“We’re delighted to welcome John to Latham and our New York workplace. His broad funds expertise, significantly his deal with secondary transactions and work with non-public credit score fund sponsors, enhances our means to fulfill the demand for our market-leading funds and personal fairness work and keep forward of our purchasers’ wants,” stated Marc Jaffe, Managing Associate of Latham’s New York workplace.

Kelley represents sponsors on fund formations throughout a variety of sectors, geographies, and methods. His work with consumers, sellers, and market intermediaries in reference to secondary transactions contains portfolio gross sales, direct secondaries, most well-liked fairness financings, multi- and single- asset restructurings, tender presents and artificial transactions. He additionally represents institutional traders within the evaluation and negotiation of portfolio investments and financings, together with investments in credit score, non-public fairness, vitality, pure sources, actual property, enterprise capital, and hedge funds. 

 “John’s deal with GP liquidity options, in addition to the formation of personal funding funds – significantly non-public credit score funds – is completely aligned with the innovative work that Latham is thought for. John brings large worth to our non-public fairness shopper base and we’re excited to welcome him to our group,” stated Alex Kelly, World Vice Chair of Latham’s Personal Fairness and Funding Funds Practices.  

Kelley stated, “Latham presents distinctive alternatives for me to boost my help of funds purchasers, who will profit from an exceptional workforce, a world platform, and a multidisciplinary method. The agency additionally fosters a collegial tradition that motivates practitioners to assume creatively and strategically, bringing forth highly effective options for purchasers. So it’s with nice anticipation that I take this step to additional construct my apply.”

Kelley is the third accomplice to affix Latham’s Funding Funds Apply in latest months. The agency introduced in June the arrival of Jamie Lynn Walter to the Washington, D.C. workplace and in Might the arrival of David Sherman in New York.

Kelley obtained his JD, summa cum laude, from the Suffolk College Faculty of Regulation, and a BA, cum laude, from the College of Massachusetts Amherst. He joins Latham from Kirkland & Ellis.

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Notes to Editors

¹Latham & Watkins operates worldwide as a restricted legal responsibility partnership organized beneath the legal guidelines of the State of Delaware (USA) with affiliated restricted legal responsibility partnerships conducting the apply in France, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, and the United Kingdom and as an affiliated partnership conducting the apply in Japan. Latham & Watkins operates in Israel via a restricted legal responsibility firm. Latham & Watkins operates in South Korea as a Overseas Authorized Advisor Workplace. Latham & Watkins works in cooperation with the Regulation Workplace of Salman M. Al-Sudairi within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Contacts

Marc Jaffe, New York Workplace Managing Associate, +1.212.906.1281

Alex Kelly, World Vice Chair, Personal Fairness and Funding Funds Practices, +1.212.906.4615

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