Ziyad Barghouthy
Associate
Houston
z.barghouthy@lw.com
+1.713.546.7526
PRACTICES
- Capital Markets
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Public Company Representation
INDUSTRIES
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Technology
EDUCATION
- JD, University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 2020
magna cum laude, Order of the Coif - BS in Applied Physiology & Kinesiology, University of Florida, 2017
cum laude - BS in Nutritional Sciences, University of Florida, 2017
cum laude
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
- Arabic
PROFILE
Ziyad Barghouthy is an associate in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. He is also a current member of the Recruiting Committee, focused on local and global recruiting efforts for Latham.
Ziyad represents clients across all aspects of life as a public company, advising companies and senior management on strategic corporate transactions in the energy, infrastructure, technology, and life sciences sectors, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions involving public and private targets
- SPAC business combinations
- Initial public offerings (IPOs) and follow-on equity offerings
- Debt offerings
- Post-transaction corporate governance, periodic reporting, and public company compliance
A versatile corporate lawyer, Ziyad helps his clients navigate commercial and regulatory hurdles in multi-jurisdictional transactions across a range of industries, including, among others, energy, manufacturing, technology, and life sciences, crafting company narratives that are compelling to investors and driving transformative transactions to a successful close.
Ziyad also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing individuals seeking asylum, individuals seeking to seal their juvenile criminal records, and research-related matters pertaining to the work of Texas Appleseed.
EXPERIENCE
Ziyad’s representative transactions include advising:
M&A
- Equitrans Midstream in its merger with EQT Corporation to create a US$35 billion combined company
- Centennial Resource Development in its US$7 billion merger with Colgate Energy Partners III to create the largest pure-play E&P company in the Delaware Basin
- Falcon Minerals Corporation in its US$1.9 billion acquisition of Desert Peak Minerals
- Heramba GmbH in its pending acquisition of Kiepe Electric
- TotalEnergies in its US$250 million acquisition of SunPower’s Commercial & Industrial Solutions Business
- Landmark Dividend in its sale to Digital Bridge
- Riverstone Holdings in its simplification transaction with Enviva
SPAC Business Combinations
- Heramba Electric plc, a provider of electric mobility products and solutions for rail vehicles and buses, in its business combination with Project Energy Reimagined Corp.
- Above Food Corp., an innovative ingredients and consumer products food company, in its business combination with Bite Acquisition Corp.
- Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure and services company, in its US$1.0 billion business combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.
- X-Energy Reactor Company, a leading developer of small modular nuclear reactor and fuel technology, in its proposed US$2.0 billion business combination with Ares Acquisition Corp.
- Tempo Automation, Inc., a software-accelerated electronics manufacturer, in its merger with ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp.
- Latch, maker of LatchOS, the full-building enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, in its US$1.56 billion merger with TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp.
- Nogin, a leading provider of Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) technology, in its US$646 million merger with Software Acquisition Group III
- Otonomo Technologies, an Israel-based automotive data services platform, in its US$1.4 billion merger with Software Acquisition Group Inc. II
- Valo Health, a Boston-based technology company focused on human-centric data and AI-powered computation for drug discovery and development, in its proposed US$2.25 billion merger with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Corp.
- Chardan Healthcare Acquisition 2 Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its merger with Renovacor, Inc., an early-stage biotechnology company
Capital Markets
- Quanta Services, Inc. in its US$1.25 billion registered offering of senior notes
- Whistler Pipeline LLC in its US$1.85 billion 144A offering of senior notes
- Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$900 million upsized 144A senior notes offering
- Underwriters in Matador Resources’ US$347.3 million common stock offering
- The Dealer Manager in a US$650 million tender offer of Matador Resources’ 144A senior notes
- CARGO Therapeutics in its US$315 million IPO
- Underwriters in Aris Water Solutions’ US$230 million IPO
- Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$500 million 144A senior notes offering
- Vertiv Holdings in its US$850 million 144A offering of senior secured notes
- Initial purchasers in Kinetik Holdings’ US$1 billion sustainability-linked notes offering
- Innoviz in its registered follow-on equity offering
- Nogin in its registered follow-on equity offering
Other Corporate Matters
- Vault CCS, a carbon capture and storage developer, in its investment from Grey Rock Investment Partners
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Navios Maritime Holdings in the take-private sale of Navios Maritime to N Logistics Holdings