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
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February 21, 2026 Press Release

Esteemed Finance and Public M&A Partners Join Latham & Watkins in New York, Adding More Elite Capabilities to Top-Ranked Practice

Addition of highly regarded and accomplished partners, Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano, further enhances the firm’s premier, fully integrated corporate and finance practice. With an outstanding track record of advising on the most sophisticated and transformative transactions, partners bring many complementary strands to our corporate ambitions in New York and globally.