Nancy Zhu

nancy.zhu@lw.com

+1.212.906.4698

Profile

Nancy (Yiyun) Zhu is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

Nancy represents public and private companies, private equity firms, and financial institutions in a range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions.

Nancy maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes advising not-for-profit organizations on entity formation, corporate governance, and intellectual property matters.

While attending Harvard Law School, Nancy served as the co-president of the Harvard Association for Law and Business.

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Nancy was a summer associate in the Silicon Valley office.

Experience

Nancy's experience includes advising:

Silver Lake Partners in multiple transactions, including:
- The US$55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts as part of an investor consortium comprised of PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners
- Its US$500 million strategic investment in Shadowbox Studios
Endeavor in multiple transactions, including its:
- US$13 billion sale to Silver Lake
- US$500 million sale of 160over90 to Publicis
- Sale of ATP and WTA tennis tournaments, including the Madrid Open and the Miami Open, to MARI
- Sale of Frieze to MARI
- US$3.25 billion sale of Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG to TKO
- US$21 billion merger of UFC and WWE
- Acquisition of a majority stake in Barrett-Jackson, and subsequent sale to MARI
- Acquisition of Asylum Entertainment Group
- US$775 million sale of 80% of Endeavor Content to CJ ENM
Long Lake in the take-private acquisition of Amex Global Business Travel for US$6.3 billion
TKO in its launch of a boxing promotion with HE Turki Alalshikh and Sela
Authentic Brands Group in its acquisition of Champion
KKR in its acquisition of a majority stake in Ryan Tedder and OneRepublic’s music catalog
Virgin Orbit in its US$3.2 billion merger with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II