Associate - Corporate - Asset Management / GP Stakes

Latham & Watkins LLP

$225K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 4 years of experience in asset management M&A, including GP stakes and control transactions.
  • Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance issues in the financial services sector.
  • Experience with a diverse range of corporate transactions, including M&A and investment fund deals.
  • Ability to navigate complex regulatory environments across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Excellent communication skills for advising clients, including asset managers and financial institutions.

Responsibilities

  • Advise clients on transactions involving asset managers and investment funds.
  • Structure deals to minimize risk while aligning with clients' business objectives.
  • Support a diverse client base, including private equity firms and financial advisors.
  • Engage in corporate restructurings and succession planning processes.
  • Evaluate and implement additional liquidity solutions for clients.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive resources and best-in-class benefits through the LiveWell Latham program.
  • Support for personal well-being through health management and family-building resources.
  • Assistance in planning for future financial security.
Full Job Description
About the Practice Group

Latham's global Asset Management Transactions practice executes on the full spectrum of corporate transactions involving asset managers, investment funds, broker-dealers, financial advisors, and other ancillary financial services businesses. Propelled by deep industry expertise, global reach, and an extensive regulatory footprint, our interdisciplinary team helps clients navigate an increasingly complex web of regulations while structuring transactions to minimize risk while meeting clients' business objectives.

Our dedicated team leverages the power of Latham's global platform to seamlessly advise on transactions in the US, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, where we support a diverse array of clients, including asset managers, private equity firms, GP staking firms, banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as founders, management teams, and boards of directors.

We advise on a broad range of transactional matters, including:
M&A and investment fund transactions
- Full buy-out/control transactions
- Minority "GP stakes" transactions
- Joint venture transactions
- Management team spin-outs, lift-outs, and other carve-out transactions
- Corporate restructurings, separations, and succession planning

Additional liquidity solutions
- Continuation fund transactions
- Preferred equity solutions
- Structured and synthetic secondaries
- LP portfolio sales
- Net asset value (NAV) financings
- Strip sales
- Tender offers

Investment regulatory, enforcement, and compliance matters

About the Role

The Asset Management Transactions practice group is seeking to add highly qualified associates with a minimum of 4 years of experience in asset management M&A, including GP stakes and control asset management transactions, to join our 5th through 8th year associate classes. The practice group executes on the full spectrum of corporate transactions involving asset managers, investment funds, broker-dealers, financial advisors, and other ancillary financial services businesses, and they act as counsel for a diverse array of clients, including asset managers, private equity firms, GP staking firms, banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as founders, management teams, and boards of directors.

Main Contact Details


[email protected]

Additional Information

Investing in the well-being of our lawyers and staff is among the firm's highest priorities. Through our "LiveWell Latham" program, we offer best-in-class benefits and comprehensive resources designed to support you and your loved ones through all life's moments - from building a family and taking care of loved ones, to managing your health and saving for the future.

Pay Range

Associate Base Salary

Discretionary bonuses may be available depending on application circumstances and position.

Class ofUS Payroll2026$225,0002025$225,0002024$235,0002023$260,0002022$310,0002021$365,0002020$390,0002019
$420,000
2018$435,000

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