Carla Palma is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. Prior to working in the New York office, Carla was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office.

Carla represents public and private companies and investment funds in US and international antitrust reviews of mergers and acquisitions, government investigations into allegedly anticompetitive conduct, and antitrust litigation across a wide range of industries, including technology, sports, media, and entertainment, retail and consumer goods, energy, healthcare, and financial services. 

Carla has previously served on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and maintains an active domestic violence pro bono practice. 

Carla received her JD from Georgetown University Law Center, graduating magna cum laude and Order of the Coif. She served as executive editor of the Georgetown Law Journal’s Annual Review of Criminal Procedure.

Carla attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, graduating summa cum laude.

A selection of Carla’s matters include representing:

  • Intuit in its US$7 billion acquisition of Credit Karma
  • Energy Transfer in its acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners
  • Webhelp in its US$4.8 billion combination with Concentrix Corporation
  • Paper Excellence in its:
    • US$3 billion acquisition of Domtar
    • US$2.7 billion acquisition of Resolute Forest Products
  • Endeavor Group on the US$21 billion merger of WWE and UFC
  • Endeavor in its Take-Private Acquisition by Silver Lake
  • Tegus in its US$930 million sale to AlphaSense
  • Silver Lake in its US$12.5 billion acquisition of Qualtrics
  • Leonard Green Partners on the US$18 billion sale of SRS to Home Depot
  • Metropolis in its US$1.5 billion acquisition of SP Plus Corporation
  • Flowbird Group in its sale to EasyPark Group
  • Ares Management Corporation in its US$3.7 billion acquisition of GCP International 
  • Confidential DOJ and FTC investigations of entertainment, health care, and real estate clients

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Education

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 2019
    magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • BS in International Politics, Georgetown University, 2016
    summa cum laude