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Cathy A. Birkeland

3128767681 cathy.birkeland@lw.com

Work Department

Cathy Birkeland is the Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins' Chicago office, a global Chair of the firm's Capital Markets Practice, and a member of the Corporate Department and the firm's Diversity Leadership Committee. She served as the Deputy Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office from October 2009 to February 2015. Ms. Birkeland’s practice primarily focuses on:

• Capital markets
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate governance matters
• Public company representation
• Board advisory

Position

Corporate Partner, Deputy Office Managing Partner

Career

http://www.lw.com/people/cathy-birkeland

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
• Environment > Environment: transactional
• Real estate > Land use/zoning
• 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)