Structured Finance Associate

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best, this is where you belong.

About the Practice Group

Latham advises clients on bespoke capital raising and investment solutions to meet their complex financing needs, often working on the most cutting-edge structured finance and securitization transactions in the global market. We focus on addressing each client’s specific needs, leveraging vast global resources to efficiently achieve their objectives. We regularly work with all major market participants, including issuers and sponsors, banks, investors and funds, insurers, as well as credit enhancers and liquidity providers. Latham frequently counsel clients on transactions involving “off-the-run” commercial and esoteric assets, including aircraft leases and related assets, cell and broadcast towers, rental car fleets, and whole business securitizations. We also advise on more traditional transactions, including US and European collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), credit card receivables, sub-prime auto loans, cash and synthetic securitizations, and trade receivables. Our team consistently ranks among the world’s elite legal advisors across jurisdictions. We provide seamless cross-border counsel on all of the commercial, insolvency, and tax law aspects of structured finance and securitization deals, drawing on extensive experience handling the commercial and operational issues that arise in these transactions.

About the Role

The Structured Finance Practice is seeking highly qualified associates with a minimum 2 years of experience in structured finance transactions and securitizations. The practice group is recognized for its work on complex and cutting-edge structured finance transactions, development of innovative structures, and first-time securitizations of new asset classes.

Main Contact Details

Lateral Recruiting — Finance [email protected]

Additional Information

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Pay Range

Associate Base Salary

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

Class of US Payroll 2026$225,000 2025$225,000 2024$235,000 2023$260,000 2022$310,000 2021$365,000 2020$390,000 2019

$420,000

2018$435,000