Latham & Watkins Publishes Seventh Edition of Private Capital Insights

Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce the launch of Private Capital Insights, a comprehensive global report analysing the key trends and developments impacting private capital investors, lenders, sponsors, and other stakeholders across a range of asset classes and private capital strategies.

The latest report highlights private capital’s continued appetite for innovation and progress, examining how new pools of capital are flowing in from both private wealth channels and insurance companies, and how this expanding investor base is driving demand for diversification into new markets and strategies.

Private Capital Insights explores key developments that continue to drive market growth in 2026:

• Opportunities emerging in European infrastructure, where ambitious spending targets and critical funding gaps are drawing increased private capital investment. 
• Record-breaking volumes in the secondaries market, fuelled in part by an expanding buyer universe.
• The growing strategic importance and momentum of structured finance across a range of asset classes.

“2026 is shaping up to be a definitive year for many private capital managers,” said Yen Sum, a partner at Latham's London office and Global Co-Chair of Private Capital. “Activity is being driven by the resurgent M&A markets, new investor bases, and creativity to address ongoing liquidity discussions. With new diverse sources of capital continuing to flow towards asset managers and allocators, and no shortage of demand for flexible and bespoke capital solutions, the outlook remains robust for 2026 and beyond.”

“Private capital’s appetite for innovation and progress continues to drive the industry at pace," said Paul Sheridan, a partner at the firm's Washington, D.C. office and Global Co-Chair of Private Capital. “New pools of capital are flowing in from both private wealth channels and insurance companies, and as the investor base scales, it demands increasing diversification into new markets and strategies. As a result, we see private capital expanding its reach, identifying new ways to meet borrower demand and fill funding gaps by leaning into novel solutions and flexibility.”

Latham's market-leading team advises investors, lenders, and sponsors in structuring, evaluating, committing capital to, managing, and realizing the myriad of investment opportunities across global markets and industries. The firm leverages the practice’s formidable depth of expertise in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to seamlessly advise market participants on all aspects of their business in deploying private capital, from fund formation, fundraising, and regulatory matters to analyzing, structuring, and executing transactions and portfolio management.