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Thomas Forschbach is a partner in Latham & Watkins' London and Paris offices. He has advised international clients on mergers and acquisitions and private equity for over 25 years and is one of Europe’s most experienced and renowned lawyers in his field.

Aaron S. Hullman

Counsel

Abdullah Alsaeed

Abdullah Alsaeed represents Saudi and international clients in a range of commercial disputes and enforcement actions, and he advises government clients on significant regulatory projects. Mr. Alsaeed draws on his knowledge of Shari’ah law and Saudi laws and regulations, his bilingual fluency, and his ability to translate between the Saudi and international contexts to help clients minimize risk and succeed in Saudi Arabia. He assembles and leads teams of experts from across the firm’s global platform to advise on sophisticated regulatory and commercial litigation matters Mr. Alsaeed regularly represents or advises clients on: Litigation, including commercial disputes, securities and bankruptcy litigation, and white collar investigations, before Saudi regulators and judiciary bodies Regulatory projects, including drafting and updating laws and regulations Governance matters for government and government-owned entities, including advice on internal policies, procedures, and charters, as well as regulatory due diligence Mr. Alsaeed complements his commercial work with an active pro bono practice, advising Saudi non-profits on organizational matters. He formerly taught Islamic jurisprudence and law at Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University.

Adam Goldberg

Finance Partner

Adam Ravin

Adam Ravin is counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Ravin is a member of the Finance Department and Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts Practice.

Partner

Tax Partner

Partner

Adrian Grocock has extensive experience advising a broad range of clients on the formation, management, and structuring of their private funds across a variety of asset classes, including buyout, credit, infrastructure, and real estate. His experience ranges from advising first-time fund sponsors on their maiden fund launches to prominent sponsors on multi-billion-dollar products. Adrian also advises sponsors on a variety of bespoke structures, including funds of one and separate managed accounts, as well as on their internal management, regulatory, sponsor co-investment, and carried interest arrangements. In addition, Adrian has advised a number of clients on secondary transactions — both sponsor-led secondaries (on both sponsor and investor sides) and limited partner portfolio transactions (on both buyer and seller sides). Adrian also has an active investor-side practice in which he advises major institutional investors in relation to their investments in private funds and other bespoke structures. Previously, Adrian was a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and spent six months on secondment at a direct secondary fund sponsor in London.

Adrien Giraud

Adrien Giraud is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Paris and Brussels offices and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. He specializes in French and European competition law and has significant experience in merger control, behavioral antitrust matters (including damages claims), and State aid. Mr. Giraud has 18+ years of experience advising French and international clients in complex EU and French merger cases and in some of the most significant antitrust investigations of recent years. His experience also encompasses civil antitrust damages litigation, an area in which he has represented clients in proceedings before the French courts. Furthermore, Mr. Giraud advises companies and public authorities on state aid compliance and assists them with European Commission state aid investigations and related litigation before the European courts. Mr. Giraud is a member of the board of directors and general secretary of the Association des avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence. (APDC). He is also founder and president of l’Entente, a Brussels-based association of French-speaking antitrust professionals. A recognized thought leader, Mr. Giraud frequently contributes to publications on EU and French competition law.

Ahmed el-Gaili

Ahmed el-Gaili leads the corporate M&A practice in the Riyadh office of Latham & Watkins, and represents clients on the full spectrum of Saudi and global transactions. Mr. el-Gaili leverages his keen commercial acumen and extensive experience across legal disciplines to guide sovereign wealth funds, companies, and private equity firms on complex cross-border: Mergers and acquisitions Private equity Joint ventures Large-scale energy projects and energy legislation Project finance and development International dispute resolution He partners with clients on each transaction to efficiently navigate business challenges, craft commercial advice, and mitigate against potential risk. A recognized leader, he serves on the Pro Bono Committee and previously served on the Technology Committee and the Training & Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee. He has also served on the Alumni Board of Dhahran Ahliyya Schools and as President of the Harvard Arab Alumni Association.

Al Pfeiffer

Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr. is Vice Chair of Latham’s 600-lawyer global Litigation & Trial Department and is former Co-chair of the firm's Antitrust & Competition Practice. He has extensive experience in civil antitrust cases, civil and criminal government antitrust investigations, and other competition-related commercial cases.

Alain Traill

Alain Traill is a member of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice. Alain advises on outsourcing projects, platform and technology solutions (business and consumer facing), and complex commercial contracts and renegotiations, regularly advising clients on both the customer and supplier side. Alain works with a broad range of clients across various sectors from early stage companies to major global financial institutions. Alain’s practice includes: Outsourcing (business processing and IT) Complex commercial contracts and renegotiations Platforms, SaaS, and cloud computing Fintech and payments Ecommerce and consumer Data protection

Alan Van Dyke

Tax Partner

Alan Mendelson

Alan Mendelson represents emerging and public growth companies, primarily in the life sciences industry. He served as the Co-chair of the firm’s Emerging Companies Practice from 2001 to 2013 and currently is Co-chair of the Life Sciences Industry Group. Mr. Mendelson has handled and supervised a variety of major business transactions.

Alejandro Ortiz

Alejandro Ortiz advises clients on their most valuable mergers and acquisitions and international private equity transactions. Mr. Ortiz draws on decades of public and private M&A experience, having helped clients navigate more than 30 takeover bids in Spain in recent years. He regularly acts for major international and domestic fund managers on leveraged buyouts and exits from their Spanish investments. His experience bridges multiple market sectors, including: Private equity Energy and infrastructure Retail, including food and beverage A recognized thought leader, he is a lecturer on commercial law at the Complutense University and M&A at ICADE and IE, in Madrid. Before joining Latham, Mr. Ortiz spent more than two decades as a partner at another global law firm, where he most recently served as co-head of its financial sponsors sector.

Alena McCorkle

Dr. Alena McCorkle represents German and international clients from a wide range of industries in complex and cross-border disputes, both in and out of court, as well as in arbitration proceedings. Dr. McCorkle handles a full spectrum of litigation and arbitration matters, including: International disputes with a focus on cross-border discovery Consumer litigation and mass actions Complex commercial litigation and arbitration, including post-M&A disputes Securities litigation Constitutional complaints Over the years, she has established trustful relationships with long-standing clients. International clients benefit from Dr. McCorkle’s strong intercultural skills, which she developed through her work on international matters as well as in the firm’s global recruiting and associates committees, during a client secondment in Milan, and during her legal training in Latham’s Chicago office. Since then, Dr. McCorkle has built strong ties into Latham’s US litigation practice. Dr. McCorkle is a member of the firm’s Global Legal Professional & Paralegal Committee. She maintains an active pro bono practice focused on enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities and fostering inclusion in education and society. Standard commentaries on the German Code of Civil Procedure and the German Federal Court of Justice have cited her doctoral thesis on internet research that judges perform in civil litigation.

Alessia De Coppi

Alessia De Coppi structures and executes a range of complex financings on behalf of private equity firms, financial institutions, and companies. Drawing on her experience in multifaceted and novel transactions, Ms. De Coppi handles the full spectrum of banking and finance matters on behalf of Italian and international entities. She serves a number of leading private equity and institutional clients as well as a mix of financial institutions, including commercial banks, investment banks, and direct lenders. Ms. De Coppi’s practice work includes: Acquisition finance Debt capital markets Direct lending Corporate finance Private equity finance Restructuring Ms. De Coppi brings particular experience navigating intricate and cross-border financings involving bespoke deal structures. She collaborates effectively with multijurisdictional teams to close transactions in an expeditious manner, while achieving clients’ broader business and legal objectives. Ms. De Coppi serves as local leader of the Women Lawyers Group in Latham’s Milan office. She has previously served as a member of the firm’s Mentoring and Training & Career Enhancement (TACE) Committees.

Alexander Buckeridge-Hocking

Alexander Buckeridge-Hocking represents sponsors, governments, and lenders on a range of matters across the capital structure in complex cross-border project development and finance transactions, particularly relating to transitional energy industries and infrastructure sectors. Alexander draws on experience consummating award-winning deals across industries to advise international energy companies, export credit agencies (ECAs), multilaterals, commercial and investment banks, and non-traditional lenders and investors on developing and financing energy and infrastructure projects, including: Batteries and energy storage systems Hydrogen and ammonia Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Solar Mining and metals He leverages his international education and comprehensive understanding of the commercial and cultural frameworks under which his clients operate to effectively negotiate transactions. A recognized industry leader, Alexander serves as a member of a specialist working group participating in the EU-funded LNGnet project on the LNG market’s future transition. He has also collaborated with legal, government, industry, development finance, and civil society leaders to develop Green Hydrogen Contracting for People and Planet, a Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2) initiative to create standardized contracting practices for renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. Alexander maintains an active pro bono practice, including through the Windrush Legal Clinic initiative, which helps individuals navigate the complex application process to claim financial compensation from the Windrush Compensation Scheme. He has also advised an African government in negotiations with developers regarding green hydrogen projects and investments, and the drafting of legislation for a green hydrogen economy.

Alexander Benedetti

Alexander Benedetti is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. He primarily handles mergers and acquisitions, with particular emphasis on private equity and leveraged buyout (LBO) acquisitions. He regularly advises companies in a variety of general corporate matters, including governance issues, joint venture, recapitalization, restructuring transactions, securities law, and regulatory issues. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Benedetti practiced for eight years at a leading global law firm.

Alexander Crosthwaite

Alexander Crosthwaite is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. He specializes in complex mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions as well as securities laws.

Alexander Lentz

Dr. Alexander Lentz is a member of the corporate finance team focusing on capital market transactions, with particular expertise in high-yield bond offerings and leveraged finance deals. In the last several years, Mr. Lentz has advised corporate (in various industries), sponsor, and investment banking clients on various high-yield bond, leveraged, and other financing transactions with particular focus on the DACH region. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Mr. Lentz was an associate for three years at another US law firm. Mr. Lentz advises on: Complex high-yield bond transactions (both under US and German law), including related liability management transactions Commitment papers for bridge-to-bond financing transactions P2P financing transactions ‘Cross-over’ bonds (e.g., in the real estate sector in the DACH region) High-yield bond advise in restructuring context Green bonds and sustainable finance

Alexander A. Gomonov

Alexander Gomonov is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member the firm’s Corporate Department. Alexander advises Russian and international clients on a variety of complex cross-border acquisitions, disposals, and joint ventures, with a particular focus on the oil and gas and mining sectors. Alexander also has significant experience advising companies and executives on a range of regulatory, compliance, and general corporate law matters.

Alexander F. Cohen

Corporate Partner

Alexander Stefan Rieger

Dr. Alexander Stefan Rieger is widely recognized for advising clients on complex M&A transactions and projects in the international infrastructure and energy sector. The Legal 500 ranks him in 2022 and 2023 as one of the leading partners of the next generation for M&A in Germany. JUVE lists him as frequently recommended for M&A. Mr. Rieger’s clients include leading infrastructure funds, pension funds, insurances, private equity investors, and corporates from around the globe. By utilizing his background as a straight-forward infrastructure lawyer, Mr. Rieger adds value rarely available in the market at the interface between infrastructure and M&A. What Mr. Rieger does best: understanding complex industry specific issues and translating them into legal or commercial solutions. In advising his clients, Mr. Rieger emphasizes practicality, striving to achieve his clients’ business objectives by leveraging his “perfect understanding of the market and related transaction dynamics” (The Legal 500 2023).

Alexandra E. Hagelüken

Alexandra Hagelüken advises creditors and borrowers on complex national and cross-border financings, drawing on more than two decades of experience with German and English law transactions. Ms. Hagelüken formerly served as Co-Vice Chair of the firm’s Global Finance Department. Ms. Hagelüken regularly advises on: Acquisition financing transactions Infrastructure financings Financial restructurings General corporate lending She excels at establishing long-term relationships with clients who value her pragmatic and unflappable approach. With a keen knowledge of both the products and the players in the German market, she has become a trusted advisor for clients pursuing landmark and innovative deals.

Alfred Xue

Alfred Xue is a partner in the Finance Department of the New York office of Latham & Watkins. He represents financial institutions, as well as borrowers and issuers, in leveraged finance transactions, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions and acquisition financings. Mr. Xue also has significant experience representing lenders and hedge funds in complex workouts and distressed debt situations, as well as the enforcement of creditor rights under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Alice S. Fisher

Litigation Partner, Office Managing Partner

Allen Wang

Allen Wang is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Wang practices corporate law, with a focus on: Capital markets Mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings Public company representation Mr. Wang has worked on domestic and international capital markets transactions (including high yield bonds, IPOs, investment grade debt, convertibles, and other products), mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings in a variety of industries, including life sciences, technology, media, gaming, and financial institutions. His clients include domestic and international companies and investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, and Deutsche Bank Securities. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Wang worked as an associate in the general practice group at a leading law firm in New York and as an investment banking associate in the financial institutions group at Morgan Stanley in New York, where he advised on capital markets and M&A transactions.

Allen M. Gardner

Partner

Allyson M. Maltas

Counsel

Amanda Fortuna

Amanda Fortuna is a counsel in the London office of Latham & Watkins and advises clients in the infrastructure and core plus sectors. Amanda focuses on all aspects of core and hybrid infrastructure, acting for a wide range of infrastructure funds, bank lenders, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension funds. She has experience across a broad range of debt capital structures. She has significant experience advising clients on the acquisition and financing of digital, transport, and energy infrastructure.

Amy Quartarolo

Litigation & Trial Counsel

Ana O'Brien

Tax Partner

Andrea Schwartzman

Andrea Schwartzman is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and global Co-chair of the Investment Funds Practice. Ms. Schwartzman advises private fund sponsors, institutional investors and investment advisors on a broad range of issues, including the structuring of investment funds, portfolio investments, internal operations and regulatory compliance.

Andreas Lönner

Dr. Andreas Lönner is a counsel in the Hamburg office and practices in the Corporate Department. Mr. Lönner specializes in mergers and acquisitions and general corporate advice. He has specific expertise in stock corporation and capital markets law as well as complex reorganizations. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Mr. Lönner was an assistant to Prof. Dr. Gerald Spindler at the chair of corporate law at the University of Göttingen. During his practical legal training Mr. Lönner worked at a law firm in San Francisco.

Andrew Bishop

Andrew Bishop, as Local Chair of the firm’s Finance Department in Asia, has built a team that advises global market-leading funds and strategic investors on complex financings throughout the Asia-Pacific market. Mr. Bishop delivers strategic and commercially driven counsel to private equity, venture, and credit funds, as well as other institutional and strategic investors on a range of cross-border finance and high-value mandates. He regularly helps clients navigate: Leveraged acquisitions, including back-leverage financings Take-private and real estate finance transactions Bank/bond and bridge finance transactions Margin loans Subscription and capital call financings Refinancing and recapitalization matters Restructuring matters Mr. Bishop has been resident in Asia for more than a decade, so has developed an intricate understanding of international legal regimes in the region. Drawing on qualifications and experience practicing in London and Hong Kong, he regularly helps clients execute market-defining transactions spanning Asia, Europe, and the United States, including novel and precedent-setting financings in Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea.

Andrew Moyle

Partner

Andrew Lundberg

Litigation Partner

Angel Quek

Angel Quek represents private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, borrowers, and other financial institutions on a broad range of financing transactions. Angel focuses on cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance. She has in-depth knowledge and experience over a variety of debt capital structures, including: Senior / mezzanine financings First lien / second lien financings High yield bond transactions (including bridge to bond and super senior revolving facilities) Bridge facilities Unitranche financings Holdco / PIK facilities Post-IPO financings Angel was a former member of the BVCA Legal & Accounting Committee. She has also served on the firm’s Associates Committee.

Ann Claassen

Counsel

Ann Marie Wahls

Litigation Partner

Anna Ngo

Anna Ngo represents a mix of UK and international companies, investment banks, and investors, including private equity sponsors, in cross-border capital markets and M&A transactions, as well as in general corporate matters. Combining sophisticated product knowledge and technical skills, Anna regularly navigates multifaceted capital market offerings and M&A transactions involving a range of jurisdictions and industries. She offers particular experience in cross-border equity offerings, including dual listings. Anna also leverages her strong understanding of UK company and securities law and regulations to anticipate potential obstacles that may arise in complex and cross-border transactions. Anna’s capital markets work includes: Initial public offerings Rights offerings Secondary and follow-on offerings Debt/equity swaps American and Global Depositary Receipts Private placements and registered transactions Equity-linked securities, including convertible, and exchangeable bonds Spin-offs Anna frequently handles listings and capital raisings around the world, including in the UK, the US, France, Italy, Spain, and Saudi Arabia, drawing on her prior secondment experience in the equity corporate finance team at Credit Suisse. Anna also regularly advises international companies in a range of public cross-border M&A matters. Additionally, she provides general corporate advice to public companies, including in connection with corporate governance matters and compliance with ongoing regulatory requirements. Anna serves as a Vice Chair of Latham’s Diversity Leadership Committee and is a member of the firm’s Ethics Committee and Mentoring Committee. She previously served as London Co-Chair of the firm’s Asian & Middle Eastern Lawyers Group.

Anne Löhner

Dr. Löhner represents clients in complex commercial disputes before German courts and international arbitral tribunals. She guides market-leading companies and private equity funds through all aspects of bet-the-company litigation. Dr. Löhner counsels clients on: Complex commercial disputes and mass actions Post-M&A and shareholder litigation Controversies involving cross-border components or multi-jurisdictional parallel proceedings Dr. Löhner draws on extensive experience to help clients achieve optimal resolutions to their most challenging disputes. She regularly advocates for her clients in arbitration under DIS and ICC rules, and before trial and appellate courts across Germany. She is also well versed in amicable dispute resolution, including expert determination proceedings and mediation. Ms. Löhner previously worked as an associate in the firm’s New York office and is admitted to practice law in Germany and New York. She is a member of the firm‘s global Ethics and Diversity Leadership Committees. She maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing Ashoka and other non-profits in disputes and contract negotiations related to charitable projects around the globe.

Anne Mainwaring

Anne Mainwaring is a financial services regulatory attorney with a focus in ESG. Anne has extensive experience advising on UK and EU regulatory developments relevant to ESG. Anne also handles the implementation of ESG transition projects in accordance with multiple regulatory regimes and requirements. A thought leader in ESG, Anne co-authored the Latham and AFME White Papers: Governance Conduct and Compliance in the Transition to Sustainable Finance and ESG Disclosure Landscape for Banks and Capital Markets in Europe.

Anne W. Robinson

Partner

Annie E. S. Froehlich

Counsel

Anthemis Economou

Anthemis Economou advises clients on all aspects of EU competition law, with a particular focus on complex mergers and acquisitions and antitrust procedures. Ms. Economou combines sophisticated economic analysis and her international perspective to represent multinational companies and private equity funds before the European Commission and other competition authorities globally in: Merger control clearances Antitrust investigations Behavioral advice matters She guides clients across industries on merger and antitrust investigations around the globe, leveraging the firm’s robust platform and spearheading efforts with local counsel and economic advisors to efficiently navigate multiple regulatory filing processes for complex deals, including the new EU Regulation on Foreign Subsidies (FSR). Ms. Economou is the local leader of the Parent Lawyers Group and previously served as a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and as local leader of the Women’s Lawyers Group. Before joining Latham, Ms. Economou practiced at another international law firm in Brussels and trained at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition. Her experience also includes advising on Greek competition, regulatory, and corporate law.

Anthony Klein

Anthony R. Klein is Global Co-Chair of Latham’s Connectivity Industry Group, Chair of the Security Committee, and previously served as Global Co-Chair of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley and around the world, he leverages a sophisticated understanding of the intricacies of dynamic technologies to counsel emerging growth and established technology and service companies, negotiating their strategic alliances and technology/IP-related transactions.

Antonio Del Pino

Antonio Del Pino, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Latin America Practice, advises companies, private equity firms, and financial institutions on cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, financings, and restructurings involving Latin America and the United States. Antonio brings almost three decades of experience navigating complex transactions on behalf of sophisticated clients doing business in Latin America. His practice focuses on M&A and private equity transactions in the region, leading Latham to the top of the market in the space. The firm regularly tops the regional league tables for M&A and private equity transactions in the region. He combines keen market insights with bilingual language skills to handle matters across industries, with a particular focus on the infrastructure, energy, and financial services sectors. In recognition of his commercial work and industry leadership, Antonio was an appointed member of the United States State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Council of the Americas. Antonio regularly advises on pro bono matters involving Latin America, Africa, and Asia. His work includes representing Acción International in connection with investments in microfinance institutions around the world. He is also a former member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Antonio Coletti

Antonio Coletti advises clients on a variety of capital markets, M&A, and general corporate matters, with a particular focus on equity and debt offerings. Widely recognized as one of Italy’s leading corporate lawyers, Mr. Coletti advises a mix of private equity firms, companies, and investment banks that do business in Italy. He handles a range of notable transactional matters, including equity and debt capital markets offerings and public mergers and acquisitions. His work also includes public company representation matters. Drawing on more than two decades of capital markets experience, Mr. Coletti combines sophisticated legal and regulatory knowledge with a pragmatic and commercially driven approach. He regularly advises on some of the highest-profile capital markets transactions in the Italian market. His capital markets work includes: Primary and secondary offerings, listings (initial public offerings, rights issues, and accelerated book build offerings) Public M&A, including stake buildings and take-over bids Bonds issues (investment grade, high yields, and convertible) Liability management (tender offers and consent solicitation) Structured finance transactions, including equity derivatives Mr. Coletti also advises clients on sales and acquisitions of public companies, as well as general corporate representation, reorganization, and compliance matters. Mr. Coletti previously served as Local Chair of the Corporate Department in Mila

Aoife McCabe

Aoife McCabe advises clients on a full spectrum of complex UK and international transactional tax matters. Aoife leverages a depth of experience using a commercial approach to guide financial institutions, private equity funds and their portfolio companies, and multinational corporations on the tax aspects of: Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets (debt and equity) transactions Private equity transactions Finance transactions Real estate transactions Restructurings She helps clients navigate the rapidly evolving regulatory and market conditions that affect corporate and finance transactions, multijurisdictional tax planning, and tax-related financing and structuring. A recognized leader at the firm, Aoife is a Latham Mentoring Star and has served on the Training and Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee.

Arlene Chow

Arlene Chow, a first-chair Chambers-ranked litigator and trial lawyer, represents companies in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries on patent, trade secret, and licensing disputes. She serves as Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group. Ms. Chow routinely litigates IP matters directed to small molecule and biologic drugs for the treatment of a wide variety of indications, as well as medical devices and dosage forms. Leveraging her background in biochemistry, Ms. Chow is able to frame matters from the perspective of a judge or jury in order to achieve the best solutions for her clients. Ms. Chow thrives on interaction with scientific experts, both in-house and externally. Ms. Chow is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registered patent attorney, and one of a select few who has been first-chair not only in district court trials and hearings, but also federal circuit arguments, and inter partes and post grant review hearings before the USPTO. Ms. Chow won the 2023 LMG Life Sciences Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year. She was shortlisted in the 2021 LMG Life Sciences Awards as General Patent Litigator of the Year for New York. In 2023, Ms. Chow was named one of the Notable Women in Law by Crain’s New York Business, a Woman Worth Watching in STEM by Diversity Journal, and one of the Top 250 Women in IP by Managing IP. Ms. Chow previously served as Co- Chair of the firm’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) committee in the New York office.

Aurélie Buchinet

Aurélie Buchinet advises clients on French and cross-boarder finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on leveraged finance. Ms. Buchinet combines extensive transactional experience and knowledge of the market to help banks and deal sponsors navigate leveraged buyouts, including: Senior and PIK financing Private equity financing Syndicated loan financing Public to Private financing Her comprehensive understanding of client objectives allows her to craft functional financing terms that balance the nuances of the transaction and protect her clients’ interests. Ms. Buchinet closely collaborates across the firm’s global platform and works with the banking, corporate, and tax teams, bringing her efficiency and organizational skills to complex multijurisdictional matters.

Austin Ozawa

Tax Partner

Axel Schiemann

Axel Schiemann is a financial regulatory partner who advises German and global clients on a full spectrum of domestic and cross-border regulatory issues and transactions in the financial sector. He is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Schiemann regularly advises on: Prudential supervision of banks and investment firms (including CRR/CRDIV) Securities related compliance (including MAR, MiFID/MiFID II) Mergers and acquisitions in the financial industry Issuance of regulatory capital instruments Litigation in the financial sector Regulatory enforcement and investigations Bank recovery and resolution Corporate governance and remuneration systems IT/Outsourcing Fintech and ICOs Brexit-related issues Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Schiemann served in different in-house roles in the financial industry. Mr. Schiemann frequently writes and speaks on financial regulatory issues. For example, he is co-author of a commentary on Securities Compliance (Wertpapier-Compliance in der Praxis) and a commentary on the German Supervisory Act on Payment Services (ZAG - Kommentar zum Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetz).

Barton Clark

Corporate Partner

Beatrice Lo

Beatrice Lo advises corporate and private equity clients on their most complex transactions, often within highly regulated industries and with a cross-border element. Beatrice draws on extensive experience representing clients on their key transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, carve-outs, and equity investments, as well as providing general corporate law advice. Beatrice’s work spans across a number of industries, including: Power, energy transition, and renewables Financial services and fintech Insurance and insurtech She understands the markets in which her clients operate and crafts effective solutions that help them achieve their ultimate business objectives.

Becky Critchley

Becky Critchley advises a range of financial institutions on matters of complex UK financial services regulation, particularly relating to consumer protection, structured finance transactions, and benchmark regulation. Becky leverages a keen understanding of the regulatory and market landscapes, as well as trusted relationships with industry bodies, to help investment banks, corporate finance houses, regtech and fintech companies, fund managers, lenders, and online trading business navigate: UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Conduct of Business Rules MiFID and MAR Regulated consumer lending, including the extensive proposals for change to the UK’s existing consumer credit regime Consumer Duty Consumer Rights Act Benchmark regulation Culture and Conduct Cross-border issues She interprets complicated and technical laws and regulations and distills them for clients in an easy-to-comprehend and commercially focused way. Becky collaborates closely with the firm’s Structured Finance team to bring her extensive experience in consumer protection and regulated lending to clients’ transactions. Becky maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising on regulated lending for social enterprises and nonprofit organizations.

Benedicte Large Bremond

Bénédicte Large Bremond is counsel in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Benedicte Large Bremond has significant experience in complex mergers and acquisitions and leveraged transactions. She also regularly advises public and private companies and investment funds in general corporate law matters, including corporate governance, security offerings, and stock exchange regulations. From 2005 to 2017, Bénédicte Large Bremond was acting as a knowledge management lawyer for the M&A and private equity practice of the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. She is also an active member of the Women Enriching Business (WEB) task force in Paris, contributing to the expansion of the program. Before joining the firm in 2005, she worked as an associate for ten years at several leading French and US law firms and as General Counsel of a family office.

Benjamin Han

Benjamin Han is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice. Mr. Han assists in the representation of leading Japanese and multinational companies on a variety of intellectual property and commercial matters, including: Intellectual property licensing, sale, and other transactions Joint development, joint venture, strategic alliance, and outsourcing arrangements Product manufacturing, supply, and distribution arrangements Mr. Han has assisted in the representation of clients in a variety of industries, including companies in the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, and telecommunications sectors. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Han was an associate at a leading international law firm in Tokyo.

Benjamin Berman

Counsel

Benjamin Naftalis

Litigation & Trial Partner

Benjamin Stern

Benjamin D. Stern is a partner in the Corporate Department in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Stern’s practice focuses on corporate finance, securities regulation and general corporate matters. He has experience in a broad range of finance and other corporate transactions, including secured and unsecured high-yield offerings, equity offerings, exchange offers, tender offers and leveraged buy-outs. Mr. Stern has represented underwriters, initial purchasers and issuers in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, gaming, technology, energy and media.

Betsy Mukamal

Finance Counsel

Betty Pang

Betty Pang is counsel in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins. Her practice focuses on healthcare, regulatory and corporate matters, including mergers, acquisitions and affiliations involving health facilities, physician groups and ancillary service providers. Dr. Pang handles a broad range of regulatory matters, including facility and provider licensing, fraud and abuse, self-referral and government program reimbursement compliance. Her clients include nonprofit, county and academic teaching hospitals and health systems, physician practice companies, health plans and clinical laboratories. Dr. Pang also provides regulatory counseling on third-party coverage and reimbursement issues for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies and medical suppliers.

BJ Trach

William Trach is a partner in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department and White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice. Mr. Trach focuses on white collar crime, government investigations and complex civil litigation. His practice has included representing individuals and corporations in a variety of criminal and civil matters, including securities fraud, bribery and RICO cases. In addition, he has handled a variety of complex civil litigation and regulatory work.

Blanca Vázquez de Castro

Blanca Vázquez de Castro is an associate in the Tax Department of Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office. She represents large Spanish corporates and global private equity firms in strategic cross-border tax matters related to M&A, finance, and restructuring deals. She has particular experience advising on complex transactions in the real estate, telecoms, and financial services industries.

Bob Steinberg

Litigation & Trial Partner

Bradd Williamson

Bradd Williamson is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Williamson is global Co-chair of the Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice and Chair of the New York Tax Department.

Bradley C. Faris

Partner

Brandon John Glenn Bortner

Partner

Brett Rosenblatt

Brett Rosenblatt is the former Managing Partner of the San Diego office. He previously led the San Diego office's Finance Department and was a founding Co-chair of the firm's Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure Industry Group. Mr. Rosenblatt represents public and private sector clients, including financial institutions, in connection with a broad array of domestic and international gaming, hotel, hospitality and leisure interests and energy, real estate and infrastructure transactions. Mr. Rosenblatt has been recognized in Project Finance by The Legal 500 US, named a Leading Lawyer for his work in Leisure & Hospitality and described as an "exceptional talent at organizing large groups of lawyers, bankers and principals." Chambers USA calls him "a classic syndicated loan project finance expert," and he has been named a Top Attorney in Real Estate & Construction by the San Diego Daily Transcript.

Brett Cassidy

Brett Cassidy is a corporate partner in Latham & Watkins’ London office where he has practiced law since 2000. Brett was previously in the Los Angeles office and has practiced law with the firm since 1998. He is a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice and Leveraged Finance Practice. Brett advises clients on capital market securities matters and leveraged finance, which to date has included a variety of public and private securities offerings (including Rule 144A offerings), leverage and acquisition financing, bridge financing, restructuring and tender offers, exchange offers, and other liability management transactions, with an emphasis on representing investment banking clients and private equity portfolio companies with respect to high yield debt products. He also advises corporate clients concerning compliance with registration and reporting provisions of the US Securities Act of 1933 and the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Brian Meenagh

Brian Meenagh is a partner in the Riyadh office of Latham & Watkins. His practice focuses primarily on: Complex technology transactions, projects, and joint ventures Procurement and sourcing, including outsourcing and offshoring Data privacy and cybersecurity compliance Financial technology (fintech) and blockchain technology He primarily represents customers procuring technology and services in such transactions and has significant experience advising against major technology and software vendors such as accenture, IBM, HP, Oracle, SAP, and TCS as well as numerous other vendors active in the Middle East. He has additional experience advising on: Cloud computing Complex technology and data separation issues in M&A transactions Distribution and procurement of goods and services Data protection, security, and privacy E-commerce, m-commerce, and mobile apps Facilities management Financial services regulations applicable to technology and outsourcing Government procurement Global business services Media distribution and licensing Online gaming Open-source software Technology development (including traditional and Lean and Agile development methodologies), distribution, and licensing Before he trained as a solicitor, he worked as a business and IT analyst at Accenture on a variety of outsourcing, business transformation, systems integration, and software development projects for blue chip companies and UK central government. Mr. Meenagh has also previously been the technology, media, and telecommunications law editor at Lawtel (now part of Westlaw) and has co-written a number of articles and spoken at seminars and client events on the law and best practices in technology contracts and privacy and cyber-security compliance.

Brian Mangino

Corporate partner. Focuses his practice on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, strategic partnerships, spin-offs and joint ventures, representing private equity firms and public and private companies. Also advises on corporate governance issues, defensive strategy, securities law compliance and other general corporate matters. Clients include private investment funds managed by Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Permira Advisors LLC; and Citadel Investment Group and their portfolio companies, and other public and private companies.

Brian Cuneo

Brian J. Cuneo is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Cuneo practices general securities and corporate law, with an emphasis on the representation of public and private companies in the technology and life sciences industries, venture capital funds and investment banks.

Tax Partner

Counsel

Counsel

Litigation Partner

Brook Roberts is the former Managing Partner of the firm’s San Diego office. He previously served as a Global Co-Chair of the Insurance Counseling & Recovery Practice. Brook advises clients on complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes, involving a wide range of environmental, property, casualty, investment, and professional liability matters. Brook has represented a host of Fortune 500 companies in a variety of complex business litigation matters in federal and state courts, and before domestic and international arbitration panels. He has extensive experience securing coverage for policyholders under virtually every type of insurance available, including: Business interruption claims Comprehensive general liability Directors and officers (D&O) liability Errors & omissions coverage Environmental impairment liability Intellectual property and theft Builders risk Property and casualty policies Political risk Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Brook served as law clerk to Judge Barry G. Silverman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

C. Timothy Fenn

Tax Partner

Carla-Sophie Imperadeiro

Carla-Sophie Imperadeiro is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Finance Department. She has a wide range of experience representing borrowers, equity sponsors, and lead banks in financing transactions, with a particular emphasis in private equity and LBO financings. Carla-Sophie Imperadeiro received her graduate business law and postgraduate international trade law degrees at the University of Paris, Pantheon-Sorbonne in 2004 and 2005, respectively. She received her postgraduate law degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris in 2006.

Carles Esteva Mosso

Carles Esteva Mosso is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice in Latham & Watkins’ Brussels office. He is one of the leading figures in the global antitrust community, focusing his practice on complex EU and international competition law matters. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Esteva Mosso has worked at the European Commission for more than 25 years, last as Deputy Director-General of the Directorate General for Competition, in charge of Merger Control (from 2014-2019) and State Aids (from 2019 – 2021). He has also held a number of other leadership posts relating to merger enforcement and competition policy since joining the Cabinet of former Commissioner Mario Monti in 1999. In these capacities, he has overseen a variety of high profile antitrust, merger control, and State aid matters. Mr. Esteva Mosso’s experience includes working in cooperation with senior government representatives of EU Member States on matters of national importance and with prominent enforcement agencies across the world. He is widely recognized as a sophisticated antitrust practitioner who combines a deep understanding of law and policy matters, with commercial acumen and a unique understanding of complex decision making and appreciation for ‘big picture’ issues. Mr. Esteva Mosso offers unparalleled breadth of enforcement agency experience to clients from across global industries.

Carlos Betoret

Carlos Betoret is an associate in the Madrid office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. His practice focuses on all aspects concerning EU and Spanish competition law. Mr. Betoret represents international companies before the European Commission and the Spanish Competition authority in merger control, cartel, abuse of dominance, horizontal and vertical agreements, and state aid proceedings. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Betoret worked in a major international law firm, acting for numerous big Spanish and International corporations of different industries, such as healthcare, financial institutions, waste management, and infrastructures, among others. Mr. Betoret has also represented his clients before the Spanish courts, including, regional courts, the High Court, and the Supreme Court.

Carlos Ardilla

Carlos Ardila advises clients on cross-border corporate and financing transactions in the US and Latin America, with a focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Ardila brings more than a decade of experience representing corporate sponsors, private equity firms, lenders, developers, multinational corporations, and governmental entities on complex financings, acquisitions and divestitures involving: Renewables Traditional power Oil and gas Sovereigns and multilaterals Mr. Ardila forges trusted relationships with clients and local counsel to devise creative solutions to complex challenges. With deep roots in the Latin America market, he leverages a global perspective and broad transactional experience across jurisdictions to execute strategic corporate and finance deals. Mr. Ardila has practiced in New York; Buenos Aires; São Paulo; and Washington, D.C. Originally from Bogota, Colombia, he is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and proficient in Chinese. Mr. Ardila maintains an active pro bono practice, including working on a first-of-its-kind “blue bond” issuance to support sustainable marine and fisheries projects in the Seychelles and representing clients in developing countries through the International Senior Lawyers Project.

