Mark Stagliano represents public companies, as well as private companies and private equity sponsors, in a broad range of high-profile mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, and corporate governance issues.

Mark draws on extensive experience in headline strategic transactions involving market-leading brands to advise companies across diverse sectors on:

  • Domestic and cross-border acquisitions and divestitures
  • Spinoffs and joint ventures
  • IPOs and other capital markets transactions
  • Takeover defense, shareholder activism, and proxy contests

A trusted strategic advisor, Mark regularly guides boards of directors and management teams through their most business-critical transactions. With a keen sense of market practice, he delivers integrated, cross-practice advice to sophisticated clients navigating complex strategic and governance matters.

Before joining Latham, Mark served as a partner at another global law firm, where he developed an extensive track record advising on high-profile public company M&A and strategic matters.

Mark’s experience includes advising/representing:

  • Uber Technologies in its:
    • US$2.65 billion acquisition of Postmates*
    • Sale of its autonomous vehicle technologies business, Apparate USA, to Aurora Innovation, as well as Aurora Innovation’s US$11 billion SPAC transaction with Reinvent Technology Partners Y*
  • United Technologies in its:
    • US$147 billion merger of equals with Raytheon*
    • US$30.3 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins*
    • Spinoffs of Carrier Global and Otis Worldwide*
    • US$1.925 billion sale of its military GPS business to BAE Systems*
    • Numerous other transactions*
  • T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom in the:
    • US$146 billion combination of T-Mobile and Sprint*
    • US$5 billion sale of Sprint’s prepaid wireless business to DISH*
    • Combination of T-Mobile with MetroPCS at a US$30 billion enterprise valuation*
  • T-Mobile in its:
    • Joint venture with EQT to acquire Lumos*
    • US$4.9 billion investment in its joint venture with KKR to acquire Metronet*
  • Capri Holdings, owner of Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Kors, in its:
    • Agreed US$10 billion sale to Tapestry, owner of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman*
    • Subsequent US$1.375 billion sale of Versace to Prada*
  • Hill-Rom in its US$12.4 billion acquisition by Baxter International*
  • AIG in its:
    • US$2.2 billion sale of a 9.9% equity interest in its Life and Retirement business to Blackstone*
    • US$1.9 billion initial public offering of Corebridge Financial*
    • US$3.8 billion sale of a 20% ownership stake in Corebridge Financial to Nippon Life*
    • US$4.5 billion sale of its Validus Re business to RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd*
  • Danone in:
    • The sale of its Horizon Organic and Wallaby business to Platinum Equity*
    • Its acquisition of Kate Farms*
  • AZEK in its US$8.75 billion acquisition by James Hardie*
  • Carlyle in its acquisition of bluebird bio*
  • Lionsgate in the separation of its Studio and STARZ businesses into two independent, publicly traded companies*
  • LKQ in its:
    • US$2.1 billion acquisition of Uni-Select*
    • US$410 million sale of its Pick Your Part business to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners*
  • Office Properties Income Trust in its agreed all-stock combination with Diversified Healthcare Trust*
  • Grupo Televisa in its:
    • US$4.8 billion combination of its content business with Univision*
    • Spinoff of Ollamani*
  • Gramercy Property Trust in its US$7.6 billion acquisition by Blackstone*
  • W.R. Grace in its US$7 billion sale to Standard Industries*
  • Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation in its US$4 billion acquisition by Industrial Logistics Properties Trust*
  • Columbia Property Trust in its US$3.9 billion acquisition by funds managed by PIMCO*
  • Ventas in its US$2.3 billion acquisition of New Senior Investment Group*
  • Medline in its sale of a majority interest to Blackstone, Carlyle, and Hellman & Friedman*
  • HP Inc. in its defense against the US$34 billion unsolicited exchange offer and associated proxy contest by Xerox*
  • Pfizer in its:
    • Agreed US$160 billion combination with Allergan plc*
    • US$5.2 billion acquisition of Anacor Pharmaceuticals*
  • Shaw Communications in its C$26 billion combination with Rogers Communications*
  • Monsanto in its US$66 billion acquisition by Bayer AG*
  • Gap Inc. in its subsequently abandoned separation into two independent public companies*
  • Mondelez in its approximately US$500 million acquisition of Tate’s Bake Shop*
  • Alcoa in its separation into two public companies, Arconic and Alcoa, and Arconic in its separation into two public companies, Arconic and Howmet Aerospace*
  • Arconic in its proxy contest and settlement agreements with Elliott Management*
  • Stone Point Capital, Warburg Pincus, Reverence Capital Partners, Sixth Street, and Bayview Asset Management in their acquisition of a majority interest in TIAA Bank*
  • Warburg Pincus in its US$325 million equity investment in Banc of California in connection with Banc of California’s all-stock merger with PacWest Bancorp*
  • Global Payments in the US$1 billion sale of its Netspend consumer business to Rêv Worldwide and Searchlight Capital*
  • Cracker Barrel in its nomination and cooperation agreement with Biglari Capital Corp.*
  • Carsten Koerl, the Founder and CEO of Sportradar, in Sportradar’s US$513 million initial public offering*
  • MeadWestvaco in its US$16 billion combination with Rock-Tenn*
  • Publicis Groupe S.A. in its US$3.7 billion acquisition of Sapient Corporation*
  • Saks Inc. in its US$2.9 billion sale to Hudson’s Bay*
  • Sears Holdings in its:
    • US$1.6 billion rights offering for Seritage Growth Properties*
    • Joint venture transactions with Macerich, Simon Properties Group, and General Growth Properties*
  • Expedia in its US$270 million investment in Despegar and the subsequent IPO of Despegar*
  • Valero Energy Corp. in its US$2.1 billion spinoff of CST Brands*
  • Berry Plastics Group in its US$470 million IPO*
  • Guild Holdings in its US$97.5 million IPO*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School, 2011
    magna cum laude
  • BA, University of Pennsylvania, 2007
    summa cum laude