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Firm Profile: Latham & Watkins LLP

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In 2016, the lawyers in Latham & Watkins LLP’s Houston office continued to earn their reputation for getting deals done. The 80+ lawyers advised on completed transactions with an aggregate value of more than US$178.4 billion last year, including capital market transactions, mergers, acquisitions and refinancings.

With a strong pipeline of deals, Latham has been representing clients in more than US$42.9 billion of capital markets transactions, including work on five of the six oil and gas market initial public offerings (IPOs).  In addition, representing principals and financial advisors in more than US$96 billion worth of announced mergers and acquisitions, and representing borrowers and lenders in more than US$27.2 billion of bank finance transactions.

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