Omar Maayeh
Latham & Watkins LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Client SatisfactionLatham & Watkins LLP offers a comprehensive corporate practice, handling buy-side and sell-side M&A, cross-border acquisitions and investments, joint ventures, and venture capital and capital raising transactions. Team head Chris Lester has strong ties to prominent sovereign wealth funds and investment firms, including Mubadala and Chimera Capital, providing advice on both domestic and outbound acquisitions. Eyad Latif is the main driver behind the firm’s extensive work in the start-up and venture capital market and is highly active in the tech space. Omar Maayeh has a far-reaching practice that covers M&A, venture capital and funds work and was promoted to partner in 2025.
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Key clients
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
- Silver Lake Partners
- Rakiza
- Mubadala Investment Company
- Lunate
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Practice head
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Chris Lester