Nick Dhesi is a partner in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins. He advises clients on strategic transactions involving the energy, infrastructure, and technology sectors, including public and private M&A matters, capital markets transactions, and private equity investments. He has particular experience advising Boards of Directors and companies in connection with IPOs and complex M&A and related financing transactions.
His experience includes:
- Mergers and acquisitions involving public and private targets
- Representing issuers and underwriters in IPOs, high-yield debt offerings, and other registered and unregistered offerings
- Representing public companies in connection with corporate governance, shareholder activism, and crisis management
- Representing companies in connection with SPAC, Up-C, spin-off, take-private, and carve-out transactions
Mr. Dhesi was named one of The M&A Advisor’s Emerging Leaders in 2020, recognized by Texas Lawyer as On the Rise in 2020 and named one of The Deal’s Top 21 New M&A Law Partners of 2019. Mr. Dhesi serves as a member of Latham’s Associates Committee and as a Board Member of the Texas General Counsel Forum (Houston).
Presentations
Mr. Dhesi’s recent speaking engagements include:
- Co-presenter, “MD&A, Gearing Up for Year-End Reporting,” 36th Annual SEC Reporting & FASB Virtual Forum (December 3-4, 2020)
- Panelist, “Private Equity and Private Credit in the Energy Sector,” CAIA Houston & CFA Society of Houston’s Virtual Event (November 10, 2020)
- Co-presenter, “Bull or Bear – State of the Upstream Capital Markets,” IEL 71st Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference, Houston, Texas (February 20, 2020)
- Co-presenter, “MD&A, Gearing Up for Year-End Reporting,” 35th Annual SEC Reporting & FASB Forum, Dallas, Texas (November 11, 2019)
- Moderator, “You Are a Public Company: What Should You Focus On,” 2019 ACC Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona (October 29, 2019)
- Panelist, “Private Equity and Private Credit in the Energy Sector,” CAIA Houston & CFA Society of Houston’s 3rd Annual Current Status & 2020 Outlook, Houston, Texas (October 17, 2019)
- Panelist, “Are Oil Earnings Reflecting the Arrival of ‘Shalemageddon’?,” Bloomberg Commodities Edge, Houston, Texas (August 1, 2019)
- Moderator, “Shareholder Engagement and Public Messaging,” Latham & Watkins’ Colorado Executive Energy Summit, Denver, Colorado (June 13, 2019)
- Moderator, “An In-House Counsel Perspective: Challenges, Improvement and Success,” Institute for Energy Law Young Professionals Energy Conference, Houston, Texas (April 11, 2019)