Latham & Watkins Advises Chatham Financial in Strategic Investment

Chatham Financial, the leading independent capital markets advisor that empowers organizations to reduce risk and seize opportunity through expert advice and powerful technology, announced a definitive strategic agreement with Vikram S. Pandit (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Orogen Group), Atairos, and GIC, with each investing as long‑term capital partners. Chatham will continue to be majority owned by Chatham’s employees.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Chatham Financial in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York partners David Allinson and Edmond Parhami, with Washington, D.C. partner Tara Elliott and associates Sally Wu, Ozden Samur‑Labruna, Gemma Zhang, and Annie Kim. Advice was provided on tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz, with associate Ethan Lee; on financial regulatory matters by New York partner Gail Neely, Hong Kong partner Simon Hawkins, Tokyo partner Hiroaki Takagi, London partners Nicola Higgs and Rob Moulton, Washington, D.C. partner Michele Anderson, and New York counsel Naim Culhaci, with associate Haoyu Gu; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Jason Cruise and Peter Todaro and Brussels partner Héctor Armengod, with associates Juan Pablo Donado Díez and Brian Goodell; on FDI matters by Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto and Washington, D.C. partner Damara Chambers, with associates Enno Mensching, Matthew Crawford, and Christine Kalpin; on executive compensation and benefits matters by Los Angeles partner Michelle Carpenter, with associate Maddie Bober; on anti‑bribery and anti‑corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Daniel Dominguez, with associate Patricia Amselem Bensadon; on UK sanctions matters by London counsel Thomas Lane, with associate Gregory Slevin and with assistance from Daniella Kis; on data privacy matters by Houston partner Robert Brown, with associates Ryleigh Chen and Zac Alpert; on intellectual property matters by Orange County/Los Angeles partner Ghaith Mahmood and New York partner Rachel Blitzer, with associate Azzam Chaudhry; on labor matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with assistance from Alexis Grinstead; and on CFTC matters by New York partner Yvette Valdez, with associates Mia Stefanou and Adam Fovent.