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

Nikky advises clients on a range of corporate and transactional matters, including initial public offerings, debt offerings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and public company compliance and periodic reporting.

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

Nikky’s representative transactions include advising:

Capital Markets

  • The underwriters on Flowco Holdings Inc.’s:
    • US$491 million IPO
    • US$197.3 million secondary offering of common stock
  • Energy Transfer LP on its:
    • US$1.75 billion junior subordinated notes offering (2026)
    • US$3 billion senior notes offering (2026)
    • US$2 billion junior subordinated notes offering (2025)
  • Tutor Perini on its US$400 million senior notes offering
  • The initial purchasers on ProPetro’s upsized US$690 million convertible senior notes offering
  • The underwriters on Permian Resources Corporation’s US$624 million secondary public offering of Class A Common Stock
  • The initial purchasers on Antero Midstream Corporation’s US$600 million private offering of senior notes

Mergers and Acquisitions

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

Public Company Representations

Nikky’s representative clients include:

  • 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

Practices