Slater, John J.

John J. Slater

Partner

john.slater@lw.com
    Slater, John J.

    John J. Slater

    Partner

    john.slater@lw.com

    Profile

    John Slater advises market-leading public and private companies on the full spectrum of complex corporate finance and capital markets transactions, with a special focus in the retail and technology sectors.

    John leverages a commercial mindset and comprehensive understanding of the debt and equity capital markets to advise clients on:

    • Initial public offerings (IPO) and follow-on offerings
    • Mergers and acquisitions, particularly de-SPAC transactions
    • Private debt- and equity-linked offerings
    • Liability management transactions, including restructurings, tender offers, exchange offers, and consent solicitations
    • Formation of partnerships and joint ventures
    • Corporate governance and other general corporate matters

    Beyond his transactional work, John helps clients navigate day-to-day life as a public company or a company in the process of going public. John collaborates across Latham’s multidisciplinary platform to connect companies with the internal and external resources they need to achieve their business goals.

    As a native Spanish-speaker, John also provides both commercial and cultural fluency to clients in matters with a Latin America nexus, including companies pursuing dual listings on local markets and the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq, as well as private securities offerings to US investors.

    Experience

    John's experience includes representing:

    IPO

    • The underwriters in Academy Sports and Outdoors’ IPO
    • The underwriters in BellRing Brands’ IPO
    • The underwriters in The Duckhorn Portfolio’s IPO
    • Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence, in its IPO
    • The underwriters in Palomar Holdings’ IPO
    • The underwriters in Peloton Interactive’s IPO
    • The underwriters in PolyPid’s IPO
    • Vroom, the online automotive retailer, in its IPO

    Debt Offerings

    • The initial purchasers in Academy Sports and Outdoors’ senior secured notes offering
    • The initial purchasers in Carriage Services’ senior notes offering
    • Nova, a leader in metrology solutions for advanced process control used in semiconductor manufacturing, in its private convertible senior notes offering
    • The underwriters in Peloton Interactive’s US$1 billion convertible senior notes offering
    • The initial purchasers in Spanish Broadcasting System’s senior secured notes offering
    • The underwriters in WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings’ upsized secondary offering
    • The lenders in the merger of WillScot and Mobile Mini

    Latin America

    • Corporación Andina de Fomento, the Latin American development bank, in:
      • Renewing its US$3 billion US shelf registration statement
      • Senior note offerings of US$800 million
    • Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova), Sempra Energy’s Mexican subsidiary, in senior note offerings of US$1.64 billion
    • Promecap Acquisition Company, the first Mexico-focused SPAC in Latin America, in its IPO

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • New York
    • Texas

    Education

    • JD, Tulane University Law School, 2014
      magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
    • BA, Loyola University Chicago, 2011

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • Spanish

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

    Badges and Logos_Law360_Fintech Group of the Year_2024
    February 20, 2025 Recognition

    Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

    Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.

    News & Insights

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    January 6, 2025 Our Work

    Latham & Watkins Advises Davivienda in Combination With Scotiabank

    Members of the firm’s Latin America Practice advise Davivienda in its integration of Scotiabank’s operation in Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica, creating a global banking Multilatina in the largest M&A transaction in the Colombian banking industry in recent years.
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