Latham & Watkins LLP

Ian Nussbaum advises companies and their boards of directors on business-defining transactions that drive growth and shape global markets.

Ian combines commercial pragmatism with technical precision to advise leading public and private companies, private equity firms, special committees, and investors across multiple industries on:

• • Mergers, acquisitions, sales, and divestitures
  • Joint ventures
  • Conflict transactions
  • Takeover defense
  • Complex corporate governance
  • Shareholder activism

A recognized thought leader, Ian regularly presents on emerging issues under Delaware law, including relating to controlling stockholder transactions.

Ian serves on the board of advisors at Penn Law’s Institute for Law & Economics. He is active in various nonprofit organizations and serves on the 92Y’s Emerging Leadership Council.

Before joining Latham, Ian was a partner at another international law firm and served as a practitioner participant in a negotiations intensive course at Cardozo Law School.

Ian served as a law clerk for Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery.