News About Latham & Watkins

Latham builds London funds team with twin hire from Sidley

‘Next generation’ partner Mateja Maher departs after three-and-a-half years at Chicago giant

17 Jul 2023

Simpson Thacher adds partners from Paul Weiss, Latham to lead alternative capital practice

Paul Weiss hybrid capital lead Tracey Zaccone joins in New York alongside Latham veteran David Teh

9 Jun 2023

Latham scoops high-profile London capital markets champion from Freshfields

Mark Austin, author of UK government's Secondary Capital Raising Review, joins US giant

8 Jun 2023

Clifford Chance targets energy work with Houston launch

Magic Circle firm to add seven partners from rivals including two from Latham & Watkins to open third US office

5 Jun 2023

WE Soda calls in Latham as it plots first big ticket London listing in 2023

Soda ash producer is planning to raise at least $800m from listing on the London Stock Exchange

31 May 2023

Kirkland, Latham and Skadden check in for Asda’s £2.3bn acquisition of EG petrol chain arm

Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy also act in deal to create retail group with £30bn combined revenue

30 May 2023

Latham, Davis Polk advise on L’Oréal’s $2.5bn acquisition of luxury beauty brand Aēsop

Legal team led by top GC Alexandre Menais oversees brand's largest-ever M&A deal

7 Apr 2023

Latham, Kirkland, Paul Weiss and Pillsbury advise on UFC and WWE mega-merger

UFC owner Endeavor agrees to merge with WWE in deal that would value combined sports giant at more than $21bn

4 Apr 2023

Kirkland, Latham and Pillsbury advise on $4.8bn Concentrix merger with Webhelp

Transatlantic deal will create a global leader in customer experience services

31 Mar 2023

Latham & Watkins secures antitrust partner in London from Linklaters

Leading merger control practitioner Simon Pritchard joins US firm after 10 years at magic circle rival

30 Mar 2023

Saudi Arabia grants first foreign licences to trio of international firms

Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills and Latham & Watkins become first foreign law firms granted licences to practise in the Kingdom under new rules

7 Mar 2023

Addleshaw Goddard signals Middle East ambitions as it adds partners from Bracewell and Latham & Watkins for Riyadh debut

UK firm’s fourth office in the region to launch with five partners and eight-strong team of lawyers and paralegals

2 Mar 2023

Latham & Watkins makes up 23 counsel to partner in latest round

US-heavy cohort follows 44 associates making partner in January in record-tying round

27 Feb 2023

Latham and Skadden called in for Hesai’s Nasdaq debut

Largest IPO for Chinese company since 2021 heralds expected comeback for Chinese US listings in 2023

17 Feb 2023

McDermott taps Noerr and Latham to expand German private equity team

Holger Ebersberger and Hanno Witt join as partners in Munich, having previously worked together at Linklaters

3 Feb 2023

Linklaters, Latham, Orrick and Hengeler advise on €16bn Vodafone, GIP and KKR telecoms joint venture

Vodafone is expected to raise at least €3.2bn after selling part of its stake in German telecoms business Vantage Towers

10 Nov 2022

Sidley, Latham and Cleary Gottlieb advise on $9bn US healthcare merger

Walgreens-backed VillageMD acquires Warburg Pincus-backed Summit Health-CityMD

9 Nov 2022

Latham & Watkins promotes 44 to partnership in record-equalling round

New York and London offices see most promotions with 11 and 10 respectively

28 Oct 2022

Firms including DLA Piper, Linklaters back study into lack of black partners in the UK

'The 1% Study’ outlines steps law firms should take to boost number of senior black lawyers

20 Oct 2022

Sullivan & Cromwell and Goodwin Procter top global M&A deal rankings as market continues to slow

Sullivan leads on value, Goodwin on volume as global activity sees largest year-on-year percentage decline since 2009

6 Oct 2022