Banks, Amber

Amber Banks

Partner

amber.banks@lw.com
    Banks, Amber

    Amber Banks

    Partner

    amber.banks@lw.com
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    Profile

    Amber Banks advises private equity firms, strategic buyers and sellers, and companies on a range of investments, acquisitions, divestitures, and other complex corporate matters. 

    Drawing on extensive dealmaking experience, Amber represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies across a broad range of industries in:

    • Mergers and acquisitions 
    • Joint ventures
    • Leveraged buyouts
    • Recapitalizations
    • Divestitures and spinoffs
    • General corporate matters

    A recognized industry leader, Amber has been named a David Rockefeller Fellow and has presented at Harvard Business School’s Women in Investing Event and Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference. 

    Before joining Latham, Amber was a partner at another leading global law firm.

    Experience

    Amber’s experience includes advising:

    • Permira on its:
      • US$6.9 billion take-private of Squarespace 
      • US$723 million acquisition of a majority stake in BioCatch
      • US$14 billion acquisition of McAfee*
      • US$5.8 billion take-private acquisition of Mimecast*
      • Participation in an investor consortium in Zendesk’s US$10.2 billion acquisition*
      • US $150 million investment in AllTrails*
      • Investment in Relativity*
      • Participation in Carta’s Series G-1 funding round*
    • Mimecast, a portfolio company of Permira, on its:
      • Acquisition of Nullable 
      • Acquisition of Code42 Software 
      • Acquisition of Elevate Security 
    • Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. on its:
      • US$210 million acquisition of Graduate Hotels
      • Joint venture acquisition of a majority stake in Sydell Group
    • Simon Properties Group, as part of a consortium of Authentic Brands Group and Brookfield Properties, on acquiring assets of Forever 21 and certain of its subsidiaries that are debtors in a chapter 11 proceeding*
    • Jacobs Engineering Group on its:
      • US$3.3 billion sale of its Energy, Chemicals, and Resources (ECR) segment to WorleyParsons Limited*
      • US$2.9 billion acquisition of CH2M Hill*
      • US$815 million acquisition of KeyW*
      • Acquisition of Blacklynx*
      • Sale of certain assets to LJA Engineering*
    • Tapestry (f/k/a Coach) on its US$2.4 billion acquisition of Kate Spade*
    • Visual Comfort & Co. on its sale to a consortium led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Leonard Green & Partners*

     

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • New York

    Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2009
      cum laude
    • BBA, University of San Diego, 2004
      summa cum laude

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