Kiernan, Joshua G.

Joshua G. Kiernan

Partner

joshua.kiernan@lw.com
    Kiernan, Joshua G.

    Joshua G. Kiernan

    Partner

    joshua.kiernan@lw.com
    Band 1 – Corporate/M&A (Israel: Desk Based Abroad)

    Chambers Global 2025

    "He is a market leader."

    Chambers Global 2025

    Spotlight Table – Capital Markets (Israel: Foreign Expertise)

    Chambers Global 2025

    Ranked as #1 Technology Lawyer in EMEA

    MergerLinks Top Dealmakers 2021

    "Mr. New York equity capital markets."

    Chambers Global 2020

    "He's practical, smart and experienced."

    Chambers Global 2022

    "I have the highest regard for him not only as a technical lawyer but as someone I am comfortable with."

    Chambers Global 2022

    "He is a fantastic lawyer; he is very experienced and clients enjoy working with him."

    Chambers Global 2020

    Profile

    Joshua Kiernan is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins, focusing on international capital markets transactions, securities regulation, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

    Joshua has extensive experience advising companies on SEC-registered IPOs, follow-on and secondary offerings, block trades, private placements, and Rule 144A offerings. In addition, he advises on a variety of debt offerings (including high-yield and convertible bonds) and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and leveraged buyouts.

    Joshua assists many clients with SEC reporting and corporate governance matters and has particular experience in the technology and life sciences sectors.

    Experience

    Joshua has advised the issuer or underwriters on IPOs and/or other securities offerings for the following companies:

    Technology

    • Farfetch
    • Deliveroo
    • Darktrace
    • Sophos
    • monday.com
    • Global-e
    • ironSource
    • WalkMe
    • Tremor International
    • Similarweb
    • Riskified
    • Kaltura
    • Fiverr
    • JFrog 
    • Wix.com
    • CyberArk
    • Neogames
    • Innoviz
    • Nayax
    • NICE Systems
    • Stratasys
    • Nova Measuring Instruments
    • Camtek
    • RADA Electronic Industries
    • Mellanox
    • Luxoft
    • Sapiens
    • Allot Communications
    • Audiocodes
    • Magic Software
    • MediaMind
    • PowerDsine
    • Ituran
    • Saifun Semiconductors
    • Voltaire
    • Aladdin

    Life Sciences

    • InMode
    • Ayala Pharmaceuticals
    • Itamar Medical
    • Polypid
    • Sol-Gel Technologies
    • Foamix Pharmaceuticals
    • MediWound
    • Evogene
    • Lumenis

    Other

    • Enlight
    • Max Stock
    • Caesarstone
    • Ormat
    • Gazit-Globe
    • SodaStream
    • Frutarom

    Joshua’s experience on M&A transactions includes advising:

    • CyberArk (Nasdaq: CYBR) on its:
      • US$25 billion sale to Palo Alto Networks 
      • US$1.54 billion acquisition of Venafi 
      • US$165 million acquisition of Zilla Security
      • US$70 million acquisition of Idaptive, a leading California-based Identity as a Service (IDaaS) company
    • Mellanox Technologies on its US$7 billion sale to NVIDIA 
    • Tower Semiconductors (Nasdaq: TSEM) on its proposed US$5.9 billion acquisition by Intel 
    • ironSource (Nasdaq: IS) on its US$4.4 billion merger with Unity Software 
    • Sapiens International (Nasdaq: SPNS) on its US$2.5 billion sale to Advent 
    • WalkMe (Nasdaq: WKME) on its US$1.5 billion acquisition by SAP SE 
    • NeoGames (Nasdaq: NGMS) on its US$1.2 billion sale to Aristocrat Leisure 
    • Orix Corporation (NYSE: IX) on its US$627 million acquisition of a 22% stake in Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA), an owner and operator of geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants
    • Global-e (Nasdaq: GLBE) on its US$500 million acquisition of Flow Commerce 
    • Viber on its US$900 million sale to Rakuten 
    • Farfetch (NYSE: FTCHQ), the online luxury fashion retailer, on its US$575 million acquisition of New Guards Group and on the sale of Farfetch to Coupang 
    • NVIDIA on its acquisition of AI start-up Run:ai 
    • Sale of LightCyber to Palo Alto Networks
    • Otonomo (Nasdaq: OTMO), the platform powering the mobility economy, on its merger with Urgent.ly 
    • Ceragon (Nasdaq: CRNT) on its successful defense of Aviat Network's hostile takeover attempt 

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
    • New York

    Education

    • JD, Brooklyn Law School, 1993
    • BA in Middle Eastern Languages & Culture, Columbia University, 1988

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

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    August 25, 2025 Recognition

    Latham Leads H1 2025 Capital Markets League Tables

    Firm’s Capital Markets Practice once again earns top legal advisor league table rankings across debt and equity products and industries globally in Bloomberg, Dealogic, Deal Point Data, and LSEG.

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