Carlos Alvarez

Corporate Partner

Carmen Esteban

Carmen Esteban advises global private equity funds and multinational companies on their most sophisticated M&A transactions. Ms. Esteban leverages trusted relationships across the Spanish private equity market and extensive transactional experience to guide clients on: Mergers and acquisitions Asset acquisitions Joint venture investments She approaches each matter with pragmatism and a clear understanding of clients’ commercial goals. Ms. Esteban seamlessly integrates with the firm’s global platform and regularly leads on cross-border European transactions.

Caroline A. Reckler

Finance Partner

Carolyn Wong

Carolyn Wong advises Asian and international clients on corporate transactions, with a particular focus on energy and infrastructure projects. Ms. Wong helps clients execute on a broad range of commercial arrangements, including: Mergers & acquisitions Divestments Joint ventures Infrastructure use and ownership Operating, transportation, and offtake arrangements Ms. Wong bring clients a pan-Asian perspective, drawing on her experience practicing in multiple jurisdictions, including Australia and Hong Kong, and advising on large-scale, cross-border transactions.

Carsten Loll

Dr. Carsten Loll, one of the leading German real estate lawyers, advises clients on complex real estate and private equity transactions. Carsten Loll draws on extensive experience to guide private equity funds, institutional investors, and asset managers on their highest-value domestic and cross-border real estate matters, including: Asset and share deals Portfolio transactions across all asset classes, including office, retail, and logistics Joint ventures and real estate M&A He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a member of the Advisory Board Germany. From 2012 to 2018, he was Local Chair of the ULI in Munich and a member of the ULI Executive Committee Germany. He is also a member of the gif Gesellschaft für Immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung e.V. / International Real Estate Society (IHRES), the German-British Lawyers Association and the German-American Lawyers Association.

Cary Hyden

Cary Hyden is a partner and previously served as Chair of the Corporate Department in Orange County for almost 10 years. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and general corporate and securities matters for companies, private equity sponsors and financial advisors. He has substantial experience representing companies in hostile takeover matters and in situations involving activist stockholders.

Cary R. Perlman

Partner

Cataldo Piccarreta

Cataldo Piccarreta is a partner in the Milan office. He specializes in private equity, corporate finance, and real estate. Mr. Piccarreta has extensive experience advising private and public companies and private equity funds on a wide variety of private equity, corporate finance, and real estate transactions.

Catherine E. Palmer

Partner

Cathy Yeung

Cathy Yeung serves as Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Greater China Practice and formerly served as Global Vice Chair of the firm‘s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices. She advises on a full range of PRC-related corporate transactions. Ms. Yeung draws on more than two decades of experience to advise leading investment banks and Chinese companies on the following types of corporate transactions: Capital markets, including initial public offerings and secondary offerings Mergers and acquisitions, including public M&A Privatizations Private equity She also advises listed companies across a full range of industries on regulatory and compliance as well as corporate governance matters. Ms. Yeung, a native mandarin speaker, was born and raised in China, and received her legal education in China and Hong Kong, so brings a strong understanding of Chinese culture and business practice to her work. She regularly leads global teams of market leading-colleagues from across the firm to efficiently and seamlessly address Chinese clients’ needs. She served as the company secretary of Bank of China from 2008-2015. Ms. Yeung speaks at seminars regarding the rules governing the securities listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and corporate governance.

Cathy A. Birkeland

Corporate Partner, Deputy Office Managing Partner

Cécile Mariotti

Cécile Mariotti advises on French and international transactional tax matters, particularly in complex M&A, reorganizations, capital markets, and financing transactions. Ms. Mariotti regularly represents: French and multinational groups of companies from different industries Public- and private-sector clients Financial institutions Investment funds She represents clients in their relationships with tax authorities in a wide range of situations, including tax ruling requests. She also advises on matters involving employee stock offerings and management packages. Before joining Latham & Watkins, Ms. Mariotti spent seven years in the tax department of a leading law firm in its Paris and New York offices. She co-chairs Latham's Paris Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee, a firm-wide initiative to develop a strong professional women's network and support the long term success of women leaders in business. Ms. Mariotti teaches a seminar in the International Taxation Master degree program at University Paris II Panthéon-Assas and HEC on tax considerations relating to leveraged buyouts. She is a member of the International Fiscal Association and the Women of IFA Network (WIN) France. She is also a member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux (IACF) and was a member of IACF's Corporate Income Tax Committee until October 2020. Ms. Mariotti also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Cesare Milani

Cesare Milani is a partner in the Milan office of Latham & Watkins with particular expertise in public and administrative law and regulated sectors. He is a member of the firm’s Environment, Land & Resources Practice. Mr. Milani advises clients on public and administrative law, including contentious and non-contentious matters. He has considerable experience advising private equity funds, financial institutions, and industrials on: Regulated sectors in general Public law concessions, authorizations, and permits Italian foreign investment regulation Public procurement matters Environmental law and energy law

Chad G. Rolston

Partner

Charles Claypoole

Charles Claypoole, a leading arbitration and international trade law practitioner, advises governments and investors on public international law, with a particular focus on investment treaty arbitration and trade sanctions. A seasoned advocate with an impressive track record, he draws on more than two decades of experience representing clients before a range of international courts and tribunals. Charles advises clients on a full spectrum of public international law, international trade, and dispute resolution issues. He regularly helps clients navigate disputes related to: Investment treaty arbitrations under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties including the Energy Charter Treaty International commercial arbitration Free trade agreements State immunity issues International humanitarian and human rights law International law on territorial and maritime boundaries, including the Law of the Sea International trade sanctions and export control laws An experienced advocate, Charles has successfully represented clients before the International Court of Justice, the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL arbitral tribunals. Charles regularly publishes and speaks about international law, arbitration, as well as trade and finance sanctions. He has lectured on international boundary law at King’s College London since 2003.

Charles Armstrong

Charles Armstrong is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Banking Practice. He focuses on domestic and cross-border leveraged finance and restructuring transactions acting for both sponsors and corporate across multi-tiered capital structures including the full range of bank and bond/bridge, first and second lien, bank and mezzanine, and holdco PIK transactions.

Charles Carpenter

Charles E. Carpenter is a partner in the New York and Houston offices of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Carpenter is a member of the Corporate Department and focuses his practice on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and securities offerings. Mr. Carpenter has over 17 years of experience in the energy sector, with particular knowledge on master limited partnerships and energy focused private equity transactions.

Charles Read

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Charles H. Sanders

Charles Sanders is a partner in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins. His practice focuses on intellectual property matters with an emphasis on patent litigation.Mr. Sanders represents clients as lead counsel in federal district court, the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the Federal Circuit. He has obtained multimillion-dollar settlements, ITC exclusion orders, summary judgments and trial victories.

Charles-Antoine Guelluy

Charles-Antoine Guelluy is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Paris office. He has extensive experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and stock exchange regulations, and is actively engaged in all aspects of real estate law, focusing on the sale and purchase of real estate companies and portfolios.

Cheryl M. Coe

Tax Partner

Chris Lester

Chris Lester is a corporate partner based in the Dubai office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Lester specializes in public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructurings.

Chris Horton

Chris Horton is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Capital Markets Practice. He has a broad range of experience advising on IPOs, secondary offerings, and M&A transactions by listed companies for over twenty years. He regularly advises investment banks, listed companies, and asset managers on the UK Listing Rules, Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, the Prospectus Regulation, and the AIM Rules.

Christian McDermott

Christian McDermott, an experienced technology lawyer, advises clients on large-scale technology contracts, commercial collaborations, as well as fintech and payments transactions. He advises global and UK-based clients — including major financial institutions as well as publicly listed, private, and emerging companies — on the development, use, and commercialization of technology, in particular: Large-scale technology and outsourcing projects Complex commercial collaborations Fintech contracts Established and emerging payments technologies Licensing and distribution arrangements Diligence on technology and fintech M&A and IPOs Transitional services arrangements General commercial law and intellectual property matters Christian draws on more than a decade of experience with technology and fintech matters. He has a keen sense of what is at market, utilizes effective collaboration strategies, and has developed a reputation as a skilled negotiator who knows how to get deals done.

Christian Adams

Christian Adams represents corporates, sponsors, and lenders on a broad range of complex matters across the financing spectrum. Drawing on his varied financing experience, Mr. Adams regularly advises clients on their most significant transactions across the Middle East and internationally. His work spans a multitude of industries, with a particular focus on the investment, hospitality, leisure and entertainment, energy, infrastructure, and real estate sectors. Mr. Adams’ practice includes: Leveraged and acquisition financings Real estate financings General conventional and Islamic lending Refinancings and complex restructurings Distressed debt matters Creative and commercially focused, Mr. Adams brings a proven track record of helping clients successfully navigate significant deals in the Middle East, including those involving bespoke deal structures. Mr. Adams previously served as Vice President at the global investment company Dubai Holding, where he was responsible for financing, restructuring, and strategic transactional matters involving members of the Dubai Holding group and Dubai Holding affiliates. Mr. Adams worked in the firm’s Dubai office from 2008 to 2017 and is a former member of the firm’s Associates and Pro Bono Committees.

Christina Mann

Christina Mann represents clients in complex cross-border transactions, particularly involving carve-outs and joint ventures. Ms. Mann leverages extensive in-house experience and a sophisticated understanding of her clients’ commercial drivers to guide private equity funds and corporates on: Carve-outs Joint ventures and strategic partnerships Mergers and acquisitions She skillfully negotiates highly technical commercial documentation and contracts, forging collaboration that bridges cultural gaps and efficiently closes deals. A recognized thought leader, Ms. Mann regularly writes and presents on transactional trends. She is also a member of the firm’s local Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee. Ms. Mann maintains an active pro bono practice, including joint venture work on behalf of a charity organization in Germany. Before joining Latham, she worked for a global automotive supplier and another international law firm in Germany and New York.

Christine G. Rolph

Environmental, Land & Resources Partner

Christoph A Baus

Dr. Christoph Baus, a complex commercial trial lawyer, served as Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department and currently serves as Regional Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department in continental Europe. Mr. Baus represents clients at trial and in arbitration in a range of disputes, related to: Complex commercial Securities Professional liability Shareholders M&A Insolvency Antitrust damages and abuse of dominance Mr. Baus has unparalleled experience in courtrooms and has led some of the most complex and high-profile cases, including Germany’s largest mass securities litigation matter. He is regularly lauded by leading legal publications, including JUVE and Chambers Europe, and has been compared to Cicero and James Bond.

Christoph W.G. Engeler

Christoph Engeler advises a full spectrum of healthcare and life sciences clients on corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters. Mr. Engeler advises clients at all stages of the business or product lifecycle. He regularly advises on: M&A transactions and restructurings Privatizations and joint ventures Regulatory matters across the full product lifecycle Committed to the healthcare and life sciences industry, Mr. Engeler speaks the industry language of his clients, offering specialized and pragmatic solutions. He is regularly recognized in leading legal publications, including Chambers, JUVE, and LMG Life Sciences. Clients note “he is very quick at grasping industry-specific concepts covered in negotiations.” He regularly speaks at conferences, including Germany’s leading healthcare conference, Gesundheitswirtschaftskongress.

Christopher Armstrong

Chris Armstrong advises private equity, private capital, and banking clients on structured and bespoke financing opportunities and solutions across companies’ life cycles. He draws on his extensive experience across a broad range of asset classes to help clients devise and implement structures relating to: Preferred equity and hybrid capital Asset-backed financing Litigation funding Sports financing Esoteric structures He unlocks the resources across the firm’s robust global platform to provide clients with integrated solutions to monetize assets and manage risk in borrowing and lending opportunities. Chris maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising on commercial contracts through Runnymede Trust, an organization challenging structural racism in the UK.

Christopher Shoff

Chris Shoff is a partner in the Century City office of Latham & Watkins. He is a leading advisor to emerging companies, venture capital firms, private equity firms and strategic acquirers in the technology, life sciences, cleantech and energy industries. Chris Shoff focuses his practice on the representation of technology companies from start-ups to global corporations in a broad range of industries, including software, digital media and entertainment, mobile, consumer Internet, medical device, pharmaceutical and healthcare services. He regularly represents clients throughout their entire life cycle from formation to exit. In this role he advises entrepreneurs and companies on corporate formation, equity incentives, convertible note and preferred stock financings, securities law compliance, corporate governance, public offerings and mergers and acquisitions

Christopher Garrett

A partner in the San Diego office, Christopher W. Garrett has practiced law with the firm since 1981. His practice centers on environmental law, municipal law and land use law throughout California and the Western United States. His areas of expertise include federal, state and local regulation of air pollution, water quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, wetlands protection, endangered species preservation and other environmental and land use laws, including municipal law, public finance and government contracts requirements. His particular areas of concentration involve air pollution laws and regulations and compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Christopher Plaut

Corporate Partner

Christopher Yates

Chris Yates, a partner in Latham & Watkins’ San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices, litigates and tries precedent-setting antitrust cases in courts across the United States. Mr. Yates regularly counsels and represents clients at the forefront of the sports, technology, travel, healthcare, and life sciences industries. Drawing on more than two decades of litigation and trial experience, he routinely achieves success for clients facing a variety of cutting-edge antitrust and competition issues, including: Consumer class actions Challenges to sports governing bodies IP-related antitrust claims Distribution and pricing policies Industry standard-setting and related claims of anticompetitive collusion or monopolization Alleged aftermarket monopolization Mr. Yates has successfully argued in federal trial courts throughout the country, including New York, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Delaware, and California, and has won appeals before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and other appellate courts. Mr. Yates previously served as Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Christopher Hazuka

Dr. Christopher Hazuka is a partner in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins’ Silicon Valley office. His practice focuses on advising life sciences companies in structuring and negotiating transactions at every stage of their life cycle.

Christopher Kaufman

Mr. Kaufman’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance. His practice emphasis is on high technology clients including semiconductor, software and biotechnology companies, privately held start-up companies and major investment banks.

Christopher Harris

Litigation & Trial Partner

Christopher D. Brearton

Deputy Office Managing Partner, Corporate Partner

Christopher S. Turner

Partner

Christos Malamataris

Christos Malamataris advises international companies on all aspects of EU competition law. Mr. Malamataris draws on more than a decade of experience helping clients navigate the full spectrum of competition law, including: Merger control Conduct cases State aid EU regulatory principles Related litigation Prior to rejoining Latham, Mr. Malamataris advised on merger control cases as a European Commission official at the Directorate General for Competition. In this role, he steered merger review in the pharmaceutical, financial services, semiconductor, and chemical industries. Mr. Malamataris also oversaw major EU merger control policy and legislative projects, including the revision of the EU Implementing Merger Regulation and the review of below-threshold transactions under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation. Mr. Malamataris worked as an associate at Latham and at another global firm before his tenure at the European Commission. He advised companies across a wide range of sectors, particularly in the technology, pharmaceutical, and energy industries. A recognized thought leader, Mr. Malamataris regularly speaks and writes on EU competition law topics, such as abuse of dominance, including as a visiting lecturer at Brunel University in London and the University of Athens in Greece.

Chuan Wei Kong

Chuan Wei Kong advises borrowers and lenders on banking transactions across Southeast Asia and India. Mr. Kong helps private equity funds, portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, banks, credit funds, and other alternative credit providers navigate a range of transactions, including: Acquisition finance General corporate lending Special situations Mezzanine finance Margin lending He draws on a firm grasp of the Southeast Asian markets to offer clients a seamless and responsive service across a broad range of financing transactions. Mr. Kong also serves as a member of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) Singapore Young Leaders Committee.

Cindy Caillavet Sinclair

Counsel

Clare Nida

Clare Nida represents international corporate clients in complex white-collar investigations into bribery and corruption allegations across regulatory regimes in the US and UK. She applies a commercial mindset and a comprehensive understanding of clients’ business needs in the context of: Cross-border civil and criminal government investigations into bribery and corruption, fraud, and money laundering allegations Internal investigations spanning a broad range of disciplines Commercial litigation across a variety of industries and subject matters Compliance program design and enhancement She helps clients mitigate reputational risk and minimize business disruption when the stakes are highest. Clare leverages her tenacity and experience as a Principal Investigative lawyer in the Bribery & Corruption Division of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to guide clients through all stages of investigations and interactions with the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), UK SFO, UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the US Department of Justice (DOJ). During her 13-month UK SFO secondment, she investigated, prosecuted, and litigated cases. She gained extensive knowledge of the financial and extractive industries, led the SFO’s first successful conviction for a failure to comply with a Section 2 notice under the Criminal Justice Act 1987, successfully defended a number of judicial reviews, and obtained and executed search warrants. Clare maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising a nonprofit carbon credits exchange on their compliance program, and served as Global Chair of the firm’s Women Lawyers’ Group.

Clare Scott

Clare Scott advises private fund sponsors, investors, and joint venture participants in forming, investing in, and operating private investment funds and alternative investment vehicles. She regularly advises sponsors, from leading institutional asset managers to first-time fund managers, as well as institutional investors — including strategic corporates, pension schemes, and sovereign wealth funds. She assists sponsors with their formation, global fundraising, capital deployment, and operating activities for a range of private funds, including: Buyout funds Green and climate investment funds Real estate funds Infrastructure funds Debt funds Co-investment funds Secondary transactions She also helps client navigate fund marketing and regulatory matters, including AIFMD. Given her experience advising both sponsor and investor clients, Clare has a sophisticated perspective on the fund market. Clare serves as the liaison to Hatch Enterprise, an incubator for social enterprises, with an emphasis on supporting entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds. She also served as the London Co-Lead for Latham’s Women Lawyers Group.

Clement Naples

Litigation & Trial Partner

Clement N. Fondufe

Clement Fondufe is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and the Global Co-Chair of the firm's Africa Practice. He advises clients on international and domestic corporate, commercial, and financial transactions. Clement has experience representing public, private, and state-owned corporate clients (including sovereign wealth funds) in the development and financing of large projects and focuses on the oil, gas, petrochemicals, mining, and infrastructure industries.

Colin Bumby

Corporate Counsel

Colleen Smith

Colleen Smith is a member of the Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice, representing public companies and corporate officers and directors in securities class actions, shareholder derivative litigation, mergers and acquisitions litigation, SEC investigations, internal investigations and other complex, high-stakes litigation.

Cora Grannemann

Cora Grannemann, a counsel in the Finance Department of Latham & Watkins' Frankfurt office, advises German and international clients on national and cross-border transactions, including leveraged buyouts, strategic acquisition, financial restructurings, and corporate lending within German and English law, helping clients to successfully address all aspects of their financing needs. She focuses on forward-looking leveraged buyouts and corporate finance transactions featuring complex and innovative structures, including bank/bond and covenant-lite. Ms. Grannemann also lectures on "Introduction to English Law" at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Courtenay Myers Lima

Corporate Partner

Craig Garner

Craig Garner is a corporate partner in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins and local Chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. His practice centers around corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general company representation. In addition, Mr. Garner serves as primary outside corporate and securities counsel for a number of public and private companies.

Craig S. Kornreich

Partner

Dan Maze

Dan Maze is a finance partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and Co-Chair of the London Finance Department. He has a wide range of experience representing lenders and borrowers in syndicated and private credit leveraged financings, investment grade acquisition facilities, restructurings, and emerging markets loans. His clients include European and US banks, direct lenders and credit funds, and corporate borrowers. Dan was named by The American Lawyer as its 2015 "Transatlantic Finance Dealmaker of the Year" for his leadership on the US$22 billion cross-border bank and bond financing provided to Altice and Numericable for the acquisition of French telecoms company SFR.

Daniel Wall

Daniel M. Wall is globally recognized as one of the leading antitrust lawyers in the United States, with a practice that encompasses complex antitrust litigation, government conduct investigations, merger reviews and counseling. His specialties are merger litigation, single-firm conduct litigation (e.g., monopolization actions) and the application of the antitrust laws to high technology industries.

Daniel Splittgerber

Dr. Daniel Splittgerber represents clients in complex financial restructurings and distressed situations, with an emphasis on German and cross-border transactions. Mr. Splittgerber advises on complex, cross-border distressed situations, including bank-bond restructurings. He regularly guides international and German clients through both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, rescue financings, and distressed acquisitions. His clients include: Creditors Companies and their management teams Investors and shareholders He leverages an extensive background in financial analysis and a strategic mind set to help clients stabilize distressed situations and optimize returns. Mr. Splittgerber establishes trusted relationships with clients to comprehensively understand their goals and effectively implement solutions to achieve them. A recognized thought leader, Mr. Splittgerber regularly speaks at industry conferences and publishes on insolvency law and topical issues on the restructuring market. He also maintains an active pro bono practice, serves on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee, and is a board member of Pro Bono Deutschland e.V., which promotes pro bono legal advice for nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations and projects in Germany. Before joining Latham, Mr. Splittgerber worked as an assistant lecturer at the University of Münster’s Institute for International Business Law. He obtained his doctorate with a thesis on enterprise groups’ treatment under German insolvency law, for which he earned the Harry-Westermann Award for outstanding dissertations.

Daniel Brown

Litigation & Trial Partner

Daniel Seale

Daniel Seale is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and is a Co-chair of the firm’s global Banking Practice. Mr. Seale is a member of the Finance Department and the Banking, Capital Markets and Private Equity Practices, and is a member of the firm's Strategic Client Committee. He is a former Vice Chair of the firm's Associates Committee and former local chair for the Finance Department in the New York office.

Daniel Meron

Litigation Partner

Daniel S. Schecter

Daniel Scott Schecter is a litigation partner in the Century City office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Schecter previously served as Vice-chair of the firm's global Litigation & Trial Department and Chair of the Los Angeles Litigation & Trial Department. His practice focuses on litigating and trying to verdict intellectual property, technology and entertainment cases and complex business disputes. He has prevailed in jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations taken to verdict or decision with more than US$3 billion in claimed damages at stake.

Daniel T. Lennon

Corporate Partner

Danielle van der Merwe

Danielle van der Merwe advises multinational and UK clients on a range of data privacy and cybersecurity matters, including in connection with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Drawing on nearly a decade of experience, Danielle counsels a variety of global companies, leading financial institutions, and major funds on their most complex and sensitive data privacy issues. Her industry experience spans a number of cutting-edge sectors, including technology, social media, and gaming. Danielle regularly advises clients throughout the corporate lifecycle, serving as an extension of their in-house legal team. She brings particular experience handling cross-border matters arising from product developments, transactions, and investments, including large-scale GDPR compliance reviews. Danielle also delivers sophisticated insight on privacy issues in connection with white collar investigations, both in the UK and internationally. Her practice includes advising on: Complex data transfer solutions (including transfers in light of the Schrems II ruling) Sensitive internal and external investigations Strategic management of data breach incidents and regulatory inquiries Product counselling Data subject rights requests Online advertising, profiling, and marketing strategies Data sharing arrangements Training programs M&A transactions A business-minded problem solver, Danielle offers a unique perspective on clients’ needs garnered from her secondment experience at several retail, health, insurance, and sports companies. Danielle is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In addition to her commercial work, Danielle provides privacy-related counsel to nonprofit clients on a pro bono basis.

David Kurzweil

Corporate Partner

David Ziyambi

David Ziyambi is a member of the firm’s Finance Department and Africa Practice whose practice focuses primarily on project, structured, and leveraged financing in the energy and infrastructure sectors within both mature and developing markets, particularly throughout Africa. He represents sponsors, lenders, and governments on a range of matters, from project development and project finance deals to structured financing, prepayments, and reserve-based lending.

David Shin

David Shin is an associate in the Singapore office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Finance Department. Mr. Shin’s practice focuses on project development and finance as well as other project-related transactions, particularly in the power, renewables, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Shin joined the firm in 2019 from another leading international law firm.

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David Wallace is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and Co-Chair of the London Finance Department. He is a member of the firm’s Private Capital and Restructuring & Special Situations Practices. David has extensive experience advising clients on all aspects of private capital investment. He advises on direct lending, private debt and preference equity transactions, opportunistic credit and equity investments, as well as complex, multi-jurisdictional debt and equity restructurings. His clients include issuers and investors alike – asset managers, credit funds, hedge funds, and other alternative capital providers, as well as corporates, private equity sponsors, and management teams. Prior to joining Latham, David spent a number of years as an investment professional in the credit team of one of Europe’s largest sub-investment grade asset managers, where he gained substantive experience in the structuring, execution, restructuring, and value creation of multiple investments across European and US special situations, strategic credit, and direct lending strategies. Before that, he worked at a leading international law firm in their banking and restructuring and insolvency teams. He has experience in a range of sectors, including retail, hospitality and leisure, gaming, business services, logistics, manufacturing, energy and renewables, food and beverages, chemicals, and industrials.

David Little

David R. Little advises clients on many of their most significant and complex UK, EU, and international competition law matters, including merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, and litigation. Drawing on more than a decade of experience spanning large-value transactions and sensitive disputes and investigations, Mr. Little counsels leading global clients on a variety of competition issues, working closely with regulatory authorities around the world to achieve favorable outcomes for clients. Mr. Little has advised on competition issues relating to some of the largest and highest-profile transactions in recent years. He handles a range of multi-faceted, cross-border matters, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, investigations, sector inquiries, and foreign investment control reviews. He also has experience handling standalone and follow-on litigation claims on behalf of both claimants and defendants. His practice spans industry sectors, with a particular focus on media, technology, financial services, and life sciences. Mr. Little offers clients sophisticated insight into navigating various regulatory reviews. Mr. Little has worked at the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and has appeared before many of the major global antitrust enforcement agencies. He has also appeared before the European Courts in Luxembourg, and the High Court and Court of Appeal in England & Wales. He frequently writes on a broad range of topics related to competition and commercial law, including merger control, restrictive agreements, abuse of dominance, state aid, impact investment, and sustainable finance. Mr. Little served on the firm’s global Diversity Leadership Committee from 2020 to 2022

David Walker

David Walker is an M&A lawyer with more than 30 years of experience focusing on UK and international private equity transactions. He was Global Vice Chair of the Corporate Department and the former Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins' Private Equity Practice, and is recognized as a leader in his field in numerous publications. He commented and written extensively on private equity, including contributing chapters to Private Equity: A Transactional Analysis and was the editor of another specialist book entitled Private Equity Exits: A Practical Analysis.

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David T. Della Rocca

Tax Partner

Dean Naumowicz

Dean Naumowicz is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, Financial Institutions Group, and the Capital Markets, Derivatives, and Structured Finance Practices. He has extensive experience advising on a wide range of derivatives and structured products including credit, equity, and commodity transactions. Dean advises banks on hedging, acquisition, and financing strategies relating to equity positions, including: Funded and unfunded collars (and variable prepaid forwards), including where used for accelerated purchases (friendly and hostile) Structured put option financing transactions and stock loan transactions Margin loans over listed and unlisted shares, including in the context of IPOs, rights issues and tender offers Related regulatory and corporate matters, such as market abuse, disclosure and transparency rules, exchange and clearing house rules, margin rules, and Companies Act and Takeovers Code matters He also has particularly well-developed expertise advising on Sharia-compliant derivatives transactions and he has advised on innovative financial structures in emerging markets covering all asset classes. Dean’s broad practice combines both transactional and advisory expertise. He represents global financial institutions and other clients on derivatives and collateral issues. An industry leader, he is a contributor to various International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) publications. He is currently advising the International Securities Lending Association in relation to securities lending and borrowing practices across the Middle East, including regulation and drafting new forms of master documents.

Delyth Hughes

Delyth Hughes is a member of the Corporate Department and the Derivatives and Structured Finance Practices. Delyth primarily handles complex, cross-border OTC derivative, and structured financing transactions where she advises both buy-side and sell-side clients Delyth advises across the following range of asset classes: Fixed income derivatives, including rates, FX, deal contingent derivative transactions, and structuring hedging solutions in respect of a wide variety of financing transactions Structured equity transactions, including put option financing transactions, funded and unfunded collars, and margin loans over listed and unlisted equities Commodities and credit derivatives Repo and stock-lending transactions Sharia-compliant derivative transactions and Islamic structured products Delyth's practice combines both transactional and advisory expertise and she has experience advising clients on regulatory matters relating to derivatives and structured finance transactions. Prior to joining Latham, Delyth trained and qualified at a Magic Circle law firm and, during her career, has also undertaken two secondments at large international banks.

Denis Criton

Denis Criton is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, with particular expertise in leveraged acquisitions (LBOs). Mr. Criton has considerable experience representing private equity institutions in acquisitions, disposals, and restructurings. For more than 18 years, he has been representing French and foreign investors in strategic transactions and joint ventures. Mr. Criton was the Global Chair of the Knowledge Management Committee for four years. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Criton worked in the London and Paris offices of several leading law firms.

Deniz Tschammler

Dr. Deniz Tschammler, a leading lawyer within the European healthcare market, advises clients on a full spectrum of industry-specific matters, with a particular focus on complex transactions and major industrial projects. Deniz leverages extensive experience to guide pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, providers of digital health solutions, and their investors on: Transactions and collaborations in the healthcare and life sciences market Regulation of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and digital health products across their life cycle Digitization projects and the handling of health data Disruptive business models and competition strategies Healthcare compliance, supply chain management, and general compliance management Industry-specific legal disputes and internal investigations He regularly advises on cross-border projects, including foreign trade law and foreign investment control matters.

Derek McKinley

Derek McKinley advises government-related procurers, lenders, and sponsors on all aspects of complex energy and infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia. Mr. McKinley leverages more than 15 years’ on-the-ground experience in the GCC to provide deep insight into the successful development and execution of projects within the energy and infrastructure sectors, including: Oil and gas, as well as petrochemicals Utilities (power, desalination, and wastewater treatment) Transport (aviation, ports, rail, and road) Social infrastructure (education and healthcare) He partners with clients’ executive management to quickly triage crisis situations with an eye toward commercially focused advice, extending to both foreign investors and national developers. Mr. McKinley is a member of the International Project Finance Association’s Middle East chapter and has served on the firm’s Recruiting Committee and First Generation Professionals Committee. A recognized thought leader, he regularly speaks and writes on energy and infrastructure opportunities and regulations in the Saudi market. Mr. McKinley maintains an active pro bono practice and contributes to a wide range of public issues, including refugee rights and combatting human trafficking, climate change, and female genital mutilation.

Diana Dizon

Diana Dizon is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Ms. Dizon advises on a broad range of corporate finance and securities transactions, including various debt and equity offerings, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Dizon worked as an associate in a leading Philippine law firm for several years.

Diego Romero

Diego Romero is an associate in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. As a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice, he advises clients on the resolution of high-stakes, complex international disputes. Mr. Romero advises in international arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, and UNCITRAL Rules, with a particular focus on investment and commercial disputes involving Latin America.

Diona Park

Diona Park is a counsel in the Seoul office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Ms. Park advises clients on derivatives and structured products, equity-linked products, and other capital markets transactions and related regulatory matters. Her clients range from financial institutions and corporations to private equity funds, fintech companies, and hedge funds on transactions including: Equity hedging and monetization transactions, including over-the-counter transactions such as forwards and collars and structured transactions Share forward sales and related equity offerings, including at-the-market offerings Convertible bond offerings and related bond hedge transactions and derivatives entered into by issuers on their own stock, including repurchase and financing derivatives Margin loans secured by shares of publicly-traded issuers, diversified portfolios of securities, and/or debt securities Loan-linked and deal-contingent rate, currency and commodity hedging transactions, and related regulatory advice Prime brokerage and total return swap agreements and related netting, margin, and other regulatory issues Structuring and advising on regulatory treatment of cryptocurrency derivative transactions Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Park worked in New York at leading international law firms and as an in-house legal counsel at JPMorgan’s investment banking group.

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Dirk Kocher

Dr. Dirk Kocher advises corporations, private equity firms, and strategic investors on public transactions, restructurings, and shareholder issues. Mr. Kocher advises clients on a full spectrum of transformative transactions, restructurings and high-stakes shareholder disputes related to German stock corporations. He regularly guides clients through: Public M&A, taking private transactions, and PIPEs Corporate and financial restructurings of public companies Corporate governance, activism defense, and shareholder litigation Drawing on an exceptional understanding of German stock corporation law, he regularly advises boards on complex transactions as well as compliance issues and shareholder disputes. Mr. Kocher was a lecturer at Bucerius law school and currently serves there as chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation of the Institute for Corporate and Capital Markets Law. He formerly served as vice chairman of the board of the Finnish-German Trade Association in Hamburg and regularly publishes and speaks on corporate and capital markets’ law issues.

Dominic Newcomb

Dominic Newcomb is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member and former Vice Chair of the firm’s global Finance Department. Dominic practices in the field of international bank finance representing sponsors and borrowers in a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing and restructuring transactions. He has extensive experience in senior, mezzanine, and bridge debt finance for leveraged cross-border acquisitions. He also has experience in insolvency and restructuring matters, representing sponsors and debtors throughout the capital structure in numerous complex transactions.

Dominic Geiser

Dominic Geiser is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience, Mr. Geiser’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration in Hong Kong and Asia, including contractual, financial, private and public company, investor, shareholder and joint venture disputes, frequently in a cross-border context and often featuring an associated regulatory or criminal angle. He has substantial experience representing clients in claims involving investment mis-selling, minority shareholder actions, breach of directors’ duties, fraud, misrepresentation, economic torts, as well as in cases requiring urgent injunctive or other interim relief. In addition, he advises on loan and security enforcement matters, liquidation and winding-up proceedings. Mr. Geiser has particular expertise advising ﬁnancial institutions, private equity and venture capital firms, major corporates and high-net worth individuals throughout Asia, Europe and the USA, as well as clients in the fintech, technology, media, telecommunications and consumer sectors. He has acted in some of the most high-profile and landmark cases in the Hong Kong Court over recent years. Mr. Geiser is widely acknowledged by legal directories as one of the leading litigators in Asia. Recent recognition includes being awarded Young Lawyer of the Year at the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Law Awards in 2018, featuring in ALB’s “Asia’s 40 Under 40” list of the most accomplished young lawyers in 2018, and in ALB’s inaugural list of “Asia’s Top 15 Litigators” in 2021. Among his other professional commitments, Mr. Geiser is a panel member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, a member of the Civil Litigation Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong, and a Contributing Editor of Hong Kong Civil Procedure published by Sweet & Maxwell. Mr. Geiser is qualified to practice Hong Kong and English law, and is a Solicitor Advocate in Hong Kong.

Dominic Yoong

Finance Partner

Dominik Sklenar

Dominik Sklenar advises on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, covering issuers from all across Asia. Mr. Skelnar draws on his sophisticated knowledge of US securities laws and extensive on-the-ground transactional experience in Asia to represent issuers, investment banks, and private equity investors on: US IPOs, follow-ons, and registered or unregistered convertible bonds 144A/Reg S debt issuances Registered debt offerings Hong Kong public offerings India and Indonesia capital markets transactions Leveraging the strength of Latham’s global platform, he works closely with the National Office on the complex SEC issues that arise in the context of Asia capital markets. Mr. Sklenar is a member of the firm’s Ethics Committee and serves as Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the Hong Kong office.

Don Stokes

Don Stokes advises on complex energy and infrastructure project development, investment, and finance transactions across Asia. Mr. Stokes draws on more than a decade of on-the-ground experience advising on renewable and conventional power, digital infrastructure and telecoms, and gas development and transportation projects throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He has particular experience in the Vietnam energy sector, where he has worked on groundbreaking deals involving LNG-to-power and renewable energy investments. He has advised financial sponsors investing in renewable energy and digital infrastructure portfolios across the region. Qualified to practice English and New York law, Mr. Stokes has practiced in Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Tokyo, London, and New York over the past two decades. He has been based in Asia since 2010. Leading industry publications rank Mr. Stokes among the leading project development and finance lawyers in Asia.

