Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins has a broad-ranging structured finance practice that encompasses the full range of securitisation transactions and which is seen as taking an increasingly prominent role at the top end of the market. Sanjev Warna-Kula-Suriya, who leads the global structured finance and securitisation practice, is a key adviser to private equity sponsors, hedge funds, commercial and investment banks, and corporates on a broad range of innovative capital raising and investment transactions, including CMBS deals and CLOs. Jeremiah Wagner is widely recognised as one of the market's leading practitioners, and he represents sponsors, originators, issuers, lenders, underwriters, and arrangers in deals backed by residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgage loans, credit card receivables, small and big ticket equipment leases, auto loans and leases, dealer floorplan loans, insurance products, and more. He recently worked with Thomas Cochran to assist Barclays Bank as arranger of an innovative £794m deal backed by Supplier of Last Resort receivables originated by EDF and Octopus Energy. Stephen Curtis specialises in structured debt and securitisation financings across all major asset classes, including infrastructure, regulated utilities, commercial real estate, and operating assets. Alex Martin's recent work includes a €337m in CLO issuance by Carlyle, which included new ESG-screening features.