Associate Corporate M&A and Private Equity

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M&A
Lathams M&A practice has grown into a global powerhouse meeting the needs of our clients on everything from routine M&A engagements to the most complex and transformational transactions clients ever face.

Our global reach deep bench and vast industry-specific expertise enable us to assemble high-quality teams that efficiently and effectively execute on the business objectives of a diversified client base.

Our relentless focus on client goals combined with broad experience doing deals globally enables us to anticipate and work through potential challenges on any given transaction and to develop effective solutions to these challenges in an ever-changing global environment. We help clients address shareholder activism plan for and overcome antitrust challenges and navigate dynamic regulatory regimes to achieve their most ambitious business objectives. We provide clients with the full suite of advisory services including board counselling capital markets ESG executive compensation leveraged finance and tax-related advice anywhere in the world.

Long-standing client relationships reflect our ability to assemble a diverse team of deal makers industry veterans former government lawyers and world-class litigators for any particular matter. We draw on a wealth of experience to deliver pragmatic and commercial advice to support our clients strategic success at every stage of their life cycle.

Private Equity
Latham advises the worlds leading private equity firms through the full spectrum of transactions from initial investment through to exit. We help our private equity clients and their portfolio companies maximize value time and again annually steering more than 500 deals representing more than half a trillion US dollars including many global and regional deals of the year.

Drawing on global market-leading experience we bring together strength in fund formation private equity finance M&A and capital markets to deliver seamless and responsive support to private equity clients at every stage of a funds lifecycle. Our global platform and work on sophisticated cross-border carve-outs tax-free spinoffs and multi-billion-dollar going-private transactions equip us to execute any transaction anywhere in the world. We cut through a thicket of complex global regulatory environments and decode the jargon of the most dynamic industries to help our clients get any deal done.
We have worked with many of our private equity clients for decades growing together and innovating as a team. Whether industry-focused growth equity large cap or middle market we work to fully understand each funds strategy and anticipate the needs of our clients. This experience also affords us a broad view of the market and the trends that we help shape through the breadth of our work.

The Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity practice is seeking a highly qualified associate with a minimum of 2 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and/or private equity to join our 3rd through 6th year associate class.

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