Jacob Kempf is an associate in the Orange County office of Latham & Watkins.

Jacob advises both domestic and international clients on a wide spectrum of energy-related transactions, offering comprehensive services from initial planning through to project completion and ongoing operations. He provides strategic counsel across the energy, energy transition, hydrogen, oil and gas, LNG, and power sectors, and has additional experience in joint-venture formation and corporate structuring.

Jacob’s experience includes advising:

  • Macquarie on its 15-year LNG sale and purchase agreement with AMIGO LNG
  • Omada Health on its IPO
  • ExxonMobil in its sale of a 35% interest in the Baytown Hydrogen Facility to ADNOC
  • The noteholders in connection with the financing of Apollo-managed funds’ approximately US$11 billion investment in Intel’s Fab 34 manufacturing facility
  • The initial purchasers in connection with Five9’s upsized US$747.5 million convertible senior notes offering
  • NextGen Healthcare in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo
  • Cerevel Therapeutics in its acquisition by AbbVie
  • H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies in its business combination with RMG Acquisition Corporation III
  • The underwriters in Geron Corporation’s US$198 million upsized public offering
  • Tapestry, Inc. in its US$8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2022
  • MBA, Gonzaga University, 2019
  • BA in Economics, Gonzaga University, 2017
    magna cum laude

Languages Spoken

  • English