Douglas Abernethy

Douglas Abernethy represents clients in a range of complex corporate finance and M&A matters, with a particular focus on public takeovers and take-private transactions. He delivers pragmatic and commercially driven advice on M&A matters to multinational private equity firms, financial institutions, and UK-listed companies. He represents clients in connection with significant acquisitions and divestitures involving assets in a diverse range of industries. He also advises financial institutions serving as lenders and advisors to parties on M&A transactions. Douglas’ practice encompasses: Public to private transactions Listed company board advice in takeover situations Takeover Code aspects of acquisition financings Cross-border transactions Private equity and leveraged buyouts He brings a sophisticated understanding of the regulatory environment for takeovers of UK-listed companies garnered from his experience on secondment with the UK Takeover Panel from July 2018 to July 2020. In this role, he assisted in the regulation of some of the highest-profile takeovers in the UK market and developed an in-depth knowledge of the Takeover Code and how it is applied by the Takeover Panel.

Douglas Lumish

Litigation Partner

Douglas Yatter

Douglas Yatter is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and the Financial Institutions and Energy Industry Groups.

Douglas N. Greenburg

Litigation Partner

Drew C. Ensign

Counsel

Duncan Moore

Environmental, Land & Resources Partner

E. Marcellus Williamson

Partner

Edward Barnett

Ed Barnett is Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins' London office. Ed advises clients on a variety of cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions, including public takeovers, takeover defense, joint ventures, and private company and business acquisitions and divestments, with a particular focus in consumer, technology, pharmaceuticals, and entertainment, media, and sports sectors. He also represents clients on company representation work, including advising on a range of corporate governance matters. He is a former Global Co-Chair of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.

Edward Tang

Edward Tang is a member of the Corporate Department and the Private Equity Practice and the Mergers and Acquisition Practice. Mr. Tang’s practice focuses on a range of corporate matters, including advising private equity funds and corporations on mergers and acquisitions transactions and capital market offerings.

Edward Kempson

Edward Kempson is an English law-qualified partner based in the Riyadh office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Kempson is the global coordinator of the firm’s Sustainable Finance Practice. He has considerable experience advising corporate clients and financial institutions on a wide variety of debt and equity capital markets transactions, M&A, and financial restructurings.

Eliot Choy

Corporate Counsel

Elisabetta Righini

Elisabetta Righini advises leading multinational companies on European law, with a focus on EU regulation and litigation in the market’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, on State aid, and on FSR. Ms. Righini draws on more than 25 years of experience, including 15 years in high-level positions at the European Commission, and her creative approach helps clients navigate complex regulatory frameworks in Europe, particularly involving: EU technology and AI regulation State aid matters Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) compliance Regulation of network industries, such as transport and energy She regularly advises digital platforms and media services on developments in the EU Digital Single Market — including in connection with the Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, and AI Act — and represents them in front of EU institutions and courts in relation to compliance or investigations. Ms. Righini also guides companies, industry associations, and public authorities on State aid and FSR compliance, including in filings, complaints and investigations at the European Commission, and litigation before the European courts. While at the European Commission, Ms. Righini worked as a member of its Legal Service and then as a legal advisor to former Competition Commissioner and Vice President Joaquín Almunia. She leverages her longstanding legal practice and in-depth understanding of the European Commission’s policy and enforcement when helping clients craft their legal strategy in Europe. Over the years, she has become a trusted and strategic advisor to many of her clients on their most critical issues, including European regulatory compliance. Ms. Righini also has extensive experience as a litigator, having appeared before the European Court of Justice in over 100 cases relating to a variety of EU issues, such as State aid, external relations, anti-dumping, network industries, and fiscal matters. She has also appeared before the World Trade Organization in over 20 cases relating to sanitary and phytosanitary measures, genetically modified organisms, subsidies, tariffs and non-tariffs, barriers, and telecoms. A recognized leader within the firm, Ms. Righini is the local chair of Latham’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee and Pro Bono Committee as well as a member of the Diversity Leadership Committee. She is a visiting professor at the Centre of European Law of Kings College’s Dickson Poon School of Law in London and a member of its advisory board.

Elise Auvray

Elise Auvray is a counsel in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and compliance. She also advises clients on data privacy and white collar crime. Ms. Auvray resolves a broad range of complex disputes through litigation proceedings, mostly in an international context and in various areas of business, working in matters involving assistance and representation of clients before all courts (civil, commercial, criminal, and arbitral tribunals). Ms. Auvray is also active in firm management, serving on the Associates Committee.

Elizabeth Marks

Litigation & Trial Counsel

Elizabeth Oh

Finance Counsel

Ellen L. Marks

Finance and Corporate Partner

Emily E. Taylor

Emily Taylor is counsel in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm's Emerging Companies Practice. She represents technology, life sciences and retail companies from formation through IPO.

Eric Yiu

Eric Yiu advises investment banks as well as public and private companies doing business in Asia on a full spectrum of capital markets transactions. Mr. Yiu helps clients navigate capital raising transactions including: US equity and debt registered offerings Rule 144A/Regulation S equity and debt offerings Private placements PIPEs Convertible bonds Tender offers Hybrid securities such as convertible and exchangeable securities (both optional and mandatory) High-yield bonds Perpetual and regulatory capital securities He also counsels clients on due diligence, corporate governance, and post-listing compliance matters. Mr. Yiu’s experienced versatility means he can provide clients across a range of jurisdictions in Asia with effective commercial guidance on nearly any type of capital-raising transaction.

Eric R. Swibel

Partner

Eric S. Volkman

Partner

Erika Brini Raimondi

Erika Brini Raimondi advises clients across a broad range of complex financing transactions. Ms. Brini Raimondi leverages extensive experience to guide clients on: Acquisition finance Restructuring Private equity finance Corporate finance Debt capital markets Direct lending A recognized leader at the firm, Ms. Brini Raimondi serves as local leader for the Diversity Leadership Committee and was previously local leader of the Women Lawyers Group.

Erika Weinberg

Erika L. Weinberg is a partner in the New York office. Ms. Weinberg’s practice focuses primarily on corporate finance and general securities and corporate matters.

Esperanza Barrón Baratech

Esperanza Barrón Baratech is an associate in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. She is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice and represents companies, states, and state-owned entities in high-stakes, complex international disputes. Esperanza has acted in international arbitrations, both institutional and ad hoc, with a particular focus on investment, energy, oil and gas, and construction. She has a wide range of experience in proceedings under the aegis of the principal arbitration institutions, including the ICC, SCC, and ICSID, as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules.

Esther Franks

Esther Franks leads the Data and Technology Transactions Practice in the firm’s Singapore office, and advises clients on complex cross-border data privacy and regulatory issues with an Asia nexus. Ms. Franks leverages her technical science background and a sophisticated understanding of global markets to help clients navigate myriad regulations across the healthcare, technology, internet, insurance, financial services, gaming, entertainment, and social media sectors. She advises on: Regulations and investigations, including those involving artificial intelligence and platform regulation Data privacy compliance with laws across APAC, GDPR, and eprivacy laws Strategies for compliant exploitation of data Data breaches and reporting Technology, intellectual property, and data licensing Commercial contracts and collaborations She has completed secondments to a global social media company’s data protection and cybersecurity teams, where she focused on GDPR compliance and security matters, and to a major global retail company and a multinational consumer goods company, where she acted as legal counsel for their respective global procurement functions, focusing on technology-related procurement and outsourcing. A recognized thought leader, she is a member of IAPP (the International Association of Privacy Professionals) and holds IAPP/CIPP/E certification. She regularly speaks and writes on topics related to privacy and AI. Ms. Franks has served on the firm’s Privacy Committee, Security Committee, and Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee.

Etienne Gentil

Etienne Gentil is of counsel in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins, where he previously was a partner for 15 years. Mr. Gentil acts primarily on leveraged financing, asset financing, and syndicated loans. He is the President of the Commission on French Securities Interest Reform for think-tank Paris Europlace.

Eugene Mazzaro

Finance Partner

Evan G. Smith

Evan Smith is a partner and Corporate Department Deputy Chair for the Boston and Waltham offices of Latham & Watkins. He represents clients on a broad range of corporate matters in life sciences, technology and other industry sectors.

Eveline Van Keymeulen

Eveline Van Keymeulen is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Brussels and Paris offices and Global Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins' Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice. She advises multinational companies and start-ups in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical devices, cosmetics, and food and beverage sectors on a broad variety of complex European, domestic and cross-border regulatory matters, including clinical trials, product approvals, regulatory incentives, market access, promotion and advertising, post-market obligations, and general compliance matters. In addition, Eveline has extensive experience advising on cannabis and hemp-based product regulations. She successfully challenged the legality of French hemp regulations in the first landmark case related to cannabidiol (CBD) products before the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-663/18, Kanavape). This transaction won the Creating New Standards award at the Financial Times European Innovative Lawyer Awards 2022. Eveline has authored numerous articles and has been a featured speaker on EU regulatory matters at prominent conferences such as the Pharmaceutical Law Academy in Cambridge. She also serves on the editorial board of the European Pharmaceutical Law Review. In addition, Eveline has been quoted in BBC Business Daily, Bloomberg, The Times, Les Echos, and other leading international business journals on life sciences regulatory and policy matters.

Evelyne Girio

Dual-qualified in England and France, Evelyne Girio advises clients on energy and natural resources transactions governed by English and French law. Evelyne counsels key participants in the energy sector on a range of matters, with a particular focus on M&A transactions in the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors. She regularly represents private equity firms, strategic clients and investors, commodity traders, independent exploration and production (E&P) companies, international oil companies (IOCs), and national oil companies (NOCs). Drawing on her broad industry experience, Evelyne advises on: M&A transactions Project developments Day-to-day petroleum operations All forms of upstream oil and gas contracts, including production sharing contracts, joint operating agreements, offtake agreements, gas sale and purchase agreements, transportation agreements, and capacity agreements Evelyne brings particular experience handling complex, cross-border matters, including within the African Franco-phone and Lusophone region. She is multi-lingual and negotiates confidently in French, English, and Portuguese. In addition to her commercial practice, Evelyne regularly advises clients on a pro bono basis. Her work includes advising Eden Reforestation Projects, a nonprofit organization that rebuilds natural landscapes destroyed by deforestation in developing countries with a view to reducing carbon emissions and generating carbon credits for sale on international markets.

Everett (Kip) C. Johnson, Jr.

Partner, General Counsel

Fabrice Fages

Fabrice Fages advises French and international clients and their US subsidiaries on complex commercial disputes and sensitive compliance and ESG matters. Mr. Fages helps financial institutions, multinational companies, and French corporates to prevent and mitigate risk and to navigate litigation, including: Civil, commercial, and criminal litigation Mass/class action litigation Internal and government investigations International arbitration and mediation Mr. Fages also regularly helps clients implement compliance and ESG programs. A versatile, internationally recognized lawyer, he draws on both extensive experience appearing before judges and well-honed negotiation skills to avoid litigation. Mr. Fages brings a business sensibility to help clients navigate crisis management, cross-border and French law compliance-related issues. With a broad perspective on complex disputes, he offers clients a strategic view toward dispute resolution. Mr. Fages has long been involved in the evolution of legal and regulatory public policy. He worked with the French Senate on business and financial legal matters from 1999 to 2002 and at the French National Assembly. He draws on experience advising the Conseil National des Barreaux (CNB) on governmental issues. He is a founding member of the Legal Committee of Paris Europlace and an Expert of the leading French think tank, Club des Juristes. Mr. Fages has contributed as an Expert to two committees; one dedicated to anticorruption (2022), and one dedicated to “Devoir de vigilance” (2023), both chaired by former Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. He is currently a member of a committee on internal investigations, chaired by a former justice minister, Dominique Perben. He also teaches litigation at the Université of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and arbitration at the Université of Paris 2 Panthéon Assas.

Farah O'Brien

Farah O’Brien has over 15 years’ experience in cross-border M&A, private equity, and corporate restructurings, primarily for sponsors and their portfolio companies. She is Vice Chair of the firm's Associates Committee and the former Co-Chair of the London Corporate Department. She has co-authored a chapter in the book Carve-out M&A Transactions: A Practical Guide.

Farhana Sharmeen

Farhana Sharmeen, Co-Deputy Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins' Asia offices and head of the firm’s Singapore law practice, advises clients globally on complex cross-border transactions with a Singapore nexus. Ms. Sharmeen combines over 20 years of extensive cross-discipline expertise and a sophisticated understanding of Singapore’s regulatory landscape to guide financial institutions and companies on corporate and finance transactions, compliance, and governance matters involving: Public and private M&A Private equity Emerging companies Fintech and financial regulatory issues Investment funds ESG issues She guides clients through myriad issues that arise in transactions with commercial pragmatism and sensitivity. Ms. Sharmeen views each matter through a bespoke lens, leveraging an understanding of the client’s objectives with a deep bench of transactional expertise to deliver first-of-their-kind solutions. A recognized leader at the firm, she serves as Asia Chair of the ESG Practice Working Committee and on Latham’s Global EEO Committee. She previously served on the Training & Career Enhancement Committee and Women Enhancing Business (WEB) Committee. Ms. Sharmeen is Chairperson of the Law Society of Singapore’s Corporate Practice Committee. She regularly writes on ESG and Singapore corporate and regulatory law. She maintains an active pro bono practice, with a particular focus on migrant workers and human rights issues.

Farrell J. Malone

Counsel

Fergus Wheeler

Fergus Wheeler is a partner in the Finance Department of Latham & Watkins’ London office and a member of the Banking Practice. He focuses on private credit and other debt finance transactions, with experience in leveraged finance spanning more than 15 years. He works with many of the most active private credit investors and has been at the forefront of legal developments in that asset class for more than a decade. He advises international private credit funds and a range of alternative capital providers investing across the capital structure in both performing and stressed or distressed situations. Fergus operates across both the large-cap and mid-market. He leverages deep knowledge of the syndicated bank lending market and private credit markets to find creative and commercial solutions for clients in all parts of the capital structure. He is widely recognized in the market as one of the leading holdco financing lawyers, having advised on multiple holdco PIK and complex back leverage transactions over the past decade. He also works closely with the firm’s financial restructuring team on the covenant and structuring analysis of stressed and distressed credits, and on the financing aspects of liquidity solutions, liability management exercises, and full work-out situations.

Fernando Mantilla-Serrano

Fernando Mantilla-Serrano, Global Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice, brings deep knowledge and experience in international arbitration representing companies, states, and state-owned entities in highly complex commercial and investor-state disputes. Fernando acts as lead counsel in arbitrations conducted under the main institutional arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICDR), as well as ad hoc rules, in venues around the globe. He has in depth experience in complex investor-state disputes, in particular under the aegis of ICSID. He serves regularly as tribunal chairman, sole arbitrator and party-appointed arbitrator, and has also served as an expert before arbitral tribunals and state courts. His practice covers numerous sectors, with particular focus on the oil & gas, power, natural resources, construction, manufacturing, and automotive industries. Fernando is member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Governing Board and of the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) Court of Arbitration, fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), and member of the International Law Association (ILA).

Fernando Colomina

Fernando Colomina advises borrowers and lenders on complex financing structures in cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, particularly leveraged buyouts. Mr. Colomina helps banks and other financial institutions, sponsors, and corporate borrowers and issuers implement innovative international structures in the Spanish market. He approaches each transaction with creativity and versatility, drawing on extensive experience across the financing spectrum. Mr. Colomina unlocks the resources of Latham’s global platform to connect clients with the right tools for each financing, regardless of jurisdiction. He also frequently works with the high yield team to seamlessly execute bank/bond financings. A recognized thought leader, Mr. Colomina annually serves as an editor for Business Research’s The Acquisition & Leveraged Finance Review, as well as the author of its Spanish chapter.

Flora Innes

Flora Innes advises clients on restructuring and insolvency matters. Ms. Innes has significant experience in complex corporate restructures, insolvency proceedings, and cross-border disputes, and has acted in many high-profile matters. She regularly advises banks, investment funds, insolvency practitioners, and corporate borrowers.

Florian Dehmel

Dr. Florian Dehmel is a counsel in the Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice in the Munich office of Latham & Watkins. Dr. Dehmel focuses his practice on individual and collective employment relations. He advises German and international clients on employment law matters in the context of restructurings and downsizings, as well as M&A and private equity transactions. He studied law in Bayreuth and Edinburgh. Before joining Latham, he worked in the employment departments of other renowned international commercial law firms and in a private equity company as head of employment.

Francesco Lione

Francesco Lione, a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins, represents clients in acquisition financings, high yield offerings, hybrid capital raisings, liability management, and restructuring matters under both US law and English law. He has advised entrepreneurs, sponsors, and companies on transformative, strategic financings, such as the largest sterling corporate bond sale on record, the third largest LBO financing in the UK, the largest private debt financing of an Italian LBO, debut capital markets transactions, and inaugural green bond issuances. He has also counselled investment banks on complex, groundbreaking deals, such as the first European LBO financing featuring pari passu bonds and loans, the first instance of a European business funding its supply chain finance program through the high yield bond market, the second largest offshore bond offering by a Japanese issuer, and the second largest LBO financing in the UK. Francesco has assisted direct lenders and investment firms with a wide array of bespoke capital raisings, spanning Holdo PIK issuances, convertible debt placements, and pre-IPO financings. Lastly, he has represented creditors and borrowers in several balance sheet restructurings of cross-border businesses. Working closely with issuers and borrowers through the ups and downs of business cycles, Francesco has extended his practice to cover a broader range of transactional finance assignments — advising companies on preferred equity issuances, working capital facilities, securitization structures, club loan deals, and, more recently during the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency injections of capital and negotiated amendments of financing terms. He also regularly counsels founders, boards of directors, and senior management teams on reporting and disclosure matters, access to capital markets, financing risk management, and corporate governance. He is recognized for his expertise in financing matters by Chambers UK in Capital Markets: High-Yield Products, by IFLR1000 in Banking and Finance and in Capital Markets: Debt, and by The Legal 500 UK in High Yield. He is a frequent speaker on trends and developments in leveraged finance and has published various articles on innovative transaction templates in private equity finance.

Frank Saviano

Partner

Frank Grell

Frank Grell helps clients navigate distressed situations related to restructuring or insolvency. He chairs the German Restructuring & Special Situations Practice and served as Local Department Chair of the German Finance Department. Mr. Grell has earned a strong reputation from clients and leading publications for his empathetic approach and ability to craft pragmatic and commercial solutions in high-pressure or crisis situations. Mr. Grell advises: Companies, management, and shareholders in a financial or operational crisis Creditors in all phases of financial restructurings, including debt-equity swaps, share pledge enforcements, and insolvency plan proceedings Investors on the acquisition of distressed companies and on restructuring, rescue financing, or refinancing transactions, including debt-equity swaps Insolvency administrators on M&A, restructurings, or disputes Complementing his transactional work, he also represents parties in claw-back and liability cases. Mr. Grell is a board member of TMA Germany e.V. and of Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum e.V. (Insolvency Forum of Northern Germany). He regularly speaks and writes about insolvency and restructuring matters.

Frank Bierwirth

Frank Bierwirth is a counsel in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins. He has extensive experience advising on a variety of structured finance and debt capital markets matters including: OTC derivatives Structured notes Securitization and covered bonds Debt issuance programs Bond and Schuldschein loan transactions His regulatory practice includes financial services and securities, market infrastructure such as CCP clearing and trading systems, as well as investment funds and insurance regulatory law.

Frank Saviano

Frank Saviano advises on complex and business-critical corporate matters in the sports and media industry. Mr. Saviano counsels leading participants in the sports and media industry ranging from major sports leagues, professional sports teams, and team owners to private equity firms, financial institutions, sports media networks, and sports-adjacent companies. He regularly advises clients in a wide array of corporate matters, including media rights, team acquisitions and sales, strategic investments, joint ventures, arena and stadium development, sponsorships, and other significant commercial transactions.

Gabriel Lakeman

Gabriel Lakeman advises clients at the intersection of financial services, technology, and regulation. He draws on a deep understanding of the financial regulatory landscape to advise C-suite executives, senior leadership, and founders across the fintech ecosystem on: Super-apps and innovative securities platforms, including MiFID II and AIFMD Digital assets and Web3, including cryptoasset registration, VASP regimes, and MiCA Payment services and systems, including PSD2/3 Financial services and Big Data, Big Tech, and AI Gabriel collaborates with leading global financial services firms to develop new products and platforms, focusing on creating solutions to help clients structure their businesses and develop new services that comply with rapidly evolving global requirements. His clients include broker-dealers, investment and retail banks, technology startups, central banks, market infrastructure providers, investment managers, hedge funds, and private equity funds. A recognized thought leader, Gabriel regularly presents on trends in fintech and Web3. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, he practiced in the London office of another global law firm. During that time, he completed secondments at two leading global investment banks.

Gabriel Gross

Gabriel Gross is an experienced trial lawyer focused on intellectual property and technology-focused cases in a variety of industries, ranging from biotech and software to medical devices and consumer products. Mr. Gross has first- and second-chair experience trying cases to verdict. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts in California, New York, Texas, Delaware, Virginia, Washington, Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut and Wisconsin, and in arbitrations domestically and abroad. Mr. Gross has tried cases to juries involving patent infringement, copyright infringement and stock purchase disputes. He has tried cases before arbitrators and arbitral panels over licensing and other commercial contract disputes. Mr. Gross represents clients in their patent, copyright, trademark and trade dress disputes at all stages, including in court, before administrative tribunals and through appeal. Mr. Gross is also a registered patent attorney with experience in inter partes review and covered business method proceedings.

Gabriel K. Bell

Partner

Gaëtan Gianasso

Gaëtan Gianasso is a partner in the London and Paris offices of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Gianasso specializes in mergers and acquisitions and private equity with particular expertise in leveraged acquisitions (LBO). He has considerable experience representing private equity institutions in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, and transaction financing.

Gaëtan Gianasso

Gaëtan Gianasso is a partner in the London and Paris offices of Latham & Watkins. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, with particular expertise in leveraged acquisitions (LBO). He has considerable experience representing private equity institutions in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, and transaction financing.

Gail Crawford

Gail Crawford, Global Chair of Latham’s Data & Technology Transactions Practice and Co-Chair of Latham's Privacy & Cyber Practice, helps clients navigate complex data privacy and security matters, as well as to license, develop, and exploit disruptive technology. She advises many of the world’s leading global technology companies on multifaceted and precedent-defining data privacy and security matters. Her work in the data privacy and security space encompasses advising on compliance programs, product counseling, responding to data breaches and regulatory inquiries, advising on optimal organizational structures, and supporting large, strategic alliances and M&A transactions. She also helps clients navigate a myriad of issues in technology law, including commercial contracts, collaborations, and intellectual property. Gail draws on her experience handling some of the most complicated and sensitive data privacy matters in the global market to provide pragmatic and commercially driven counsel. She brings a deep understanding of the innate value of data and the complex, ever-changing global regulatory framework to help clients achieve their business objectives. Gail regularly writes and speaks on topics related to data privacy and disruptive technology, and serves as an editor of the Latham & Watkins Global Privacy & Security Compliance Law Blog.

Geoffrey Kuziemko

Dr. Kuziemko is a member of the Technology Transactions Practice and the Life Sciences Licensing Practice. He has over 14 years of experience negotiating and drafting complex agreements involving the transfer, use and sharing of intellectual property, including agreements covering the research, development, licensing, supply, manufacturing, partnering, promotion and marketing of drug products.

Ghaith Mahmood

Corporate Counsel

Gianluca Bacchiocchi

Gianluca Bacchiocchi represents sponsors, issuers, and underwriters in cross-border capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on matters involving Latin America. Gianluca advises clients on a variety of finance matters, including in connection with: Project bonds Project finance Multisource finance Structured finance Acquisition, leveraged, and other corporate finance He regularly counsels infrastructure clients and their sponsors in a range of domestic and international securitization matters, including Rule144A/Reg S of government receivables and revolving credit facilities, private placements, and hybrid transactions.

Giorgia Lugli

Giorgia Lugli advises multinational private equity firms, financial institutions, and companies doing business in Italy on a range of investments, M&A transactions, and restructurings. Drawing on her experience in complex, cross-border transactions, Ms. Lugli delivers pragmatic and creative counsel to international and Italian clients. She regularly navigates multifaceted transactions in tight timeframes by effectively managing multiple work streams and collaborating closely with clients’ legal counsel. An accomplished private equity practitioner, Ms. Lugli counsels clients throughout every stage of the investment lifecycle — from negotiating investment agreements to assisting clients on corporate governance matters to executing sales. She fosters strong relationships with stakeholders from target companies across diverse industries to help ensure efficient deal closings. Ms. Lugli brings particular experience in cross-border transactions involving companies in highly regulated sectors. Ms. Lugli’s practice work also includes joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and acquisitions of insolvent companies.

Giorgio Ignazzi

Giorgio Ignazzi advises clients on leveraged finance, international capital markets transactions, and securities regulation. Mr. Ignazzi represents private equity sponsors, issuers, private credit funds, and investment banks in: Public and private offerings of debt and equity securities Acquisition financings Liability management transactions Before joining Latham, Mr. Ignazzi worked at another global law firm in London, focused primarily on capital markets transactions. In 2018, he joined Latham & Watkins in London and subsequently transferred to the Milan office.

Giovanni Sandicchi

Giovanni B. Sandicchi represents Italian and international clients in a range of private equity and M&A transactions, often in a cross-border context. Drawing on his sophisticated market knowledge and broad-based transactional experience, Mr. Sandicchi advises leading private equity and infrastructure funds, as well as family-run companies and venture capital funds. He regularly navigates transactions across a multitude of industries, including aerospace, defense, and healthcare sectors. His practice includes: Mergers & acquisitions Private equity Infrastructure funds transactions Distressed M&A Joint ventures Corporate governance Strategic commercial contracts Mr. Sandicchi also regularly provides pro bono counsel to nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations seeking assistance corporate governance matters.

Giovanni Spedicato

Giovanni Spedicato represents private equity sponsors and leading industrial players in complex mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Spedicato combines his sophisticated business expertise with broad legal knowledge to advise clients on: M&A, joint ventures, and private equity transactions Divestitures Strategic commercial contracts Corporate governance Venture capital He strategically approaches every negotiation and designs pragmatic solutions that allow his clients to meet their business expectations and needs. A recognized thought leader, Mr. Spedicato regularly lectures at top universities on M&A. Before joining Latham in 2011, Mr. Spedicato was teaching assistant of Corporate Law at LUISS Guido Carli University.

Giuditta Caldini

Giuditta Caldini, Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Brussels office, represents clients in many of their most significant and complex competition law matters. Ms. Caldini leverages extensive cross-border antitrust experience to provide creative and pragmatic solutions to leading multinational companies. Her expertise spans across: Merger control Antitrust investigations and litigation Antitrust policy and related regulations, including the Digital Markets Act Interface of competition law and intellectual property issues, including standard essential patents Ms. Caldini collaborates across Latham’s robust platform to advise clients in a broad range of industries, with particular experience in the technology, media, healthcare, telecoms, automotive, and consumer goods sectors. Ms. Caldini frequently speaks on a broad range of topics related to competition law including merger control and antitrust investigations and litigation, including as a guest lecturer for King’s College London. A recognized leader at the firm, she has served on Latham’s global Associates Committee.

Graeme Smyth

Graeme Smyth is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Smyth is a member of the firm's Finance Department and of the Structured Finance & Securitization and Aircraft Finance Practices.

Greg Bonné

Greg Bonné advises clients on a wide range of cross-border antitrust and competition matters, particularly those involving merger control investigations. Greg guides international private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and other private and public companies on a wide range of UK and EU competition issues, including: Mergers and acquisitions UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) initial enforcement orders Market studies and investigations Antitrust investigations Foreign investment control Competition litigation and judicial review He leverages a comprehensive understanding of the UK merger control regime and extensive experience navigating cross-jurisdictional parallel reviews involving the US Department of Justice / US Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, and the CMA to help clients identify and mitigate intervention risk. Before joining Latham, Greg worked for more than five years at the CMA as an Assistant Director of Mergers and Phase 2 Project Director, where he coordinated over 100 UK merger control investigations and served on the Mergers Intelligence Committee. He has appeared before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in England and Wales.

Gregory Walker

Gregory Walker is a member of the corporate finance team with a focus on capital market transactions and US securities law advice. Mr. Walker advises a wide range of corporate sponsor and investment banking clients on a variety of equity and debt capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on issuer clients in the DACH region, including: IPOs Capital increases Equity-linked transactions Private placements High-yield bond transactions (under New York and German law) and related liability management transactions Investment grade debt offerings Mr. Walker is a member of the New York and Frankfurt Bar Associations.

Gregory Rodgers

Greg Rodgers is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Rodgers is a member of the Corporate Department and the Capital Markets, Derivatives and General Corporate Representation Practices. Mr. Rodgers is named as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in the United States by Chambers USA, and by Chambers Global.

Gregory Hannibal

Tax Partner

Gregory G. Garre

Litigation Partner

Guido Bartolomei

Guido Bartolomei focuses primarily on corporate finance (equity and debt capital markets), corporate governance, and public company representation, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bartolomei is particularly experienced in equity and debt capital markets offerings, public company representation, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions. He assists private companies, sponsors, investment banks, and investment funds on a wide range of public and private, domestic, and cross-border transactions.

Guido Liniado

Guido Liniado helps clients structure, negotiate and paper both innovative and plain vanilla finance and capital markets transactions in emerging markets, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean and the energy and infrastructure sectors. Guido’s experience includes representing sponsors, asset managers, corporates, investment and commercial banks, institutional investors, and development finance institutions in transactions across the capital structure, including: Project finance and project bonds Securitization, repacks, ABL and other structured financings Direct lending, hybrid capital and other private capital financings Mezzanine financing Secured and unsecured high-grade and high-yield offerings and corporate lending Bridge lending and loan commitments Multi-source and multi-currency financings, including credit enhancement and complex intercreditor matters He has substantial experience in renewable and conventional power generation and transmission, O&G, roads and other transport infrastructure, telecommunications, e-mobility, logistics and sanitation. This experience includes advising Latin American governments on bankability improvements to their infrastructure regulatory and concession frameworks. For example, Guido advised the government of Argentina on the design and implementation of its multi-billion PPP program.

Guillermo Ruiz de Salazar

Guillermo Ruiz de Salazar advises Spanish and international companies, private equity firms, and their portfolio companies on a full spectrum of employment related matters, particularly in complex M&A transactions, employment disputes, and employment restructurings. Mr. Ruiz de Salazar leverages extensive experience guiding clients through any employment issues that may arise, whether contentious or non-contentious, in the context of: M&A and restructuring, including drafting management incentive plans, share-based schemes, and top executive employment contracts Collective bargaining, including consultation periods for collective layoffs, transfer of employees, national and international relocations, union negotiations, and modification of employment conditions Employment disputes, including both individual and collective judicial proceedings before labor courts He approaches each matter with pragmatism and a comprehensive understanding of his clients’ business needs. Mr. Ruiz de Salazar skillfully coordinates multidisciplinary teams across jurisdictions to provide clients with concise, actionable advice that helps to consummate successful transactions. A recognized thought leader, he serves as an associate professor of employment law at Centro de Estudios Garrigues and Universidad Europea in Madrid. Mr. Ruiz de Salazar maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising nonprofits on employment best practices and disputes.

Gwyn Williams

Litigation Partner

Haim Zaltzman

Haim Zaltzman is a partner at Latham & Watkins and specializes in technology, energy and healthcare financings, with a particular emphasis on the emerging growth space.

Harj Rai

Harj Rai, Co-Chair of the firm’s Saudi Arabia Practice, represents government and government-related entities, sponsors, and financial institutions in a range of complex corporate and finance transactions, both within the GCC region and internationally. Drawing on more than 20 years of on-the-ground experience working and living in the Middle East, Harj helps clients navigate highly strategic and intricate matters spanning project finance, Islamic finance, and bank finance. His work in Islamic finance includes complex Shari’ah-compliant agreements across a spectrum of Islamic structures. Harj develops long-lasting relationships with clients to help them navigate every stage of their lifecycle. He brings particular experience in first-of-their-kind, precedent-setting transactions in the Middle East involving diverse industries, including oil and gas, technology, real estate, and telecommunications. Harj previously served as Dubai Office Managing Partner and Local Chair of the Finance Department.

Hayden Teo

Hayden Teo advises private equity investment firms, their portfolio companies, and corporate borrowers on debt financing transactions, with particular expertise in executing complex, multijurisdictional debt capital structures. Hayden combines his extensive transactional experience across each stage of a debt financing life cycle with a deep understanding of current market trends to help sponsors and borrowers navigate: Acquisition and leveraged buyout financings, including public-to-private transactions Bridge-to-bond and super senior revolving credit facilities for high-yield bond offerings Post-IPO and public company financings Syndicated term loan facilities Private credit financings Working in close collaboration with our global private equity and capital markets teams, he provides cross-border financing solutions that address each client’s unique commercial objectives and risk profile. Hayden is an active member of the firm’s LGBTQ+ affinity group and is an advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion across the legal profession. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a judicial associate to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Hayley Pizzey

Hayley Pizzey advises clients on a wide range of multi-jurisdictional litigation and regulatory matters, with an emphasis on commercial litigation, contentious data protection matters, and regulatory investigations. Specifically, she helps clients navigate: Irish Data Protection Commission inquiries GDPR compliance Alleged data breaches and regulatory notifications Regulatory inquiries and sanctions, and related litigation She brings particular experience in claims in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Competition Appeal Tribunal, as well as matters involving the Competition and Markets Authority, the European Commission, the Irish Data Protection Commission, and other data protection authorities around the world. Hayley maintains an active pro bono practice and primarily represents the Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau and Malaria No More UK.

Hector Sants

Hector Sants advises clients on strategic cross-border M&A and joint ventures, particularly within the technology, sports, and energy industries. He has extensive experience supporting public and private companies, with a particular focus on complex cross-border matters involving the UK, Europe, and the US, on: Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures Public takeovers Public and private financings Corporate governance Before joining Latham, Hector worked at another international law firm, where he completed a secondment on the M&A team at a FTSE 100 company. He regularly writes on topics at the intersection of company M&A and private equity, including public and private investments and the application of technology to dealmaking.

Héctor Armengod

Héctor Armengod is a partner in the Brussels office of Latham & Watkins and Vice Chair of the firm's Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. He advises clients on EU and Spanish competition law. In particular, Mr. Armengod represents clients in merger control proceedings before the European Commission and the Spanish Competition Authority. He also represents clients in major European Commission cartel and Art. 102 TFEU investigations. Mr. Armengod has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, having counseled clients on the compatibility with competition law of complex licensing, joint venture, distribution, co-promotion, co-marketing, and co-operation agreements. He also advises clients on compliance with EU and Spanish regulations in the field of medicinal products and medical devices, including promotion and marketing of products, interactions with healthcare professionals, and obligations related to authorization and placing on the market. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Armengod worked as competition lawyer at an international law firm in Brussels and in the Brussels and Madrid office of a Spanish law firm. He gained insight into the workings of the European Commission during an internship with the Competition Directorate General of the European Commission. Mr. Armengod regularly writes on EU and Spanish competition law, and on EU life sciences regulatory topics.

Heiko Gotsche

Dr. Heiko Gotsche, partner in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins, has considerable experience advising international clients on cross-border M&A transactions (both public and private) as well as on corporate law matters (including joint ventures, reorganizations, and carve-outs). Heiko serves an international client base, including listed as well as family-owned companies, private equity investors, financial institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Leading legal publications rank him as frequently recommended lawyer for M&A. He is a member of several associations, including the German Association for Corporate and Company Law (VGR).

