Latham & Watkins
The ‘super smart’ team at Latham & Watkins is geared to advise on a broad range of employee share scheme and incentives matters on IPOs, acquisitions and public company takeovers. The firm also stands out for its US listing expertise and wide-ranging incentives work with emerging companies. Sarah Gadd leads the practice and is well placed to advise on executive renumeration mandates. Kendall Burnett has broad expertise in cross-border M&A.
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‘Nothing is too much trouble for the Latham team - super smart and very efficient’
Key clients
- Energy Capital Partners
- Ares Management Limited
- Agility Public Warehousing Co
- SATS Ltd
- PZ Cussons International Limited
- Astorg Partners
- Epiris
- Venator Materials plc
- Darktrace PLC
- BenevolentAI
- Eleusis Holdings Limited
- SolGold plc
- Bridgepoint Advisers Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Energy Capital Partners on share incentives, including in connection with its £1.3bn UK Takeover Code governed acquisition of Biffa.
- Advised Astorg and Epiris on share incentives in connection with the £1.6 billion UK Takeover Code governed acquisition of Euromoney Institutional Investor.
- Advised SATS on global incentive plans and implementation of new cashnand share based incentive plan in connection with its €1.2bn acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sarah Gadd