Jake Goodman is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins. Jake is a member of the firm’s Associates Committee and a former member of the firm’s Training and Career Enhancement Committee.
Jake advises major private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, and publicly traded companies across a variety of domestic and cross-border leveraged-finance transactions. Jake’s practice focuses on all aspects of a leveraged buyout life cycle—including the commitment papers and auction stage, facilitating the acquisition itself, advising portfolio companies post-acquisition on debt-compliance issues, and ultimately advising private equity sponsors through their exit. Jake’s practice also focuses on representing large public companies in both secured and unsecured debt-financing transactions. Jake also has substantial experience in liability management exercises and developing complex capital solutions in distressed transactions.
Jake received his JD from Cornell Law School with honors. While in law school, Jake served as a notes editor on the Cornell Law Review. Jake was also published in Volume 105 of the Cornell Law Review, publishing a note titled, Extending US v. Mendoza: Why Defensive Nonmutual Issue Preclusion Is Unavailable Against the Federal Government, which covers a matter of complex civil procedure. Jake served as a law clerk in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland and was a summer associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office prior to joining Latham full time.
Jake received his undergraduate degree from Temple University, graduating with honors and as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
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