Helen Lethaby

Helen Lethaby covers a broad spectrum of tax transactional matters for corporates, global financial investors, and asset managers. Her work includes public and private M&A, joint ventures, IPOs, restructuring, and financings, and spans a number of sectors, including telecommunications, energy and infrastructure, insurance, healthcare, tech, fintech, and consumer- and retail-based businesses. Helen also has extensive experience advising on partnership taxation matters and management incentivization. While much of her work in this area is sponsor-side, she has acted for a number of founders and management teams on exit and rollover tax considerations. She has advised numerous financial institutions on structured and asset finance deals during the course of her career.

Hendrik Smit

Hendrik Smit advises banks and financial institutions on a broad range of finance matters, with a particular emphasis on leveraged finance transactions and cross-border acquisition financings. Hendrik helps a full range of leading global investment banks, commercial banks, direct lenders, financial institutions, top-tier private equity firms, and corporate borrowers on banking and financing transactions at every level of the capital structure, including: Syndicated term loans Bank/bond and bridge financings Unitranche and mezzanine facilities Holdco PIK financings Asset-based loans Investment grade facilities He draws on significant experience, including two secondments with Goldman Sachs, to provide clients with market insight and commercial advice on their transactions.

Henning C. Schneider

Dr. Henning C. Schneider draws on 25 years of experience to help German and international clients navigate complex M&A/PE transactions and corporate matters. He previously served as the Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry Group, as well as the Chair of the firm’s Corporate Department in Germany. Dr. Schneider advises major corporates and PE firms across industries, including healthcare, life sciences, energy, financial services, and real estate, on major public and private M&A/PE transactions, as well as on stock corporation law. Based on his work on multi-billion Euro signature deals, Dr. Schneider has earned a reputation with clients as a skillful innovator, balancing both legal and commercial needs. Leading legal publications, including Financial Times, JUVE, Chambers, and Handelsblatt repeatedly rank Dr. Schneider as a leading lawyer in both general M&A/PE and healthcare/life sciences. He writes regularly on legal topics and has authored several legal handbooks, including a handbook on corporate law Münchener Handbuch Gesellschaftsrecht 2021, 5th edition, Grabitz/Hilf, Law of the European Union 2021, 72nd edition. Dr. Schneider is a member of several boards, including Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce, North Germany. He is an alumnus of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and a Knight of the Order of St. John.

Hervé Diogo Amengual

Hervé Diogo Amengual represents international clients in transactional and litigation aspects of restructurings and bankruptcy matters. Mr. Diogo Amengual represents the various parties in a restructuring/bankruptcy context (debtors, lenders and other creditors, prospective purchasers, managers, and shareholders) before, during, and after bankruptcy proceedings. He is also actively involved in the management of the firm, representing the Paris office on the Ethics Committee.

Hiroaki Takagi

Hiroaki Takagi advises Japanese and international companies and private equity firms on complex M&A transactions with a Japan nexus. Dual qualified in Japan and the US, Mr. Takagi draws on more than two decades of experience advising clients on: Cross-border and domestic M&A transactions Japanese and US securities regulations Data privacy Corporate governance and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters Trade control Other regulatory and general corporate law matters He distills the complexities of Japanese market norms and regulatory frameworks into commercially focused legal advice for international clients. Mr. Takagi leverages his extensive experience navigating cross-border M&A to guide Japanese clients in transactions globally. Mr. Takagi brings an in-depth understanding of public company law garnered from his secondment experience with the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Justice. In this role, he helped to oversee a major reform of the Companies Act in Japan, which passed into law in 2014. Mr. Takagi is a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association in Japan and the New York State Bar Association. He is Chairman of the Legal Education Committee of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association and has served as a visiting professor at Gakushuin University Law School, where he lectured on M&A law. Mr. Takagi also actively participates with the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and serves on the Organizing Committee for its annual conference in Tokyo.

Hiroki Kobayashi

Hiroki Kobayashi advises high-profile international and Japanese companies on all aspects of corporate transactions and project development and finance with a Japan nexus. Mr. Kobayashi leverages more than two decades of experience guiding clients on Japanese legal issues relating to: Inbound mergers and acquisitions Employment Antitrust Bankruptcy Government regulatory matters He helps non-Japanese clients understand Japan’s cultural best practices and navigate the country’s complex legal regime. Mr. Kobayashi builds trusted relationships with clients to support their business objectives within the region. Mr. Kobayashi also assists Japanese clients engaging in mergers and acquisitions outside Japan together with Latham colleagues in relevant jurisdictions. Mr. Kobayashi provides strategic and legal advice to Japanese sponsors and lenders in project development and finance matters, including in the oil and gas and power sectors. He frequently lectures on US/Japan corporate law matters at business seminars, providing practical solutions for Japanese expatriate candidates and managers of US subsidiaries and operations. Mr. Kobayashi is a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association in Japan and the New York State Bar Association. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising Ashoka, a nonprofit organization that identifies and supports the world’s leading social entrepreneurs.

Howard Sobel

Howard Sobel is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Sobel is former Co-chair of the US Private Equity Practice and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions and Public Company Representation Practices.

Howard Lam

Howard Lam advises clients in China and across Asia on restructuring, special situations, private credit, and banking finance transactions. In his restructuring practice, Mr. Lam draws on more than two decades of experience to guide all types of parties to a transaction, including: Creditors, particularly banks and credit funds Debtors Insolvency practitioners Bondholders He regularly helps clients resolve a full range of difficult matters, including restructuring, bankruptcy, as well as distressed and other special situations. As a Mandarin and Cantonese speaker, trained in Hong Kong, UK, and Australian law, he brings a multicultural, multijurisdictional perspective to his matters. Familiar with the internal motivations and sensitivities of parties on all sides of a matter, he can help clients choose the best jurisdictions and legal regimes for implementing restructurings. He complements his creative problem-solving and decisive recommendations with an ability to remain even-keeled and diffuse tension in high-stakes situations, and so bring parties together around a solution. Mr. Lam is an INSOL Fellow and a regular speaker at international restructuring and insolvency conferences, and has served on the APLMA China and documentation committees, TMA Hong Kong board, and the executive committee of Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty (RIF). In Mr. Lam’s financing practice, he advises private equity sponsors, banks, and private capital lenders on a full spectrum of complex financing structures, including: Leveraged buy-outs Corporate acquisition financings China onshore/offshore financing Margin loans Direct lending transactions He draws on a keen sense of what is at market and insights from the firm’s global deal flow on cutting-edge financing terms to translate best practices in global jurisdictions to deals Asia.

Howe Min Wee

Howe Min Wee advises export credit agencies, multilaterals, commercial lenders, and sponsors on the development and financing of complex and innovative projects. Mr. Wee helps clients develop and finance large-scale, often precedent-setting projects across Asia and globally in the energy (including geothermal), commodities, and infrastructure sectors. He assists clients with navigating a project’s full life cycle, including: Negotiating and structuring key offtake agreements Formulating financing solutions at all levels of the capital structure Addressing and mitigating project construction risk, pre- and post-closing Mr. Wee draws on experience in headline transactions and matters across the region to bring clients a sophisticated and well-rounded understanding of the operation of debt — including his experience in structured finance, banking litigation, and debt restructuring. Mr. Wee also serves on the Public and International Law Committee of the Law Society of Singapore.

Hugo Varenne

Hugo Varenne is an associate in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the International Arbitration Practice. He advises clients on the resolution of high-stakes, complex international disputes. Mr. Varenne also advises in international arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, and SCC Rules, with a particular focus on investment and commercial disputes involving Latin America.

Hugo Bowkett

Hugo Bowkett advises a full range of stakeholders on complex, multijurisdictional restructurings, special situations, and financings across the capital structure. Hugo leverages his keen commercial judgment and extensive experience to represent asset managers, hedge funds, alternative capital providers, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, and corporates on high-stakes transactions that often entail negotiating and managing differing stakeholders’ interests, including: Investments with multilayered capital structures Schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans Security enforcements UK administrations and Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs) In- and out-of-court proceedings in multiple jurisdictions He drives process efficiency in every transaction and facilitates relationships across Latham’s multidisciplinary platform — including close collaboration with the Finance, Corporate, Benefits, and Tax Practices — to devise bespoke solutions for the client. Hugo also guides clients on restructuring matters involving securitization, whether full-business, RMBS, CMBS, or trade receivables, as well as on special situations financing. He completed a six-month secondment in Alcentra’s special situations practice, where he advised funds on their underlying investments, including on various restructurings. Hugo is a member of the Turnaround Managers Association. Prior to joining Latham, he practiced at another international law firm in London.

Hui Xu

Hui Xu, Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Litigation & Trial Department in Asia, represents clients in multi-jurisdictional litigation, government investigations and enforcement, and compliance matters. Mr. Xu regularly advises Chinese and global clients across industries — particularly in financial services, technology, and life sciences — on matters related to: Complex commercial and IP litigation Government investigations and enforcement related to data privacy, FCPA, sanctions, and antitrust Compliance, including related to transactions and developing compliance programs and policies Mr. Xu also assists clients by liaising with regulators in the US and China, presenting findings, and developing strategies to resolve situations short of litigation. He helps clients bridge regulatory, linguistic, and cultural gaps between parties. He draws on extensive experience in China and leverages skill managing a global team with relevant expertise to handle clients’ sensitive or high-risk matters. Prior to private practice, Mr. Xu was a member of the in-house legal department at the China Chamber of Commerce under the Ministry of Commerce of China, where he handled trade remedy, intellectual property, and World Trade Organization matters.

Huw Thomas

Huw Thomas, Co-Chair of the London Corporate Department, is an M&A lawyer with more than a decade of experience advising on UK and international private equity and M&A transactions, joint ventures, and restructurings. He has previously spent time on secondment to BP and Deutsche Bank and regularly contributes to a number of leading industry publications including: Private Equity: A Transactional Analysis; Global Investment Funds: A Practical Guide to Structuring, Raising and Managing Funds; and Carve-out M&A Transactions: A Practical Guide.

Ian Schuman

Ian Schuman is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where he formerly served as the Deputy Office Managing Partner. He is global Co-chair of the firm's Capital Markets Practice and a member of the Corporate Department and Private Equity Finance Practice.

Ignacio Gómez-Sancha

Ignacio Gómez-Sancha is a partner in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office. His practice focuses on representing investors and companies at critical stages of their development, with particular emphasis on capital markets transactions. Mr. Gómez-Sancha advises on corporate and capital markets law, assisting both Spanish and foreign companies in all legal matters related to their business in Spain: IPOs, takeovers, venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, special situations, and distressed investments. He has a deep understanding of the functioning of financial markets, which helps him in very complex matters.

Ignacio Pallarés

Ignacio Pallarés advises private equity funds and leading Spanish companies on all aspects of corporate law, with a particular emphasis on complex, cross-border M&A. Mr. Pallarés draws on a sophisticated understanding of the local market and long-standing client relationships spanning multiple industries to execute: Private equity investments in Spanish targets M&A transactions in Spain involving Spanish companies Cross-border transactions for Spanish multinational clients He approaches client relationships with an eye toward long-term growth and crafts strategic solutions that resonate across markets. Mr. Pallarés leverages his commercial pragmatism to help clients anticipate and address issues that may arise during negotiations.

Ingo Strauss

Dr. Ingo Strauss, partner in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins, draws on more than 15 years of experience advising clients on cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, and corporate law matters. Dr. Strauss advises German and international clients on M&A transactions, including public and private M&A, and private equity, as well as on corporate law and sports-related matters. Leading legal publications, including JUVE and Chambers, rank him as a leading M&A lawyer, describing him as one of the most active transactional lawyers in Germany. Dr. Ingo Strauss is a member of several associations, including the German Association for Corporate and Company Law (VGR).

Ivan Smallwood

Ivan Smallwood regularly advises leading Japanese and multinational companies on high-stakes cross-border M&A transactions, particularly in the technology, medical, and industrial sectors. Mr. Smallwood draws on two decades’ experience driving many of Japan’s largest outbound transactions. He skillfully helps corporations and financial investors navigate inbound and outbound: Strategic mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures Joint ventures and strategic alliances Minority investments He understands clients’ commercial objectives and leverages comprehensive knowledge of Japanese and non-Japanese transaction regimes to achieve their goals. Mr. Smallwood maintains an active pro bono practice and works with Open Supply Hub, a nonprofit organization that strives to improve human rights and environmental conditions in and around factories and facilities by opening up supply chain data to the public. Before joining Latham, Mr. Smallwood worked at a leading international law firm in Tokyo. Mr. Smallwood is a registered foreign lawyer in Japan as a member of the Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association.

Ivan Rabanillo

Ivan Rabanillo advises clients on Spanish and international tax aspects of cutting-edge cross-border transactions. Mr. Rabanillo combines extensive transactional experience and a comprehensive understanding of multijurisdictional market practice to guide Spanish multinational groups and international investors on: M&A and joint ventures Capital markets transactions Banking and structured finance Restructuring and special situations Qualified to practice in Spain, Brazil, and New York, he approaches each transaction from a global perspective. Mr. Rabanillo devises practical and efficient solutions for clients’ time-sensitive commercial needs.

J David Stewart

David Stewart, Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ London Corporate department, has a diversified cross-border debt and equity capital markets practice, including complex transactions involving publicly traded securities, both in the United States and internationally. He handles the full spectrum of capital markets matters on behalf of issuers, sponsors, strategic investors, and major investment banks with a particular focus on: Public and private offerings of debt and equity Exchange offers Tender offers and debt consent solicitations Restructurings of public debt securities Public M&A transactions David also represents companies with respect to general corporate and securities matters and is a trusted advisor in the board room.

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Jacques-Philippe Gunther

Jacques-Philippe Gunther is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. He advises leading French and international companies on a variety of complex, cross-border merger control, contentious antitrust matters, and state aid. Mr. Gunther advises clients before the European and French competition authorities on a broad range of anticompetitive practices and before French courts, with a particular focus on damages claims. He also has deep expertise in complex Phase I and Phase II European and national merger filings and state aid. Mr. Gunther has particular experience in the telecom, transport, energy, chemicals, media, defense, sports, and financial services sectors.

Jaime Hall

Jaime Hall is an associate in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. Her practice focuses on derivatives, financial regulatory matters, cross-border capital markets transactions, and structured finance. Ms. Hall has significant experience advising corporates, financial institutions, investment managers, hedge funds, sovereign funds, and high-net worth individuals on a wide variety of derivatives, structured finance, and cross-border capital markets transactions including structuring and implementing general or finance-linked hedging strategies, strategic contingent hedging transactions, strategic equity derivative transactions, securitizations, regulatory capital transactions, international securities offerings, EMTN programs, and trade receivables programs. She represents clients in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. She also advises clients on a wide variety of financial regulatory issues relating to EMIR, MIFID, Dodd-Frank, and AML-FT requirements. Ms. Hall has transactional experience in Latham's London and Paris offices, having started her career in the London office working in its corporate and finance departments. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Hall worked as a project manager for an international non-governmental organisation, managing and designing media and civil society projects funded by the EU, the United Nations, and international agencies.

Jake Ryan

Jake Ryan is global Co-chair of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation Practice and Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department in San Diego. He is a trial lawyer who focuses on intellectual property litigation, white collar criminal defense and government investigations, and other complex business litigation. Mr. Ryan has established a record of successfully resolving cases at trial and by dispositive motions in a wide variety of subject areas, including trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, and financial fraud.

James Clayton-Payne

James Clayton-Payne, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer, advises on complex cross-border M&A and joint venture transactions across all sectors in Asia and the Middle East. Mr. Clayton-Payne has been resident in Asia since 2010, and in Singapore since 2012, where he advises infrastructure, venture capital, and buyout funds, as well as corporates and founders. He helps clients on: Energy and infrastructure Natural resources TMT Private equity Venture capital Mr. Clayton-Payne helps clients investing in jurisdictions from the Middle East to Australia navigate the unique legal and regulatory regimes in the region, having successfully executed transactions across 30 countries. He complements his regional focus with a real understanding of his clients requirements, drawn from in-house secondments in London and Hong Kong at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Morgan Stanley.

James McCrory

James McCrory delivers comprehensive solutions to asset managers worldwide across the spectrum of private fund-related matters. James draws on extensive transactional experience and his sophisticated understanding of the asset management landscape to guide clients on: Raising private funds across a range of strategies, including: Buyout Venture capital Real estate Infrastructure Debt Control asset management M&A acquisitions and GP stakes deals Fund restructurings and GP-led secondaries Establishing strategic partnerships, JVs, co-investment platforms, and SMAs He also advises some of the largest institutional and sovereign wealth investors globally on their private investment portfolios.

James Leslie

James Leslie advises clients on a wide range of UK and cross-border tax matters, including in connection with complex M&A and financing transactions. James delivers commercially focused tax advice to a variety of clients based in the UK and internationally, including private equity funds, financial institutions, and corporates. He regularly handles complex transactions across industries involving innovative and cutting-edge structures. James' work includes advising on the tax aspects of: M&A transactions Private equity deals Acquisition financings Debt and equity capital markets transactions Restructurings Drawing on his broad range of private practice and in-house experience, James brings a firsthand understanding of client needs and delivers complex tax advice in a practical and client-friendly manner. In addition to his commercial work, James regularly provides tax advice to nonprofit organizations and charities on a pro bono basis.

James Lloyd

James Lloyd helps clients navigate a wide range of cybersecurity and privacy-related matters. He is an experienced litigator and investigations lawyer who represents and advises clients on cybersecurity and privacy-related matters, including: Regulatory and internal investigations Incident response and cybersecurity resiliency Commercial disputes James leads responses to significant enforcement investigations by international and domestic regulators, including the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office, law enforcement agencies, and Parliamentary Select Committees. He draws on extensive litigation experience to defend clients when data privacy issues lead to disputes. Understanding what matters to regulators and the courts is at the heart of James’s approach to helping clients understand the privacy and enforcement implications of innovative data use-cases.

James Chesterman

James Chesterman is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and has more than 25 years’ experience in European restructuring and workouts, structured and special situations lending, and leveraged finance. His clients include both borrowers and lenders across the restructuring, special situations/opportunities, and leveraged finance sectors. He has represented banks for many years in transactional and advisory matters and also represents private equity funds, credit funds, distressed funds, and corporates.

James Inness

James Inness is a corporate partner and co-head of Latham's UK equity capital markets practice. He has approximately 20 years’ experience representing issuers, underwriters, and major shareholders on primary and secondary equity capital markets transactions. James is a leading adviser to a wide range of clients listed on the London Stock Exchange in relation to securities offerings, major transactions, and corporate governance. James also has extensive experience advising on securities offerings on other international markets.

James Burnett

James Burnett, a partner in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins' London office, advises on equity and debt capital markets, bridge financing, and other aspects of corporate finance. He represents investment banks, private equity firms, and corporations in public and private equity and debt offerings, bridge loans, acquisition financing, and liability management transactions, with a particular emphasis on issuances of high yield debt securities, leveraged transactions, and initial public offerings. James was previously based in the firm's Los Angeles office and was the Corporate Department Chair of the Hong Kong office. James is Vice Chairman of the firm’s Finance Committee. He contributed to the Review and Outlook of European Direct Lending report 2021, published by Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

James Gorton

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James Brandt

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James Mann

James Mann is counsel in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the firm's Finance Department. Mr. Mann has experience in a broad range of transactional project finance and real estate projects, including construction financing, power plant development and financing (including renewable energy plants), casino development and financing, and real estate acquisition and financing.

James Metz

James Metz is a partner in the Tax Department of Latham & Watkins' Silicon Valley office. Mr. Metz's practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters. He specializes in merger and acquisition transactions, equity incentive plans, employee stock purchase plans, health and welfare plans, and federal and state securities laws issues. Mr. Metz also drafts employment agreements and severance agreements for executives.

James H. Barker

Corporate Partner

James L. Arnone

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James P. Beaubien

Jim Beaubien is a partner in the Century City office of Latham & Watkins, where he has practiced since 1991. Mr. Beaubien formerly served as Office Managing Partner, as well as Chair of the Corporate Department, in the Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and public companies.

James R. Barrett

Environmental, Land & Resources Partner

Jamie Wine

Jamie Wine is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and global Chair of the firm's Litigation & Trial Department. Recognized as a leading securities lawyer by several top legal publications, Ms. Wine has significant trial and arbitration experience, with a particular focus on complex business litigation, securities and class action litigation, and SEC and other regulatory investigations.

Jan Baker

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Jan Penselin

Jan Penselin advises clients on the full spectrum of debt financings, particularly with a DACH region (Germany, Austria, or Switzerland) nexus. Mr. Penselin leverages a breadth of global capital markets knowledge and local market expertise to advise corporates, sponsors, and investment banks on: Complex high-yield bond transactions under US and German law Crossover bonds Commitment papers for bridge-to-bond financing transactions Liability management transactions Large corporate bonds High yield bond advice in restructuring context P2P financing transactions Lending transactions He understands the commercial factors that drive clients at every stage of their life cycle and devises business-focused corporate finance solutions that support their growth. Mr. Penselin unlocks Latham’s robust platform — especially through integration across the M&A, banking, and teams — to help clients achieve their objectives. Mr. Penselin also helps clients navigate the intersection of capital markets and private capital, as product terms converge amid complex capital structures. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Penselin worked for leading law firms in Frankfurt and London for several years.

Jan Christoph Höft

Dr. Jan Christoph Höft is a partner in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice. He advises clients in all areas of EU and German competition law, representing them before the German Federal Cartel Office and the European Commission. In particular, Mr. Höft assists clients with merger control, cartel defense, and abuse of dominance matters, as well as complex antitrust litigation, including civil damages actions. With almost 10 years‘ experience in competition law, Mr. Höft has developed strong expertise in the technology, media, and retail sectors. The breadth of his cartel experience includes successful settlement discussions with the German Federal Cartel Office and defense in court and in extrajudicial proceedings against subsequent civil damages actions, which to date form the largest ever civil damages litigation in Germany.* In the area of merger control, he has successfully represented a retailer contesting a ministerial approval of a planned merger in the German retail sector.* Mr. Höft regularly writes on recent developments in competition law. *Matter handled prior to joining the firm

Jana Dammann de Chapto

Dr. Jana Dammann de Chapto advises international clients on merger control and foreign investment control. Ms. Dammann de Chapto, as a key member of a client’s deal team, navigates the increasingly complex competition, merger control, and foreign investment control landscape in the EU and globally. She represents clients from a full spectrum of industries before the European Commission, national regulatory agencies, as well as before the German and European courts. Her commercial work draws on her earlier scholarly work on merger control at the University of Hamburg, her PhD on comparative antitrust law, and her work at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. She regularly writes and speaks on foreign investment topics.

Jana K Dammann de Chapto

Dr. Jana Dammann de Chapto advises international clients on merger control and foreign investment control. Dr. Dammann de Chapto, as a key member of a client’s deal team, navigates the increasingly complex competition, merger control, and foreign investment control landscape in the EU and globally. She represents clients from a full spectrum of industries before the European Commission, national regulatory agencies, as well as before the German and European Courts. Her commercial work draws on her earlier scholarly work on merger control at the University of Hamburg, her PhD on comparative antitrust law, and her work at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. She regularly writes and speaks on foreign investment topics.

Jane Summers

Jane Summers is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. She is a member of the firm's Finance Department and Banking Practice, where she focuses primarily on the representation of major financial institutions in leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, cross-border financings, asset-based facilities, and other senior secured lending transactions, as well as in connection with strategic purchases of distressed debt. Ms. Summers also advises loan market participants on strategic initiatives designed to address structural issues in the syndicated lending and loan trading markets, speaks frequently on market trends and serves as an expert witness and consultant involving questions critical to market practices. She is a member of the firm’s Ethics Committee, Finance Committee and co-head of Latham's Women Enriching Business Initiative in New York.

Jason Ohta

Jason M. Ohta is counsel and a member of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice Group in the Litigation & Trial Department of Latham & Watkins' San Diego office, where he focuses on white-collar criminal defense and complex healthcare litigation. Mr. Ohta has extensive trial experience and has been involved in a variety of complex and high profile matters.

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Javier Ruiz Calzado is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Brussels office. Practicing EU and Spanish competition law, Mr. Ruiz Calzado handles a broad range of competition law matters, including merger control proceedings, global cartel investigations, abuse of dominance investigations and state aid cases. He represents clients in such matters before the European Commission and the European Courts in Luxembourg as well as before the Spanish competition authority and the Spanish courts. While Mr. Ruiz Calzado represents clients active in a variety of sectors, he is particularly active in the aerospace and energy sectors. He advises on a regular basis a major international energy group on general competition and EU regulatory issues. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Ruiz Calzado served for six years as référendaire (clerk) to Judge García-Valdecasas at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI), now renamed as General Court of the European Union. He played an active role in the CFI’s judgments in leading competition cases, such as Airtours/First Choice (one of the first annulments of a Commission merger decision ever) and Bayer-Adalat (a landmark case interpreting the notion of agreement under Article 101 TFEU and the legality of parallel trade restrictions under EU competition rules). Mr. Ruiz Calzado served in various leadership functions at Latham, most recently as Vice Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department. He frequently speaks and writes on developments in EU and Spanish competition law.

Jean Pawlow

Partner, Tax Controversy

Jean-Luc Juhan

Jean-Luc Juhan is a partner in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Juhan is particularly active in the fields of complex commercial transactions (joint ventures, strategic affiliations, licensing, sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution arrangements) and technology / IP related transactions (procurement and marketing, IT systems integration, business process and technology outsourcing, telecommunications, hosting, data privacy, e-commerce, and sponsoring). Mr. Juhan has developed a substantial practice advising clients in a broad range of sectors including media, sport and entertainment, luxury, retail, financial, telecommunications, aerospace and defense, energy, life sciences, and manufacturing. He teaches contract law and international trade law at the University of Paris I La Sorbonne, the University of Aix-Marseille, and the University of Cairo.

Jean-Philippe Brisson

Environmental, Land & Resources Partner

Jed Brickner

Tax Partner

Jeff Hammel

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Jeffrey Greenberg

Finance Partner

Jeffrey Lawlis

Jeff Lawlis, Global Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Capital Markets Practice, advises companies, sponsors, and investment banks on cross-border corporate finance transactions involving complex structuring issues. Mr. Lawlis serves as a go-to advisor to many clients on their full range of financing needs. He brings particular experience in leveraged finance and high yield bridge and bond transactions, as well as other debt and equity capital markets offerings, including private placements, and liability management transactions. Mr. Lawlis regularly advises on the financing aspects of M&A transactions, while also providing advice on general corporate and securities law matters. Drawing on more than two decades of on-the-ground experience in Europe, Mr. Lawlis delivers sophisticated and business-driven counsel with a focus on the Italian, Spanish, and Greek markets.

Jeffrey Touchner

Jeffrey Tochner is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Tochner is a member of the firm's Corporate Department, where he specializes in intellectual property and technology matters. He is also the Chair of the New York office Technology Transactions Practice as well as a member of the Trademark Prosecution Practice.

Jeffrey Homrig

Jeff Homrig is a trial lawyer in the Silicon Valley office and a member of the firm’s global Intellectual Property Practice. He is currently Chair of the Silicon Valley Litigation & Trial Department.

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Jennifer Koh is a partner in the San Diego office where she focuses on patent litigation and related counseling, representing clients in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

Jennifer L. Giordano

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Jennifer M. Engelhardt

Jennifer Engelhardt, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Corporate Department, represents companies, investment banks, and private equity firms in public and private debt and equity offerings and acquisition financing.

Jennifer M. Gascoyne

Jenna Gascoyne represents issuers, including foreign private issuers, and underwriters on the full spectrum of equity capital markets transactions. She advises clients across a wide range of industries on capital markets transactions and ongoing representation, including: Initial public offerings (IPOs) Secondary and follow-on offerings Private placements Public company representation, including ongoing Exchange Act reporting Corporate governance matters Drawing on her experience practicing in both the United States and Europe, Jenna devises pragmatic solutions for issuers who seek access to the US markets. She regularly helps clients navigate the complex, cross-border issues that arise for non-US entities in US-registered offerings. Jenna previously practiced in the firm’s Chicago office. In law school, she was a member of the Texas International Law Journal.

Jennifer S. Van Driesen

Finance Partner

Jenny Cieplak

Jenny E. Cieplak advises financial services clients on a range of corporate, intellectual property, and regulatory issues arising in fintech and other technology transactions.Ms. Cieplak provides broad-based corporate counsel to financial institutions, infrastructure providers, start-ups, and newly created consortiums. She advises clients on collaborative arrangements between users and creators of market infrastructure initiatives designed to transform sectors of the financial industry, including joint development, investment, and governance agreements. Ms. Cieplak’s insights into the process of technology development, the needs of financial industry users as well as the legal issues surrounding the creation of new technologies provide clients with a unique skill set and perspective.

Jeremiah M. Wolsk

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Jeremy Trinder

Jeremy Trinder, former Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins' Real Estate Practice, represents clients in the full spectrum of complex real estate investment and financing transactions in the UK and across Europe. He draws on more than 25 years of real estate experience and deep knowledge of lending across the capital stack to advise private equity funds, banks, and corporate borrowers on: Commercial mortgage loans, including origination and restructuring of senior, mezzanine and holdco financings Loan-on-loan, repo, and loan warehousing transactions Mortgage backed securities Commercial mortgage debt acquisitions and syndication Sale and leaseback, ground rent, and opco/propco transactions Distressed debt acquisitions/dispositions and NPL and special situations financings He forges long-term relationships with clients to serve as a trusted advisor and delivers creative debt solutions with technical precision.

Jeremy Green

Jeremy Green is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, Financial Institutions Group, and the Capital Markets, Derivatives, and Structured Finance Practices. His practice focuses on complex OTC derivative and structured financing transactions across all asset classes, with a particular focus on strategic corporate equity derivatives and structured equity financing. Having joined the firm after a number of years working as a senior in-house lawyer at Goldman Sachs in London, advising both investment banking and trading divisions, Jeremy has significant experience structuring and executing the most complex derivative and structured financing transactions and a unique insight into the issues that matter most to international investment banks and their clients. He advises buy-side and sell-side clients on hedging, acquisition, and financing strategies relating to equity positions and on balance sheet restructuring transactions, including: Funded and unfunded collars (and variable prepaid forwards), including where used for accelerated purchases (friendly and hostile) Structured put option financing transactions, stock loans, and equity repos Structured issuer share buy-back transactions Margin loans over listed and unlisted equity, including in the context of IPOs, rights issues and tender offers Non-dilutive convertible and exchangeable bonds and associated investor stock borrow facilities Related regulatory and corporate matters, such as market abuse, disclosure and transparency rules, exchange and clearing house rules, margin rules, and Companies Act and Takeovers Code matters He also regularly advises companies and market participants on issues arising from the use of credit derivatives, particularly in the context of corporate debt restructuring.

Jeremy Wang

Jeremy Wang advises issuers and underwriters on securities, debt, and equity offerings, with a particular focus on clients and matters in South and Southeast Asia. Mr. Wang helps clients with a full spectrum of offerings including: High yield and investment-grade debt offerings Initial public offerings (US Securities and Exchange Commission-registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings) Private placements Convertible debt He also advises clients on: Liability management transactions General securities law matters Mr. Wang draws on extensive experience handling offerings across all industries, including healthcare and life sciences, as well as energy and infrastructure. He provides clients with a keen understanding of the Singapore market combining his global perspective and his ability to navigate complex regulatory regimes across Asia, as well as US and UK regulations. He was named an “Up and Coming Lawyer” by Chambers Asia Pacific for 2022 and 2023.

Jesse Sheff

Jesse Sheff is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Finance Department.

Jessica Walker

Jessica Walker advises clients on all aspects of complex, cross-border restructurings, insolvencies, and special situations. Jessica combines 20 years’ experience with creativity and compassion to optimize outcomes and help debtors, creditors, directors, insolvency practitioners, and other stakeholders navigate: Distressed transactions Operational and financial restructuring Formal insolvency processes Restructuring plans, schemes of arrangement, and company voluntary arrangements (CVAs) Pensions restructuring Contingency planning Jessica’s experience spans a broad range of industries, including fintech and financial institutions, energy and infrastructure, retail and automotive. A recognized leader both in and outside the firm, Jessica serves on Latham’s Ethics Committee and Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee. She is also an active member of INSOL International, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), and the Insolvency Lawyers Association. Jessica maintains an active pro-bono practice, including representing survivors of domestic abuse in the UK through the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance (DARA).

Jessica Stebbins Bina

Jessica Stebbins Bina is a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with substantial experience in the entertainment and media industry.Ms. Stebbins Bina has represented clients at all levels of state and federal courts. She has tried complex cases to successful jury verdicts, and has extensive motion and discovery experience. She has also litigated numerous cases through successful appeals, and argued before both the state and federal appellate courts. Her extensive litigation experience has also enabled her to assist clients in obtaining early, favorable settlements through strategic approaches.

Ji Liu

Ji Liu, Regional Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Corporate Department in Asia, advises clients on all aspects of corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on debt and equity capital markets transactions. Mr. Liu leverages his problem-solving mentality and extensive market experience to help world-leading companies, investment banks, and trustees navigate: High-yield and investment grade debt offerings Initial public offerings (IPOs) Issuances of equity, debt, and equity-linked securities Mergers and acquisitions Venture capital financing He serves as a trusted advisor to longtime clients and connects them with the resources they need across Latham’s robust global platform to achieve their commercial objectives. A recognized leader at the firm, Mr. Liu previously served on the firm’s Strategic Client Committee.

Jim Morrone

Jim Morrone primarily represents emerging growth companies and their funding sources, including private and public companies across various industries, venture capital and private equity firms and investment banks. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Jim was a Principal and Senior Counsel at Weston Presidio, a venture capital and private equity firm focused primarily on retail, consumer and industrial investments.

Joachim Grittmann

Joachim Grittmann is counsel in the Frankfurt office and practices in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. He has broad experience in administrative and regulatory law, including: Public procurement law State aid law Compliance matters, e.g., data protection and export control His practice involves all aspects of public law matters for a variety of public and non-public clients. Mr. Grittmann is also a Master of Public Administration and an associate professor for public law at the University of Heidelberg.

Jocelyn Noll

Tax Partner

Jocelyn Seitzman

Jocelyn Seitzman is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ London office. She focuses on capital markets transactions, LBO financings, and securities regulation, advising private equity firms, companies, and investment banks in debt financings, with a particular emphasis on acquisition financing. She has represented a broad range of clients including BC Partners, CVC Capital Partners, Hellman & Friedman, and Permira, and investment banks such as Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and J. P. Morgan. Jocelyn has practiced law at Latham since 1996 and has practiced law in the London office since 1998.

Joel C. Beauvais

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Johan (Has) V. Brigham

Hans Brigham is the Managing Partner of the Boston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices. Mr. Brigham's practice focuses on providing a broad range of transaction-based services for private equity, growth equity and venture firms, as well as strategic acquirers and sellers.

John Chory

Corporate Partner

John Wileur

John Wileur guides companies through complex EU antitrust proceedings and merger control matters. Drawing on his experience in high-profile European competition matters, Mr. Wileur delivers creative and pragmatic solutions to clients. He represents multinational and European companies involved in a range of industries, from technology and live events to pharmaceuticals, transportation, and energy. Mr. Wileur brings particular experience navigating prominent merger control and abuse of dominance matters. His work includes some of the largest and most complicated matters at the EU and national levels, including proceedings brought before the EU Courts in Luxembourg. Mr. Wileur also counsels clients on complex competition issues involving cartel investigations, distribution agreements, and State aid. Mr. Wileur regularly speaks and writes on EU law topics, including as a lecturer at the University of Liège law school in Belgium. He has written on abuse of dominance and other competition law topics in a number of leading legal publications. Mr. Wileur maintains an active pro bono practice. His work includes advising nonprofit organizations on EU and Belgian law issues. He is also a member of the firm’s Pro Bono and Recruiting Committees.

