Latham & Watkins Advises Sixth Street Partners on Investment in L+M

L+M Companies, one of the country’s leading affordable and mixed-income housing developers, has announced a strategic partnership and significant investment from Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm. The partnership will support L+M’s 40-year track record of industry leading development and preservation work in New York and across other 14 states as well as expand its work to additional areas of the country. L+M will remain the majority partner in L+M Companies and its long-term leadership team will remain in place.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Sixth Street Partners in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by partners Alex Kelly, Douglas Heitner, and Owen Alexander, with associates Shanta Chirravuri, Michael Magstadt, Mary Ann Gallucci, and Janani Hariharan, with assistance from Meghan McDuff. Advice was also provided on real estate matters by partner Justin Elliott and counsel Shira Bressler, with associate Chika Onyejiukwa; on investment funds matters by partner Erin Bergey, with associate Benjamin Hoekstra; on funds regulatory matters by partner Aaron Gilbride, with associate Haley Hohensee; on benefits matters by partner Josh Friedman, with associates Rebecca Fishbein and Tessa Young; on labor matters by partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associate Imara Joroff; on tax matters by partners Katharine Moir and Michael Milazzo, with associate Arash Lotfi; on intellectual property matters by partner Morgan Brubaker, with associate Tyra Richmond; on data privacy matters by partner Clayton Northouse, with associate Sarah Zahedi; on environmental matters by counsel David Langer, with associate Gina Kwon; on anti-bribery matters by partner Kevin Chambers; on sanctions matters by counsel Ruchi Gill, with associate Juan Miramontes; on finance matters by partners Joshua Tinkelman and Scott Ollivierre, with associate Jenny Lyubomudrova; and on insurance matters by partner Drew Levin and counsel Hannah Cary, with associate Madeline Hodges.