Christopher Adam Martinez

christopher.martinez@lw.com

+1.714.755.8203

Profile

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.

Experience

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

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

California

Education

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

Languages Spoken

English

Practices

Industries

June 2, 2021Recognition

Latham Named Mergers & Acquisitions Law Firm of the Year

Chambers USA recognized the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice for “world class expertise when it comes to the most challenging transactions.”

May 15, 2020Recognition

California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year: Latham & Watkins

Partners Andrew Gray and Michele Johnson and associate Grant Strother led the Latham team honored with the Daily Journal’s California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award.

Latham & Watkins Advises AcuFocus in Acquisition by Bausch + Lomb

Firm represents the privately held ophthalmic medical device company with a team led by members of the firm’s M&A Practice and Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group.

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July 12, 2022 Blog

Proposed Amendments to Rules on Prop. 65 Short-Form Product Warnings Fail to Progress

The proposal had contemplated clarifications to when short-form warnings should be used and had aimed to introduce new requirements for information about harmful chemicals.

April 19, 2022 Our Work

Latham & Watkins Advises ArchiMed Group in US$1.2 Billion Acquisition of Natus Medical Incorporated

December 6, 2021 Our Work

Latham & Watkins Advises P3 Health Partners in Completed Business Combination With Foresight Acquisition Corp.

May 25, 2021 Our Work