang

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Melissa Alwang retired from the partnership in December 2024. She was a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Finance Department and the Banking & Private Credit Practice. Melissa has decade-long experience representing clients in market leading transactions across a broad array of industries, such as industrials, technology, healthcare, and consumer.

She primarily handled the representation of major financial institutions in leveraged finance transactions, including international financings, acquisition financings, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, margin loan financings, and asset-based facilities.

Melissa handled a variety of transactions for institutions such as J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Deutsche Bank.

At the time of her retirement, Melissa was a member of the firm’s Auction Intake and Income Partner / Counsel Review Committees, and a former Vice Chair of the firm’s Associates Committee.