Rheem Brooks is a corporate associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

Rheem represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and strategic investors in a range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and the investment, acquisition, and sale of professional sports and entertainment assets. 

Rheem earned her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where she was Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Innovation, Academic and Professionalism Co-Chair of the Black Law Student Association, Co-Director of the Youth Advocacy Project, and an inaugural Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander Scholar. 

Prior to law school, Rheem was the Chief Paralegal at the Federal Defenders of the Southern District of New York (SDNY). 

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Rheem was a summer associate in the New York office.

Rheem’s experience includes advising:

  • Long Lake Management on its pending US$6.3 billion take-private acquisition of American Express Global Business Travel
  • Macquarie Asset Management on its US$40 billion sale of Aligned Data Centers to a consortium of investors
  • Endeavor on:
    • Its sale of 160over90 to Publicis Groupe
    • Its of sale of its international tennis events portfolio, including the ATP 1000 and WTA 1000 tournaments, Miami Open and Mutua Madrid Open, to MARI
  • Paramount Skydance on its acquisition of The Free Press
  • Bluejay Therapeutics on its US$620 million acquisition by Mirum Pharmaceuticals
  • OfferFit on its US$325 million sale to Braze
  • Just Energy on its sale to IGS Energy

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2024
    magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • BA in Development Studies, Brown University, 2016
    Honors