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Latham & Watkins LLP
650 TOWN CENTER DRIVE, TWENTIETH FLOOR
COSTA MESA
COSTA MESA CA 92626-1925
CALIFORNIA
United States

Position

Tad Freese represents technology companies, investment banks, and other public and private companies in their corporate transactions. Tad currently serves as the Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, and previously served as Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Global Corporate Department.

He helps clients navigate both significant transactions and key strategic legal issues to enable them to grow and succeed. Specifically, he advises on:

    • Initial public offerings (IPOs)
    • Mergers and acquisitions
    • Other public and private debt and equity securities offerings
    • Corporate governance issues
    • Public company disclosure issues
    • Federal and state securities law compliance

Tad draws on more than 25 years of experience at Latham, advising technology companies in Silicon Valley through all market conditions. He has also advised all of the major investment banks on IPOs (for example: Angie’s List, Arista Networks, SurveyMonkey, Twilio, and Wageworks) as well as other significant transactions.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)

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Recognized for its prowess in the public and private M&A space, Latham & Watkins LLP routinely advises principal entities and financial advisors on a wide array of high-value M&A transactions, often operating across the energy, tech, healthcare, sports, and media industries. The department is jointly led by New York-based Justin Hamill, a key contact for multibillion-dollar M&A, divestitures, and corporate governance matters, and Mark Bekheit, Silicon Valley partner who leverages his former in-house experience at a Fortune 500 company to advise on tech M&A. In the Bay Area, Tad Freese assists investment banks in complex corporate deals, while Orange County-based Charles Ruck covers general corporate and securities matters in the life sciences sectors, and Ian Nussbaum handles takeover defense strategies from the firm’s New York office.