Latham & Watkins LLP's investment funds team handles the full spectrum of private equity sponsors, ranging from emerging managers and middle-market sponsors to high-profile global asset managers. The group has extensive experience in the formation and structuring of private equity funds and alternative products including comingled funds, co-investments and fund of funds while additionally advising on GP led secondaries and liquidity solutions. New York based Matthew Chase took over leadership of the investment funds team in November of 2023, and covers the full gamut of fund formation matters for significant sponsor clients. Also in New York is Andrea Schwartzman, a key partner in the team who is well regarded for her experience in capital raises, secondary transactions and portfolio investment structuring, alongside Edward Nelson, whose expertise in leveraged buyout and venture capital is beneficial for fund structuring. Barton Clark and Aaron Gilbride round off the team in Washington DC. The team was strengthened in February 2023 when Michael Milazzo joined the firm from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, while David Sherman left the team in November 2023.
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- 'Extremely knowledgeable and highly skilled - knows when and how to separate business issues from legal issues. Highly skilled at explaining tradeoffs.'
- 'I have worked with Ivana Rouse over 15 years and she is exceptional. Ivana has consistently demonstrated her knowledge of issues and offering us sound advice. She has structured our Firm's entities and all its operating documents. She has found us other expert lawyers when we had specific questions regarding some of our portfolio companies. She is always very responsive to any of our issues/questions. I view Ivana as an exceptional lawyer, a great resource and an easy person to work with.'
- 'Alex Kelly is absolutely first rate. She has an uncanny feel for our business and what we are trying to achieve on a deal. She really feels like a member of our team.'
- 'Diligent, great follow-up, thorough and have excellent business sense.'
Kernmandanten
- Searchlight Capital
- The Jordan Company
- Oaktree Capital
- Global Infrastructure Management
- I Squared Capital
- Onex Corporation
- Lindsay Goldberg
- StepStone
- Riverstone Holdings
- Ares
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Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Praxisleitung
Matthew Chase
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Andrea Schwartzman; Edward Nelson; Barton Clark; Aaron Gilbride; Michael Milazzo; Ivana Rouse; Alex Kelly