Capital Markets lawyers

Wim Dedecker

Partner

Liedekerke

Winona Maraiah Fajardo

Senior Associate

Villaraza & Angangco (V&A Law)

Witold Balaban

Witold Balaban is recognized by leading global financial institution clients for his knowledge of the equity markets and the various financial products developed over the last couple of decades to enable corporate clients to restructure their balance sheets and to finance, monetize, and/or hedge large concentrated equity positions. Witold's market knowledge and his technical product experience makes him the go-to person for structuring complex and first-of-its-kind equity-linked transactions spanning a number of jurisdictions. Witold advises clients on financing strategies relating to concentrated equity positions and on balance sheet restructuring transactions, including: Convertible and exchangeable bond offerings (both optional and mandatory, including trust-issued mandatory exchangeables) and related call spread overlays Convertible bond exchanges and related call spread unwinds Structured margin loans Various other equity-based financing, hedging, and monetization transactions, such as funded collars, variable prepaid forwards, covered calls, and combinations of the foregoing Fixed and variable share forward sales and related equity offerings, including registered and Rule 144 exempt block sales and at-the-market (ATM) offerings Structured issuer share repurchase transactions Witold has held a number of leadership roles at the firm, including as former Global Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Financial Institutions Industry Group. He is also the former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice. In this role, Witold focused on building and marketing Latham’s unique global capital markets offering that provides the firm’s global financial institution clients with integrated, top-tier financial regulatory coverage spanning the US, the UK, the EU, and Asia.

Latham & Watkins

Witold Oszczanowski

Associate

Schoenherr Halwa Okon Chyb sp.k

Wittaya Kaewkungsadan

Partner

Weerawong, Chinnavat & Partners

Wolfgang Ettengruber

Linklaters

Wolfgang Lauss

Partner

SAXINGER Rechtsanwalts GmbH

Wolfgang Müller

Wolfgang Müller focuses on real estate as well as on capital markets and M&A transactions. He heads the firm’s real estate team. Wolfgang Müller joined MLL in 1997 after having successfully completed his MBA at the Australian School of business in Sydney, Australia and the University of Michigan Business School in Ann Arbor, USA. Wolfgang Müller is, among others, recommended by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 and he is listed by The Legal 500 as a “leading individual” for real estate and construction in Switzerland.

MLL Legal

Wolfgang Sindelar

Senior Counsel, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Real Estate & Construction, Capital Markets, Employment Law, Private Clients & Trusts. Wolfgang is a senior corporate / M&A lawyer with more than 10 years of professional experience in particular in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets law, corporate law, real estate and property law, insolvency law and foundation law. He has many years experience advising national and international clients and is the author of numerous publications.

Cerha Hempel

Wonkyu Han

Partner

Lee & Ko

Wonsuk (Steve) Kang

Wonsuk Kang, Chair of Latham’s Korea Practice, helps Korean clients successfully navigate complex cross-border transactions. Wonsuk advises globally market-leading Korean companies on strategic corporate transactions and high-stakes disputes. A native Korean speaker, he draws on experience with capital markets and landmark multibillion dollar mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures in South Korea. Educated in Korea, the US, and the UK, and qualified in the UK and Hong Kong, Wonsuk brings a global perspective to his work. He pairs a highly analytical, efficient mindset with a complementary passion for assembling global teams of Latham colleagues to best serve Korean clients. Prior to his legal career, Wonsuk was an award-winning communications and journalism professor at the distinguished Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Woo Jae Kim

Kim & Chang

Wulf Kring

Wulf Kring is counsel in the Tax Department. He focuses on advising private equity firms, VC funds and corporate clients on M&A transactions and tax-oriented restructurings as well as fund-related tax aspects (including the structuring of investment funds and carried-interest structures). Wulf also has significant experience in capital markets transactions, as well as in advising multinational corporations in connection with (cross-border) tax audits and the conclusion of bi- and multilateral advance pricing agreements (APA).

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Wulf Kring

Wulf Kring is counsel in the Tax Department. He focuses on advising private equity firms, VC funds and corporate clients on M&A transactions and tax-oriented restructurings as well as fund-related tax aspects (including the structuring of investment funds and carried-interest structures). Wulf also has significant experience in capital markets transactions, as well as in advising multinational corporations in connection with (cross-border) tax audits and the conclusion of bi- and multilateral advance pricing agreements (APA).

Studio Legale Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Xavier Guzman

DLA Piper Luxembourg

Xi (Edward) GUO

Partner

JunHe

Xiajun Fang

Partner

Haiwen & Partners

Xian Ai Chan

Partner

Zaid Ibrahim & Co

Xiang Gao

Partner

Jingtian & Gongcheng

Xiang ZHANG

Partner

Hylands Law Firm

Xianhao Guo

Managing Partner

Dehehantong Law Offices

Xiao SUN

Partner

JunHe

Xiaobing Xia

Partner

Tian Yuan Law Firm

Xiaodong ZHENG

Managing Partner

Jincheng Tongda & Neal