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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Latham & Watkins LLP stands out for its strength in both debt and equity offerings, and its balance between issuer and underwriter engagements. It has an outstanding presence in domestic transactions and offerings by non-US issuers. The firm is also unique as an international firm focused on start-ups, growth companies and large listed businesses. With its multi-office strategy, it has remained closely connected to key industries such as technology and life sciences, providing a steady stream of marquee deals. Ian Schuman is global chair of the capital markets practice and Richard Kline heads the technology industry group. Stelios Saffos and Los Angeles partner Greg Rodgers are also key figures, along with Marc Jaffe, Nathan Ajiashvili  and Alison Haggerty. All named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.

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Key clients

  • AerSale, Inc.
  • Bank of America
  • Barclays
  • CARGO Therapeutics Inc.
  • Citigroup
  • EngageSmart
  • GFL Environmental Inc.
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • Jefferies
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.
  • The Carlyle Group
  • Vita Coco
  • Yesway
  • Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Advised the underwriters on Instacart’s $660m IPO on Nasdaq.
  • Advised CARGO Therapeutics on its $280m IPO on Nasdaq.
  • Advised Live Nation Entertainment on its upsized $1bn convertible notes offering.

Lawyers

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Leading lawyers

Gregory Rodgers

Latham & Watkins LLP

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.

Ian Schuman

Latham & Watkins LLP

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. 

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ian Schuman, Stelios Saffos, Jeffrey Lawlis

Other key lawyers

Richard Kline, Alison Haggerty, Marc Jaffe, Gregory Rodgers, Nathan Ajiashvili