Xiaohua (Nikky) Wei is a corporate associate in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins.

While attending law school, Nikky served as a senior HLRe editor for the Houston Law Review. Prior to joining Latham full-time, Nikky was a summer associate in Latham’s Houston office.

Nikky advises clients on a range of corporate and transactional matters, including initial public offerings, debt offerings, public and private mergers & acquisitions and public company compliance and periodic reporting. Nikky’s representative transactions include advising:

Capital Markets

  • The underwriters on Flowco Holdings Inc.’s US$491 million IPO
  • Energy Transfer LP on its US$2 billion junior subordinated notes offering
  • The underwriters on Permian Resources Corporation’s US$624 million secondary public offering of Class A Common Stock

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • CenterPoint Energy in its US$1.2 billion sale of its Louisiana and Mississippi natural gas local distribution businesses to Bernhard Capital Partners
  • Tapestry, Inc. in its sale of Stuart Weitzman brand to Caleres
  • A London-based company in its merger with another company to consolidate their respective ophthalmic therapeutic assets
  • Amber Energy in its acquisition of CITGO

Public Company Representations

  • Aegon
  • AirJoule Technologies Corporation
  • Cogent Communications
  • CoStar Group
  • Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
  • Weatherford International Ltd
  • Wix.com Ltd
  • Zeta Global Holdings Corp.

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • BA in Advertising & Japanese, Peking University
  • JD, University of Houston Law Center
  • MA in Japanese Language & Literature, Peking University
  • MBA, Rice University

Languages Spoken

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
  • English
  • Japanese