Latham Represents HPS Investment Partners in Citi and HPS’ €15 Billion Private Capital Program to Expand Direct Lending in EMEA

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) and HPS Investment Partners, a part of BlackRock, has announced a €15 billion Private Capital Program (the program), a strategic collaboration to expand comprehensive capital solutions and access to private financing for corporate and sponsor-owned borrowers in the region. The program intends to finance €15 billion of debt opportunities in EMEA over an initial five-year term.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented HPS in the transaction with a cross-border team in New York and London led by Stelios Saffos, Global Chair of Latham’s Capital Markets and Hybrid Capital practices, and partners Chris Armstrong and Doug Burnaford, with associates Cuan Mills and Ming Hao Tay. Advice was also provided on regulatory matters by partner Nicola Higgs; and on tax matters by partners Karl Mah and Pardis Zomorodi and counsel Lina Le Roux.