Latham & Watkins Advises Chatham Financial in Acquisition of Hodes Weill & Associates

Chatham Financial (Chatham), a global leader in financial risk management technology and advisory, has announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Hodes Weill & Associates, a leading global capital advisory firm focused on real estate, infrastructure, and other real assets. The acquisition is expected to close later this year in Q2 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Chatham in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York partners David Allinson, Edmond Parhami, and Shanta Chirravuri, with associates Sally Wu and Sean Lyuk. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz; on finance matters by New York partner Scott Ollivierre; on benefits matters by Los Angeles partner Michelle Carpenter and Bay Area partner James Robinson; on labor matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas; on financial regulatory matters by New York partners Arthur Long and Gail Neely, Hong Kong partner Simon Hawkins, Tokyo partner Hiroaki Takagi, London partner Nicola Higgs, and New York counsel Naim Culhaci; on antitrust matters by Brussels partner Héctor Armengod and Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto; on intellectual property matters by Orange County partner Ghaith Mahmood; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, Hong Kong partner Rhys McWhirter, and London partner Calum Docherty; on sanctions and trade controls matters by London counsel Thomas Lane; on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by Washington, D.C. partner Daniel Dominguez; and on insurance matters by Los Angeles partner Harrison White.