Stelios G. Saffos

Stelios G. Saffos, Global Chair of Latham’s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation practices and Global Chair of the Hybrid Capital Practice, advises many of the world’s leading private equity sponsors, asset managers, financial institutions, and companies on investments and financings at all levels of the corporate structure, from initial public offerings and traditional loan and bond structures through complex structured equity and mezzanine financings.

Stelios advises clients on investments and accessing capital through:

• IPOs, direct listings, and de-SPAC mergers
• Secured and unsecured high-yield debt offerings
• Direct lending and other private capital transactions
• Bridge lending and loan commitments
• Preferred, growth, and control equity investments
• Debt exchange offers and tender offers
• Workouts and restructuring transactions
• Mezzanine financings

He also serves as a strategic adviser to both domestic and foreign companies with respect to their most sensitive and highest-stakes general corporate, finance, and securities matters.

Stelios provides clients a sophisticated understanding of what is at market, drawing on diverse financing experience and deep relationships with global investment banks, private equity funds, venture capital funds, direct lenders and alternative capital providers, and innovative companies, including high-growth and disruptive entities in the technology, consumer, retail, and healthcare sectors.

Prior to joining Latham, Stelios served as a Judicial Clerk to United States District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez. He is a former member of the firm’s Strategic Client Committee.

Accolades

• “Sharp and fights to protect his clients.”
  “Phenomenal lawyer with raw intellectual horsepower.”
  “Uniquely talented lawyer. The combination of his unparalleled client service, tremendous transaction expertise and commercial mindset set him apart from others in the legal field.”
  “Ability to connect people and platforms on top of transaction advice is second to none, and it is why he is our first call on any complex transaction.”
  Chambers USA 2026
• “Truly the best in the business. He’s built an amazing franchise at Latham, and it’s because he is extremely commercial, offers tremendous client service and has seen everything.”
  “He has a broad network; he is very experienced across a range of transactions and knows who to bring into a deal team.”
  “He is outstanding, he is always our first call. He is the one who comes up with innovative ideas by being incredibly commercial and is always striving to broker the most commercial outcome.”
  “He has an unrivaled network that he tactfully utilizes to assist clients. He has built a strong team around him yet is always personally available if needed.”
  Chambers USA 2025
• “Knows the market inside and out.”
  “He has established his market standing as a force in the New York capital markets space, displaying strengths in IPOs and high-yield debt, as part of a wide transactional skill set.”
  Chambers USA 2024
• “The best lawyer with whom I have ever worked.”
  “Excellent at connecting individuals and institutions across wall street. This is certainly above and beyond what most lawyers do and is additive to any lender’s experience.”
  Legal 500 US 2024
• “He is highly intelligent and able to handle complex situations well. Importantly, given his leadership in the market, he has a full grasp of the most cutting-edge concepts.”
  “Stelios is a very bright, savvy and skilled attorney who has an encyclopedic knowledge of his area of expertise.”
  Chambers USA 2023
• “Master of his craft with market-leading knowledge of capital markets, trends, players, and overall activity.”
  “Within private credit … the gold standard of buy-side counsel particularly for complex transactions.”
  Legal 500 US 2023
• Recognized as a Most Innovative Law Firm Practitioner
  Financial Times North America Innovative Lawyers 2025
• Band 1 – Private Credit
  Chambers USA 2024-2026
  Chambers Global 2025-2026
• Band 1 – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
  Chambers USA 2026
• Hall of Fame – Commercial Lending: Advice to Direct Lenders/Private Credit
  Legal 500 US 2025-2026
• Leading Partner – Finance: Capital Markets: High Yield Offerings
  Legal 500 US 2022-2026
• Ranked – Banking & Finance
  Chambers USA 2024-2026
• Ranked – Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
  Chambers Global 2022-2026