Latham Scoops Multiple Honors at The Deal Awards
Latham & Watkins’ counsel on market-leading corporate and finance transactions has earned the firm and its lawyers multiple recognitions in The Deal Awards 2022, which celebrate “the elite advisors and service providers who power the deal economy.”
The firm’s strong showing was highlighted by seven award wins in the following categories:
- Private Equity Deal of the Year – Latham advised the consortium led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital Group in the £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea Football Club with a multidisciplinary deal team led by London corporate partners Ed Barnett and Sam Newhouse
- Outstanding Deals of the Year – Latham was honored for advising:
- Cerner in its US$28.3 billion acquisition by Oracle, led by Chicago partners Mark Gerstein and Christopher Drewry and Century City partner James Beaubien
- MGM in its US$8.45 billion acquisition by Amazon, led by Century City partners Rick Offsay, Kendall Johnson, and Jason Silvera
- Nestlé in its US$5.75 billion acquisition of Bountiful Co., led by Los Angeles partners Julian Kleindorfer and Alex Voxman, and Century City partner David Zaheer
- Most Outstanding Debt Financing of the Year – A Latham team led by New York partners Stelios Saffos and Peter Sluka and counsel Michael Saliba advised the credit funds and other alternative lenders on the financing for the US$16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix Systems by Vista Equity Partners
- Law Firm of the Year in the Energy & Industrials sector
- Most Outstanding Dealmaker of the Year – Bay Area corporate partner Tad Freese, who led several of the past year’s most high-profile transactions for clients including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Slack Technologies, and Tower Semiconductor
Latham was also named a finalist in categories for an additional six deals of the year, three industry sectors, and two individual lawyer honors, as follows:
Private Equity Deal of the Year
- Advising the lenders financing the US$5.2 billion acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand by Clearlake Capital Group
- Advising the lenders financing the US$6.4 Billion acquisition of Medallia by Thoma Bravo
- Serving as financing counsel to PAI Partners in its acquisition of the Tropicana, Naked Juice, and other select juice brands from PepsiCo
Restructuring of the Year
Most Outstanding Debt Financing of the Year
- Advising Platinum Equity in the sale of Multi-Color Corporation to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Representing the financial advisors to Stamps.com in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo
Law Firm of the Year – Industry Sectors
Dealmaker of the Year: Middle Market – New York corporate partner David Beller, who advises on a broad range of M&A transactions, with a particular focus on significant leveraged buyout transactions for private equity sponsors
Debtor Counsel of the Year – Los Angeles partner Jeff Bjork, Global Vice Chair of the Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, who represents public and private companies, creditors, and investors in all aspects of restructuring
The Deal Awards were presented on September 29 at a ceremony in New York.