Latham & Watkins Advises Avenue Capital Group on US$360 Million Multi‑Asset Continuation Vehicle for Global Commercial Aviation Leasing Portfolio

Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, acting on behalf of its clients, and Avenue Capital Group, a global investment firm, have announced that Partners Group’s infrastructure secondaries strategy has invested US$250 million in Avenue Capital Group's global commercial aviation leasing portfolio, consisting of 69 mid‑life aviation assets across narrowbody aircraft, widebody aircraft, and regional jets.

Latham & Watkins LLP served as both fund and deal counsel to Avenue Capital Group in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Investment Funds partners Andrea Schwartzman and Matthew Wynne, with associates Connor Ross, Daniel Sung, and Molly Nelson, and M&A partner Paul Kukish and counsel Jennifer Wong, with associates Eric Giray and Mattia Siena. Advice was provided on tax matters by partner Michael Milazzo, with associates Arash Lotfi and Alice Chen; on investment funds regulatory matters by partner Aaron Gilbride, with associate Katherine Ryan; on insurance matters by partner Drew Levin and counsel Hannah Cary, with associate Enrique Covarrubias; and on antitrust matters by partner Patrick English, with associate Ben Bouwman.