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Latham & Watkins LLP Offices
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LOS ANGELES, CA 90071-1560
CALIFORNIA
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Ana O'Brien
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Ana O'Brien is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and global Co-chair of the REIT Industry Group. Her practice focuses primarily on the federal taxation of corporations, partnerships and REITs in a variety of US and international contexts.
Position
Tax Partner
Career
https://www.lw.com/people/ana-obrien
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
The team at Latham & Watkins LLP has a strong reputation for its expertise and experience through all phases of the REITs lifecycle. Core pillars of the group’s practice include complex roll-up IPOs and structuring high-value REIT organizations. Corporate finance and M&A expert Julian Kleindorfer jointly leads the team alongside Ana O’Brien who specializes in complex REIT tax matters. Other key names include Lewis Kneib, who represents high-end clients on a range of capital markets transactions, and securities-focused William Cernius , who is based in Orange County. Brent Epstein focuses his practice on REIT public offerings. All lawyers are in Los Angeles unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)