Tad Freese represents technology companies, investment banks, and other public and private companies in their corporate transactions. Tad currently serves as the Managing Partner of the Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, and previously served as Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins' Global Corporate Department.
He helps clients navigate both significant transactions and key strategic legal issues to enable them to grow and succeed. Specifically, he advises on:
Tad draws on more than 25 years of experience at Latham, advising technology companies in Silicon Valley through all market conditions. He has also advised all of the major investment banks on IPOs (for example: Angie’s List, Arista Networks, SurveyMonkey, Twilio, and Wageworks) as well as other significant transactions.
Tad has advised clients on hundreds of transactions. Representative significant transactions include:
Tad’s representative clients include:
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