Christopher Martinez is a Corporate associate in the Orange County office of Latham & Watkins. He advises public company clients, primarily in the technology, life sciences, and real estate industries, on a variety of financial and strategic transactions.

Mr. Martinez’ experience includes mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, investments, and equity offerings, as well as regularly advising public company clients with regard to corporate governance and securities laws.

Mr. Martinez’ representative transactions include advising the following companies:

  • Public REIT in its US$50 billion acquisition of another public REIT
  • Public telecommunications company in its US$43 billion acquisition of another public telecommunications company
  • Public biopharmaceutical company in its US$6.5 billion acquisition of another public biopharmaceutical company
  • Private consumer technology company in its US$5.2 billion SPAC transaction
  • Public biopharmaceutical company in its US$2.6 billion acquisition by international conglomerate
  • Public homebuilding company in its US$2.5 billion acquisition by another public homebuilding company
  • Private healthcare technology company in its US$2.3 billion SPAC transaction
  • Public technology company in its US$1.7 billion acquisition of another public technology company, and subsequent US$750 million disposition
  • Public biopharmaceutical company in its US$1.3 billion acquisition by another public biopharmaceutical company
  • Public technology company in its US$1.1 billion acquisition of automotive technology company

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017
  • BA, English and Global Cultures, University of California, Irvine, 2012

Languages Spoken

  • English