
With an ever-growing client base of national conglomerates, the team at Latham & Watkins LLP routinely handles major transactions in the corporate, energy, and capital market spaces. Other key parts of the team’s workload consists of M&A, project finance, and arbitration work. Spearheading the practice, Benjamin Carale lends his extensive market experience in leading the firm’s capital markets practice. Meanwhile, Don Stokes advises on renewable and conventional power, digital infrastructure, and telecommunications projects across the wider Asia-Pacific region, with a particularly active portfolio in the Philippines. Diana Dizon is a core team member, advising Philippine clients on debt and equity capital markets transactions.
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Clients clés
- San Miguel Corporation
- Ayala Corporation
- Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation
- Vista Land & Lifescapes
- PhilTower
- Pentagreen Capital Assets
- ACEN Corporation
- SM Investments Corporation and SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
- UBS AG
- BPI Capital Corporation
Points forts
- Advising Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation, on its initial public offering on the Philippine Stock Exchange with a Regulation S/144A international offering tranche.
- Advised Global Network, Inc. on its intention to form and invest in a Joint Venture Company with Miescor Infrastructure Development Corporation, that will wholly own PhilTower and MIDC to meet the growing demand for 4G and 5G mobile network infrastructure across the Philippines.
- Advised SM Investments Corporation, on the establishment of their debut medium term note program.
Avocats
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Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.

Responsable de la pratique
Benjamin Carale
Autres avocats clés
Don Stokes; Diana Dizon