John Colahan

John Colahan is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ London office. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Mr Colahan was the International Antitrust Counsel, based in London, for The Coca-Cola Company where his responsibilities included advising all operating groups on strategic planning and implementation of a wide variety of international joint ventures and acquisitions as well as the conduct of international antitrust litigation and investigations. Mr Colahan has also served as a legal adviser on European law to the European secretariat of the UK Cabinet Office and has represented the UK in numerous cases. He represents clients before the European Commission, national authorities in Europe and internationally, as well as conducting litigation in the European courts and numerous national courts. He has advised on a wide variety of international antitrust matters, including structuring and implementation of international mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, cartel enforcement, single firm conduct and compliance counselling.

John Heintz

Environment, Land & Resources Department Partner

John Jameson

Finance Partner

John Wilson

John Wilson is a member of the Environment, Land & Resources Department. His practice focuses primarily on insurance litigation, in addition to environmental and general business litigation. Mr. Wilson’s breadth of experience spans a variety of coverage issues involving first- and third-party insurance, including commercial general liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, errors and omissions and political risk policies, as well as insurance bad faith claims.

John Guccione

John Guccione is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Private Equity Practice and a member of the Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group. He has extensive experience advising on a broad range of corporate, energy, and infrastructure matters. Prior to joining Latham, John was Managing Director, Legal at OMERS Infrastructure, a leading infrastructure investor and asset manager. In addition to leading OMERS Infrastructure’s European legal team, he was a member of the board of directors of Caruna, NET4GAS, and High Speed 1. John was also previously a member of the energy and infrastructure group at a Magic Circle law firm.

Litigation Partner

Partner

Corporate Partner

Corporate Partner

John-Patrick (JP) Sweny is a partner in Latham & Watkins' London office and a member of its Project Finance and Development Practice. He represents energy companies, governments, financial institutions, and private equity investors on a wide range of project finance and development transactions focused on the energy transition. JP is a member of the Regulation and Policy Working Group of the Carbon Capture & Storage Association, covering the regulation of CCS and blue hydrogen sectors, and a participant in the Green Hydrogen Organisation’s contracting standards initiative. JP also is a member of a specialist working group participating in the EU-funded LNGnet project on the future transition of the LNG market.

Jonathan Rod

Jonathan Rod is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where he is a member of the Finance Department and Chair of the Project Development & Finance Practice. He formerly served as global Co-chair of the Energy - Power Industry Group.

Jonathan Brownson

Jonathan Brownson is a finance partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. He has a wide range of experience representing creditors in syndicated and private credit leveraged financings, investment grade acquisition facilities, restructurings and emerging markets loans. His clients include banks, credit providers and other financial institutions.

Jonathan Katz

Jonathan Katz represents owners and developers in the drafting and negotiation of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for high-profile, complex energy and infrastructure projects. Jonathan advises clients on a full spectrum of domestic and international projects across sectors, including: Oil and gas Liquified natural gas (LNG) Power Petrochemicals Energy transition (carbon capture, biofuels, e-fuels, and ammonia facilities) Before joining Latham, he practiced as a partner at another international law firm.

Jonathan Parker

Jonathan Parker is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice in Latham & Watkins’ London office focusing on European and UK competition law. He advises clients on a wide range of EU and UK competition issues, including mergers and acquisitions, market studies, cartels/restrictive agreements, and abuse of dominance cases. Prior to joining Latham, Jonathan worked as a Legal Director and Director of Mergers at the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). He is renowned in the market for deploying his considerable experience and institutionalized thinking on UK merger control matters. He is a member of the Competition Law Committee of the City of London Law Society.

Jonathan Wry

Jonathan Wry is counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where he is a member of the Banking Practice in the Finance Department. Mr. Wry's practice includes experience in acquisition finance, syndicated loans, first lien/second lien financings, bridge financing, asset-based lending, letter of credit financings, sports finance, project finance, international joint ventures, securitizations and restructurings. His clients have included commercial banks, private investment/equity firms, energy and power companies, real estate investors, sports teams, insurance companies, and national and international retail, healthcare and hospitality chains.

Jonathan D. West

Jonathan West is counsel in the firm’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice.Mr. West represents actors, producers and celebrities in connection with negotiating personal services agreements and employment agreements in the entertainment, media and publishing industries. He counsels clients on a variety of intellectual property matters involving copyright and trademark issues, focusing on negotiating intellectual property licensing and joint venture agreements.

Partner

Partner

Corporate Partner

Jordi Domínguez advises Spanish and multinational clients on the full spectrum of tax issues that arise in sophisticated cross-border transactions. Mr. Domínguez leverages a comprehensive understanding of global tax laws and decades of transactional experience within the local and global market to guide private equity sponsors, financial institutions, and multinational corporations on: M&A and joint ventures Restructurings Financing structures Capital markets offerings He connects clients to resources across Latham’s platform and provides pragmatic, business-oriented advice that allows clients to make informed decisions in multijurisdictional deals. A recognized thought leader, Mr. Domínguez regularly lectures on international tax law at Centro de Estudios Garrigues and ESADE.

Jose Antonio Sánchez-Dafos

José Antonio Sánchez-Dafos, a partner in the Corporate Department, focuses his practice on private equity transactions and venture capital investments in Spain and Portugal as well as cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.Mr. Sánchez-Dafos regularly advises major global and local private equity funds on transactions in the Spanish and Portuguese markets, with experience acting for both sponsors and management teams.

José Antonio Sánchez-Dafos

José Antonio Sánchez-Dafos advises clients on cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, particularly involving the technology sector. Mr. Sánchez-Dafos combines deep local experience with a sophisticated understanding of global transactions to guide major international and Spanish private equity funds and companies on: Mergers, acquisitions, and disposals Leveraged buyouts Add-on acquisitions Joint ventures Advising management SPAC-related transactions He anticipates potential transactional hurdles and creates efficiencies that close deals. Drawing on his international education and extensive global transactional experience, Mr. Sánchez-Dafos serves as a trusted advisor who understands clients’ strategic needs on a global scale. Mr. Sánchez-Dafos represents venture capital funds as emerging companies navigate the corporate life cycle, from raising venture capital to exit or listing. A recognized leader at the firm, he serves as Chair of the Global Technology Committee. He previously served as Local Chair of the Corporate Department in Madrid, as well as on the Associates Committee. Outside the firm, he teaches postgraduate M&A courses at IE Law School and Carlos III University. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including helping charitable organizations incorporate in Spain.

José María Jiménez-Laiglesia

José María Jiménez-Laiglesia represents Spanish and international clients before Spanish and EU competition authorities in their most sophisticated antitrust matters. Mr. Jiménez-Laiglesia combines more than three decades’ of experience and his reputation as one of Spain’s leading competition lawyers to precisely evaluate risk and guide international companies, financial institutions, and private equity firms on: Regulatory challenges to mergers and foreign direct investments Cartel investigations Charges of abuse of a dominant position and state aid He quickly understands the nuances involved in clients’ most complicated antitrust matters, serving as an integral hub for tightly coordinated multijurisdictional teams. Mr. Jiménez-Laiglesia successfully intervenes in matters involving jurisdictional review of competition and regulatory decisions before Spain’s National Court (Audiencia Nacional) and Supreme Court.

José María Alonso

José María Alonso advises clients on the regulatory aspects of complex corporate transactions and litigation against Spanish public administrations and administrative courts. Mr. Alonso draws on nearly a decade as a Spanish State Attorney to guide private equity firms and large corporates on Spanish public law matters and EU regulation, particularly in the financial, energy, and infrastructure industries, including: Regulatory aspects of M&A Public law concessions, permits, and authorizations Foreign direct investments Public procurement matters Environmental law issues Leveraging his experience at the Ministry of the Presidency and Public Administration and his work as Technical General Secretary of Spain's Ministry of Economy and Business, he combines a deep understanding of the European market with a commercially driven approach to transactions.

José-Maria Jiménez-Laiglesia

José María Jiménez Laiglesia, a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice with nearly three decades of experience, is widely recognized as one of Spain’s leading competition lawyers. Mr. Jiménez Laiglesia regularly represents Spanish and international companies, financial institutions, and private equity firms before Spanish and EU competition authorities as well as other regulatory bodies. He advises clients on mergers, cartel investigations, and charges of abuse of a dominant position and state aid.

Josef S. Athanas

Partner, Office Managing Partner

Joseph A. Calabrese

Corporate Partner

Joseph C. Hudzik

Counsel

Josh Dubofsky

Josh Dubofsky is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. He joined Latham in 2001 and has practiced in the Silicon Valley and New York offices.

Joshua Kiernan

Joshua Kiernan is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins, focusing on international capital markets transactions, securities regulation, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Joshua has extensive experience advising companies on SEC-registered IPOs, follow-on and secondary offerings, block trades, private placements, and Rule 144A offerings. In addition, he advises on a variety of debt offerings (including high-yield and convertible bonds) and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and leveraged buyouts. Joshua assists many clients with SEC reporting and corporate governance matters and has particular experience in the technology and life sciences sectors.

Joshua Hamilton

Litigation & Trial Partner

Joshua Tinkelman

Joshua A. Tinkelman is partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Tinkelman is a member of the Corporate Department and the Finance Department and is Co-Chair of the Private Equity Finance Practice Group. His practice centers around bank financing and capital market transactions, focusing primarily on the representation of borrowers and financial sponsors in debt related transactions, including leveraged buyouts.

Joydeep Choudhuri

Joydeep Choudhuri advises clients on a wide range of European and cross-border leveraged financing matters. He leverages broad experience to represent banks and private credit funds in their most sophisticated financing transactions. Before joining Latham, he was a partner at another global law firm.

Julia Stapelfeld

Julia Stapelfeld is a counsel in the firm’s Finance Department and a member of the Banking Practice of Latham & Watkins’ London office. Her experience spans more than 10 years advising on all aspects of high-profile, large-scale leveraged finance transactions, including advising on public-to-private takeovers, refinancings, and add-on financings. More recently, Julia focuses on advising sponsor-owned portfolio companies and corporate borrowers on a wide range of matters relating to their financings.

Julia A. Hatcher

Environmental, Land & Resources Partner

Julian Kleindorfer

Corporate Partner

Julie Holloway

Julie Holloway, resident in the firm's San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices, is Co-chair of the San Francisco office's Litigation & Trial Department and a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.

Jusin Hamill

Corporate Partner

Justin Stolte

Mr. Stolte advises clients on strategic transactions across the energy sector, including: Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures Joint ventures Private equity and venture capital investments General corporate matters Mr. Stolte has broad experience in several energy sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure. He previously worked in business development, commercial, and engineering roles at Chevron Corporation and Apache Corporation; and, before joining Latham, served as Co-Chair of the energy practice group at another leading global law firm.

Justin Hamill

Partner

Justin Elliott

Corporate Partner

Karen Leviton

Litigation & Trial Of Counsel

Karen Silverman

Karen Silverman is a partner in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. She is currently Co-chair of the firm's Information Technology: Systems & Solutions Industry Group and the former Office Managing Partner of the San Francisco office.

Kari K. G. Chandler

Counsel

Karl Mah

Karl Mah is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is Chair of the London Tax Department. He represents a broad range of clients on international tax matters. He has particular experience advising on the tax aspects of M&A and private equity deals, capital markets offerings, and finance transactions. Karl received the prestigious Institute Medal and LexisNexis Prize from the Chartered Institute of Taxation for achieving the highest score in the country in the May 2008 Institute examinations, which are considered to be the ‘gold standard’ among tax professionals in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He is also actively involved in the firm’s diversity initiatives and has previously served on the firm’s Mentoring, Knowledge Management, and Training and Career Enhancement Committees and as part of the London office’s Asian Lawyer and First Generation Professionals Affinity Groups.

Katherine Lauer

Katherine Lauer is a partner in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins, and is a global Co-chair of the firm's Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice. Ms. Lauer focuses her practice on healthcare litigation, with emphasis on healthcare fraud defense. She has defended some of the country's largest and most high-profile civil and criminal government healthcare fraud investigations and qui tam cases, representing such clients as HCA, Tenet Healthcare, Catholic Healthcare West and University Hospitals Health System of Cleveland.

Kathleen Walsh

Kathleen Walsh is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Ms. Walsh is Vice Chair of the firm's global Corporate Department and former global Co-chair of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice.

Kathleen M. Wells

Partner

Kathryn H. Ruemmler

Litigation Partner

Katie Peek

Katie Peek advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Katie draws on extensive transactional experience and comprehensive knowledge of private equity market practice to guide clients on: Acquisitions Disposals Restructurings and fund-to-fund transactions Consortium and joint venture arrangements Growth investments Management incentive schemes and other ongoing corporate advice She leads transactions efficiently and pragmatically to achieve clients’ commercial objectives, and maintains strong relationships with deal teams and portfolio companies throughout the life cycle of their investment. A recognized leader at the firm, she has served on the Associates Committee and Recruiting Committee.

Keith Simon

Keith Simon is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Simon is a member of the firm's Finance Department and Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts Practice. Mr. Simon currently serves on the firm's Bankruptcy Advisory Committee. Mr. Simon has extensive experience in a variety of insolvency matters on behalf of secured lenders, debtors, and unsecured creditors in bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court workouts.

Keith Halverstam

Corporate Partner

Kelly Richardson

Kelly Richardson is former Co-chair of the firm's global Chemical Regulation & Contaminated Properties Practice. He handles a variety of environmental compliance, transactional and litigation.

Kelly D. Thomason Self

Counsel

Kem Ihenacho

Kem Ihenacho, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, is an M&A lawyer with more than 25 years of experience focusing on private equity, infrastructure, and M&A transactions. He is recognized as a leader in his field by numerous publications. He is the Global Vice Co-Chair of the firm’s Africa Practice and the former Global Vice Chair of the firm's Private Equity & Investment Funds Practice.

Kendall Burnett

Kendall Burnett advises public and private companies’ on all aspects of employment, remuneration, and incentives matters, particularly in the context of corporate transactions. She counsels clients on the full spectrum of global employment and incentives matters, including those related to: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions Share-based incentivization, including plan design and administration Public company representation and corporate governance Recruitment and severance Kendall draws on substantial experience helping a wide range of global clients — from emerging companies to publicly listed companies — to recruit, retain, and incentivize dynamic workforces. She regularly advises on complex cross-border transactions, resolving legal and tax considerations across different jurisdictions. Kendall maintains an active pro bono practice, advising UK charities on employment law issues. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and Share Plan Lawyers Group.

Kendall Johnson

Kendall Johnson works at the intersection of sports and entertainment, drawing on her unique level of crossover experience to handle transactions spanning the industry. She delivers creative and commercially focused advice in connection with the licensing, acquisition, production, financing, and exploitation of broadcast and sponsorship rights, film and television content, and other media-related assets.

Litigation Partner

Counsel

Litigation Partner

Litigation & Trial Partner

Kevin Metz

Litigation Partner

Kevin Andrew Chambers

Partner

Kieran C. Dickinson

Counsel

Kim N. A. Boras

Partner

Kirk Wilkinson

Litigation & Trial Partner

Kirsten Gaeta

Kirsten Gaeta advises clients on a wide range of complex corporate transactions, particularly within the insurance sector. She has experience navigating: Domestic and cross-border M&A involving insurance and other industries Entity formation and licensing Insurance-focused capital markets transactions Insurer investments Reinsurance and insurance coverage matters

Counsel

Tax Partner

Tax Partner

Lawrence Safran is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Safran is a member of the firm's Finance Department and the Aircraft Finance, Banking, Project Finance and Structured Finance & Securitization practices. This area includes a wide variety of commercial law issues. Special emphasis is placed on those issues arising under Article 9 (secured transactions) and Article 8 (investment securities) of the Uniform Commercial Code although the practice also includes Article 2 (sales of goods), Article 3 (negotiable instruments), Article 5 (letters of credit), Article 6 (bulk sales) and Article 7 (documents of title).

Lawrence Buterman

Lawrence Buterman is a partner in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of Latham & Watkins, and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice. Mr. Buterman is a nationally recognized antitrust trial litigator, with significant lead trial counsel experience.

Lawrence J. Gotts

Litigation Partner

Leakhena Mom

Partner

Leen Zaza

Leen Zaza advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions in the Middle East and internationally. Leen draws on extensive experience across multiple industries — including energy and infrastructure, heavy machineries, shipping, petrochemicals, education, e-commerce, healthcare, and technology — to counsel clients on: M&A Venture capital and private equity Joint ventures Corporate governance, regulatory, and advisory matters Saudi law Before joining Latham, she was a partner at a Saudi firm.

Leif U Schrader

Leif Schrader advises private equity funds and other financial investors on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures. Mr. Schrader counsels clients primarily on private equity transactions, including: M&A transactions Co-investments Management participations Joint ventures Minority investments Capital market transactions (IPOs) Mr. Schrader draws on extensive experience handling transactions in a full spectrum of industries, including aerospace, technology, chemicals, and industrials. He is recognized as a notable dealmaker in IFLR1000 and JUVE. Given his sophisticated sense of what is at market, he develops pragmatic solutions to execute clients’ deals. Complementing his considerable transactional experience, he has served in-house as general counsel for an aerospace company in the Middle East.

Les P. Carnegie

Litigation Partner

Lewis Kneib

Corporate Partner

Lionel Dechmann

Lionel Dechmann is a partner in the Finance Department in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. He has extensive experience in financing and is particularly involved in acquisition financing, real estate financing, corporate financing, refinancing, and debt restructuring. He advises financial institutions as well as investment funds and large industrial groups.

Lisa Watts

Lisa Watts is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, where she is global Chair of the Training and Career Enhancement Committee. Her practice concentrates on corporate and partnership taxation.

Lisbeth Savill

Partner

Lisbeth Savill

Lisbeth (Libby) Savill is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and Co-Chair of the firm's Entertainment, Sports & Media Industry Group. Ms. Savill has been recognized as a leading lawyer in the film and television industries for many years, and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to her practice to help clients navigate the ever-changing landscape in this area. She represents a wide range of entities across the media and entertainment sectors including film and television producers and distributors (including major studios), broadcasters, platforms and digital-first companies, and financiers (debt and equity) and investment funds.

Lori Goodman

Tax Partner

Louis Trotta

Louis Trotta is counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Trotta is a member of the Corporate Department and the Financial Institutions Industry Group.

Louise Deng

Louise Deng advises private equity and corporate clients in Asia and globally on both buy-side and sell-side transactions. Ms. Deng regularly advises clients across a range of industries on corporate transactions including: Buyouts Minority investments Joint ventures Carve-outs PIPEs Privatizations Drawing on strong bilingual communication skills, and an in-house perspective gained from her secondment at a corporate venture capital team of a leading Chinese technology company, Ms. Deng brings clients a sophisticated understanding of the deal market in China and Asia-Pacific.

Luca Crocco

Luca Crocco is a partner in the Brussels office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s global Antitrust & Competition Practice. His practice focuses on EU and Italian competition law. Prior to joining Latham, he practiced competition law and corporate law for four years at other leading international law firms in Milan. Mr. Crocco represents international companies, in particular companies in the manufacturing, consumer goods, chemicals, and electronics sectors, before the European Commission and the Italian competition authority in cartel and abuse of dominance proceedings. In addition, he regularly represents clients in merger control proceedings before the European Commission and the Italian authority, and coordinates multijurisdictional merger filings for global transactions. Mr. Crocco also has a strong expertise in EU State aid law and has represented clients, in particular, companies in the energy and aerospace industry in State aid proceedings before the European Commission. Mr. Crocco regularly writes on EU and Italian competition law. In particular, he is co-author of the chapter “State aid law claims in merger control” in the volume The Reform of EC Competition Law – New Challenges, edited by Lianos/Kokkoris and published by Wolters Kluwer, 2010. Mr. Crocco is a founder of antitrustitalia, a networking group for Brussels-based Italian antitrust professionals, including enforcement officers, lawyers, economists, corporate counsel, and scholars. Visit www.antitrustitalia.it for more information.

Lucas Schweitzer

Dr. Lucas Schweitzer is a counsel in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins' Düsseldorf office. He has considerable experience in handling domestic and cross-border M&A transactions as well as corporate law matters. Mr. Schweitzer is particularly experienced in private and public M&A transactions as well as corporate law matters. He also regularly advises on reorganizations and aspects of capital markets law. Prior to joining Latham, he worked for another major international law firm in the corporate/M&A departments in Düsseldorf and Hamburg.

Lucinda Starrett

Environmental, Land & Resources Partner

Lucy Tucker

Lucy Tucker advises clients on data privacy, cybersecurity, and commercial contracts, with a particular focus on Middle East and EU/UK privacy laws. Ms. Tucker’s Middle East-focused advice covers existing and upcoming data privacy laws, cybersecurity requirements, cybercrimes and content standards, data localization requirements, and consumer protection requirements. Ms. Tucker advises a broad range of clients, from startups to technology giants, on a wide range of privacy matters, including in relation to the launch of new products and services, M&A transactions, regulatory investigations, the privacy risks of new technologies, data processing agreements, international data transfers, data protection impact assessments, direct marketing, and transparency requirements. Ms. Tucker was previously based in Latham & Watkins’ London office, where she specialized in EU and UK privacy laws. Ms. Tucker is a Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), awarded by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), and also holds a Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection, awarded by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

Ludmilla Le Grand

Ludmilla Le Grand advises clients on a wide range of antitrust and competition matters. She assists clients with EU and UK competition law and regulatory issues, including multi-jurisdictional merger control, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, as well as foreign direct investment. Her practice spans multiple industry sectors, including energy, life sciences, telecoms, transport, and financial services. Prior to joining Latham, Ludmilla worked as a managing associate in the antitrust & competition practice of other international law firms.

Luis Sánchez

Luis Sánchez Mendez represents domestic and international clients in a range of complex finance transactions, including private equity acquisition financings, leveraged buyouts, and restructurings. Drawing on his sophisticated knowledge of the needs of both sides of financing transactions, Mr. Sánchez delivers broad-based counsel to creditors, companies, and investors. He brings particular experience in domestic and cross-border debt restructurings, as well as investments by specialized investment funds in distressed assets. Mr. Sánchez’s practice includes: Acquisition and leveraged finance Alternative financing and direct lending Banking Corporate lending, take-over bid financing, and loan markets Distressed investing and debt trading Real estate financing Restructuring, insolvency, and workouts Structured finance Mr. Sánchez regularly writes about banking and restructuring topics for prominent publications, including Revista de Derecho Concursal y Paraconcursal, Revista de Derecho Bancario y Bursatil, Cinco Días, and El Economista.

Luis F. Torres

Counsel

Luis Manuel Lozano

Luis Lozano counsels Spanish and international clients on sophisticated M&A and private equity transactions, with a special focus on the banking industry, infrastructure assets, and distressed transactions. Mr. Lozano draws on his extensive experience and commercial mindset to guide industrial clients, listed companies, financial institutions, credit funds, and private equity funds on: M&A and private equity transactions Sales and disposals of debt portfolios Joint ventures Strategic alliances He advises companies across a broad range of industries and has a proven track record in corporate, securities, and commercial problem-solving.

Luke Bergstrom

Luke Bergstrom is global Co-chair of Latham's Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and a partner in the Corporate Department of the firm's Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices. Mr. Bergstrom practices primarily in the mergers and acquisitions area, where he regularly advises both private equity and corporate clients.

Lynsey Edgar

Lynsey Edgar advises top-tier sponsors on complex, cross-border financing transactions, particularly investments in energy and infrastructure assets. Ms. Edgar leverages a sophisticated understanding of the market and her international perspective to guide private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as credit funds, in Asia-Pacific and Europe on a broad range of financings and capital structures, including: Leveraged and cross-border acquisition finance Platform debt financings Private credit transactions Mezzanine financings Special situations She keeps her finger on the pulse of global markets to craft innovative financing solutions that provide clients with the flexibility they need to achieve their commercial objectives. Ms. Edgar unlocks the firm’s global platform and collaborates to drive efficiency and integration across the network to benefit clients A recognized leader, both within the firm and the industry, Ms. Edgar serves on Latham’s Asia Knowledge Management and Diversity Leadership Committees and previously served on the firm's Mentoring Committee and as Chair of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association’s Young Leaders Committee. She regularly advocates for women in law, including as a member of the firm’s Asia Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee and as a former Co-Chair of IWIRC’s Hong Kong Board, and the Women in Finance Asia Steering Committee. Ms. Edgar speaks at industry events on market trends, including on a cross-practice panel for the Hong Kong Venture Capital Association. Before joining Latham, Ms. Edgar worked in the London and Hong Kong offices of another leading international law firm. She has also completed a secondment to Goldman Sachs’ principal investments legal team in Hong Kong, primarily supporting the special situations group and merchant banking division across Asia.

M. Catherine Ozdogan

Finance Partner

Maarten Overmars

Maarten Overmars advises private equity firms and their portfolio companies on a full spectrum of transactions in Europe, particularly those with a Dutch or Benelux nexus. Dual-qualified in English and Dutch law, he helps clients navigate private equity matters involving: Acquisitions Disposals Continuation fund and other fund-to-fund transactions Management equity plans Restructurings Ongoing corporate advice Maarten leverages trusted relationships with key industry participants across the London and Dutch markets, as well as a comprehensive understanding of both geographies’ culture and market practice, to guide clients across a portfolio company’s entire life cycle. He co-authored the chapters “Private equity investment in the oil and gas industry” in Oil & Gas M&A: A Practical Handbook and “Partial Exits” in Private Equity Exits: A Practical Analysis.

Maj Vaseghi

Partner

Mandy Wong

Mandy Wong advises clients on equity and debt capital markets, with a focus on Hong Kong listings. Ms. Wong advises on a broad spectrum of general commercial and corporate finance transactions, including: Capital markets, including initial public offerings and follow-on offerings Debt offerings Mergers, acquisitions, and public takeovers and listing rules compliance matters She was seconded to the Listing Department of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2019. During her secondment, she was involved in several Hong Kong listing initiatives, including the secondary listings, the paperless listing initiatives and the modernization of the Hong Kong settlement process (FINI-Fast Interface for New Issuance). Ms. Wong rejoined the firm in August 2020. Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Wong was an executive director in the legal and compliance department of a leading investment bank, where she managed legal compliance and regulatory issues in North Asia.

Manoj Bhundia

Manoj Bhundia is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Banking Practice. His experience includes advising banks, credit funds, and other financial institutions in relation to a wide range of banking and finance transactions, including cross-border acquisition finance, refinancings, and recurring revenue transactions. He has also been seconded to J.P. Morgan's leveraged credit team.

Manoj Tulsiani

Manoj Tulsiani is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Debt Capital Markets Practice. He regularly advises corporates, governments, and financial institutions across the full range of debt and equity-linked capital markets products in a significant number of jurisdictions, including with respect to bank regulatory capital, corporate hybrid, and convertible/exchangeable bond offerings. He also has extensive experience advising issuers with respect to corporate treasury and balance sheet management-related activities.

Manu Gayatrinath

Partner

Marc Jaffe

Corporate Partner

Marc Makary

Marc Makary is counsel in the Dubai office of Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the Finance Department and Project Development & Finance Practice. Mr. Makary’s practice focuses primarily on the representation of commercial and investment banks, investment firms, and other financial institutions as well as sponsors and developers in connection with domestic and cross-border construction financings, acquisition financings, and other infrastructure-related secured lending transactions, including gas pipelines, power plants, and renewable energy projects. Mr. Makary’s experience also includes advising clients on procurement and construction agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, concession agreements, supply agreements, and other project documents in the oil and gas, power and water, communications, and infrastructure industries.

Marc Campopiano

Marc Campopiano is a partner in the Environment, Land & Resources Department. He has extensive experience obtaining and defending approvals for major energy, infrastructure and land use projects. Mr. Campopiano has worked on complex and controversial renewable and traditional power projects, transmission lines, and large residential and commercial development projects. He regularly assists clients on significant environmental regulatory and enforcement matters.

Marc A. Granger

Counsel

Marc N. Zubick

Partner

Marcello Bragliani

Marcello Bragliani is a partner in Milan and Regional Chair of the Finance Department in Europe. He advises Italian and international clients on a range of complex banking and corporate finance transactions. Drawing on his broad-based financing experience and sophisticated product knowledge, Mr. Bragliani represents a variety of private equity sponsors, banks, private debt lenders, and public and private companies. He brings particular experience in cross-border financings involving bespoke structures. Mr. Bragliani’s practice encompasses: Acquisition finance Corporate finance Debt capital markets Direct lending Restructuring A solutions-focused and commercially driven advisor, Mr. Bragliani builds long-term relationships with clients to help them navigate their full array of financing transactions.

Marcus Lee

Marcus Lee represents clients doing business in Asia in public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as issuers and underwriters in a range of capital markets matters. Mr. Lee represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as emerging companies on: Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets transactions, including IPOs Venture capital financings General corporate matters and compliance issues As a versatile and commercially minded lawyer, he advises clients at all levels of the capital structure. Mr. Lee draws on particular experience handling transactions in Southeast Asia jurisdictions and Asia outbound transactions.

Maria Hoye

Environment, Land & Resources Partner

María José Descalzo

María José Descalzo is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office and a member of the firm's Corporate Department. Ms. Descalzo has extensive experience representing domestic and international companies, investors, and private equity firms on a variety of energy-related M&A, joint ventures, IPOs, and project finance matters.

Mario Orsenigo

Mario Orsenigo advises Italian and multinational clients on complex restructuring and special situations transactions, as well as related litigation and dispute resolution. Mr. Orsenigo draws on more than a decade’s experience representing institutional investors, banks, distressed credit, and private equity funds in: Complex restructuring and distressed transactions Litigation and pre-litigation matters related to civil, corporate, and insolvency law Before rejoining the firm, Mr. Orsenigo worked with leading international law firms and an Italian law boutique on complex, debt restructuring, insolvency, and litigation matters.

Mark Semotiuk

Corporate Partner

Mark Austin

Mark Austin advises clients on a full range of public and private securities offerings as well as M&A and general corporate matters across multiple sectors. He leverages extensive experience to guide market-leading companies and investment banks on: Initial public offerings (IPOs) Rights issues and open offers Placings Mergers and acquisitions General corporate work A recognized industry leader, Mark is a member and former Chair of the Listing Authority Advisory Panel, the practitioner panel that advises the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on primary markets policy and regulation issues. He also serves on the FCA’s Markets Practitioner Panel and The London Stock Exchange’s Primary Markets Group. He is a member of the UK’s Capital Markets Industry Taskforce (CMIT), which was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in July 2022, and which is tasked with reforming the UK’s capital markets, as well as HM Treasury’s Digitization Taskforce. The Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed Mark in October 2021 as the independent chair of the UK Secondary Capital Raising Review, which proposed reforms to the capital raising process for listed companies. He delivered the Review to the Chancellor in July 2022. He also advised Lord Hill on the UK Listing Review in 2021. He received a CBE in the King’s 2024 New Year Honours List for services to the economy.

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Marvin Putnam is a trial lawyer who offers clients an exceptional combination of litigation experience with keen insight on the entertainment industry. He is Chair of the firm’s Entertainment, Sports & Media Industry Group and former Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department in Los Angeles. Mr. Putnam has successfully represented clients ranging from individual authors and producers, to leading entertainment companies and investment banks. His accomplishments at trial and appellate courts, both state and federal, as well as internationally, have earned Mr. Putnam a reputation as a market-leading entertainment litigator. He has a demonstrated skill in handling a range of high-profile disputes, including intellectual property and business torts. Complementing his trial work, Mr. Putnam also often advises on complex entertainment and media transactional matters with an eye to limiting clients’ potential litigation or exposure.

Mary Rose Alexander

Environmental, Land & Resources and Litigation Partner

Mathias Fischer

Mathias Fischer is counsel in the Frankfurt office and a member of the global Pro Bono Committee. Mr. Fischer practices in the Litigation & Trial Department. He has broad experience in advising and representing major domestic and international financial institutions and corporations in German and international litigation and arbitral proceedings. Mr. Fischer is specialized on securities litigation, particularly on lawsuits under the German Capital Markets Model Case Law (KapMuG). Additionally, he regularly represents businesses with regard to professional liability and in corporate matters. Mr. Fischer is further specialized in appraisal proceedings. Mr. Fischer is a co-founder and board member of Pro Bono Deutschland e.V., an association for the promotion of pro bono legal advice for non-profit and non-governmental organizations and projects in Germany.

Mathilde Saltiel

Mathilde Saltiel advises clients on all aspects of EU and French competition law. Ms. Saltiel leverages extensive experience to represent international and French companies across a broad range of industries in: Merger control proceedings before the European Commission (EC) and the French Competition Authority (FCA) Coordination of merger filings for global transactions Cartel and abuse of dominant position investigations by both EU and French competitions authorities Antitrust litigation Private damages actions A recognized thought leader, Ms. Saltiel frequently speaks at industry conferences on EU and French competition.

Matthew Chase

Corporate Counsel

Matthew A. Brill

Corporate Partner

Matthew B. Schneider

Matthew Schneider is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins with a focus on international capital markets transactions and securities regulation. He represents investment banks and private equity firms in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, acquisition financings, and liability management transactions, with a particular emphasis on issuances of high yield debt securities. In addition to Matthew’s practice experience, he serves as a member of the firm’s Global Pro Bono Committee.

Matthew J. Moore

Litigation Partner

Matthew K. Roskoski

Deputy General Counsel

Matthew W. Walch

Litigation Partner

Matthias Rubner

Matthias Rubner is a partner in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. He primarily advises on employment law. Mr. Rubner provides French and international clients with labor law advice related to corporate reorganizations and downsizing, business outsourcing, mergers and acquisitions, and relationships with unions and employee representatives. He frequently engages in negotiations with unions, work councils, and the labor administration and related litigation. Mr. Rubner has strong expertise in the area of data protection law, employee privacy, codes of business ethics, and whistleblower procedures. He regularly advises US clients on how to conduct investigations in France and how to reconcile export control legislation with EU and on French data protection and employee privacy rules. Mr. Rubner is fluent in French, English, and German. He is a frequently featured speaker at seminars in France, the UK, Germany, and the US.

Maximilian Platzer

Dr. Maximilian Platzer is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Frankfurt office and practices in the Corporate Department. He advises private equity investors and corporate entities on German and cross-border M&A transactions and public takeovers. His practice covers both the buy-side and sell-side of acquisitions as well as co-investments and management participations. Prior to joining the firm in March 2017, Mr. Platzer was an associate for several years at another international law firm.

Maximilian Grant

Max Grant serves as trial counsel in patent infringement cases and provides strategic business counseling on intellectual property issues. He led Latham & Watkins’ Intellectual Property Litigation Practice from 2009-2014, a period during which the group more than doubled in size and won the Chambers USA Award for Excellence. The group’s strategic development and unique trial capabilities were featured in an article in The Recorder, an ALM publication. Mr. Grant has tried over 20 patent cases and is recognized as an experienced and innovative first chair trial lawyer.

Mchaela Schmiederova

Misa Schmiederova represents both lenders and borrowers on a wide range of complex cross-border banking and finance transactions, including leveraged finance, infrastructure finance, trade finance, secured lending, and restructuring across a number of industry sectors, jurisdictions, and products. She has also undertaken a secondment with the Goldman Sachs leveraged finance execution team.

Melanie Howard

Melanie Howard advises clients on complex European and cross-border transactions. Melanie draws on her broad experience to help companies, private equity funds, and investment banks navigate: Cross-border public and private M&A Takeover code issues Securities law and listing rules Corporate and acquisition financing structures Highly regulated global carve-outs Strategic M&A Before joining Latham, she was a partner at another international law firm.

