The new partners will join the firm\u2019s New York office.<\/p>\n
Global law firm Latham & Watkins<\/a> has welcomed partners Byron Rooney and Dan Gibbons to the firm\u2019s New York capital markets<\/a> practice.<\/p>\n Prior to joining the firm, Rooney and Gibbons both worked at global law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell<\/a>, where they advised clients on a range of capital markets transactions, with a focus on fintech<\/a>, digital assets, aerospace and defence, and other innovative technologies.<\/p>\n Rooney joins the firm as global vice chair of its capital markets practice. He represents corporate and financial institution clients through IPOs, direct listings, SPAC mergers, private placements, and investment-grade, high-yield and convertible debt offerings.<\/p>\n Gibbons advises financial institutions and other market participants on public and private capital-raising transactions and has guided clients through secondary and follow-on equity offerings, pre-IPO financings and other debt offerings. \u00a0He also handles corporate governance<\/a>, public company disclosure and securities law<\/a> compliance matters.<\/p>\n Latham & Watkins chair, Rich Trobman, said: \u201cWe are delighted to welcome Byron and Dan to our firm. They are among a small group of leading practitioners operating at the top of the market. Adding partners with their cutting-edge expertise and standout market profile marks another significant and exciting milestone for our singular platform. Their boardroom experience and track record of excellent client service will greatly enhance our already dominant position as the premier capital markets firm, while expanding our leadership in advising clients navigating increasingly complex and technology-driven markets.\u201d<\/p>\n Latham\u2019s New York office managing partner Marc Jaffe added: \u201cWe\u2019ve been adding tremendous talent to our practice, and Byron and Dan are another powerful testament to the success of our strategy. Their track record of advising on marquee capital markets transactions, combined with their deep sector knowledge spanning financial services, technology and digital assets, creates a uniquely powerful offering for clients and will be highly accretive to our firm.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new partners will join the firm\u2019s New York office. Global law firm Latham & Watkins has welcomed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,245708,4393,245709,245710,85,46,245711,1886],"class_list":["post-539391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-byron-rooney","tag-capital-markets","tag-contributor-news","tag-dan-gibbons","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-latham-watkins","tag-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}