Nathan Ajiashvili > Latham & Watkins LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP is an international leader in global offerings, handling a large pipeline of debt, equity and equity-linked issuances every year. It represents both issuers and underwriters, and continues to be at the forefront of life sciences and tech offerings. It is growing its presence in Latin America transactions, and is also noted for Europe and Middle East offerings; it has deep connections to Israeli issuers and their underwriters, in particular. Marc Jaffe and Ian Schuman are giants of the capital markets arena and frequently advise on bulge-bracket global offerings. Nathan Ajiashvili is another prominent figure in global offerings, particularly in the life sciences sector.

Latham & Watkins LLP has a market leading reputation across the debt and equity capital markets fields. It has invested in significantly expanding its department over the last decade and successfully focused on growth markets such as tech and life sciences; it has developed substantial teams in Silicon Valley, Boston and other emerging company centers. Silicon Valley partner Richard Kline, chair of the firm’s technology industry group, who was hired in 2020, is one figure who has made a big contribution to the expansion of the practice. Gregory Rodgers is another key figure in Los Angeles and remains noted for direct listings. Nathan Ajiashvili is rated for life sciences offerings, while Ian Schuman is global head of capital markets. Vice chair Stelios Saffos, Marc Jaffe and Michael Benjamin are also prominent members of the team. All named lawyers are based in New York unless stated otherwise.