Latham & Watkins

Noted as a highly sophisticated and well-integrated team, Latham & Watkins’s transactional tax team handles numerous multi-billion dollar mandates across numerous industries. Their diverse clientele includes Fortune 500 corporations, private equity firms, financial institutions, and investment banks. The team handles capital markets, international tax planning and restructuring, fund formation, cross-border M&A, REITs, and securities. Based in San Francisco, global tax chair Katharine Moir advises leading private equity firms and companies on their largest and most complex transactions, including advising Macquarie Asset Management on its $40bn sale of Aligned Data Centers to a consortium of investors. Matthew Dewitz, based in New York, is chair of the firm’s transactional tax group, frequently leading on private equity sale side and in investment fund formation, notably working on T-Mobile’s $59bn merger with Sprint. Also in New York, David Raab is noted for his expertise in bankruptcy and restructuring. Pardis Zomorodi in Los Angeles advises on tax structuring for REITs, M&A, spin-offs and joint ventures. Zomorodi is a frequent port of call for private equity firms for tax issues and also advises US and foreign debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and debt restructuring. Andrea Ramezan-Jackson chairs the Washington DC team, known for her tax work for public and private companies surrounding acquisitions and public offerings involving UP-C structures. Joseph Kronsnoble, in Chicago, is also recommended. Jocelyn Noll and Kirt Switzer retired in 2025.