Latham & Watkins LLP’s roster of private equity clients benefit from the firm’s expertise in bank financings, securities offerings, bridge lending, preferred equity financings and mezzanine financings. The practice is also well placed to leverage the experience of its team in Greater China to advise Asian and international lenders on structured margin loan transactions. Practicer leader Andrew Bishop splits his time between the firm’s Hong Kong and Singapore offices, and showcases standout expertise in leveraged finance, as does Howard Lam, whose workload includes leveraged buy-outs, corporate acquisition financings, China onshore and offshore financing, margin loans and bridge financing mandates.
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Key clients
- Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)
- IKS Health
- CVC
- I Squared Capital
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- KKR
Work highlights
- Advised Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) on a term loan facility in connection with GIP’s acquisition of Tower Vision India Private Limited.
- Advised IKS Health on a financing for the acquisition of AQuity Holdings, a leading tech-enabled provider of medical transcription, coding and scribing services in the healthcare sector.
- Advised CVC Asia Pacific on the acquisition of a majority stake in Professional Services, Inc., a Philippines-based network of private hospitals and clinics.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Bishop