Shagufa R. Hossain

shagufa.hossain@lw.com

+1.202.637.2323

Profile

Shagufa Hossain, Local Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Washington, D.C., Corporate Department, represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, investment banks, and public and private companies in debt and equity financing and other transactions.

Ms. Hossain leverages a commercial perspective and extensive experience to advise clients on:

Leveraged buyout transactions and high yield and investment grade notes offerings
Initial public offerings
Liability management transactions
De-SPAC transactions
Cross-border transactions
Public company representation and corporate governance

She helps clients — from their earliest stages to life as a mature company — navigate market conditions and devise effective capital structures.

Ms. Hossain closely collaborates across Latham’s robust platform to meet clients’ most pressing demands. She works with the National Office to facilitate deals amid an evolving securities regulatory environment. Ms. Hossain also partners with the M&A and Bank Finance teams to seamlessly execute clients’ transactions.

Ms. Hossain was previously seconded to the firm’s Hong Kong office where she represented foreign private issuers in a number of equity and debt offerings.

She maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing juveniles in special immigrant juvenile status cases through KIND.

Prior to law school, Ms. Hossain was an analyst in the London office of an international investment bank. She previously served on Latham's Recruiting Committee and as a local leader of the Asian and Middle Eastern Lawyers Group.

Experience

Ms. Hossain's experience includes representing:

IPOs and Public Company Representation

Bandwidth in its IPO and listing on Nasdaq, as well as a subsequent follow-on offering and convertible notes offering
Multi Packaging Solutions International in its IPO and listing on the NYSE
The underwriters in PRA Health Sciences’ IPO and listing on Nasdaq

LBO and Debt Transactions

Costar Group in various debt and equity offerings
Hammerhead Resources in a high yield notes offering
Host Hotels & Resorts in various debt and equity offerings
One Rock in financing its acquisition of Innophos, as well as a subsequent PIK toggle notes offering
Onex in financing its acquisition of Clarivate Analytics
Rockpoint Gas Storage in a series of high yield notes offerings

SPAC Transactions

Capitol Investment Corp. IV in its merger with Nesco Holdings
Clarivate Analytics and Onex Corporation in Clarivate’s merger with Churchill Capital
Embark Trucks in its merger with Northern Genesis
Group Nine Acquisition Corp. in its IPO and listing on Nasdaq
Leonard Green & Partners, as a shareholder in MultiPlan, in MultiPlan’s merger with Churchill Capital Corp III
Onex in the financing of its acquisition of SIG Combibloc
Opendoor Labs in its merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holding Corp. II
SIG Combibloc Group in its IPO and listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange, as well as subsequent sales by its private equity owner
Starry in its de-SPAC merger with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp.
The underwriters in VG Acquisition Corp. and Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II’s IPOs and listings on the NYSE
Vivid Seats in its merger with Horizon Acquisition Corporation