Paul Bonewitz, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Finance Department, advises investment banks, private credit funds, asset managers, and corporate borrowers on complex financing transactions across the capital structure.

Paul draws on deep experience in leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and dividend recapitalizations. He has led and advised on hundreds of transactions with a cumulative value of hundreds of billions of dollars, bringing a practical, market-tested perspective to each mandate. He works across asset classes and industries, with particular expertise in GPU and other AI infrastructure financings, including large-scale digital infrastructure credit facilities.

Paul operates at the forefront of private credit and syndicated lending markets. He regularly counsels clients on cross-border financings, unitranche, asset-based, and syndicated facilities, as well as opportunistic credit transactions, workouts, and liability management strategies. He is known for efficiently executing high-value, time-sensitive deals and advising on novel, first-of-their-kind structures in AI and compute infrastructure.

Paul’s experience includes representing:

  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of Montreal
  • Barclays
  • Blackstone Credit and Insurance
  • 5C Investment Partners
  • Churchill Asset Management
  • CPPIB
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Golub Capital
  • Jefferies
  • Macquarie
  • Man Varagon
  • SMBC
  • Victory Park Capital
  • Wells Fargo Bank
  • Numerous corporate borrowers

His representative matters include advising financing sources to:

Leveraged Buyouts and Refinancings

  • Apex Service Partners in its refinancing of a partnership with Alpine Investors in a US$3.4 billion single-asset secondary market transaction
  • Onex Partners’ supporting its acquisition of Integrated Specialty Coverages from KKR
  • Baker Tilly on its US$7billion acquisition of Moss Adams, creating the sixth largest CPA firm in the US
  • Beacon Mobility in its refinancing of term loan and revolving facilities
  • Blackstone, in acquiring:
    • Enverus, a premier data analytics energy intelligence platform
    • AGS Health
    • Electromethods
    • A majority stake of Copeland in a transaction valuing the business at US$14 billion
    • Accel Holdings
    • VaxCare
    • Chartis
  • Stonepoint portfolio company Businessolver in its refinancing transactions
  • Permira portfolio company Cambrex in connection with its refinancing transactions
  • Gridiron on acquiring
    • Leaf Homes
    • ABC Legal
  • PSG on its acquisition of Validity
  • Ares and Onex portfolio company Ryan Tax on its C$700 million cash acquisition of Altus Group Limited
  • Onex portfolio company SCP Health in amendments and refinancing transactions
  • Suave on its combination with Elida
  • Themis on its US$1billion acquisition of vLex, the largest M&A transaction in legal technology history to date

Workouts and Liability Management Transactions

  • Centric Brands in a balance sheet and recapitalization transaction
  • Florida Food Products, the largest private equity owned natural ingredient supplier in the world, in US$92 million of new first lien debt financing and a refinancing of more than US$750 million of existing debt to extend maturities with the support of 100% existing lenders
  • Superior Industries in liability management and related financing actions
  • Thrive Pet Healthcare, a leading owner and operator of a national network of over 360 veterinary hospitals, on its US$350+ million liability management financing
  • Vericast/Valassis in a US$2.3 billion sale and exchange transaction to R. R. Donnelley

AI Infrastructure Transactions

  • Applied Digital in several debt and equity financings
  • Bitfarms in several debt and equity financings
  • CoreWeave in connection with its US$2.6 billion DDTL 3.0 GPU financing and other GPU financings
  • Crusoe in a US$275 million DDTL financing
  • Fermi America in several debt and equity financings
  • Firmus in a US$5 billion GPU financing
  • IREN in a US$4 billion GPU financing
  • Lambda in a US$500 million GPU financing
  • Nscale in a US$1.4 billion GPU financing

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, St. John’s University School of Law, 2008
    magna cum laude
  • BA, Tufts University, 2004
    cum laude