Stelios Saffos

Practice Areas

Stelios G. Saffos, Global Chair of Latham’s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation practices and Global Chair of the Hybrid Capital Practice, advises many of the world’s leading private equity sponsors, asset managers, financial institutions, and companies on investments and financings at all levels of the corporate structure, from initial public offerings and traditional loan and bond structures through complex structured equity and mezzanine financings.

Stelios advises clients on investments and accessing capital through:

- IPOs, direct listings, and de-SPAC mergers

- Secured and unsecured high-yield debt offerings

- Direct lending and other private capital transactions

- Bridge lending and loan commitments

- Preferred, growth, and control equity investments

- Debt exchange offers and tender offers

- Workouts and restructuring transactions

- Mezzanine financings

He also serves as a strategic adviser to both domestic and foreign companies with respect to their most sensitive and highest-stakes general corporate, finance, and securities matters.

Stelios provides clients a sophisticated understanding of what is at market, drawing on diverse financing experience and deep relationships with global investment banks, private equity funds, venture capital funds, direct lenders and alternative capital providers, and innovative companies, including high-growth and disruptive entities in the technology, consumer, retail, and healthcare sectors.

Prior to joining Latham, Stelios served as a Judicial Clerk to United States District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez. He is a former member of the firm’s Strategic Client Committee.