Key Takeaways
- • Latham & Watkins announced that Jeremy Kenley has joined its London office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice, bringing specialized expertise in private equity real estate transactions.
- • The hire reinforces Latham's competitive positioning in high-value real estate M&A and private equity deal work, an area where the firm achieved award-winning results during the period referenced.
- • Kenley's addition expands Latham's London-based partnership bench in real estate at a time when the firm is actively building its private equity capabilities across multiple offices and practice areas.
- • Latham's Real Estate Practice maintains a broad capability set spanning acquisition, disposition, development, financing, corporate M&A, joint ventures, and securitization across major asset classes including industrial, hospitality, healthcare, and multi-family properties.
Summary
Latham & Watkins LLP announced on September 14, 2026, that Jeremy Kenley has joined the firm's London office as a partner in its Real Estate Practice. Kenley brings substantial experience in private equity real estate transactions, adding depth to Latham's capability in a sector characterized by complex, high-stakes deal structures and multi-jurisdictional execution.
The appointment reflects Latham's strategic effort to strengthen its real estate private equity practice during a period of notable performance in the sector. The firm's Real Estate Practice has earned recognition for advising on significant U.S. real estate M&A and private equity transactions by total deal value, positioning the London expansion as part of a broader geographic and practice expansion strategy.
Latham's Real Estate Practice operates across a comprehensive range of transaction types and asset classes. The practice advises public and private investors, private equity sponsors, institutional investors, developers, and alternative lenders on matters spanning property acquisition and disposition, development, corporate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public offerings, and leveraged buyouts. The firm also maintains deep expertise in transaction financing structures, including construction financing, mortgage financing, mezzanine arrangements, securitization, and debt portfolio acquisitions.
The practice maintains sector specialization across hospitality and gaming, data centers, industrial, healthcare, mixed-use, multi-family, office, and retail properties. By consolidating cross-disciplinary resources from across its global platform, Latham coordinates acquisition, financing, corporate, and structuring expertise to execute complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions from inception through exit. Kenley's addition to the London partnership further positions the firm to serve international private equity clients executing significant real estate transactions in European and global markets.
The appointment reflects Latham's strategic effort to strengthen its real estate private equity practice during a period of notable performance in the sector. The firm's Real Estate Practice has earned recognition for advising on significant U.S. real estate M&A and private equity transactions by total deal value, positioning the London expansion as part of a broader geographic and practice expansion strategy.
Latham's Real Estate Practice operates across a comprehensive range of transaction types and asset classes. The practice advises public and private investors, private equity sponsors, institutional investors, developers, and alternative lenders on matters spanning property acquisition and disposition, development, corporate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public offerings, and leveraged buyouts. The firm also maintains deep expertise in transaction financing structures, including construction financing, mortgage financing, mezzanine arrangements, securitization, and debt portfolio acquisitions.
The practice maintains sector specialization across hospitality and gaming, data centers, industrial, healthcare, mixed-use, multi-family, office, and retail properties. By consolidating cross-disciplinary resources from across its global platform, Latham coordinates acquisition, financing, corporate, and structuring expertise to execute complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions from inception through exit. Kenley's addition to the London partnership further positions the firm to serve international private equity clients executing significant real estate transactions in European and global markets.
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