Ipek Seniz Yakut

Seniz Yakut advises financial sponsors and borrowers on a full spectrum of debt financing, including leveraged buyouts.

Ms. Yakut combines her strong business acumen with a client-centric approach to help borrowers — including private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies — navigate complex capital needs, including:

• Senior secured first and second lien facilities
• Asset-backed loans
• Unitranche financings
• Mezzanine financings
• Refinancings and restructurings
• Liability management transactions, exchange offers, unrestricted subsidiary financings, and other liquidity facilities
• Secured convertible notes
• Cross-border financings

She partners with clients to identify short-term and long-term needs and devises customized, creative solutions that advance their objectives. Her clients include leading sponsors with private equity assets under management of several billion dollars for portfolio companies across a wide range of industries.

A recognized leader at the firm, Ms. Yakut is a member of the Pro Bono Committee and serves on various Private Equity Group subcommittees for training, mentoring, and recruiting. She mentors through Latham’s formal channels and proactively fosters an environment that yields collegiality and efficiency.

Ms. Yakut maintains an active pro bono practice, including negotiating two loan agreements for the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, a nonprofit that offers family and social services to the community.