Katherine Webb advises a broad range of clients on complex financing transactions.

Katherine draws on extensive experience across financing structures to represent direct lenders, banks, and other financial institutions, as well as corporate borrowers and other private and public entities on cross-border and domestic facilities, including:

  • Acquisition financings
  • Syndicated loans
  • Investment grade facilities
  • Direct lending transactions
  • First- and second-lien secured transactions
  • Recurring revenue facilities
  • Asset-based loans
  • Margin loan financings

Katherine maintains an active pro bono practice, providing guidance on various immigration, nonprofit, and corporate governance, housing, and family law matters. She is particularly passionate about police accountability and counseling entrepreneurs.

Outside of her legal work, Katherine serves as a global chair of the Black Lawyers Affinity Group. She previously served on the Technology Committee and as the local leader of the Black Lawyers Affinity Group in Los Angeles.

While in law school, Katherine held governance positions in the Student Bar Association and the Black Law Students Association and continues to serve as the co-class manager for the Law School Foundation’s giving campaigns.

Before joining Latham, Katherine was an associate at another preeminent international law firm. Prior to joining its finance group, she assisted asset managers and related institutions with mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.

Katherine’s representative experience includes advising:

  • Antares for numerous financings, including a C$1.25 billion leveraged buyout of a dental support organization
  • Ares on various transactions, including a US$195 million facility for a home security software provider
  • Blue Owl on several direct lending transactions, including a US$3.185 billion recurring revenue facility for a business planning software company
  • The financing sources for Dayforce’s US$12.3 billion agreement with Thoma Bravo to become a private company
  • Jefferies and the other financing sources on Acuren’s US$1.7 billion credit facilities
  • The financing sources for a number of margin loan facilities designed to monetize various investments of a top media conglomerate
  • Apartment Investment and Management Company and its affiliates in multiple credit facilities, including separate credit agreements supporting its US$10.4 billion reverse spin-off of Apartment Income REIT Corp.
  • BridgeBio Pharma on a US$1.25 billion cross-border senior debt and royalty financing
  • The Cheesecake Factory on its US$400 million revolving credit facility
  • Lyft for its US$420 million revolving credit facility
  • Viasat and several of its subsidiaries on numerous financings, including multiple term loan B facilities, revolving facilities, export-import facilities, and senior secured notes facilities

Bar Qualification

  • California
  • New York

Education

  • JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2016
    Managing Editor and Business Editor, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology
  • BA, Washington & Lee University, 2013