Latham & Watkins has extensive expertise advising asset managers, insurance companies and other financial institutions on complex structured finance and derivatives. The practice notably assists with complex regulatory challenges and transactions, including the purchase of non-performing loan portfolios from French banks, as well as French bank capital relief transactions alongside investor funds or insurers selling credit protection. Thomas Vogel and Suzana Sava-Montanari head the practice. They are supported by associate Jaime Hall.
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Key clients
- Natixis
- BNP Paribas CIB
- BofA Securities Europe SA
- HSBC Plc
- TotalEnergies SE
- Lagardère SA
- AXA SA
- AXA Investment Managers
- Club Méditerranée
- SCOR
- Schoeller Allibert Services B.V.
- Dilmon LLC
- Al Mirqab Holdings LLC
- Emirates Telecom. Group Company (Etisalat Group) PJSC
- The McCourt Company
- Interactive Brokers Group
- Newmarket Investment Holdings, LP
- Christofferson Robb
- Magnetar Capital
- D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.
- Sculptor Capital Management
- Canopius Managing Agents Limited
- Polus Capital Ltd
- MakerDAO
- Schroders Capital
- CPPIB
Work highlights
- Advised AXA SA in connection with a flagship repurchase of own shares in an amount of EUR 1bn to neutralise earnings dilution from disposals.
- Advised MakerDOA (the issuer of the DAI stablecoin) in connection with the documentation of a structured margin facility (under French law) over a covered bond issued by Société Générale in token format.
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Practice head
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Thomas Vogel