23 December 2025
Latham & Watkins Advises Mexican Airline Volaris on Merger of Equals With Viva
Advising firms
Deal team
45 lawyers named| Lawyer | Firm | Seniority | Practice | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Bekheit Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate | Not stated |
| Tessa Bernhardt Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate | Not stated |
| Valentina Oliver | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate | Not stated |
| Anuj Ezekiel | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate | Not stated |
| Diego Guimaraes-Blandon | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate | Not stated |
| Sabine Dahi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate | Not stated |
| Roderick Branch | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | capital markets and securities regulatory | Not stated |
| Paul Dudek | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | capital markets and securities regulatory | Not stated |
| Michele Anderson | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | capital markets and securities regulatory | Not stated |
| Manasi Bhattacharyya | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | capital markets and securities regulatory | Not stated |
| Joann Murphy | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | capital markets and securities regulatory | Not stated |
| Maria Concepcion Olivera | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | capital markets and securities regulatory | Not stated |
| Alan Devlin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | US antitrust | Not stated |
| Patrick English | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | US antitrust | Not stated |
| Andrew Paik | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | US antitrust | Not stated |
| Charlotte Yeung | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | US antitrust | Not stated |
| Max Hauser | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Nils Bremer | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Enno Mensching | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Helena Hofmann | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | ex-US antitrust | Not stated |
| Maj Vaseghi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | compensation and benefits | Not stated |
| Jennifer Lin | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | compensation and benefits | Not stated |
| Laura Waller | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Eric Kamerman | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | tax | Not stated |
| Andrew Galdes | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | sanctions and export controls | Not stated |
| Catherine Hein | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | sanctions and export controls | Not stated |
| Adam Schupack | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | sanctions and export controls | Not stated |
| Maria Stosz | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | sanctions and export controls | Not stated |
| Daniel Dominguez | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | anti-corruption and anti-bribery | Not stated |
| Fernando Mercado Violand | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | anti-corruption and anti-bribery | Not stated |
| Arielle Singh | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | intellectual property | Not stated |
| Claire Jensen | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | intellectual property | Not stated |
| Graeme Smyth | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | debt finance | Not stated |
| Benjamin Berman | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | debt finance | Not stated |
| Jennifer Kent | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | debt finance | Not stated |
| Jake Besanceney | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | debt finance | Not stated |
| Emiliano Flores | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | debt finance | Not stated |
| Nino Galdava | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | debt finance | Not stated |
| Mahika Narula | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | debt finance | Not stated |
| Michael Mey | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | debt finance | Not stated |
| Jacqueline Rugart | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | debt finance | Not stated |
| Reza Mojtabaee-Zamani | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | derivatives | Not stated |
| Sloan Ungerman | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | derivatives | Not stated |
| Daniel Weiss | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | derivatives | Not stated |
| Nathan Ye | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | derivatives | Not stated |
Stated terms
- Stated value
- Not stated
- What the figure measures
- Not stated
- Client
- Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (Volaris)Buy-side
- Counterparties
- Grupo Viva Aerobus, S.A. de C.V. (Viva) (Sell-side)