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Latham is committed to helping clients achieve their business strategies and providing outstanding legal services around the world. Clients depend on the firm to find innovative solutions to complex business issues, and Latham lawyers leverage the firm’s global platform to help clients handle these challenges.
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is one of the most prominent business law firms in the United States. The firm’s pre eminence in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and takeover defense, strategic investments, corporate and securities law, and corporate governance means that it regularly handles some of the largest, most complex and demanding transactions in the United States and around the world. It features consistently in the top rank of legal advisors. The firm also focuses on sensitive investigation and litigation matters and corporate restructurings, and in counseling boards of directors and senior management in the most sensitive situations. Its attorneys are also recognized thought leaders, frequently teaching, speaking and writing in their areas of expertise.
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz was founded in 1965 in New York. Since then, the firm has become a go-to for business law globally, whilst maintaining their sole New York office. The New York office is especially experienced in mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism, corporate governance and capital markets. It works with public and private companies and frequently acts as counsel to boards of directors. The firm prides itself on delivering bespoke and innovative solutions to a variety of clients.
Highlights
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz continued to distinguish itself in 2024 through its elite M&A and banking practices. The firm advised on complex, high-value transactions across sectors, including strategic acquisitions, joint ventures, and cross-border financings. Notable mandates included advising Broadcom on permanent financing arrangements following its historic VMware acquisition and guiding Diamondback Energy through a multi-step acquisition financing. The firm also represented AbbVie in a senior notes offering and 3M in a revolving credit facility. Its borrower-side banking work spanned bridge loans, term facilities, and capital structure refinancings, underscoring its deep expertise in transformative corporate finance.
Key clients
Key clients include Abra Group, Broadcom, OpenAI, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Smurfit Kappa, The RealReal and T-Mobile.