1 October 2026
Latham & Watkins Advises Long Lake in Completed US$6.3 Billion Acquisition of American Express Global Business Travel September 30, 2
Advising firms
Deal team
93 lawyers named| Lawyer | Firm | Seniority | Practice | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Nussbaum Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Not stated | New York |
| Sean Parish Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Not stated | Chicago |
| Seth Gottlieb Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Not stated | Bay Area |
| Julian Azran Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Not stated | New York |
| Tad Freese Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Not stated | Bay Area |
| Brian Baloun | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Rheem Brooks | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Nancy Zhu | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Matthew Galligan | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Noah Hellum | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Irena Huang | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Cyrie Wilson | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Eric Winnestaffer | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Andrew Zandomenego | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Stephanie Lim | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Not stated | Not stated |
| Peter Sluka | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | capital markets | New York |
| Salvatore Vanchieri | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | capital markets | New York |
| Ian Lachow | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | capital markets | Not stated |
| Meredith Monroe | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | anti-corruption and anti-bribery | Chicago |
| Patricia Amselem Bensadon | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | anti-corruption and anti-bribery | Not stated |
| Mary-Grace Rees | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | anti-corruption and anti-bribery | Not stated |
| David Brenneman | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | antitrust | Washington, D.C. |
| Brian Goodell | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | antitrust | Not stated |
| Philipp Studt | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | ex-US antitrust | Brussels |
| Wesley Lepla | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Luca Feltrin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Telmo Iriondo | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Arthur Long | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | banking regulatory | New York |
| Pia Naib | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | banking regulatory | London |
| Max Raskin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | benefits | New York |
| Peter Dalmasy | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | benefits | Not stated |
| Amelia Best | Latham & Watkins LLP | Not stated | benefits | Not stated |
| Paul Rosen | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | sanctions | Washington, D.C. |
| Ruchi Gill | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | sanctions | Not stated |
| Stephen Keith | Latham & Watkins LLP | Not stated | sanctions | Not stated |
| Eric Znotins | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | emerging companies and growth | Not stated |
| Kristine LaVeau | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | emerging companies and growth | Not stated |
| Isaac Gonzalez | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | emerging companies and growth | Not stated |
| Robert Brown | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | data privacy and cybersecurity | Houston |
| Calum Docherty | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | data privacy and cybersecurity | London |
| Jia Hao Clarence Cheong | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy and cybersecurity | Not stated |
| Madhavi Nambiar | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy and cybersecurity | Not stated |
| Joshua Marnitz | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | environmental | Houston |
| Brian McCall | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | environmental | Not stated |
| Pierre-Louis Cléro | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | France corporate | Paris |
| Aymerick Fradin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | France corporate | Not stated |
| Elie Hamady | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | France corporate | Not stated |
| Matthias Rubner | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | France labor and employment | Paris |
| Romain Nairi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | France labor and employment | Not stated |
| Alice Brisset | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | France labor and employment | Not stated |
| Rainer Traugott | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Germany corporate | Munich |
| Sara Collorio | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Germany corporate | Not stated |
| Tobias Leder | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Germany labor and employment | Munich |
| Julian Traub | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Germany labor and employment | Not stated |
| Kyle Jefcoat | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | government contracts | Washington, D.C. |
| Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Hong Kong corporate | Hong Kong |
| Ka Yiu (Stephanie) Li | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Hong Kong corporate | Not stated |
| Pelin Serpin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | intellectual property | New York |
| Laura Geraci | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | intellectual property | Not stated |
| Stefano Sciolla | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Italy corporate | Milan |
| Andrea Stincardini | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Italy corporate | Milan |
| Filippo Bernasconi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Italy corporate | Not stated |
| Nicholas Luraghi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Italy corporate | Not stated |
| Nineveh Alkhas | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | labor and employment | Chicago |
| Jenny Bobbitt | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Alexis Pinzon | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Sarah Lightdale | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | litigation | New York |
| Sebastian Peskind | Latham & Watkins LLP | Not stated | litigation | Not stated |
| Liyun (Louise) Deng | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | People's Republic of China corporate | Beijing |
| Yunfeng (Vincent) Jiang | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | People's Republic of China corporate | Not stated |
| Margaret Linkous | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | real estate | Chicago |
| Rebekah Biddle | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | real estate | Not stated |
| Andrew Galdes | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | sanctions and export controls | Washington, D.C. |
| Matthew Crawford | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | sanctions and export controls | Not stated |
| Alexander Perkowski | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | sanctions and export controls | Not stated |
| Farhana Sharmeen | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Singapore corporate | Singapore |
| Kay Howe Lee | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Singapore corporate | Not stated |
| Luis Lozano | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | Spain corporate | Not stated |
| Lucía de Bustos | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Spain corporate | Not stated |
| Ana María Merino | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Spain corporate | Not stated |
| Naiara Rodríguez-Escudero | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | Spain labor and employment | Madrid |
| María Goñi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Spain labor and employment | Not stated |
| Veronika Miskovichova | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | Spain real estate | Madrid |
| Sofía Segarra | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | Spain real estate | Not stated |
| Katharine Moir | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | tax | Bay Area |
| Christian McDermott | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | UK commercial | London |
| Callum Lee | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | UK commercial | Not stated |
| Dal Lim | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | UK commercial | Not stated |
| Harriet Stephenson | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | UK corporate | London |
| Emma Leatherbarrow | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | UK corporate | Not stated |
| Kendall Burnett | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | UK employment and benefits | London |
| Ismay Keane | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | UK employment and benefits | Not stated |
| Joseph Goddard | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | UK employment and benefits | Not stated |
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Stated terms
- Stated value
- USD 6.30bn (US$6.3 billion)
- What the figure measures
- Total transaction value
- Client
- Long Lake ManagementBuy-side
- Counterparties
- Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (Sell-side)