Charles Ruck > Latham & Watkins LLP > Orange County, United States > Lawyer Profile

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.

Latham & Watkins LLP’s shareholder activism team continues to lead the field. Taking a unique approach in delivering services for clients, the firm’s services are multidisciplinary in scope, with a range of lawyers across the firm with unique experiences excelling in activism defense, insurance counseling, public company representation, litigation, and M&A. Team leader Josh Dubofsky, based in Silicon Valley, specializes in advising market-leading companies on activism and takeover defense, strategic transactions, corporate governance, and shareholder engagement, and his unrivalled experience dealing with the largest activist groups in high-stakes engagements makes him a recognized authority in the field. Dubowsky is joined by Chicago’s Christopher R. Drewry, acknowledged for both his skill in all forms of counsel and his understanding of the field’s new developments, and Orange County’s Charles Ruck, whose cross-border expertise covers advice for clients ranging from the largest firms to the smallest from the most notorious activist funds. Another key figure is Chicago’s Tiffany Campion, an expert in preparing boards for all forms of shareholder activism.