INTRODUCTION Contributed by: Stelios Saffos, Dan Seale, Peter Sluka and Alfred Xue, Latham & Watkins
Peter Sluka is the global co-chair of Latham & Watkins’ hybrid capital practice. He
Alfred Xue serves as the global vice chair of Latham & Watkins’ banking practice. He represents private credit funds and direct
focuses on representing clients in private debt and alternative capital financings, as well as traditional capital markets transactions. As the private capital markets have expanded significantly, he has developed a niche practice representing non-traditional financing sources, setting him apart from peers who focus primarily on traditional capital markets. He is a sought-after advisor for direct lending firms and other alternative capital providers, including HPS Investment Partners, Carlyle Global Credit, Neuberger Berman, Oak Hill Advisors, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Ares Capital and Crescent Capital.
lenders in leveraged finance transactions. He is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Band 1 for private credit and is also ranked in banking and finance. Throughout his career, he has led hundreds of unitranche, direct lending and other private credit transactions with an issuance value exceeding USD100 billion in the last five years alone.
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