Michael Green

Michael Green is a counsel and member of Latham’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practice and Environment, Land & Resources Practice. He advises clients on a range of ESG and Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) matters, in the context of transactional work, the management of risks and opportunities, and litigation matters.

Michael Esser

Widely recognized as one of Germany’s leading antitrust lawyers, Dr. Michael Esser advises clients on German and European competition matters ranging from complex merger clearances to global cartel investigations and litigation. Mr. Esser draws on more than two decades of experience at the forefront of high-profile antitrust procedures to deliver favorable outcomes for prominent German, European, and international companies, with a focus on the technology, fintech, telecommunications, and e-commerce sectors. Regardless of the matter at hand, Mr. Esser harnesses his sophisticated technical knowledge and strong agency relationships to resolve issues involving antitrust enforcers and courts worldwide. A sought-after writer on competition topics, Mr. Esser regularly contributes to prominent legal publications. His work includes serving as a co-editor of the antitrust journal Neue Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht (NZKart).

Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan has represented both publicly and privately held companies in a broad range of complex transactions including public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, tender offers, venture financings, joint ventures, mergers, stock purchases and asset purchases. Mr. Sullivan has also represented investment banks in public financing transactions and private equity funds in various mergers and acquisitions.

Michael Hardy

Michael Hardy is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the Derivatives and Structured Finance Practices. Mr. Hardy advises on a range of structured finance and derivatives transactions, including securitizations, structured credit and equity derivatives, securities lending and repo arrangements, repackagings, and structured hedging arrangements. His clients include asset accumulators / private equity funds, banks, other financial institutions, and financial market infrastructures (FMIs). He also advises in relation to regulatory capital, insolvency issues, clearing documentation, netting arrangements, derivatives regulation, and recovery and resolution. Mr. Hardy regularly speaks at derivatives and securitisation industry conferences, seminars, and meetings.

Michael Ning

Michael Ning counsels private equity sponsors, investors, and corporations on a variety of cross-border corporate transactions and investments. Mr. Ning has broad experience advising on, and assisting clients with, mergers and acquisitions, privatizations, private equity and leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, minority investments, equity capital markets, and compliance related matters.

Michael Rackham

Michael Rackham is a counsel in the Singapore office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Mr. Rackham is an experienced adviser to private equity investors and corporations on complex, cross-border corporate matters in the Asia-Pacific region, including mergers and acquisitions, disposals, auctions, private equity and leveraged buyouts, take-privates, spin-offs, and joint ventures. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Rackham worked for 10 years in the Hong Kong and London offices of two other US law firms.

Michael Beanland

Michael Beanland is counsel in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Real Estate Practice. Michael has extensive experience advising on real estate finance in the UK and across Europe and on real estate matters in the UK, with particular expertise in large-scale development projects. With a training background in architecture as well as law and having been seconded to Australian developer Lendlease for three years, Michael brings unique expertise to his role in the Real Estate Practice in London. Prior to joining Latham, Michael worked at an international law firm.

Michael Ettannani

Michael M. Ettannani is counsel in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins. His capital markets practice includes advising clients on: High yield and other debt capital markets transactions IPOs Mergers and acquisitions with a capital markets financing element Compliance with US securities laws Prior to joining Latham in 2012, Mr. Ettannani practiced in the capital markets group at the New York office of another international law firm. Mr. Ettannani represents corporate clients and investment banks, as well as private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, with respect to international capital markets matters. He has particular experience in initial public offerings and high yield debt securities offerings.

Michael Bond

Mike Bond advises public and private companies and institutional equity investors on private equity and other M&A transactions including takeover offers, strategic investments, and joint ventures, often with an international dimension.

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Michele Johnson, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and the former Managing Partner of the Orange County office, is consistently recognized as a leading California litigator. She represents financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, boards of directors and individuals in securities, M&A and other complex commercial litigation.

Michelle Carpenter

Tax Partner

Mike Turner

Mike Turner is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department and Emerging Companies Practice. He primarily handles venture capital, growth equity, and M&A transactions. He represents clients who operate across the TMT sector, with a particular focus on software, consumer internet, video games and e-sports, fintech, digital health, and e-commerce. Mike’s TMT sector experience owes much to his time as a general partner in a technology-focused venture capital fund from 2005-2008.

Mikhail Turetsky

Mikhail Turetsky focuses his practice on finance and capital markets, and he has extensive experience advising banks and corporate clients on all aspects of transactions across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Mikhail's primary areas of expertise include debt and equity capital markets as well as a broad range of finance transactions, including project finance, structured finance and financial restructuring.

Miles Ruthberg

Miles Ruthberg is Chair of the New York Litigation & Trial Department. Mr. Ruthberg has been a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, global Chair of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department, and Chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice. He has successfully represented many major companies in their most important litigation, including securities law, class actions and complex commercial disputes with a particular emphasis on accounting issues.

Min Yee Ng

Min Yee Ng has extensive experience representing both issuers and underwriters in a wide range of corporate finance matters, including initial public offerings and private placements of debt, equity, and equity-linked securities.

Miriam L. Fisher

Tax Partner

Mitchell Rabinowitz

Mitchell L. Rabinowitz provides comprehensive transactional counsel to key players in the fintech industry, including many of the world’s leading investment banks, infrastructure providers, startups, and newly created consortium entities.Mr. Rabinowitz helps clients launch, build, jointly create, invest in, and acquire and sell businesses built at the intersection of financial services and technology. In particular, he offers sophisticated insights into the market structures and evolving regulatory environment impacting the fintech space, as well as firsthand experience working with prominent industry participants. Mr. Rabinowitz also draws on his in-depth, sector-specific technical knowledge, having worked extensively on the creation of electronic trading platforms, alternative trading systems, exchanges, clearinghouses, and data repositories. Mr. Rabinowitz advises on a range of US and international fintech matters.

Mitchell Seider

Mitchell A. Seider is a partner in the New York and Houston offices of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Seider is global Co-chair of the firm’s Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts Practice and a member of the Latin America Practice. Mr. Seider focuses his practice on business reorganizations and financial restructurings.

Mohammed S. Shaheen

Partner

Myria Saarinen

Myria Saarinen, former Global Co-Chair of the Technology Industry Group, represents domestic and international clients in all types of civil and commercial complex litigation matters. She also leads the data protection practice in Paris. Ms. Saarinen draws on two decades’ experience as a litigator and her comprehensive understanding of her clients’ business and commercial needs to efficiently resolve a broad range of complex, cross-border disputes across industries. She advises on: French litigation disputes, including corporate litigation Alternative dispute resolution, in mediation or arbitration Cross-border issues, such as conflicts of laws and US discovery requests GDPR compliance programs, particularly for adtech companies Regulatory GDPR inquiries Multijurisdictional cybersecurity event response GDPR claims brought by individuals and class actions She crafts pragmatic, commercially oriented solutions to clients’ business challenges, approaching each matter with the strength of the firm’s global platform. A recognized firm leader, Ms. Saarinen serves on the Ethics and Privacy Committees of the firm. She previously served as the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (AML) for the Paris office and on the Pro Bono and IT Committees.

Nabil Sabki

Partner

Nadia Sager

Nadia Sager serves as global Co-chair of the firm’s Investment Funds Practice and Chair of the San Diego office’s Corporate Department. Ms. Sager represents top private fund sponsors and investors in forming, investing in and operating leading private funds.

Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero

Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero leads the Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice in Madrid and also serves as Regional Chair of Latham & Watkins' Tax Department in Europe. She advises global private equity funds and major employers in Spain on a variety of complex employment matters. Ms. Rodríguez-Escudero draws on deep experience and a sophisticated understanding of Spanish and European employment law to counsel and represent major employers in their most sensitive and business-critical matters, including: Compensation plans Employment litigation Industrial disputes Negotiating with trade unions Relocation Senior executive contract negotiations Social security Stock and cash-based incentive programs Downsizing and redundancy plans Mergers and acquisitions Outsourcing Restructurings Whistleblower and internal investigations Ms. Rodríguez-Escudero regularly speaks at employment law seminars and publishes articles in the field.

Najla Al-Gadi

Najla Al-Gadi’s practice focuses on advising issuers and investment banks on equity capital markets transactions including initial public offerings (IPOs) and other securities offerings. She also advises public and private companies and investment banks across various industries on public and private M&A transactions, corporate governance matters, and other matters relating to Saudi Arabian securities regulations. Her practice includes: Capital markets Mergers and acquisitions Corporate matters Regulatory matters

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Neil Campbell advises clients on complex cross-border private equity and M&A transactions. He draws on over 10 years of experience acting for large private equity houses on their most significant deals. He co-authored the chapter “Due Diligence” in Private Equity: A Transactional Analysis and co-authored the chapter “Partial Exits” in Private Equity Exits: A Practical Analysis.

Nell Perks

Nell Perks represents leading financial institutions in a wide range of disputes and contentious regulatory investigations, frequently with an international element. She leverages her comprehensive understanding of the challenges that financial institutions face and extensive experience across the spectrum of financial services litigation — including complex and structured products disputes — to: Manage investigations and disputes, from their earliest stages through to settlement Advise clients on regulatory enforcement and risk management in relation to disputes Identify and craft solutions that take account of regulatory implications and potential follow-on litigation Advise on global regulatory compliance, including anti-money laundering and anti-bribery obligations Nell helps financial services clients navigate complex regulatory and criminal investigations, including in some of the most significant US and UK investigations in recent years, involving the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), US Department of Justice (DOJ), and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as well as regulators in other jurisdictions. She forges trusted relationships across the UK financial services industry to advise banks on how to improve their culture within the context of global regulatory frameworks and in related investigations. Nell has spent time seconded to the commercial and retail litigation team and the compliance team of a major bank client. She has also spent three months on secondment as a judicial assistant at the Royal Courts of Justice. She maintains an active pro bono practice, including coordinating the firm’s participation in the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance, an organization that represents London-based individuals who are not eligible for legal aid but cannot afford to pay for private representation to seek orders of protection in domestic violence cases. Nell also serves as a global leader of Latham’s Parent Lawyers Group. She has higher rights of audience in the courts of England and Wales.

Niall Lynch

Niall E. Lynch is a partner in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins, and is the local Co-chair of the firm's Litigation & Trial Department. He is a recognized antitrust litigator with in-depth expertise in cartel matters, and has represented multinationals and their managers in criminal and civil price-fixing investigations in the United States, Europe, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Korea and the United Kingdom. In 2017, Chambers USA noted Niall Lynch bolsters the criminal litigation services of the group with his "brilliant" cartel practice. He also acts on civil matters and is described as "extremely creative and dedicated" by market source.

Nicholas J. Siciliano

Counsel

Nicholas J. DeNovio

Tax Partner

Nicholas P. Luongo

Partner

Nick Cline

Nick Cline is an M&A lawyer with more than 25 years of experience focusing on UK and international company board advisory work and cross-border M&A, investment, recapitalization and joint venture transactions. He is a former member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Nick has represented, among others, Vodafone, VEON, Virgin Media, Qatar Investment Authority, Taylor Wimpey, Thomas Cook Group, Aon, Warner Bros., Mattel, Yildirim Holdings, Emerson Electric, and Human Rights Watch.

Nicola Higgs

Nicola Higgs is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and Global Co-Chair of the firm's Financial Institutions Industry Group. She specializes in financial services regulatory advice and has vast experience advising financial institutions and market infrastructure providers on a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border regulatory issues. Nicola advises global investment banks, corporate finance houses, fund managers, insurers, stockbrokers, market infrastructure, and data services providers on a variety of legal and regulatory risk management matters, with particular expertise in the FCA’s Conduct of Business Rules, European regulatory developments, such as MiFID II, PRIIPs KID Regulation, and the EU Benchmark Regulation, and contested enforcement actions. She has developed a formidable reputation advising global investment firms on the sale of complex derivative products to professional and retail investors, including cross-border issues. Nicola also has a strong track record in advising private banks and wealth managers on their regulatory obligations.

Nicole McNeil

Nicole McNeil advises public company clients on general securities, corporate governance, and public reporting matters, including compliance with Exchange Act disclosure requirements, proxy rules, insider reporting and trading restrictions, stock exchange governance rules, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related regulations. Her clients include both US and foreign New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq-listed companies across a broad range of industries, with a particular focus on life sciences, technology, and retail. Prior to law school, Nicole worked as a paralegal in the dedicated Health Care Fraud Unit of the United States Attorney's Office. Nicole received a BA in Biology from Williams College and a JD from Cornell Law School.

Nicole Buffa

Counsel

Nicole A. Liffrig Molife

Counsel

Ning Li

Ms. Li focuses on capital markets transactions such as initial public offerings and listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as well as mergers and acquisitions of both public and private companies. She is also experienced in various due diligence investigations, corporate governance and post listing compliance matters. Ms. Li is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Noah A. Weiss

Partner

Olga Ponomarenko

Olga Ponomarenko is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. Olga primarily advises clients on mergers and acquisitions. She counsels clients from various industries on a range of complex M&A transactions and general corporate matters. Olga also has significant experience in equity capital markets, and represents issuers and underwriters in offerings of shares and depositary receipts outside the US under Regulation S and within the US in exempt and registered offerings.

Oliver Felsenstein

Oliver Felsenstein, Global Chair of the Private Equity & Investment Funds Practice and a former member of the firm’s Executive Committee, helps private equity firms navigate every stage of the investment life cycle, from acquisition through exit. Widely recognized among the world’s leading private equity lawyers, Mr. Felsenstein advises private equity firms on many of their largest and most complex transactions involving target companies in Germany and internationally. His several decades of experience span well more than 100 completed transactions exceeding €100 billion in value across a diverse range of industries, including technology, industrials, and healthcare. A strong relationship builder and keen strategist, Mr. Felsenstein serves as a trusted advisor to many of the world’s most prominent private equity clients. He brings a commercial perspective to clients’ most significant business challenges and drives consensus in negotiations. Mr. Felsenstein regularly leads large, international Latham teams and acts as the primary liaison for clients throughout all phases of a transaction. Mr. Felsenstein is a member of the curatorship of the Foundation Deutsche Sporthilfe, an organization supporting the German Olympic team.

Olivia Rauch-Ravise

Olivia Rauch-Ravisé is a partner in the firm's Tax Department and the Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins’ Paris office. She is a former Co-Chair of the firm’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee, whose mission is to promote women through trailblazing initiatives focused on women’s professional development, mentoring, and networking. She has strong experience in domestic and cross-border transactional tax law, notably in private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Rauch-Ravisé primarily handles the taxation of capital markets transactions (notably high yield), financial instruments, and structured financings. She has developed particular experience in tax issues relating to aircraft, rolling stock, and other asset financings. Ms. Rauch-Ravisé is particularly active in the financial institutions, oil and gas, and hospitality and gaming sectors. She is a member of the International Fiscal Association and of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux, and she is Chair of the Tax Committee of the European American Chamber of Commerce.

Olivier du Mottay

Olivier du Mottay is a corporate partner in Latham & Watkins' Paris office and the former Global Vice Chair of the Corporate Department. Mr. du Mottay represents investors and companies at critical stages of their development, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and capital markets. He has extensive experience representing bidders, targeted companies, and managers in all types of corporate finance transactions. He is involved in the negotiation and the implementation of strategic alliances and joint ventures, as well as recapitalizations and restructurings. Mr. du Mottay regularly advises companies in a variety of general corporate matters, including corporate governance, executive compensation, shareholders' disputes, and white collar matters. Before joining the firm, he was an associate at a leading French law firm where he was involved in corporate law issues, restructuring, and legal advice on directors' and officers' duties.

Omar Maayeh

Omar Maayeh advises companies globally across the full business life cycle, from inception to exit, with a focus on emerging technologies. Mr. Maayeh leverages a sophisticated understanding of market trajectories and extensive experience to advise companies on: Mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions Joint ventures Venture financing Regulatory compliance Initial public offerings Life as a public company He distills complex concepts into commercial advice that supports clients’ objectives at every stage of their business. Mr. Maayeh unlocks the resources of the firm’s global platform to connect clients with the legal tools for any need that arises. A recognized leader within the firm, Mr. Maayeh has served on the Mentoring, Recruiting, and Women Enriching Business (WEB). He prioritizes bolstering the emerging companies ecosystem and regularly speaks at events hosted by a number of Middle East-based incubators and accelerators, including Hub71, Area2071, the Abu Dhabi Global Markets Fintech Reglab, Astrolabs, and WOMENTUM. Mr. Maayeh maintains an active pro bono practice, including on behalf INJAZ UAE, a member of JA Worldwide that empowers youth with skills for work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.

Omar Nazif

Omar Nazif is a partner in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Finance Department. Prior to joining the San Diego office, Mr. Nazif was an associate in the firm’s Dubai, London and San Francisco offices.

Ora Fisher

Ora T. Fisher, one of two Vice Chairs at Latham & Watkins and a member of its Executive Committee, helps to shape the firm’s strategic direction and manage its global platform. In her role, Ms. Fisher focuses on strategic planning, client relations, lateral partner recruitment and integration, partner performance and communications. She has held multiple senior leadership roles on firm wide committees during her tenure at Latham, which began in 1991.

Óscar Franco

Óscar Franco is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. Mr. Franco has extensive experience advising clients on complex, high-profile disputes, including commercial litigation and international arbitration proceedings, as well as restructuring and insolvency matters.

Otto Von Gruben

Otto von Gruben advises German and international clients on complex M&A and real estate transactions, often in a cross-border context. Drawing on his breadth of experience across a full spectrum of transactional matters, Mr. von Gruben serves a variety of public and private companies, including strategic investors, private equity, and sovereign wealth funds. His work covers a range of industries, with a particular focus on the real estate, automotive, and healthcare sectors. Mr. von Gruben's practice includes: Corporate real estate and real estate private equity transactions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity transactions Joint ventures Distressed transactions Mr. von Gruben combines a results-driven sensibility and a knowledge of the key market players to complete both German and cross-border deals efficiently. In particular, he frequently navigates clients’ most intricate transactions involving novel structures and complex international considerations.

Owain Davies

Owain Davies advises on the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects, and has represented project owners, sponsors, and lenders on many of the largest and most high-profile projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Davies has more than two decades’ experience advising project owners and sponsors on the key project contracts required for the development of major energy and infrastructure projects, and on related project financing arrangements. He regularly advises on complex first-of-their-kind projects, helping project developers navigate the unique challenges faced by these pioneering and market-defining projects. He also has extensive experience advising lenders and investors on debt and equity participation in energy and infrastructure projects, with a focus on the identification and analysis of potential risks and issues for lenders and investors, and the development of mitigation strategies. Mr. Davies has particular experience and expertise advising on: liquefied natural gas (LNG) export and import projects, including onshore and floating liquefaction, regasification, and storage facilities power projects, including renewables (geothermal, solar, wind, hydro, and biomass), nuclear and conventional thermal power projects, (including LNG-to-power) projects oil refinery and petrochemicals projects, including numerous world-scale new-build and expansion projects mining and natural resources projects, including iron ore and zinc mining projects, and coal gasification projects

Pamela C. Kellet

Counsel

Pandora Strasler

Pandora Strasler is counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.Ms. Strasler is a member of the Finance Department and Banking Practice. Her practice focuses primarily on the representation of commercial and investment banks and borrowers in the structuring of complex secured financing transactions including senior secured lending and restructuring transactions, acquisition and project financings and structured finance with a special emphasis on issues arising under Article 9 (secured transactions) and Article 8 (investment securities) of the Uniform Commercial Code. She is a member of the New York and Ontario bars and a solicitor on the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales.

Paolo Bernasconi

Paolo Bernasconi is a partner in the Milan office and a member of the Capital Markets Practice. Paolo Bernasconi represents corporate clients, investment banks, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in cross-border corporate finance transactions involving complex structuring issues, with an emphasis on acquisition financings and issuances of high yield debt securities. He has represented issuers and underwriters in several industries, including: Telecommunications Aerospace Luxury design Energy Software and IT services Circular economy / waste management Nutraceutical Packaging Gaming Hospitality Metals Construction Railway and light mobility Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Paolo worked at leading US and Italian law firms, where his work focused primarily on capital markets transactions and financial regulatory matters.

Pardis Zomorodi

Tax Partner

Patricia Young

Partner

Patrick Mitchell

Patrick Mitchell is a partner in Latham’s London office and a member of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Industry Group. He works exclusively in the sports and entertainment space, advising a wide variety of corporates, investors, financiers, sports governing bodies, broadcasters, and other media companies on their premium commercial transactions and regulatory issues. Patrick advises on sophisticated sponsorship and media rights arrangements, the launch and expansion of media and digital services, sports technology, and all other areas involved in establishing, commercialising, and investing in leagues, teams, and events.

Patrick Leftley

Patrick Leftley represents clients in public and private securitization and structured finance transactions. He is a partner in the Finance Department of the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Structured Finance Practice. Patrick represents banks, asset managers, and corporates on a wide range of public and private securitization and asset-backed financing structures. He handles transactions across a full spectrum of asset classes, including: Residential and commercial mortgages Consumer loans SME finance Student loans Auto finance Trade receivables Credit card receivables Lease receivables He draws on extensive experience, regularly advising on novel structures as well as some of the market’s largest securitization transactions. Patrick brings complementary knowledge of market practice and the shifting regulatory landscape affecting the securitization and structured finance industry to help clients protect their investments and scale their businesses. Prior to joining Latham, Patrick was seconded to the treasury function of a captive auto-finance company and the structured derivatives desk at a major UK bank. He is ranked by the leading industry publication Chambers UK.

Patrick Kwak

Patrick Kwak advises clients on international corporate finance transactions and securities regulation. He draws on a sophisticated understanding of the market to represent companies, private equity firms, and investment banks in: Public and private debt and equity securities offerings, including Rule 144A offerings, with an emphasis on high-yield debt products Leveraged and acquisition financing, including bridge financing Restructurings and liability management transactions, including tender offers, consent solicitations, and exchange offers Patrick guides a broad range of stakeholders through a company’s full financing life cycle, including distilling complex concepts into commercially actionable advice that allows clients to achieve their business objectives. He unites expertise across the firm’s finance, M&A, regulatory, and restructuring practices to support complex private and public acquisition financings and capital structure realignments. A recognized leader at the firm, Patrick served on the Associates Committee.

Paul Kukish

Corporate Partner

Paul Yin

Paul Yin is a partner in the Finance Department of Latham & Watkins’ London office and a member of the Banking Practice. He advises direct lenders and private credit funds, commercial and investment banks, private equity sponsors, and corporate borrowers on a wide range of cross-border and domestic transactions with a particular focus on acquisition, rescue/special situations, real estate, and general corporate financings.

Paul Bonewitz

Finance Partner

Paul Davies

Paul Davies is Global Co-Chair of Latham’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Practice and a member of Latham & Watkins’ Sustainability Committee. He advises clients on a range of ESG and environmental, health & safety (EHS) matters, in the context of transactional work, the management of risks and opportunities, and regulatory and litigation matters. Paul is a member of the Board of Directors of Environmental Law Institute (ELI). He is “internationally regarded” for his “outstanding” work, which has “played a pivotal role in the industry” – Who’s Who Legal 2016, Environment. In 2024, The Legal 500 recognized Paul with the ESG Lifetime Achievement Award: Sustainability at its inaugural UK ESG Awards. In 2023, he was recognized in Financial News’ Fifty Most Influential in Sustainable Finance list and the only lawyer to be recognized two years running. Paul was also recognized in Real Deals ’ Future 40 ESG 2023 listing. He was shortlisted for ESG Due Diligence and ESG Lawyer at the Real Deals ESG Awards 2022. The awards recognize and celebrate authentic ESG change in private equity. Further, Paul was named among Europe’s Top 10 Innovative Individuals for being “at the forefront for environmental law in Europe and Asia” and actively collaborating with environmental consultancies to “promote knowledge sharing” and to develop innovative products – FT Innovative Lawyers Report 2019.

Paul Dolman

Paul Dolman is an M&A lawyer with more than 20 years of experience focusing on UK and international private equity transactions. He has extensive experience advising institutional investors on investments and divestments, as well as private equity-backed companies on M&A and other corporate matters. Paul has commented and written extensively on private equity, including contributing the chapter entitled “Acquisition Documentation” to Private Equity: A Transactional Analysis.

Paul J. Hunt

Finance Partner

Paul M. Dudek

Counsel

Pedro de Rojas

Mr. de Rojas leverages his deep knowledge of the restructuring process and a sophisticated understanding of an evolving insolvency landscape to guide multinationals, investors, and financial institutions on: Designing restructuring solutions, including converting debt into equity or equity-like instruments Implementing restructuring plans using the most efficient legal regimes Liaising with stakeholders across the capital structure He approaches complex transactions with a strategic, commercial mindset and unlocks Latham’s global platform to devise bespoke client solutions. A recognized thought leader, Mr. de Rojas regularly speaks on insolvency topics at industry events, including for INSOL. He is also a visiting professor at Instituto de Empresa (IE) and Universidad Cardenal Cisneros. Before joining Latham, Mr. de Rojas spent 20 years working as a banking and restructuring lawyer at the Spanish office of a Magic Circle law firm.

Pedro Rufino Carvhalo

Pedro Rufino Carvalho advises clients on high-profile financing and corporate transactions, particularly involving Brazil’s energy, infrastructure and alternative asset management sectors, as well as in a wide range of other emerging markets. Pedro draws on extensive experience both in private practice and in-house in several jurisdictions and a sophisticated understanding of local economic trends to guide clients on: Financings Project development M&A Joint ventures Energy and infrastructure investments Private investment fund-related matters Prior to joining Latham, he was managing director and global general counsel for a NASDAQ-listed international alternative investment firm. Before that, he was a partner in the London office of another global law firm.

Penelope Davey

Penelope Davey advises clients on a range of cross-border corporate transactions. Ms. Davey helps private equity and venture capital firms, investment funds and financial institutions, as well as emerging companies, corporates and state-owned enterprises execute complex cross-border transactions, including: Mergers and acquisitions Divestments Auctions Joint ventures Venture capital financings Ms. Davey brings clients a commercial sensibility, drawing on experience working both in London and in Singapore to efficiently navigate matters across the region, with a particular focus on transactions related to energy and infrastructure.

Peter Norris

Peter Norris advises clients on a broad range of complex banking and finance transactions, both in the GCC region and internationally. Mr. Norris draws on more than a decade’s experience in the Middle East and a sophisticated understanding of the local market to guide governments, companies and sponsors, and financial institutions on matters spanning bank finance, Shari’ah-compliant structures, project finance, capital markets, and restructurings. He has served on the firm's Recruiting Committee and maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing the Africa Eye Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit corporation, on a performance-based loan for the Magrabi ICO Cameroon Eye Institute.

Peter Gilhuly

Finance Partner

Peter Rosen

Litigation Partner

Peter Wald

Peter A. Wald is a partner in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins, and a member of the Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice. He served as the global Chair of Latham’s Litigation & Trial Department from 2004-2011. In 2015, he was named a “Securities MVP” by Law360 for leading Allergan in its successful fight to block a hostile takeover.

Peter N. Handrinos

Corporate Partner

Philip Rossetti

Corporate Partner, Office Managing Partner

Philipp Studt

Philipp Studt is a counsel in the Brussels office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. His practice focuses on regulatory aspects of transactions, including foreign direct investment (FDI) control and merger control. Mr. Studt assists clients in navigating the increasingly complex regulatory landscape comprised of FDI, merger control and foreign subsidies rules in the EU and globally. He regularly advises clients in sectors seen as sensitive and critical, ranging from technology to energy to healthcare, on the risks and strategy at the outset of a transaction and assists them in obtaining the necessary FDI and merger control approvals. Mr. Studt has navigated some of the world’s most active regulatory regimes, including the EU, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Australia. Furthermore, Mr. Studt’s experience includes advising clients on complex questions around horizontal and vertical agreements and in State aid matters. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Studt worked as a senior associate at other international law firms in Brussels and as a consultant at the World Bank (IFC) in Washington, D.C.

Pierre-Louis Clero

Pierre-Louis Cléro is a partner of Latham & Watkins and the Local Chair of the Paris Corporate Department. Mr. Cléro’s practice focuses on complex international mergers and acquisitions, representing corporate buyers and sellers in a wide variety of strategic transactions. His corporate law experience encompasses joint ventures, stock exchange-related transactions and general corporate and commercial law advice.Prior to joining the firm in January 2012, Mr. Cléro practiced in the Paris offices of two magic circle firms.

Posit Laohaphan

Posit Laohaphan is the Managing Partner of Latham's Asia offices and the head of the firm’s Structured Equity and Finance Practice in Asia. Mr. Laohaphan advises clients across Asia on a range of investment and financing matters in the public and private markets covering equity-linked capital markets products, private credit, structured equity and finance, and OTC derivatives. He helps clients on: Structured capital markets products, such as equity-linked securities OTC equity derivatives Structured lending products, such as margin loans Direct lending and private capital transactions Structured finance Workouts and restructuring of financing transactions General corporate and capital markets transactions Mr. Laohaphan draws on over two decades of experience advising on complex structured cross-border transactions. He began his career in New York in 2004 before moving to Hong Kong in 2010 to build Latham’s structured equity and financing business in APAC. Mr. Laohaphan advises clients across different product areas, geographical markets, and client types (both buy-side and sell-side). Given his broad and sophisticated practice he serves as a strategic advisor to clients.

Prue Criddle

Prue Criddle advises clients on sophisticated European and cross-border leveraged finance transactions. She draws on extensive experience to guide leading financial institutions on a broad range of leveraged finance matters, both in the syndicated market and in the direct lending space. Before joining Latham, she was a partner at another international law firm.

Quentin Gwyer

Quentin Gwyer is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Real Estate Practice. Her has extensive experience advising on real estate finance in the UK and across Europe and on real estate matters in the UK. Quentin has experience advising on: Real estate finance transactions – both UK and pan-European – and in respect of a wide variety of real estate asset classes Real estate debt-on-debt transactions in multiple European jurisdictions Intercreditor arrangements (both mezzanine and A/B) Restructuring of distressed real estate loans The syndication and distribution of real estate debt including sale and purchase of debt, tranching and multi-jurisdictional sub-participations Acquisitions and disposals of real estate backed loan portfolios Real estate sale and leaseback transactions Acquisitions and disposals of commercial real estate He has also advised on the workout of distressed debt across Europe and general finance and real estate matters, including landlord and tenant matters. Prior to joining Latham, Quentin was executive counsel at GE Capital Real Estate and also worked in the London office of an international law firm based in New York.

R. Charles Cassidy III

Counsel

Rachael Astin

Rachael Astin represents clients in transactional and regulatory work relating to the Entertainment, Sports & Media (ESM) sectors, with a particular focus on digital media and content distribution. Rachael has more than a decade of experience guiding entertainment, sports, and media clients including film studios, production companies, broadcasters, other content owners and distributors, digital platforms, sports organizations, and investors of all sizes on: Complex rights licensing deals, including distribution arrangements, media rights agreements, content commissioning and production, sponsorship and brand management, and other core ESM commercial agreements New media sector digital ventures and strategic joint ventures Commercial aspects of media sector mergers and acquisitions, investments, and private equity Media and platform regulatory advice relating to digital, broadcast, and advertising General copyright advice relevant to the ESM sector She leverages extensive knowledge of a broad range of media sub-sectors— including TV, film, sports, publishing, advertising, video games, and music— to help clients keep up with rapidly-evolving market trends, and futureproof their businesses. Rachael has broad and deep knowledge of rights ownership, distribution, and content monetization that allows her to effectively advise clients on complex transactions across the spectrum of ESM. Prior to joining the firm, Rachael worked in a leading international media and technology practice. She has previously worked in the Middle East, having spent 18 months in Dubai, working with the technology, media, and telecommunications team of the largest law firm in the region. Rachael maintains an active pro bono practice, leveraging her sector expertise, focused on content commissioning, production, and the structuring and launch of new ventures, such as advising Global Citizen on the licensing of its live music concert during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Rachael is a member of the UK Royal Television Society and Women in Film & Television UK.

Rafael Molina

Rafael Molina represents Spanish and international clients in their most sophisticated transactions at the intersection of corporate, finance, and real estate law. Leveraging more than two decades of experience, Mr. Molina guides international investors, developers, financial institutions, and promoters on negotiating a wide range of real estate transactions and corporate matters, involving: Real estate M&A across asset classes, including hotels, data centers, retail and leisure centers, office buildings, logistics and industrial, and residential Structured finance and securitizations Single names, loan-to-own, and workouts and restructurings Servicers Performing loan (PL), re-performing loan (RPL), and non-performing loan (NPL) portfolios He approaches negotiations with confidence and a sophisticated understanding of his clients’ interests, ready to devise complex structures that facilitate deal execution. Mr. Molina also regularly advises global private equity houses and investment funds on real estate as an asset class and related large-scale financing work. Mr. Molina serves on the board of the University of Navarra.

Raghav Bajaj

Raghav Bajaj leads clients at all stages of contested proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Raghav leverages his sophisticated understanding of the technology underlying his clients’ businesses to represent both petitioners and patent owners in: Inter partes reviews (IPRs) Post-grant reviews Appeals, including to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit A recognized leader in the patent bar, Raghav is a member of the Austin Yeakel Intellectual Property Inn of Court. He is also a board member and former chair of the South Asian Bar Association of Austin. Before joining Latham, he was a partner at another global law firm.

Rainer Traugott

Dr. Rainer Traugott advises German and international companies, private equity firms, and infrastructure investors on complex transactions and general corporate issues, often in a multijurisdictional context. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Traugott delivers pragmatic and creative counsel to clients in a range of corporate matters. He handles both public and private transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, public takeover offers, and mergers. Mr. Traugott also regularly advises executive and supervisory boards on critical corporate governance issues. His comprehensive corporate guidance extends to business transformations, including spin-offs, separations, and carve-outs. Mr. Traugott harnesses his sophisticated understanding of the needs of corporate, private equity, and infrastructure clients to help parties negotiate successfully and execute transactions efficiently. A versatile practitioner, he advises on transactions across industries and jurisdictions. His distinguished deal work includes a number of precedent-setting matters involving novel structures. Mr. Traugott previously served as Global Co-Chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and on the firm’s Strategic Client Committee.

Rainer Adlhart

Rainer Adlhart is a member of the corporate finance team, advising private equity sponsors, corporates, debt funds, and financial institutions on complex domestic and cross-border finance transactions, with particular expertise in US capital markets, private debt, and venture capital. Mr. Adlhart advises on: High-yield bond offerings Private placements Crossover and investment grade bond offerings IPOs, SPAC transactions, and capital raisings Restructurings Tender offers, consent solicitations, and other liability management transactions Mr. Adlhart also advises borrowers and lenders on syndicated credit, acquisition finance, direct lending, and leveraged finance transactions. He regularly acts for founders, high-growth companies, and investors in initial- through late-stage venture capital financings. Before joining the firm, Mr. Adlhart worked at other international law firms in London and New York. Mr. Adlhart is a member of the Munich Bar Association.

Rajiv Gupta

Rajiv Gupta heads Latham’s India Practice and advises Indian companies and global clients doing business in India on a full range of corporate and finance transactions. He draws on more than two decades of experience advising on capital markets transactions. Rajiv brings an unusual combination of skills to advise both issuers and underwriters on a full range of capital markets transactions, including: US IPOs and SEC-registered transactions Indian IPOs High-yield bonds Convertible securities He has developed a preeminent India practice advising on hundreds of complex, high-profile, and precedent-setting capital markets transactions. Rajiv also leverages Latham’s global platform to help clients navigate a full range of complex or cross-border corporate transactions, including: Mergers and acquisitions Private equity Restructuring Leveraged finance Rajiv served as an appointed member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Advisory Committee. A native Hindi speaker, Rajiv has been educated in India, the US, and the UK, and has practiced in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore, so brings a global perspective to clients’ transactions. He regularly speaks on capital markets and corporate transactions, at key industry conferences, including the Indian Banks’ Association’s conference. Rajiv’s pro bono work includes advising on the innovative Women’s Livelihood Bond series, sponsored by the Impact Investment Exchange.

