Private Capital

Latham leverages the firm's top-tier strength in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia to seamlessly advise market participants on complex domestic and cross-border private capital transactions, including buyouts, carve-outs, asset M&A, activist transactions, venture capital investments, capital raising, front-end direct lending and leveraged finance, corporate reorganizations, restructurings and insolvencies, distressed investing and special situations, PIPE transactions, preferred equity and convertible debt, asset-backed securitisations and financings, infrastructure financings, and project finance.

With a comprehensive view across different investment strategies, Latham’s lawyers advise clients on all aspects of their business in deploying private capital, from fund formation, fundraising, and regulatory matters to analyzing, structuring, and executing transactions and portfolio management. The video below explains more.

Our global multidisciplinary team works with private capital investors across all liquid and illiquid asset classes, including:

  • Direct lending
  • Restructuring and special situations
  • Private equity
  • Structured credit
  • Real estate
  • Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Hedge funds
  • Venture capital
Latham's market-leading team of dedicated specialists advises private capital investors in structuring, evaluating, committing capital to, managing, and realizing the myriad of investment opportunities across global markets and industries.

Private Capital

Waldman, Michael H.
August 25, 2025 Recognition

Rising Star: Latham's Mike Waldman

Banking & Private Credit partner Michael H. Waldman is recognized for “helping to guide a landmark US$2 billion private credit loan to Dropbox last year and advising on multiple billion-dollar cross-border financing deals.”