Banking & Finance
France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, UK, USA, and Global Multi-Jurisdictional
Chambers Global 2025
Latham’s Banking & Private Credit Practice leads the market in every major financial center worldwide. We advise a diverse range of credit providers, including banks, financial institutions, and private credit funds, as well as borrowers ranging from major public companies and sponsors to startups and growth companies. This vast scale and deep experience provide Latham with an unmatched 360-degree view of public and private markets.
We see more deals than any other law firm, annually advising on hundreds of financings valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. Our practice, distinguished by its breadth and sophistication, covers every key product and deal type in every major market. With a track record of firsts, we consistently top global league tables and industry rankings and remain ahead of market shifts.
Latham’s deep understanding of the sponsor market and trend-setting capabilities uniquely position us to advise both lenders and borrowers on leveraged and acquisition financings. We navigate the complexities of syndicated and private credit markets, providing strategic advice to major players across all industries. Our pioneering work in the direct lending market enhances our ability to guide direct lenders and their borrowers through complex deals, leveraging market-leading capital markets, M&A, and restructuring experience to develop innovative structures and facilitate efficient dealmaking.
Our broad and sophistication practice covers every key market, structure, and deal type in the syndicated market. With our global footprint, we regularly top the legal advisor league tables for syndicated lending and have worked on many of the largest and most complex leveraged buyouts in multiple jurisdictions. With decades of experience guiding clients through broadly syndicated loans and asset-backed lending transactions, we are a key port of call for investment banks and borrowers alike when navigating this complex marketplace.
Our practice, built on a foundation of innovation and experience, counts as clients the most active lenders, funds, credit platforms, and investment managers, as well as borrowers, in a wide range of transactions from the middle market to large-cap. We routinely guide sophisticated private capital providers through:
Our experience spans deal sizes from the middle market to complex multi-billion dollar unitranche transactions. We design and implement multi-tiered capital structures, addressing subordination, security, intercreditor issues, restructurings, equity co-investments, and tax and regulatory matters.
Clients benefit from our profound market understanding and strong relationships with key players, including leading global banks, private capital funds, financial sponsors, information sources, and other market participants. We collaborate across Latham’s global private capital platform to deliver seamless services tailored to each client’s strategy and transaction objectives. We draw on our vast network to answer niche questions, meet client needs, and make transactions work for all parties.
Our Banking & Private Credit Practice is built for complex, cutting-edge, and consequential deals. This vantage point allows us to anticipate market shifts and tailor solutions to specific financial goals and risk appetites, accelerating growth and unlocking shareholder value through creative and innovative financing strategies. Our team is strategically positioned to advise and address the needs of our clients in any market, drawing on a winning complement of deep product expertise, innovation, and exceptional execution capabilities.
Latinvex recognizes Latham among the region's best, including Band 1 rankings in M&A/Corporate, Energy, and Project Finance.
Capital Markets partner honored by Law360 for guiding clients through a gamut of groundbreaking deals, from Rivian's blockbuster US$11.9 billion initial public offering to Sixth Street's investment in baseball's San Francisco Giants.
Stelios Saffos, Global Chair of the Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices and Global Hybrid Capital Practice Chair, recognized as a Distinguished Adviser in Financier Worldwide’s 2025 Debt Capital Markets Power Players report for his pioneering work in the space.