Teresa Ella Wendel is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins.

Teresa focuses on corporate and transactional work, including capital markets transactions, merger and acquisition transactions, start-ups, and joint ventures. 

Teresa's work encompasses a number of industries including, among others, financial services (private equity and insurance), retail and consumer products, technology, and fintech.

In the financial services sector, Teresa regularly works with large P&C and life and health insurers and reinsurers on all corporate and transactional matters. 

Prior to joining Latham, Teresa was a legal counsel at a large international organization focusing on public international transactions, and policy matters.

Teresa's experience includes advising:

  • Nippon Life on its US$3.84 billion acquisition of a stake in Corebridge Financial
  • Onex Partners on regulatory aspects related to acquisition of Accredited Insurance, a provider of property and casualty insurance services
  • Stone Point Credit and Axis Capital in their launch of collateralized insurer Monarch Point Re

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • PhD, Charles University, Faculty of Law
  • LLM, University of San Francisco School of Law
  • Mgr. Iur., Charles University, Faculty of Law

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • German
  • Czech