1 July 2026
Latham & Watkins Advises CVC in Chess.com Investment
Advising firms
Deal team
64 lawyers named| Lawyer | Firm | Seniority | Practice | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Kukish Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate | New York |
| Matthew Villar Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate | New York |
| Kem Ihenacho | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate | London |
| Joseph Maurantonio | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate | Not stated |
| Morgan Banaszak | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate | Not stated |
| Elise van den Hoek | Latham & Watkins LLP | Not stated | corporate | Not stated |
| Joshua Tinkelman | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | private equity finance | New York |
| Kendra Kocovsky | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | private equity finance | New York |
| Ben Bussmann | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | private equity finance | Not stated |
| Michelle Cha | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | private equity finance | Not stated |
| Matthew Dewitz | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | tax | New York |
| Bradd Williamson | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | executive compensation and benefits | New York |
| Rifka Singer | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | executive compensation and benefits | Not stated |
| Sanjana Rao | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | executive compensation and benefits | Not stated |
| Jonathan Friedman | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | executive compensation and benefits | Not stated |
| Nineveh Alkhas | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | labor and employment | Chicago |
| Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | labor and employment | Madrid |
| Matthias Rubner | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | labor and employment | Paris |
| Tobias Leder | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | labor and employment | Munich |
| Sarah Gadd | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | labor and employment | London |
| Ellie Wilson | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| María Goñi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Alice Brisset | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Jenny Bobbitt | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Sahar Merchant | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Pelin Serpin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | intellectual property | New York |
| Jamie Eimbinder | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | intellectual property | Not stated |
| Andrea Lee | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | intellectual property | Not stated |
| Robert Brown | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | data privacy | Houston |
| Calum Docherty | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | data privacy | London |
| Esther Franks | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | data privacy | Not stated |
| Stuart Cobb | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy | Not stated |
| Ben Leigh | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy | Not stated |
| Jack Bergantino | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy | Not stated |
| Yinka Ogboye | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy | Not stated |
| Alex Park | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy | Not stated |
| Damara Chambers | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | regulatory | Washington, D.C. |
| Thomas Lane | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | regulatory | Not stated |
| Amulya Vadapalli | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | regulatory | Not stated |
| Amanda Reeves | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | antitrust | Washington, D.C. |
| Jamie Sadler | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | antitrust | Not stated |
| Sadie Goering | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | antitrust | Not stated |
| Luca Crocco | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Ex-US antitrust | Brussels |
| Juan Pablo Donado Díez | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Vincenzo Grimaldi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Not stated | Ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Jana Dammann de Chapto | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | FDI | Hamburg |
| Nathan Seltzer | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | compliance | Washington, D.C. |
| Patricia Amselem Bensadon | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | compliance | Not stated |
| Dara Denberg | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | real estate | New York |
| David Rao | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | real estate | Not stated |
| Betty Huber | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | ESG | New York |
| Nathan Ye | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | ESG | Not stated |
| Gary Gengel | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | environmental | New York |
| Qingyi Pan | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | environmental | Not stated |
| Barrie VanBrackle | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | gaming | Washington, D.C. |
| Justin Talarczyk | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | gaming | Not stated |
| Joseph Bargnesi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | AML | Washington, D.C. |
| Maria Stosz | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | AML | Not stated |
| Rachael Astin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | entertainment, sports and media | London |
| Alastair Mackichan | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | entertainment, sports and media | Not stated |
| David Duquette | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | entertainment, sports and media | Not stated |
| Charles Morrell-Brown | Latham & Watkins LLP | Not stated | entertainment, sports and media | Not stated |
| Harrison White | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | insurance | Los Angeles |
| Enrique Covarrubias | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | insurance | Not stated |
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- Counterparties
- Chess.com (Target)
General Atlantic (Investor)