Tad Freese represents technology companies, investment banks, and other public and private companies in their corporate transactions. He currently serves as the Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, and previously served as Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins' Global Corporate Department.
Mr. Freese helps clients navigate both significant transactions and key strategic legal issues to enable them to grow and succeed. Specifically, he advises on:
Mr. Freese draws on more than 25 years of experience at Latham, advising technology companies in Silicon Valley through all market conditions. He has also advised all of the major investment banks on IPOs (for example: Angie’s List, Arista Networks, SurveyMonkey, Twilio, and Wageworks) as well as other significant transactions.
Mr. Freese has advised clients on hundreds of transactions. Representative significant transactions include:
Mr. Freese’s representative clients include:
Latham earns the most finalist spots across transactional categories, and the firm’s commitment to diversity is honored in two categories in AmLaw’s Industry Awards.
Marc Jaffe and Tad Freese honored for steering electric vehicle company Rivian’s US$11.9 billion IPO, the largest IPO of 2021 and one of the largest technology IPOs in history.
Partners Marc Jaffe and Tad Freese honored for steering electric vehicle company Rivian’s $11.9 billion IPO, the largest IPO of 2021 and one of the largest technology IPOs in history.