Bradley Faris Named Notable M&A Dealmaker by Crain’s Chicago Business

Bradley Faris, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, has been named a Notable M&A Dealmaker by Crain’s Chicago Business in its inaugural report recognizing leading dealmakers guiding transformative deals across industries.

Bradley represents corporate and private equity clients from across industries and jurisdictions in their highest-stakes public and private M&A transactions, including “merger of equal” and other business combinations, special committees and conflict of interest transactions, going-private transactions, divisional carve-out transactions, and shareholder activism and takeover defense.

In his published profile, Crain’s featured Bradley’s work advising on some of the most impactful M&A transactions of the past year, including representing:

• Cox Communications in its US$34.5 billion merger with Charter Communications
• Omnicom in its US$13.25 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group
• Lumen Technologies in the US$5.75 billion sale of its consumer fiber-to-the-home business to AT&T

The profile notes Bradley’s role as Global Vice Chair of Latham’s 600+ lawyer Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, in which he helps shape the strategy and growth of the firm’s largest practice group. It also highlights his contributions outside of his practice as an adjunct professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.