Achievements
Latham & Watkins advises the businesses and institutions that power the global economy.
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This broad and diversified platform helps us anticipate and address any legal or business challenge anywhere in the world – with flawless execution. With a resilient culture imbued with a spirit of teamwork and innovation, Latham’s work at the cutting edge of commercial, financial, and legal innovation helps our clients thrive.
Our Work
A Latham financing team’s advice to Eventbrite, Inc. in a groundbreaking, tailored financing package with leading investment firm Francisco Partners has been profiled by Private Debt Investor as one of the Top 10 transactions defining private debt. In May 2020, Eventbrite, a global self-service ticketing and experience technology platform, needed capital as the Covid-19 pandemic leveled the live event industry. Francisco Partners provided US$225 million senior secured term loan facility and purchased 2.5% of outstanding common stock of Eventbrite.
Members of the firm’s Latin America Practice and Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group advised the joint global coordinators, lead arrangers, and bookrunners on the US$1.56 billion five-year term loan credit facility provided to Mexico’s first private marine natural gas pipeline. The pipeline is a strategic part of the country’s energy infrastructure, reinforcing the reliability of the Mexican natural gas network and bolstering access to low-cost natural gas.
A Latham corporate deal team advised venture capital firm Elephant Partners in Vista Equity Partner's acquisition of KnowBe4, provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. The deal is an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$4.6 billion on an equity value basis.
Decisive Victory
Litigators Recognized for Defending US$9.4 Billion Oracle Deal
ALM spotlights partners Peter Wald and Blair Connelly for successfully defending Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Safra Catz in one of the largest acquisitions to face a stockholder challenge through trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
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Three Partners Named “Best of the Best” in Cyber Incident Response Work
Jennifer Archie, Tony Kim, and Serrin Turner again named to Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 50 list for their ability to handle serious ransomware, advanced supply chain, or nation-state cyberattacks, impacting every major industry sector around the world.
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