Raphaël Darmon

Raphaël Darmon is Counsel in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice. He has developed important experience in major large-cap mergers and acquisitions, as well as general corporate and commercial law matters in a broad range of industries, including energy, gas, food and infrastructure.

Raymond Cheng

Raymond Cheng is a counsel in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Mr. Cheng has advised international banks, corporates, and high net worth individuals on a range of derivatives, banking, and capital markets transactions. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Cheng worked as an associate in the Hong Kong office of a Magic Circle law firm for four years.

Rebecca Crowley

Rebecca Crowley is a member of the Finance Department who focuses on the infrastructure and core-plus infrastructure sector, with particular experience in cross-border acquisition financing. Rebecca acts for sponsors, corporate borrowers, and lenders (infrastructure funds, bank lenders, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension funds) on a broad range of capital structures, including loans and notes structures. She has significant experience handling digital infrastructure and energy transactions.

Regina Kim

Regina Jinseo Kim advises Korean and global clients on outbound and inbound investments and corporate transactions. Ms. Kim helps global private equity firms and market-leading Korean companies on strategic transactions, including: Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures Minority investments She draws on previous experience working at a Korean law firm, as well as working in the US, and Hong Kong. A skilled bilingual and bicultural practitioner, Ms. Kim also brings experience working on landmark multibillion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures in South Korea and other jurisdictions. She also works closely on the ground with global Latham teams on a full spectrum of matters. Ms. Kim is active with Latham’s Women Enriching Business Committee initiative.

Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani

Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Mojtabaee-Zamani is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department with a focus on equity derivatives and equity-linked products, including convertible notes and related equity derivatives, structured share repurchase transactions, hedging and monetization transactions, and margin loans and other equity-based finance transactions.

Richard Chul Kim

Richard Chul Kim is counsel in the Finance Department of Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise. He advises clients on project development and finance, and structured finance. Mr. Kim has practiced in Asia since 2008. He regularly works on transactions involving Korean, Japanese, and other international sponsors, lenders, and government agencies in the energy sector on their global financing and development needs. He also advises clients on various aspects of cross-border corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. Kim previously served a secondment with Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) from 2015 to 2017. Prior to his career in Asia, Mr. Kim worked as an attorney in Los Angeles and was a judicial extern to Judge Stephen V. Wilson in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Mr. Kim is qualified to practice before the California Bar and a registered foreign lawyer in Japan of the Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association (California Law).

Richard Watkins

Richard Watkins advises private equity and corporate clients on M&A, joint venture, and other strategic transactions with an Asia-Pacific nexus. Mr. Watkins combines extensive experience across a broad range of deal types with a depth of understanding of local markets to guide clients on: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, ranging from buyouts to minority investments, both public and private Investing and raising growth capital Consortia and joint ventures Structured and downside-protected quasi-equity investments He works closely with Latham colleagues worldwide to structure innovative solutions that utilize the latest legal technology and integrate market-leading advice from across the global platform. Mr. Watkins’ experience spans both buy side and sell side in a variety of industries, particularly real estate, asset management, tech and digital infrastructure, healthcare and life sciences, and consumer goods. Drawing on his prior experience in London and Moscow, Mr. Watkins provides pragmatic, commercial advice that reflects his experience guiding clients through evolving geopolitical and economic conditions. Mr. Watkins serves on the firm’s Global Mentoring Committee.

Richard Trobman

Richard Trobman serves as the Chair and Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins and a member of its Executive Committee. His practice includes representing investment banking firms, private equity firms, and companies in public and private offerings of securities, restructurings, bridge loans, and merger and acquisition transactions, with a particular emphasis on issuances of debt securities and leveraged transactions. Rich has represented a broad range of clients, including LBO companies, such as Advent, BC Partners, The Carlyle Group, Cinven, EQT, PAI Partners, and Nordic Capital, and investment banks such as JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs.

Richard Butterwick

Richard Butterwick is a partner and Co-Chair of the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins’ London office. He is a former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Public Company Representation Practice. Richard’s practice encompasses a wide variety of domestic and cross-border corporate finance and merger and acquisition work, including public takeovers, private M&A, joint ventures, activism defense, and capital markets transactions. In 2011, he returned to the firm from a two-year secondment as an executive member of the UK Takeover Panel.

Richard Owens

Litigation & Trial Partner

Richard Frenkel

Rick Frenkel is a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department of Latham & Watkins and has experience in every aspect of patent litigation, from initial investigations through trial and appeals. Mr. Frenkel was recognized as one of "75 Leading IP Litigators in California" by the Daily Journal in 2013 and 2014, and was selected as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” in 2016.

Richard P. Bress

Litigation Partner

Rob Moulton

Rob Moulton is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. He specializes in financial services regulatory advice and has vast experience advising investment banks, governments, corporate finance houses, clearing houses, fund managers, insurers, stockbrokers, and online trading business on a variety of legal and regulatory risk management matters. Rob has particular expertise in the FCA’s Conduct of Business Rules, European regulatory developments such as MiFID and MAR, and contested enforcement actions. He is recognized in the Hall of Fame in The Legal 500 for financial services non-contentious regulatory. He is the former Chair of the firm's Financial Institutions Industry Group.

Rob Ellison

Rob Ellison is a member of the Litigation & Trial Department and the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice. He advises clients in the areas of entertainment, sports, and media litigation, general commercial litigation, and trade secrets litigation. Mr. Ellison has successfully represented clients ranging from entertainers and high-net-worth individuals to leading internet, entertainment, and emerging companies, as well as sports franchises. He has substantial trial experience and routinely leads his teams in all facets of the discovery process. With a keen eye to limiting litigation exposure, Mr. Ellison has deftly handled sensitive government and internal investigations, high-profile entertainment litigation, and disputes for high-net-worth individuals, leading internet, and emerging companies, as well as sports franchises.

Robbie McLaren

Robbie McLaren’s practice includes cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and emerging companies. He represents clients who principally operate in the life sciences, healthcare, and technology industries. Robbie is Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group and former Co-Chair of the London Corporate Department.

Robert Frances

Robert Frances is Chair of the San Diego office’s Finance Department. He has extensive experience in a broad range of transactional real estate and finance projects, including property acquisitions and dispositions, secured lending, construction financing, mergers and acquisitions, hotel, casino and power plant development and financing, and other project finance transactions.

Robert Howard

Robert Howard chairs the San Diego office’s Environment, Land & Resources Department, composed of 23 lawyers who work on litigation, environmental and energy projects throughout the United States. He represents clients in the energy-oil and gas industry, energy-power industry, aerospace, defense and cleantech industries.

Robert Koenig

Robert A. Koenig is a leading corporate securities lawyer. He serves as Chair of the Corporate Department for the Silicon Valley office and recently served as global Co-chair of the firm's Public Company Representation Practice.

Robert Wyman

Environment, Land & Resources Partner

Robert Perrin

Litigation & Trial Partner

Robert D. Haymer

Partner

Roberto Muñoz

Roberto Muñoz is an associate in the Madrid office of Latham & Watkins. He advises national and international clients on complex litigation and arbitration proceedings concerning domestic and cross-border disputes. Mr. Muñoz represents clients before Spanish courts (including high courts, appeal courts, the Supreme Court, and the Constitutional Court) and also acts as counsel in arbitrations conducted under the main institutional arbitration rules (ICC, CIMA, CAM, TAM, SCC, NAI, etc.). His experience includes: Complex financial litigation Real estate litigation Construction litigation Termination of agency and distribution agreements Termination of services agreements Termination of joint-venture agreements Termination of license agreements Restructuring and Insolvency Mr. Muñoz is also a lecturer at the Centro de Estudios Garrigues, Villanueva University, and of the arbitration course of the Consejo General de la Abogacía and the International Chamber of Commerce.

Roberto Reyes Gaskin

Roberto L. Reyes Gaskin advises issuers and underwriters in a range of debt and equity capital markets transactions, as well as in public company representation and environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Dual-qualified in the US and France, Mr. Reyes Gaskin regularly handles complex and precedent-setting transactions both in France and internationally. A former member of the firm’s Milan office, he brings particular experience in capital-raising matters on both sides of the Atlantic involving French, Italian, and other non-US issuers. Mr. Reyes Gaskin represents a diverse mix of issuers, underwriters, family offices, and alternative capital providers involved in key industries, including: Retail and consumer products Energy and infrastructure Media and entertainment His practice includes: Debt capital markets transactions, including high yield and investment grade debt Equity capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, PIPEs and rights issues Liability management, including tender offers, exchange offers, and consent solicitations Direct lending Mergers and acquisitions with a capital markets element Green bonds and sustainable finance Compliance with US and EU securities laws and ESG best practices Mr. Reyes Gaskin frequently tackles clients’ most intricate and business-critical challenges. His work includes a number of first-ever high yield bond offerings in various jurisdictions, as well as an array of matters involving innovative and bespoke securities products. Drawing on his sophisticated transactional and regulatory knowledge, Mr. Reyes Gaskin also serves leading companies in connection with a range of ESG issues, including sustainable finance matters. Additionally, Mr. Reyes Gaskin counsels banks, insurers, debt servicers, and payment institutions on financial regulatory matters, including regulatory and ordinary capital offerings. His work includes a variety of standalone and program capital raisings, and ongoing reporting and regulatory capital matters before the Eurosystem and Single Resolution Board. Mr. Reyes Gaskin is an active participant with the Association for Financial Markets in Europe and the International Capital Markets Association.

Robin L. Struve

Tax Partner

Robin S. Fredrickson

Partner

Roderick O. Branch

Roderick Branch focuses on capital markets transactions and securities regulation, with a particular interest in securities offerings by non-US issuers. Roderick has extensive experience in securities financings in public and private markets, and has represented public- and private-sector companies, investment banks, and sovereign governments in global capital markets transactions. Since 2001, Roderick has practiced in New York, Paris, and Chicago. He is a native of Mexico City, and is fluent in Spanish and French and proficient in Italian.

Romain Nairi

Romain Nairi advises clients doing business in France on all aspects of French employment law. Mr. Nairi helps clients navigate the continuously evolving employment law landscape. In particular, he provides advice in the context of: Transactions Litigation and pre-litigation matters High-stakes employment matters such as reorganizations, social plans, senior executives’ issues, as well as collective agreement implementation Mr. Nairi brings a deep and focused knowledge of French employment law in a commercial context, drawn from his academic background both in France and the UK, and his prior professional experience as an in-house counsel at Total, and subsequently as an attorney in a highly reputed French law firm. Given his broad employment law experience, Mr. Nairi provides global clients with a cross-border sensibility and can advocate effectively before judges and adverse attorneys in a courtroom, works councils and unions, or senior executives, helping to spot, avoid, or mitigate potentially costly situations.

Roman Martinez

Partner

Ron E. Shulman

Litigation Partner

Ross Pooley

Ross Pooley, Vice Chair of the Global Asset Based Lending Group, is a finance partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. He has more than 25 years of experience representing a wide range of banks, private credit providers, and other financial institutions and corporates in: Senior and subordinated leveraged finance Cross-border acquisitions Asset based financings Preferred equity and margin lending Restructurings

Rüdiger Malaun

Dr. Rüdiger Malaun, a highly regarded German capital markets lawyer and former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice, advises clients on strategic financing transactions, with a particular focus on high-yield bond offerings and other debt instruments. He draws on more than 20 years of experience, handling a remarkable volume of the largest and most sophisticated offerings in Europe, among them more than 60 high-yield bond transactions. Dr. Malaun has earned widespread recognition for his work. JUVE notes he is the “clear leader on high-yield bonds” who “plays in a league of his own” and Chambers interviewees describe him as “the biggest name for high-yield work in Germany” and “highly skilled, very effective and technically brilliant.” Dr. Malaun advises corporates, sponsors, and investment banks on: Complex high-yield bond transactions (both under US and German law), including related liability management transactions Equity and equity-linked financings Large corporate bonds Commitment papers for bridge-to-bond financing transactions P2P financing transactions ‘Cross-over’ bonds (e.g. in the real estate sector in the DACH Region) High yield bond advise in restructuring context

Ruonan Duan

Ruonan Duan advises clients doing business in Asia on corporate and finance transactions. Ms. Duan helps both borrowers and lenders, including Chinese and international private equity firms, private debt providers, corporates, banks, and funds on a wide range of banking and finance transactions, including: Leveraged finance Property finance Acquisition finance Syndicated corporate finance Restructuring and workouts She has particular experience with the infrastructure, consumer, healthcare, real estate, and technology sectors and with executing deals in jurisdictions across Asia, including China, Korea, India, and the Philippines. Ms. Duan draws on her Mandarin fluency and five years practicing in the Shanghai office of a magic circle law firm to provide clients insight on regional market practice. Ms. Duan is a member of the Young Leaders Committee of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association. As an active member of the Hong Kong community, she provides pro bono support, including as a volunteer at Equal Justice in Hong Kong.

Ryan Benedict

Ryan Benedict, a US securities and capital markets lawyer, advises public and private company issuers and underwriters on a range of equity and debt capital markets transactions in the US, EMEA, and beyond. Ryan is Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Retail & Consumer Products Industry Group. Drawing on his extensive product knowledge and on-the-ground experience working in London, Continental Europe, and New York, Ryan regularly counsels clients on their most complex and significant capital markets transactions. His work spans a variety of key industries, including technology and life sciences. Ryan's practice work includes: Initial public offerings and follow-on offerings, including US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered offerings and Rule 144A/Reg S transactions Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) transactions High yield and investment grade debt offerings Bank capital and financial regulatory matters Tender offers and liability management transactions Public company representation Ryan frequently advises on innovative transactions involving bespoke deal structures. He brings particular experience handling cross-border offerings, including US-registered transactions and listings on securities exchanges throughout Europe. Outside of his commercial work, Ryan takes a proactive role in helping industry participants successfully navigate the capital markets — including by organizing thought leadership initiatives and industry roundtables.

Ryan J. Maierson

Corporate Partner

Samir Deger-Sen

Samir Deger-Sen is an experienced appellate lawyer, who represents clients in their most complex litigation matters. Samir focuses his practice on Supreme Court and appellate litigation and is widely recognized as one of the leading appellate lawyers of his generation. He has argued over 15 times in appellate courts across the country, including the US Supreme Court, and has successfully represented clients in the technology, media, and financial sectors in their highest-stakes appeals. In the last year alone, he was named three times in The American Lawyer’s Litigator of the Week feature for his successful arguments on behalf of Meta Platforms, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and Brigade Capital Management. He has been recognized by Law360, Bloomberg Law, and Lawdragon as one of the top appellate attorneys nationwide under the age of 40. Samir has been a primary author of more than one hundred briefs involving a wide range of constitutional, statutory, and administrative law issues. In the Supreme Court, he has been a lead brief writer in multiple merits cases, has successfully persuaded the Court to grant certiorari on several occasions, and has been lead counsel to national organizations filing amicus briefs before the Court. He also has significant trial-level experience, including first chairing depositions, drafting and arguing dispositive motions, and authoring critical briefs in numerous international arbitrations. Samir is resident in both the firm’s New York and London offices and is available to help UK-based clients navigate novel, complex, and challenging questions of US law. Samir has particular experience in class actions and is proficient in substantive Rule 23 law. He has been the primary author of briefs involving some of the largest putative classes in the country, including defending clients against multi-billion dollar class actions in the Second and Ninth Circuits. Notably, Samir has, on multiple occasions, successfully secured interlocutory appellate review of class certification decisions, which is granted in only a small fraction of cases. He also regularly advises on complex class action issues in district court litigation. In addition, Samir has significant experience in securities appeals. Over the past two years, he has successfully obtained complete dismissal of claims in several securities class actions on appeal in the Second and Ninth Circuits. Samir has an extensive pro bono practice, where he has acted as lead counsel in high-profile constitutional litigation, including multiple precedent-setting victories in the Ninth Circuit. Before entering private practice, Samir was a law clerk at all three levels of the federal judiciary. He clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy of the US Supreme Court, on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and on the District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before law school, Samir was a lecturer in International Politics at Oxford University, where he taught several undergraduate level courses. Samir has substantial public speaking experience. He is the winner of numerous national debating competitions and a former World University Debating Champion.

Samuel Pape

Samuel Pape represents clients in a broad range of high-stakes international disputes. He is a strategic advisor and trial advocate in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration. He also acts in complex commercial litigation in England and overseas. Drawing on over a decade of experience, he represents multinational companies, financial institutions, private equity firms and sovereign States in disputes across a range of sectors including energy, mining, banking, technology, manufacturing and aviation. His experience includes acting in financial, corporate and shareholder disputes, as well as in transnational tort class actions. Samuel's cases often involve novel and complex issues, including ESG issues. Samuel is bilingual in English and French and also speaks Spanish and Portuguese. He frequently handles disputes involving these languages. Samuel is an active member of the international arbitration community. He is the Representative for the United Kingdom on the ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum. He is also managing editor of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review and has authored a number of publications. He is frequently invited to lecture and to speak on panels on subjects relating to international arbitration.

Samuel Weiner

Tax Partner

Samuel Newhouse

Sam Newhouse, Global Vice Chair of the firm’s M&A Practice, advises clients on a broad mixture of high-value public and private M&A transactions and joint ventures, across a range of sectors. He has extensive experience handling complex cross-border transactions, regularly working across Europe, the US, Africa, and India. Sam has spent time seconded to ExxonMobil Corporation’s M&A Legal Team in London and to Hewlett Packard’s M&A Legal Team in Geneva.

Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya

Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Finance Practice. He is also Chair of the Global Structured Finance and Securitization Practice. Sanjev advises private equity sponsors, hedge funds, commercial and investment banks, and corporates on a broad range of innovative capital raising, monetization, structured disposal, and investment transactions, often involving complex cross-border special situations and structured techniques. He is a visiting Fellow at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London in relation to the Law and Practice of International Finance Master’s Degree. Sanjev advises clients across a wide range of asset classes and structures, including public and private debt, equity-linked and hybrid capital markets issues, securitizations, and cross-border structured finance. He also has significant expertise in the sale and purchase of financial asset portfolios, distressed investments and restructurings, and the establishment of alternative lending platforms and direct lending.

Santiago Bejarano

Santiago Bejarano advises clients on a range of high-stakes international disputes around the world, under both civil law and common law regimes. Santiago regularly represents domestic and multinational corporations and state-owned enterprises in a wide variety of industries and business sectors in their highest-stakes international disputes. Drawing on his dual qualification as an attorney in Colombia and New York and his in-depth understanding of Latin America’s legal systems and business practices, he has particular expertise advising clients on matters involving this region. He regularly conducts advocacy in Spanish-language or dual-language arbitrations. Santiago brings over a decade of experience representing clients in international commercial and investment arbitrations held under all major institutional and ad-hoc rules, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) , and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). He has conducted arbitrations seated in all major arbitral hubs, including New York, Washington D.C., London, The Hague, and Paris, among others. He has handled disputes relating to the licensing of intellectual property, M&A transactions, distribution contracts in various sectors including pharmaceutical and luxury goods, and energy, oil, and gas development, distribution , and commercialization. Santiago is consistently recognized by clients and peers as a leading arbitration practitioner, and is described in various publications by sources as “an increasingly prominent name for Latin America-related work,” “excellent,” “always up-to-speed on the advice,” “able to leverage years of common law training and practice to effectively advise on cross-border disputes,” and “one of the smartest lawyers” in the field. Santiago is Lecturer in Law at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he teaches International Arbitration, and is a frequent speaker at international arbitration conferences around the world. In addition to his work on arbitration matters, Santiago has advised clients in connection with high-profile government investigations and inquiries, white collar matters, and complex, multi-jurisdictional internal investigations. Santiago keeps an active pro bono practice, advising clients on immigration-related matters. He received the Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Award in 2015 for his work on immigration cases.

Sarah Gagan

Partner

Sarah Ray

Sarah Ray is a partner in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins, and is a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. She is Co-chair of the firm’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee, whose mission is to promote women through trailblazing initiatives focused on women’s professional development, mentoring and networking.

Sarah Gadd

Sarah Gadd, partner in Latham & Watkins' London office, is part of the Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice. She advises a wide range of clients on all aspects of employment law, human resource (HR) issues, benefits, and incentives, including share-based incentives. Sarah primarily handles employment and share-based incentives law matters and the HR and benefits aspects of corporate deals, particularly deals with an international reach. She has also acted for the client and the supplier on a number of outsourcing matters. Sarah advises on matters including recruitment and severance, downsizing, transfers of undertakings, employee consultation, day to day employment law issues, benefits, and incentives. She also advises extensively on stock options and other forms of share-based compensation. Sarah also advises on employee-related aspects of the UK corporate governance and financial regulatory regimes including the application of the FCA Remuneration Code, Prospectus and Listing Rules, the Takeover Code, and the UK Corporate Governance Code to employees and incentives. She is a member of Employment Lawyers Association and the Share Plan Lawyers group.

Partner

Counsel

Partner

Scott Cockerham advises on the tax aspects of investments in the renewable energy and energy transition sectors. He provides practical tax and commercial advice on the development, financing, purchase, and sale of energy and infrastructure projects, including tax equity financing and tax credit transferability transactions. Scott leverages his significant experience to represent clients on a broad spectrum of investments involving assets across the renewable energy and energy transition landscape, including: Solar energy On-shore and off-shore wind Battery storage Carbon capture utilization and sequestration Hydrogen Fuel cells Renewable natural gas Geothermal Biomass Electric vehicles A recognized thought leader, Scott regularly publishes and presents on the tax aspects of renewable energy investments and transactions. He is consistently recognized by leading industry publications for his cutting-edge work in the renewable energy sector.

Finance Partner

Corporate Partner

Partner

Scott Wolfe advises startup and emerging businesses and public companies, particularly in the life sciences and high-technology industries. He regularly represents companies and investment banking firms in public offerings, private placements, venture capital financings, real estate investment trusts, debt offerings, corporate partnering arrangements, and mergers and acquisitions.

Scott C. Herlihy

Partner

Scott D. Forchheimer

Partner

Sean Wu

Sean Wu advises global and Chinese companies on investigations and disputes. Mr. Wu helps clients navigate issues related to fraud, securities fraud, professional standards, FCPA, anti-corruption / anti-bribery, sanctions, and other trade compliance matters in China. Specifically he helps clients with: Internal and government investigations Compliance due diligence Compliance programs and training He also advises clients on litigation in China and in global jurisdictions with cross-border elements involving foreign parties. Mr. Wu is both US and PRC trained and fluent in both English and Mandarin. He helps clients bridge the gap between the two judicial systems and provides insight into cross-border, cross-cultural issues. Mr. Wu draws on experience advising clients in a range of industries, including online commence, data and technology, finance, professional services, pharmaceutical, medical, biochemical, automobile, manufacturing, shipping, and consulting. Prior to private practice, Mr. Wu interned in Chinese courts, including the PRC Supreme People’s Court.

Sean Finn

Sean Finn is a partner in Latham & Watkins' London office and advises a wide range of clients on all aspects of corporate, finance, and business taxation. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and serves as a Vice Chair of Latham's Finance Committee. Sean has particular expertise in advising on tax aspects of: Private equity transactions Mergers and acquisitions Reconstructions Joint ventures Reorganizations Financings Refinancings Restructurings and workouts

Sebastian Pauls

Dr. Sebastian Pauls advises private equity clients on the full lifecycle of domestic and cross-border transactions. Mr. Pauls advises German and international financial and strategic investors on private equity and M&A transactions across a wide range of industry sectors. He provides strategic and legal advice on buy-side and sell-side transactions, including: Acquisitions and sales of mid-cap and large-cap companies Management participation programs Carve-outs Minority investments / co-investments Exit plans, and timetables Given his extensive and complementary German and cross-border experience, he has a keen sense of trends in the private equity space.

Sebastian Max Hauser

Max Hauser advises German and international clients on a broad spectrum of antitrust matters under German and EU laws, in particular regarding: Merger control clearances in Germany, the EU, and globally Cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, as well as compliance programs and audits Antitrust damages claims, representing both defendants and claimants Mr. Hauser is recognized by Who’s Who Legal, JUVE and WirtschaftsWoche as a leading antitrust and competition lawyer. Sources describe that he “keeps calm in stressful situations and finds solutions extremely fast”, and is “always three steps ahead”. He excels at simplifying complex issues, especially in cross-border M&A situations, drawing on experience from more than a hundred merger control filings in various jurisdictions. Mr. Hauser advises clients from a wide range of industries, including financial services, private equity, automotive, food retailing, health care, information technology, and oil and gas. Mr. Hauser regularly publishes articles on antitrust law issues, and has co-authored a cartel damages handbook. He is a co-founder and board member of the Competition Litigation Forum in Germany. Mr. Hauser is a member of the firm’s Associates and Legal Professional & Paralegal Committees and a former member of the firm’s Recruiting Committee.

See Wah (Mandy) Wong

Senet Bischoff

Corporate Partner

Seonaid Todisco

Seonaid Todisco is a partner in the Finance Department of the London office of Latham & Watkins. She specializes in all aspects of core and hybrid infrastructure, acting for a wide range of infrastructure funds, bank lenders, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension funds.

Serrin Turner

Serrin Turner is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Information Law, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice, and Complex Commercial Litigation Practice.

Shagufa R. Hossain

Partner

Sharon Lau

Sharon Lau is a partner in the Singapore office and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. She is a former Vice Chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Department and a member of the firm’s Capital Markets, M&A, and Private Equity Practices. Ms. Lau advises both issuers and underwriters in global securities offerings, including IPOs, REIT offerings, and high-yield debt offerings. She also regularly advises private equity sponsors, corporates, and financial investors on cross-border M&A transactions as well as on pre-IPO, growth capital, venture capital financings, and joint venture transactions. Ms. Lau is recognized as a leading lawyer for capital markets in Singapore and Indonesia by Chambers Asia-Pacific. She is also noted by Legal 500 for Singapore capital markets and Singapore corporate and M&A.

Shaun Thompson

Shaun Thompson advises private equity funds, companies, investors, lenders, and insurance providers on UK employment law and pensions law in the context of corporate transactions, financings, outsourcings, restructurings, and pension insurance transactions. Shaun advises on the full spectrum of employment and pensions law issues related to transactional structuring and implementation, risk, and potential regulatory sanctions, including: The employment and pensions aspects of corporate transactions Transactional due diligence Recruitment and severance Employee relations and consultation Labor relations and trade union issues Employee transfers Workforce classification issues and restructuring Issues related to the UK Pensions Regulator’s statutory “moral hazard” powers and the powers of UK pension trustees Amendment and restructuring of UK pension arrangements Pension plan de-risking and insurance transactions He draws on long experience advising on the full life cycle of transactions, and has a keen understanding of the dynamic regulatory landscape in which businesses operate. Pro Bono Shaun maintains an active pro bono practice, with particular focus on advising UK charities on employment law issues.

Shawn Anderson

Shawn Anderson is a corporate partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. He has significant experience representing private equity sponsors, issuers, and investment banks in complex and multi-jurisdictional transactions, including debt and equity offerings, acquisition financings, and liability management transactions, with a particular emphasis on issuances of high-yield debt securities. Shawn also regularly advises companies, including foreign private issuers, on securities law compliance and corporate governance issues, and in restructurings and private financings. Prior to attending law school, Shawn was a newspaper reporter and editor in Upstate New York.

Shing Yuin Lo

Shing Lo is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Emerging Companies & Growth Practice. An accomplished emerging companies lawyer, she has advised a number of iconic venture capital funds and tech companies in venture capital financings and M&A transactions. Shing’s practice encompasses series financing rounds (covering early stage, growth and pre-IPO rounds), bridge/convertible rounds, venture and growth debt, and M&A transactions. She has a hands-on approach and regularly counsels founders and investors on a wide range of issues, including early stage company formation, venture and growth financing strategy, global expansion, and general corporate counselling.

Sidharth Bhasin

Sidharth Bhasin advises on private equity investments and exits, public and private M&A transactions, and joint ventures. Mr. Bhasin helps private equity, sovereign wealth, and pension funds, as well as Asian and international corporates on complex cross-border transactions, including: Private equity investments and exits Public and private M&A Joint ventures Fundraising He regularly works on transactions across the Asia-Pacific region, including in India and Southeast Asia, as well as outbound transactions to the United States and Europe. Mr. Bhasin has worked in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and was educated in India, the UK, and the US, so brings a global perspective and commercial sensibility to a full spectrum of transactions. He has developed significant industry knowledge across a range of industries, particularly in the energy and infrastructure (including digital infrastructure) and technology, media, and telecoms (TMT) sectors.

Simon Hawkins

Simon Hawkins, an experienced and trusted advisor to financial institutions and fintech companies, advises on a range of regulatory matters and transactions. He leads the financial regulatory practice in Asia and co-chairs the firm’s Digital Assets & Web3 Practice. Mr. Hawkins advises a full range of financial industry and fintech clients — from traditional commercial and investment banks, private equity firms, broker/dealers, and insurers to innovative fintech companies, including payments companies, crypto exchanges and custodians, token issuers, and Metaverse and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. He provides confident and seasoned regulatory advice and transactional support to clients doing inbound and outbound business in Hong Kong. As an early mover in the fintech industry in Asia, he provides insight and skilled judgment on the dynamic fintech industry and rapidly evolving crypto regulatory landscape. Resident in Hong Kong since 2009, Mr. Hawkins has developed strong working relationships with regulators at the Securities and Futures Commission and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He serves as an active member of ASIFMA and the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. Mr. Hawkins regularly steers clients safely through situations of high risk and uncertainty, coordinating a global team of Latham colleagues, and local counsel. Mr. Hawkins has worked in London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, and served as a secondee at HSBC in Hong Kong, where he assisted with the launch of HSBC’s Prime Finance business in Asia.

Simon Lange

Simon Lange advises private equity firms and companies in private corporate transactions, with a particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts. Mr. Lange advises leading private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, listed investment firms, venture capital firms, and mid- to large-cap industrial companies. He regularly helps clients navigate complex cross-border transactions with a French nexus, including: Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures Restructurings Majority/minority investments Mr. Lange brings clients a sophisticated global sense of what is at market, so they can efficiently bring deals to close. He draws on a deep technical knowledge of French law and a complementary understanding of a full spectrum of industries. Given his experience working in New York, he brings a direct and practical approach to dealmaking. Mr. Lange maintains an active pro bono practice, advising global non-profits on fundraising, governance, and restructuring matters.

Simon Pritchard

Simon Pritchard advises clients on their highest stakes UK, EU, and international competition law matters. He draws upon more than 25 years’ experience, having served in government on the Office of Fair Trading’s Senior Executive Team and as the UK’s first Senior Director of Mergers, and in private practice in Brussels, London, and Washington, D.C. Simon now guides market-leading companies on: Complex Phase 1 and 2 merger control including parallel EU/UK, US/UK, and other multi-jurisdictional inquiries Challenging agency decisions and precedent-setting merger litigation before the Competition Appeal Tribunal Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) market investigations UK cartel inquiries including leniency applications A recognized thought leader, he has regularly acted as a competition expert to various UK Parliamentary and Whitehall committees, and served as nongovernmental adviser to the Office of Fair Trading and the US Federal Trade Commission. Having helped shape certain foundational aspects of modern UK merger enforcement, he also remains an active participant in periodic efforts to adapt and improve competition policy and procedure in the UK.

Simon Skinner

Simon Skinner advises clients on the UK tax aspects of complex corporate transactions, including in the private equity sector and for listed clients. Simon draws on his sophisticated understanding of the global tax landscape to serves as a trusted advisor to listed companies, institutional investors, founders, and management teams in a wide array of tax-related matters, including: M&A and joint ventures Restructurings and reorganizations UK and international tax advisory projects Initial public offerings (IPOs) Tax disputes A recognized leader of the tax bar, he is actively involved with the Law Society's Tax Law Committee, through which he contributes to the development and refinement of tax legislation and policy. Before joining the Latham, Simon was a partner at a UK-based law firm, where he had served as head of its tax department.

Simon Tysoe

Simon Tysoe is a partner in the Corporate Department of the London office and served as former Co-Chair of the firm’s Oil & Gas Industry Group. Simon specializes in transactions in the energy sector, and has extensive experience advising clients on a range of cross-border energy and natural resources transactions, including upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas M&A, joint ventures, restructuring, and project development. Mergers & Acquisitions Oil & Gas Transactions Project Development & Finance Africa Practice Latin America Practice

Sophie Lamb

Sophie Lamb KC is an internationally renowned leading counsel who provides strategic leadership and powerful advocacy on a range of multidisciplinary, reputational risk-management, and bet-the-company international arbitration and litigation matters. A trusted advisor to boards of public companies, sovereign nations, private equity houses, and participants in the energy and technology sectors, she is consistently recognized among industry’s global elite for her work in some of the most significant and topical cases of the moment. Her mandates have featured in The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of the year and she has featured on their list of the UK’s most influential and inspirational lawyers for her successes “in billion dollar, high profile, politically sensitive and often market-shaping arbitration cases and related court trials.” Sophie is a “go-to-advocate” who draws on an exceptionally diverse international case load and more than 25 years of international tribunal and trial experience including in the UK Supreme Court. Her experience extends across the full range of significant corporate and commercial arrangements, international investment law, public law, and climate litigation. Leveraging strong expertise in class action litigation targeting multinational groups, she is increasingly engaged on sensitive and strategic mandates which engage the ESG agenda, covering such issues as directors’ duties, reporting risks, climate change and public interest litigation, global supply chain integrity, human rights-related exposure, and OECD National Contact Point processes. Sophie is a Bencher of Gray’s Inn and a Governor of the London Academy of Excellence, a school focused on eliminating educational disadvantage which has achieved particular success helping students from less-advantaged backgrounds win places at the best universities around the world. She has previously served as Global Co-Chair of Latham’s International Arbitration Practice and was the UK’s representative on the ICC Court of Arbitration until 2022.

Stacey Wong

Stacey Wong advises clients on a broad spectrum of complex equity and debt capital markets transactions, including US-registered and cross-border Southeast Asia deals. Mr. Wong draws on extensive US securities law knowledge and experience guiding investment banks and issuers through the challenges inherent in cross-jurisdictional transactions. He has advised high-growth and private equity-backed companies, government-linked and sovereign issuers, and state-owned enterprises on: Initial public offerings (IPOs) High-yield, convertible, and investment-grade debt offerings Private placements and block trades Liability management exercises and refinancings Follow-on offerings Other strategic equity investments Mr. Wong takes a commercial approach to each transaction and devises creative and pragmatic solutions to help clients achieve their business goals. He builds trusted relationships to advise clients on their US public company requirements and corporate governance matters, and advises shareholders on Section 13 and 16 reporting obligations. Mr. Wong has served on the firm’s Associates Committee and Recruiting Committee. Before law school, Mr. Wong worked for a US senator, advising on banking and health care issues.

Stacey L. VanBelleghem

Partner

Stefan Süss

Stefan Süss is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Munich office. He served as Local Department Chair of the firm's German Tax Department. He specializes in German and international tax law, focusing on tax-optimization of private equity and M&A transactions, and on structuring funds and financial instruments. Mr. Süss is qualified as a certified tax advisor and is a member of the International Fiscal Association.

Stefan Patzer

Stefan Patzer represents German and international clients in a wide range of complex and high-profile disputes, both in and out of court as well as in arbitration proceedings. Mr. Patzer handles a variety of different litigation and arbitration matters, including: Securities litigation and mass actions Complex commercial litigation Insolvency-related litigation Competition and cartel damages claims Insurance-related disputes His focus industry sectors include automotive, energy & infrastructure, healthcare, and financial services. Mr. Patzer draws on experience successfully handling hundreds of court hearings, including some of the largest and most complex mass litigations in Germany. He regularly speaks and writes on current legal issues for leading industry publications, including Börsen-Zeitung, Handelsblatt, and Legal Tribune Online (LTO).

