News About Latham & Watkins
Latham, Linklaters advise on Verisure’s €13.7bn record-breaking IPO
Latham says deal is the largest European private-equity backed listing on record
Trio of firms guide Qualtrics’ $6.75bn healthcare tech firm acquisition
Goodwin Procter and Simpson Thacher counsel Silver Lake-backed Qualtrics as Latham & Watkins acts for target Press Ganey Forsta
Weil adds six PE lawyers in Germany from Latham & Watkins
Partners Sebastian Pauls and Susanne Decker join with four team members as Weil moves to build pan-European PE powerhouse
Greenberg Traurig adds Latham partner duo for Abu Dhabi debut
Firm opens 50th global office with financing and restructuring partner Christian Adams and M&A partner Chris Lester
Wachtell, Kirkland lead on EA’s record $55bn deal to go private
Six law firms called in for video game maker’s acquisition by consortium that includes Silver Lake and Saudi Arabia’s PIF, the largest take-private investment in history
Latham partner who helped steer Paramount Skydance deal lands CLO role
Makan Delrahim will replace interim legal chief Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon
Trio of firms called in for Fortegra’s $1.65bn sale to South Korean insurer DB Insurance
Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin advise Fortegra as Latham & Watkins guides DB Insurance
Kirkland, Freshfields called in for drugmaker Zentiva’s €4.1bn sale to GTCR
Kirkland advises buyer as Freshfields guides seller Advent
Davis Polk, Latham in for Klarna’s $1.4bn IPO as US listings rebound
Davis Polk guides Swedish fintech company’s much-anticipated listing on NYSE as Latham counsels underwriters
Ropes & Gray debuts in Milan with Latham PE team
US firm doubles down on Europe with second launch on the continent in six months
Latham, Wachtell lead on Anglo American-Teck $53bn mega merger
Freshfields and Linklaters’ ally Webber Wentzel also among raft of firms called in for mining deal of the decade
Latham, Jones Day called in for Cadence’s €2.7bn Hexagon unit buy
Latham acts for Cadence in acquisition of design and engineering business as Jones Day guides seller
Trio of firms called in for National Grid’s £1.5bn LNG terminal sale to Centrica, ECP
Latham and Slaughter and May counsel the purchasers as HSF Kramer advises National Grid in deal to allow it to focus on its electricity and gas networks
Weil taps Latham for two more IP litigators
Chris Henry and Gaby LaHatte arrive hot on the heels of Weil’s hire of Latham partner trio for new IP, technology and science litigation practice
Latham, Alston & Bird lead on Amphenol’s $10.5bn CommScope buy
Wachtell also guides CommScope shareholder The Carlyle Group in deal for network provider’s connectivity and cable solutions unit
Latham & Watkins hires ‘formidable’ antitrust litigator from Cravath in New York
David Marriott is the latest in a series of partner hires in Latham’s antitrust practice this year
Weil hires IP partner trio from Latham & Watkins to strengthen tech litigation bench
Doug Lumish and Jeff Homrig return to Weil to co-head its IP, technology and science litigation practice
Wachtell, Latham, Arnold & Porter advise on Palo Alto Networks’ $25bn CyberArk deal
Transaction is latest cybersecurity megadeal, following Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz earlier in the year
Paul Hastings raids Latham for finance partner duo in New York
Firm hails ‘stellar reputation’ of Corey Wright, who is joining with long-time colleague Lisa Collier
Freshfields builds US M&A momentum with lead role on Merck’s $10bn Verona deal
US pharma giant turns to Freshfields as Latham counsels London-based Verona