Charlotte Ma is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Banking & Private Credit Practice.

Charlotte represents sponsors, corporate borrowers, banks, credit funds, and other financial institutions across a broad range of finance transactions, with a particular focus on cross-border leveraged and acquisition financings and refinancings.

Charlotte trained in the firm’s London office and completed a secondment to the New York office, gaining experience in the Corporate, Project Development & Finance, and Litigation & Trial departments, in addition to the Banking & Private Credit Group.

Charlotte’s experience includes advising:

  • Boluda Towage, a leading maritime services operator, on a €2.15 billion (equivalent) senior secured term loan B and a €300 million multi-currency revolving credit facility refinancing
  • AIR Limited, on its business combination with Cantor Equity Partners III and Nasdaq listing
  • Capitol Meridian Partners, on its acquisition financing for Beaufort Group
  • International Aerospace Coatings (IAC), a global leader in aircraft painting and aviation services, on the completion of a strategic financing, which included IAC’s inaugural issuance of 4(a)2 private placement notes with an investment grade rating
  • L Catterton on its £1.5 billion acquisition of Hammerson’s entire minority interest in Value Retail, the owner of luxury shopping destinations, including Bicester Village
  • Aztec Group, a leading international fund and corporate services provider, on its strategic partnership with Warburg Pincus
  • Farfetch, a global technology platform for the luxury fashion industry, on its sale to Coupang and Greenoaks and entry into a US$500 million bridge loan facility
  • Various sponsors, companies, and corporate borrowers in relation to, among others, refinancings, repricings, restructurings, guarantor accession, and amendment and restatement processes

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, London, 2023
  • LLB, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2021

Languages Spoken

  • English