Stefan Bartz

Dr. Stefan Bartz is a counsel in Latham & Watkins' Frankfurt and Hamburg offices and a member of the firm's Litigation & Trial Department and the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice. Mr. Bartz has significant experience: Conducting internal investigations Representing clients before government enforcement agencies Implementing and developing compliance management systems and risk mitigation measures Conducting compliance due diligence in connection with M&A transactions He primarily advises clients on internal investigations (white collar investigations) and preventive compliance matters. He regularly provides compliance support in private equity and M&A deals. Dr. Bartz holds a PhD in criminal and data protection law and regularly publishes on white collar and enforcement issues, particularly with reference to US law.

Stefano Sciolla

Stefano Sciolla is the Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins' Milan office. He is a member of the firm's Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Industry Group core team. He primarily handles corporate law matters, and he has considerable experience advising clients on: Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity deals Divestitures Strategic commercial contracts Corporate governance and public company representation Capital markets transactions He regularly advises Italian and international clients in cross-border corporate transactions. He also has considerable experience in the aerospace and defense business, as well as in the energy sector.

Stelios Saffos

Stelios Saffos, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Capital Markets and Public Company Representation Practices and Global Chair of the Hybrid Capital Practice, is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Saffos is a member of the Corporate Department and the Capital Markets Practice.

Stephan Hufnagel

Dr. Stephan Hufnagel advises public and private companies and financial investors on the full spectrum of complex transactions. A versatile practitioner, Dr. Hufnagel leverages extensive experience guiding German and international companies, private equity sponsors, and infrastructure investors on: Private and public transactions Mergers and acquisitions Auction sales and divestitures Co-investments Fund-to-fund transactions He also advises clients with respect to corporate governance aspects. Dr. Hufnagel regularly organizes and presents at the firm’s Private Equity and M&A Academies in Germany, and he has served on the firm’s Mentoring and Recruiting Committees.

Stephen Amdur

Corporate Partner

Stephen McWilliams

Stephen McWilliams advises sponsors and lenders on the most complex and innovative project development and finance transactions in Asia. He heads the firm’s Project Development & Finance Practice for Asia. Mr. McWilliams counsels clients on innovative solutions to complex development and financing issues in developing markets across Asia, especially for first-of-their-kind, multi-lender projects. He particularly focuses on Energy & Infrastructure projects in the areas of: Petrochemicals Power Mining Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Energy Transition Mr. McWilliams brings decades of experience in Asia, helping lenders and sponsors establish markets with large scale precedent-setting deals. He leverages the firm’s global platform to assemble teams with market-leading experience across multiple practices.

Stephen Kensell

Stephen Kensell is the former Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins’ London office and former Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Banking Practice. He is one of the market’s foremost banking practitioners, with more than 20 years’ experience advising top financial institutions on a broad range of complex financing matters. Stephen has an outstanding reputation as one of the leading creditor-side lawyers in the London bank finance market. He has vast experience advising clients on a variety of event-driven financings, with particular expertise in leveraged, investment grade M&A, and IPO-related finance. Over the years, his work on many international and landmark transactions has placed him at the forefront of developments in the banking community.

Stephen Shi

Stephen Shi advises private equity and corporate clients on cross-border M&A transactions in Asia and globally, drawing on extensive experience handling transactions with a nexus to the Greater China region. Mr. Shi helps top-tier private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as multinational and Chinese corporations, successfully execute a wide range of complex and high-stakes transactions, including: Buyouts (including take-private transactions and carveouts) Joint ventures Exits Growth equity and minority investments As a native Mandarin speaker who has trained in the US and PRC, Mr. Shi brings both a global perspective and local expertise to his work. He has significant experience in sectors including real estate and infrastructure, logistics, technology, business services, and consumer products.

Stephen Wink

Stephen Wink is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Wink is a member of the firm's Corporate Department and of the Capital Markets, Financial Regulatory, Investment Funds and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices. His practice focuses on advising a wide range of market players including investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, exchanges, alternative trading platforms, transfer agents and other financial institutions on matters involving the regulation of broker-dealers and investment advisors, market regulation, and compliance and enforcement matters.

Stephen C. Szalkowski

Corporate Associate

Steve Curtis

Steve Curtis is a partner in the Finance Department of the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Structured Finance Practice. He specialises in structured debt/securitization financings across all major asset classes, focusing in particular on infrastructure, regulated utilities, commercial real estate, and operating assets. Prior to joining Latham, Steve was a partner at a leading magic circle law firm.

Steven Betensky

Corporate Partner

Steven Levine

Steven Levine is a partner in the San Diego office and a member of the firm's Finance Department. He has broad experience throughout the department's substantive areas of expertise, including real estate development, purchase and sale, financing, workout and leasing transactions. In recent years, Mr. Levine's real estate practice has focused in particular on the development and sale of properties within planned multi-use communities, the development, construction and financing of laboratory projects, office projects and large infrastructure projects, including hotels, casinos, sporting facilities, power projects and water projects on office, industrial and laboratory leasing.

Steven Stokdyk

Corporate Partner

Steven P. Croley

Partner

Stuart S. Kurlander

Corporate and Litigation Partner

Suneel Basson-Bhatoa

Suneel Basson-Bhatoa advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on complex cross-border private equity and M&A transactions. He leverages more than a decade’s experience (including experience gained while on secondment at CVC Capital Partners) to guide clients on their most complex mandates, including transactions involving consortium equity arrangements, management equity arrangements, P2P arrangements, corporate reorganizations, and general corporate matters. A recognized leader at the firm, Suneel has previously served on the firm’s Global Recruiting Committee.

Susan Kempe-Müller

Dr. Susan Kempe-Müller, partner in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins, advises and represents clients in all areas of intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on trademark, competition, employee invention, and copyright law. Dr. Kempe-Müller has long-standing experience advising on transactions in the field of intellectual property and information technology. She has particular expertise in drafting and negotiating complex national and cross-border contracts in the IP/IT area. She advises clients on: License and service agreements Research and development contracts Software development and software transfer projects Cooperation agreements Outsourcing contracts Dr. Kempe-Müller also represents companies in litigation and proceedings before trademark and patent offices.

Susan Mazur

Corporate Partner

Susan S. Azad

Retired Partner

Susanne Decker

Susanne Decker advises international private equity firms and their portfolio companies on multifaceted, cross-border M&A transactions. Ms. Decker draws on more than two decades of experience at the forefront of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in Germany and Europe to advise clients on both the buy- and sell-sides. She regularly navigates nuanced deal structures in the M&A space, which are optimized from a tax perspective. Ms. Decker is particularly adept at counseling on management incentive programmes in connection with private equity transactions by combining strong negotiating skills and an ability to distill complex structures. She also provides ongoing corporate law advice to companies, including portfolio companies of private equity firms. Additionally, she advises on complicated restructurings of groups of companies.

Suzana Sava-Montanari

Suzana Sava-Montanari is a partner in the Paris and London offices of Latham and Watkins. Ms. Sava-Montanari is a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions Industry Group and Structured Finance and Derivatives Practices. Ms. Sava-Montanari regularly advises investors on a wide variety of structured credit, fund-linked or tax driven structures, including securitizations, capital relief trades, cash and synthetic CLOs, public and private debt, hybrid capital market issues, and OTC derivatives. She has also advised banks, sovereigns, and corporates in relation to structuring and implementing their general or finance-linked hedging strategies (FX, interest rate and commodity) or using equity derivatives in strategic transactions. Ms. Sava-Montanari’s regulatory practice includes advising EU and non-EU financial institutions, asset managers, and corporates with their regulatory compliance requirements under EMIR, including in connection with clearing, margining, and reporting, as well as in their dialogue with the European rule- making bodies. As part of her pro-bono work, Ms. Sava- Montanari assisted through the Financial Services Volunteer Corps in Washington, D.C., the Albanian Financial Services Authority in preparing its new Investment Funds Law. She was also one of the leaders of Latham & Watkins’ Women Enriching Business network.

Suzanne M. Logan

Counsel

Sven Völcker

Mr. Sven B. Völcker is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Brussels office and member of the Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. His practice covers the full range of EU and German competition law, including merger control, cartel and other behavioral cases, and EU State aid. With more than 25 years' experience in competition law, Mr. Völcker guides clients through complex antitrust procedures. He has obtained merger clearances on behalf of his clients in a number of major cross-border transactions and has advised on some of the largest multi-jurisdictional cartel and abuse of dominance cases of recent years. With a track record of more than 25 cases before the EU courts, he is also an experienced litigator and able to effectively defend his clients’ business interest beyond the authority level, if needed. Mr. Völcker has particularly deep experience in a range of industry sectors, including aviation, high technology, software, financial services, and sports. Mr. Völcker frequently writes and speaks on competition law issues, and teaches EU and German competition law at Göttingen University and Brussels School of Competition. He is a non-governmental advisor to the European Commission in the International Competition Network (ICN).

Sven Nickel

Sven Nickel is counsel in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Real Estate Practice. Mr. Nickel advises German and international investors, asset managers, and financial institutions on real estate transactions, project developments, joint ventures, commercial leases, and all types of asset management matters. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Nickel worked as an associate in another international law firm in the real estate department, in the Frankfurt office for seven years.

Sy Damle

Sy Damle, former General Counsel at the US Copyright Office, litigates industry-defining matters at the intersection of copyright law and emerging technology. Sy combines a deep understanding of the technology on which his clients have built their businesses and his robust federal government experience to represent technology and new media companies — including leading streaming services, software companies, and online commerce platforms — in: High-stakes trials Regulatory proceedings before federal agencies including the US Copyright Office and Copyright Royalty Board Complex product counseling matters A former software engineer, Sy deftly navigates high technology matters, including those involving computer systems and networks and artificial intelligence. Sy is regularly called upon by private industry and government agencies to advise on cutting-edge issues of law and technology. He has testified before Congress and the US Copyright Office on issues involving generative AI and copyright law. Before joining the firm, Sy served as General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights at the US Copyright Office, where he oversaw the agency’s litigation, regulatory, and other legal work. Previously, he served as a US Department of Justice litigator, focused on IP, administrative law, and constitutional matters. Sy teaches copyright law at George Washington University and is an adviser to the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Copyright Law project. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the National Children’s Museum and as Technology Chair for the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court. He served as a clerk for Judge Sandra L. Lynch of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Tad Freese

Tad Freese represents a broad range of high technology companies, investment banks, and other public and private companies in their corporate transactions. He is the Managing Partner of Latham's Silicon Valley office, and was previously a Vice Chair of Latham's Global Corporate Department.

Tania Bedi

Tania Bedi is a finance partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and Co-Chair of the London Finance Department. She is a member of our market-leading Banking Practice and has extensive experience primarily advising sponsors, companies, and borrowers on complex financing arrangements. In addition, Tania also has advised financial institutions, private credit funds, and other lenders on a wide range of transactions. She has depth and breadth of experience in structuring and executing some of the most complex and high-value finance transactions in the London and European markets, particularly leveraged buyouts, acquisition finance, telecom finance, bridge-to-bond financing, general banking, and restructuring transactions. Tania has been involved in structuring debt packages, drafting, and negotiating facilities agreements, bridge-to-bond facility documentation, inter-creditor deeds, and security documents.

Ted Sonnenschein

Ted Sonnenschein is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the Corporate Department and the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practices.

Terris Tang

Terris Tang advises clients on capital markets transactions and investments across Asia and globally, particularly with a China nexus. Mr. Tang draws on nearly two decades of experience and a sophisticated understanding of Hong Kong securities laws and regulations to guide corporations, private equity firms, and financial institutions on: Capital markets, including initial public offerings Mergers and acquisitions Take-private transactions Corporate restructurings General compliance matters Having worked in Beijing, Hong Kong, and London, he brings a global perspective to each corporate finance transaction. He represents companies on their transformational cross-border transactions — from IPOs to strategic inbound and outbound investments — in a broad range of sectors, including life sciences, technology, and logistics and mobility. A recognized leader at the firm, Mr. Tang serves on the Associates Committee and Opinions Committee. He previously served on the Recruiting Committee and the Legal Professionals & Paralegals Committee. Mr. Tang maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising nonprofits on corporate governance matters and obtaining charity status.

Terry Kearney

Mr. Kearney is a litigation partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins. As a member of the firm's global Intellectual Property Practice, he has more than 25 years of experience as a patent litigator and trial lawyer. Mr. Kearney represents a broad range of companies, from major international corporations to venture-backed startups. He has provided counsel to both defendants and plaintiffs in bench and jury trials and mediations across the United States and internationally. Mr. Kearney has particular expertise in both the life sciences and information technology industries

Thies Deike

Thies Deike is a counsel in the firm’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses on information technology, outsourcing, telecommunications, e-commerce and digital media. Mr. Deike's expertise includes: IT, outsourcing and other technology-related projects Commercial transactions, including complex technology-related and general commercial contracts Consumer protection law Distribution systems Intellectual property and licensing Joint ventures and transitional service arrangements in the context of M&A, private equity and other transactions He assists clients with drafting and negotiating related contracts and advises them on commercial, IT and IP matters in the context of M&A, PE and other transactions.

Thomas Cochran

Tom Cochran is a Partner in the Finance Department of the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Structured Finance Practice. He is also a member of the firm’s Opinions & Confirmations Committee. Tom’s experience across asset classes includes advising on transactions collateralized by trade receivables, NPLs, residential mortgage loans, unsecured personal loans, auto loans, credit card receivables, FinTech-related financial assets, corporate loans (CLOs and direct lending), and other esoteric asset classes. The transactions have arisen in the context of portfolio acquisitions, corporate restructurings, broader M&A transactions, as well as ongoing treasury management, each of which have demanded bespoke financing solutions. He has advised on the full breadth of securitization structures from traditional public securitizations to private conduit-funded warehouse financings. Tom has also advised on a number of structured trade and energy related finance transactions, including gas and power financings, commodity receivables securitizations for large energy traders, freight receivables securitizations, inventory and commodity backed structured finance transactions, and structured supply chain finance solutions. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, he was an executive director at Goldman Sachs supporting its securitization and structured finance businesses.

Thomas Grützner

Dr. Thomas Grützner, a compliance and litigation partner, represents corporate and financial institution clients on a variety of complex compliance and white collar crime matters and Human Rights as well as workplace-related investigations. Dr. Grützner serves clients by: Conducting internal investigations Representing clients before government enforcement agencies Managing crises Implementing and developing compliance management systems and risk mitigation measures Conducting compliance due diligence in connection with M&A transactions and supply chain aspects He draws on experience investigating alleged misconduct in more than 30 countries, including Algeria, Bangladesh, Dubai, Indonesia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the UAE, and Vietnam. He has defended DAX30 companies across a full range of industries before domestic and international enforcement agencies. Given his broad professional and academic experience, Mr. Grützner skillfully guides clients through the design and implementation of effective compliance management systems and compliance projects. Leading legal publications regularly recommend him. He regularly writes on white collar and enforcement issues, and has authored several books, including a handbook on white collar and tax criminal law (Wirtschafts- und Steuerstrafrecht - Handbuch für die Unternehmenspraxis 2nd edition). He is a member of the ICC task force, Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration.

Thomas Doyen

Thomas Doyen is a counsel in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Restructuring & Special Situations Practice. He has developed important experience in major French pre-insolvency and insolvency proceedings cases as well as high profile out-of-court and complex cross-border restructuring matters in a broad range of industries, acting on behalf of debtors, sponsors, and hedge funds, especially with respect to distressed leveraged buyout (LBO) cases (including loan-to-own/debt-to-equity swap strategies). He also benefits from extensive experience advising corporate entities or special situations funds on the acquisition or sale of distressed businesses through share deals (distressed M&A) or asset deals under insolvency proceedings (plan de cession) and has been regularly involved in restructuring litigation cases and distressed merger and acquisition situations. Mr. Doyen is a member of the ARE, the French Institute of Insolvency Practitioners (Institut Français des Praticiens des Procédures Collectives, or IFPPC), INSOL Europe, and the Young Restructuring Professionals Association (Association des Jeunes Professionnels du Restructuring, or AJR). He has also recently been involved in a working committee of the main restructuring professional association (Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises, or ARE) working on the transposition in France of the EU Directive on restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Doyen also frequently lectures on restructuring matters at business law schools.

Thomas Vogel

Thomas Vogel is a partner in the Paris and Frankfurt offices of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Vogel leads the Structured Finance and Derivatives Practices and the Fintech Industry Group in Paris. He is also a member of the Financial Regulatory Practice and the Global Digital Assets & Web3 Practice. Mr. Vogel regularly acts for global financial services firms, investment managers, hedge and investment funds, sovereign funds, and UHNW individuals. He advises on structured finance transactions, alternative investment structures across asset classes including structured strategic equity solutions, structured fixed-income transactions (delivered in synthetic format through derivatives instruments or in funded format through debt securities), strategic contingent hedging transactions, regulatory capital and synthetic risk transfer transactions, NPL portfolio transfers, synthetic credit, fund, energy, catastrophe and longevity derivatives, structured repo, and stock-lending transactions. Mr. Vogel also advises emerging companies, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), financial institutions, and investment managers on complex regulatory challenges in the development of bespoke financial crypto-asset and cryptocurrency technologies or DeFi market solutions including token sales, trading, refinancing, clearing, and settlement solutions on distributed ledger technology. He also advises clients on domestic and cross-border cutting-edge Fintech initiatives. He has also advised numerous corporates on innovative NFT and semi-NFT projects. Mr. Vogel regularly advises clients on financial regulatory issues (including in the crypto space) and pre-contentious financial disputes in the context of mediation, arbitration and litigation procedures, as well as on internal derivatives compliance programs and derivatives clearing documentation. Mr. Vogel has acquired years of transactional experience in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo both as a private practitioner (with a Magic Circle firm) and senior in-house counsel (with a leading US investment bank in New York). In recent years, he has represented clients in multi-billion dollar structured transactions in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Mr. Vogel is a member of the Frankfurt Bar Association.

Thomas Margenet-Baudry

Thomas Margenet-Baudry is a partner in the firm's Corporate Department and the Deputy Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins' Paris office. His practice includes: Capital markets Mergers and acquisitions Public company representation Mr. Margenet-Baudry advises clients on capital markets transactions, in particular high yield debt and equity securities. He has represented issuers and underwriters on a broad range of French, international, and US capital raising transactions, including initial public offerings, high yield financings, rights issues and investment grade debt offerings. He also has broad experience with French public M&A and tender offer regulation, and regularly advises clients on French and EU corporate governance and securities regulation matters. Mr. Margenet-Baudry is also a member of the New York bar.

Thomas Weitkamp

Thomas Weitkamp, a leading German finance lawyer, advises clients on complex domestic and cross-border finance and financial restructuring transactions. Mr. Weitkamp is admitted as a lawyer and solicitor (England and Wales). Mr. Weitkamp advises private equity funds, debt funds, financial institutions, and corporate borrowers on complex financing structures, including: Acquisition finance Direct lending (including senior/super senior structures) Public-to-private transactions Leveraged buyouts Infrastructure financing Corporate financing Restructurings He draws on extensive experience with lenders and borrowers, including recently focusing on unitranche and other direct lending financings. Mr. Weitkamp balances excellent technical skills with a savvy commercial sense to help clients achieve their strategic objectives and ensure the success of their financing transactions.

Thomas Nolan

Litigation & Trial Partner

Thomas G. Brandt

Partner

Thomas J. Heiden

Litigation Partner

Tim Scott

Tim Scott is a counsel in the London office of Latham & Watkins. With over 20 years’ experience in the insurance sector, Tim has played a leading role in shaping the insurance regulatory landscape in the UK. Prior to joining Latham, Tim was a Senior Legal Counsel at the Bank of England where he led the Bank’s work on insurer insolvency and resolution. From 2016, he played a leading role covering all major aspects of Brexit as it affected financial services, including equivalence, onshoring, and supporting trade negotiations as part of the Bank’s EU withdrawal unit. Tim also holds a unique perspective on the Solvency II regime in the UK and Europe from his time at the Prudential Regulation Authority, and the former Financial Services Authority. There he gained insight into the approach taken by the regulator when determining key applications made by the industry during that period, particularly in relation to restructured matching adjustment assets. Prior to his significant regulatory positions, Tim worked in private practice where he specialized in insurance M&A transactions, longevity trades, reinsurance arrangements, ISPVs, insurance financing, and complex regulatory matters affecting insurers.

Tim O'Mara

Tim O’Mara is a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Timothy Hia

Timothy Hia advises clients on their most complex financing transactions across Asia, particularly in Singapore, India, Indonesia, and Thailand. Mr. Hia draws on two decades’ experience as a trusted advisor and pragmatic problem-solver to guide private equity sponsors, major corporate borrowers, and private capital lenders across the entire credit cycle on: Leveraged and acquisition financings Infrastructure finance transactions Corporate securities and capital markets offerings He closely collaborates with clients and colleagues to unlock the resources of Latham’s robust global platform, devising creative solutions that help clients achieve their commercial objectives. A recognized leader at the firm, Mr. Hia is former Local Chair of the Finance Department in Asia and has served on the Diversity Leadership Committee, Associates Committee, and Pro Bono Committee. Mr. Hia prioritizes giving back to the community. He currently serves as the Chairman of Youth Guidance Outreach Services, a social services organization benefitting youth at risk in Singapore, and as Vice-Chair of The Helping Hand, a halfway house assisting people with substance use disorder. He maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising Standard Microgrid, whose mission is to provide clean, modern, and affordable energy services to poor rural communities in Africa.

Tingfei Fan

Tingfei Fan is a counsel in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Ms. Fan represents local and US corporations and financial institutions in connection with a range of corporate transactions, with a focus on capital markets, including: Initial public offerings and listings Bond offerings Mergers and acquisitions Regulatory and compliance Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Fan worked as an associate at multinational law firms in Hong Kong and China, representing clients in debt and equity offerings and various private equity investments in Hong Kong and the US.

Tobias Klass

Dr. Tobias Klass advises private equity funds, large and medium-sized companies and their shareholders, as well as real estate investment funds on the tax aspects of complex, often cross-border transactions. Mr. Klass, as a key member of a client’s deal team, navigates the increasingly complex German and international tax law issues in domestic and cross-border transactions. He focuses on the tax-optimization of private equity and M&A transactions as well as restructurings. He also advises on tax structures for inbound real estate investments. Mr. Klass is qualified as a certified tax advisor and specialist tax lawyer. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association.

Tobias Leder

Dr. Tobias Leder is a partner in the Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice in the Munich office. He focuses his practice on restructurings, reorganizations, as well as on relationships with works councils and trade unions. In addition, he regularly represents companies in litigation before labor and civil courts in Germany. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, he worked at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg (Lehrstuhl für Arbeits- und Sozialrecht) and at the University of Bonn (Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Recht der Sozialen Sicherheit) for several years. Mr. Leder is a certified employment lawyer (Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht) and a member of the German Bar Association (DAV). In addition to his legal practice, he is a regular author of articles on German, European, and international labor and employment law.

Tom Bartlett

Tom Bartlett is a partner in the Project Development & Finance Practice of Latham & Watkins' London office. Tom has advised on energy and infrastructure projects across the globe for over 20 years. Project finance and development Energy, power, and renewables Mining and metals Infrastructure Space/Telecommunications M&A Debt restructuring

Tom D. Evans

Tom D. Evans, Global Vice Chair of the firm's Private Equity & Investment Funds Practice, is an M&A lawyer with almost two decades of experience advising funds and other financial investors on complex cross border mergers and acquisitions and corporate financing arrangements, including public and private acquisitions, carve-outs, take privates, consortium arrangements, minority investments, and disposals. He is a thought leader in the private equity industry. He co-edits PE Views, the Latham & Watkins quarterly publication addressing significant legal, regulatory, and market developments relevant to the private equity industry in Europe, co-edits Latham & Watkins’ annual European private equity M&A market study, edits the text Private Equity Exits: A Practical Analysis, and has published chapters in Private Equity: A Transactional Analysis and Global Investment Funds: A Practical Guide to Structuring, Raising and Managing Funds.

Tommy P. Beaudreau

Partner

Torsten Volkholz

Dr. Torsten Volkholz advises German and global sponsors, borrowers, and lenders on domestic and cross-border finance, real estate, and restructuring matters. He maintains long-standing relationships with clients on all sides of real estate transactions, advising on: Real estate finance Acquisition finance Restructuring finance Asset-based and general corporate lending Mr. Volkholz also advises creditors and investors of distressed companies on corporate and real estate portfolio restructurings. Drawing on his legal training in England, the US, and Germany, and his previous work in a commercial bank and as an assistant lecturer at the University of Kiel and at Bucerius Law School, he provides clients with a comprehensive perspective on their matters. Mr. Volkholz also advises clients on a range of matters related to the law pertaining to German foundations.

Tracy Liu

Tracy Liu draws on a wide range of experience to advise clients on complex cross-border finance transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged and acquisition financings. Tracy takes a results-oriented approach to guide banks and other financial institutions, sponsors, and corporate borrowers in financings across the capital structure, including: Syndicated loans Private credit financings Bank/bond and bridge financings Liability management transactions General bank lending Second lien, mezzanine, and PIK financings Restructurings Investment grade financings Emerging market financings Drawing on her secondment to J.P. Morgan’s leveraged credit team, she provides clients with keen market insight and commercial advice on their transactions. A recognized leader at the firm, Tracy has served on the Security Committee.

Ulf Kieker

Dr. Ulf Kieker is a partner in the Munich office of Latham & Watkins, practicing in the firm’s Tax Department. Mr. Kieker advises on national and international tax law. He focuses on German and cross-border private equity and M&A transactions, as well as restructuring mandates, including the respective financing via credit facilities or bonds and the structuring of management equity programs.

Verena Seevers

Verena Seevers advises clients on the German and international tax aspects of a full range of corporate and finance transactions, both domestic and cross-border. Ms. Seevers solves clients’ tax issues related to: Private equity transactions Mergers and acquisitions Real estate transactions Financings and restructurings Multi-jurisdictional tax planning She also advises on post-transaction tax issues related to tax audit and enforcement proceedings. Ms. Seevers brings a commercial sensibility drawn from extensive transactional experience. She provides effective answers to the myriad tax questions that arise, especially in the context of complex and deadline-driven transactions. Before joining the firm in 2013, Ms. Seevers was an associate in a Big Four accounting firm’s tax department. She studied in Hamburg and London, focusing from the outset on tax law.

Veronica Relea

Veronica Relea is a partner in the Finance Department of the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Her practice focuses on representing commercial and investment banks, sponsors, developers and private equity firms in connection with the development, construction, operation and financing of energy, oil and gas and infrastructure projects (including LNG projects, fuel storage facilities, renewable energy assets and mining assets). She also has extensive experience in leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, asset-based facilities, private equity transactions, mezzanine facilities and cross-border financings. Ms. Relea is also a member of the firm’s Latin America, Banking and Special Situations Practices.

Veronika Miskovichova

Veronika Miskovichova advises large clients on private equity transactions with a real estate component, joint ventures, acquisitions of different types of real estate assets, and financing and refinancing of real estate acquisitions and structured finance, with or without a real estate component. Ms. Miskovichova has broad experience in commercial law. She regularly advises on a variety of real estate transactions, including: Real estate M&A deals Real estate joint ventures Real estate finance Structured Finance transactions, with or without real estate component

Vicki Marmorstein

Finance Partner

Victoria Sander

Victoria Sander is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. She has focused on the insurance sector for over 25 years and has been involved in some of the largest and most complex transactions in the insurance industry. Victoria specializes in all types of corporate insurance transactional work including public and private M&A, portfolio transfers, complex reinsurance arrangements, and distribution arrangements. She advises insurance companies and pension schemes in relation to a full range of buy-in, buy-out, and longevity risk transactions and provides technical insurance regulatory advice with respect to structured products, including credit risk reinsurance. Victoria is a member of the insurance committee of the City of London Law Society and the insurance sub-committee of the Financial Market Law Reform Committee, both of which aim to identify areas of law that are uncertain and need clarification.

Vik Puri

Partner

Virginia Tent

Virginia Tent is counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm's White Collar Defense & Investigations and Global Antitrust & Competition Practices. She concentrates her practice on government defense and investigations, antitrust and trade regulation matters and complex commercial litigation.

Vladimir Mikhailovsky

Vladimir Mikhailovsky advises issuers and underwriters in capital markets and finance transactions across the full spectrum of the capital structure. Vladimir regularly advises both global and local clients — companies and banks — on a variety of capital markets and finance transactions, including: Debt and equity offerings Subordinated debt Bilateral and syndicated loans Liability management Debt restructurings Derivatives He draws on extensive experience with a full complement of debt and financing products in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the familiarity with the relevant regulatory regimes, to execute complex, cross-border transactions.

Wei Wei

Wei Wei is a counsel in the Beijing office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Ms. Wei advises Chinese companies on initial public offerings in the US and Hong Kong, as well as corporate finance transactions involving debt and equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions. She is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Wenchi Hu

Partner

Wendy Atrokhov

Public Service Counsel, Director of Global Pro Bono

Wesley Lepla

Wes Lepla is a counsel in the Brussels office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. He advises clients on merger control, in particular on multijurisdictional merger control notifications and proceedings. Mr. Lepla advises clients on all aspects of Belgian and European competition law, including merger control, cartels, anticompetitive agreements, and abuse of a dominant position. He assists them in navigating the increasingly complex merger control proceedings in the EU and globally. He regularly advises clients in various industry sectors including life sciences, media, technology, defense, and consumer goods. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Lepla worked as special counsel at another international law firm in Brussels. He was also a teaching and research assistant in International and European Law at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) for five years.

William Lam

William Lam is a counsel in the Finance Department at Latham & Watkins. His experience includes advising sponsors, corporate borrowers, banks, and other financial institutions across a broad range of banking and finance transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged and acquisition financings.

William Reckler

William Reckler is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and Co-chair of the New York Litigation & Trial Department. Mr. Reckler is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Investigations, Securities Litigation & Professional Liability and Corporate Governance Practice Groups, focusing his practice on government defense and investigations, securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, and civil and criminal False Claims Act matters.

William Cernius

William Cernius is a partner in the Corporate Department. His general corporate transactional practice and extensive experience focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and general corporate and complex securities matters across a wide range of industries. He has been a resident lawyer in each of the San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County and London offices.

William H. Schwab

William Schwab is a partner in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm's Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices.

William M. McGlone

Litigation Partner

William N. Finnegan IV

Corporate Partner

William R. Baker III

Litigation and Corporate Partner

Winston Stromberg

Environment, Land & Resources Partner

Witold Balaban

Witold Balaban is recognized by leading global financial institution clients for his knowledge of the equity markets and the various financial products developed over the last couple of decades to enable corporate clients to restructure their balance sheets and to finance, monetize, and/or hedge large concentrated equity positions. Witold's market knowledge and his technical product experience makes him the go-to person for structuring complex and first-of-its-kind equity-linked transactions spanning a number of jurisdictions. Witold advises clients on financing strategies relating to concentrated equity positions and on balance sheet restructuring transactions, including: Convertible and exchangeable bond offerings (both optional and mandatory, including trust-issued mandatory exchangeables) and related call spread overlays Convertible bond exchanges and related call spread unwinds Structured margin loans Various other equity-based financing, hedging, and monetization transactions, such as funded collars, variable prepaid forwards, covered calls, and combinations of the foregoing Fixed and variable share forward sales and related equity offerings, including registered and Rule 144 exempt block sales and at-the-market (ATM) offerings Structured issuer share repurchase transactions Witold has held a number of leadership roles at the firm, including as former Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Financial Institutions Industry Group. He is also the former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice. In this role, Witold focused on building and marketing Latham’s unique global capital markets offering that provides the firm’s global financial institution clients with integrated, top-tier financial regulatory coverage spanning the US, the UK, the EU, and Asia.

Wolf-Tassilo Böhm

Dr. Wolf-Tassilo Böhm advises market-leading companies and private equity funds on EU data privacy and cybersecurity, particularly relating to business models in the digital economy. Mr. Böhm leverages a deep understanding of digital business models across industries to guide clients on: Data protection aspects of corporate transactions Counseling and strategic advice on products; international data transfers; and telecommunications data protection and ePrivacy laws Defense against EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) damages claims and other data protection related civil litigation Cybersecurity and cyber incident response He forges close relationships with companies to help them invest in digital business models and protect their assets. When data privacy is business-critical to a matter, he identifies potential issues, quantifies risk, and devises strategies that allow clients to achieve their commercial objectives. Mr. Böhm is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP-EU/GDPR) and regularly writes and speaks on data privacy topics. He serves on the firm’s Data Privacy and Security Committees. He maintains an active pro bono practice and advises on data privacy for nonprofit organizations.

Xavier Farde

Xavier Farde is a partner in the Finance Department and is Office Managing Partner of Latham and Watkins' Paris office.Mr. Farde's practice focuses primarily on leveraged finance (senior and mezzanine), banking, and syndicated loans. He also advises on real estate finance.

Xavier Nassoy

Xavier Nassoy advises private equity firms and private companies on private corporate transactions across a broad range of industries. Mr. Nassoy leverages a keen business acumen to help private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, venture capital firms, and industrial companies navigate complex cross-border transactions with a French nexus, including: Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) Mergers and acquisitions Venture capital Joint ventures Majority/minority investments He draws on a comprehensive understanding of clients’ objectives and his knowledge of French law to guide them across the transactional life cycle. Mr. Nassoy is involved in Latham’s participation with Club ESSEC Droit, an alumni association focused on ESSEC business school graduates who are lawyers, whether in private practice or in-house. He also maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising Live for Good, a French nonprofit focused on social entrepreneurship and accelerating positive innovation.

Xavier Renard

Xavier Renard is a partner in the Tax Department in the Paris office. Mr. Renard is active in the field of corporate taxation and provides general tax advice to French and multinational groups of companies, investment funds, and financial institutions. He also specializes in the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, financings of groups of companies, tax consolidation regimes, taxation of financial products, and asset financing transactions. Mr. Renard is a member of the International Fiscal Association and the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux. He is also recognized as a key player in LBO taxation.

Yana Nastyushenko

Yana Nastyushenko is a counsel in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department and Derivatives and Structured Finance Practices. Yana advises clients on structured products and OTC derivatives transactions, typically cross-border and involving equity derivatives, margin loans, repos, and stock-lending trades, including in emerging markets. She also advises on structuring hedging solutions for a wide variety of financing and provides regulatory advice relating to derivatives.

Yohei Nakagawa

Yohei Nakagawa advises Japanese and international clients on a wide range of complex cross-border M&A transactions. Mr. Nakagawa draws on extensive experience across diverse sectors, including technology, life sciences, and media, to guide clients on: Outbound and inbound mergers and acquisitions Strategic investments International joint ventures Fully bilingual in Japanese and English, Mr. Nakagawa engages with clients and other parties seamlessly between both languages and brings a multicultural perspective to achieve commercial outcomes in complex cross-border M&A transactions. Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Nakagawa was a partner at a leading international law firm in Tokyo, and has also practiced in the New York and Miami offices of his previous firm. Mr. Nakagawa is a member of the New York Bar and is a registered foreign lawyer (Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi) in Japan as a member of the Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association.

Yoseph Choi

Yoseph Choi is a member of the corporate finance team focusing on capital market transactions, with particular experience in US securities law. Yoseph has extensive experience representing companies in a variety of industries, investment banks, and other market participants on a wide range of public and private cross-border transactions, both with and without a US nexus, including initial public offerings, rights offerings, private placements, bond offerings, and tender and exchange offerings. Yoseph has also advised numerous international companies on US securities law matters on an ongoing basis. Prior to joining the firm as counsel in 2020, Yoseph was an associate at major US and German law firms. Yoseph is a member of the Frankfurt Bar Association.