Grace Elise Garcea

Grace Garcea is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department.

Grace received her JD from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law where she was elected to the Order of the Coif. While in law school, she served as a senior editor for the Southern California Law Review. She also participated in the USC Law mediation clinic. Grace holds a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Spanish from the University of Virginia.

Grace advises clients on capital markets, securities, and corporate matters, representing both financial institutions and issuers in a wide variety of public and private financing transactions, including initial public offerings; follow-on and public equity offerings; investment grade, high-yield, and convertible debt offerings; debt exchange offers; tender offers; and acquisition financing.

Grace also represents companies with respect to general corporate and securities matters, including corporate governance issues, Exchange Act reporting obligations, and stock exchange rules and requirements.

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Grace was a summer associate in the Los Angeles office. She also previously served as a judicial extern for Judge Otis D. Wright, II of the United States District Court, Central District of California. Before attending law school, Grace volunteered as an English teacher in the Peace Corps.