Bill Nelson Joins Latham, Supercharging Firm’s CapM Practice

Bill Nelson has joined Latham & Watkins in Houston after seven and a half years at A&O Shearman, including more than two years as the managing partner in the firm’s Houston office.

In a news release announcing the move, Latham called Nelson one of the preeminent capital markets partners in Texas whose addition strengthens the firm’s growth strategy in the Lone Star State and beyond. He spent two decades at Haynes Boone in Houston before joining what was then Shearman & Sterling in 2018.