03 Feb 2026
Latham & Watkins Welcomes Finance Partner Max Silverstein to New York Office
"Latham & Watkins has hired Max Silverstein as a partner in its New York Capital Markets Practice to focus on direct lending, special situations, workouts, restructurings and leveraged finance."
Silverstein advises sponsors, corporates, and credit funds on complex financing and liability management matters. His practice concentrates on direct lending, special situations transactions, workouts, restructurings, and insolvency matters. He represents private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, and credit funds in a broad range of leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and asset-based and other senior secured credit facilities.
He has developed a market-leading practice advising on complex asset-based term loans and revolvers, including first-in, last-out financings. Silverstein joins Latham from Ropes & Gray LLP. He holds a JD from Columbia Law School, an MA from Relay Graduate School of Education, and a BS from Pennsylvania State University.