Latham Dominates Private Credit Market in H1 2026
The firm ranks #1 in key US and Europe direct lending categories by wide margin in KBRA DLD’s H1 2026 league tables.
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:
The firm ranks #1 in key US and Europe direct lending categories by wide margin in KBRA DLD’s H1 2026 league tables.
Firm continues to be the market leader in the data center and AI infrastructure space.
Latham again earns more Tier 1 rankings than any other firm.