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Matthew Chase
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Matthew J. Chase is counsel in the firm’s New York office and is a member of the Corporate Department. He is also a member of the firm's Investment Funds practice group. Mr. Chase's practice focuses on private equity and investment fund formation, investment structuring and related transactions. He regularly advises fund sponsors in the organization, negotiation and operation of US and global investment funds, including buyout, infrastructure, energy, distressed asset and other funds. Mr. Chase's practice includes the structuring and negotiation of fund agreements, co-investment arrangements and internal sponsor arrangements, the ongoing representation of fund and joint venture entities and their portfolio companies and advising on the acquisition of investment managers, as well as general corporate transactional and governance matters. He also advises sponsors of private investment funds on registration and compliance matters under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Position
Corporate Counsel
Career
https://www.lw.com/people/matthew-chase
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism