Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins advises leading global private equity sponsors on large-cap leveraged buyouts, public-to-private transactions and cross-border acquisitions across a broad range of sectors. Its fully integrated leveraged finance, capital markets and antitrust capabilities support the execution of complex, multi-jurisdictional sponsor-led and consortium transactions. Among its practice heads are New York-based Paul Kukish, who excels in retail, consumer products and energy sector deals; Alex Kelly, also in New York, who is renowned in asset management sector deals; Brad Faris, who is active in large-cap buyouts and public-to-private transactions in Chicago; Houston-based James Garrett, who is skilled in energy and infrastructure buyouts; Kristen Grannis, who has deep knowledge of growth equity and structured private equity investments in the Boston office; and Daniel Rees, who sits in the Orange County office and handles sponsor-led take-privates and complex public company M&A. In the wider practice, key figures of the New York office also include David Allinson , whose strengths lie in sponsor-led buyouts in energy, infrastructure and healthcare, and David Beller, who is renowned for his expertise in leveraged buyouts.