21 September 2026
Latham & Watkins Represents 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. in Agreement to Acquire Certain Assets of Searles Valley Minerals
Advising firms
Deal team
37 lawyers named| Lawyer | Firm | Seniority | Practice | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Kaplan Lead | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| George Klidonas | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Daniel Mun | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Marcus Lee | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Drew Capurro | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Angeline Hwang | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Yihsin Wang | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Alexander Overton | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Esteban Woo Kee | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | corporate and restructuring | Not stated |
| Nicole Fanjul | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | finance | Not stated |
| Daniel Ovadia | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | finance | Not stated |
| Youn Song | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | finance | Not stated |
| Owain Davies | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | project development and finance | Not stated |
| Nineveh Alkhas | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Jenny Bobbitt | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Alexis Pinzon | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | labor and employment | Not stated |
| Sara Schlau | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | compensation and benefits | Not stated |
| Genie Yae | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | compensation and benefits | Not stated |
| Jessica Cohen | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | intellectual property | Not stated |
| Susana Santos | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | intellectual property | Not stated |
| Jennifer Howes | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | data privacy and cybersecurity | Not stated |
| Sarah Zahedi | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | data privacy and cybersecurity | Not stated |
| Ellen Smiley | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | public company and securities | Not stated |
| Gregory Van Buiten | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | public company and securities | Not stated |
| Caitlin Nguyen | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | public company and securities | Not stated |
| Sarah Greene | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | public company and securities | Not stated |
| Olivia Wagner | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | public company and securities | Not stated |
| Bryant Lee | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | tax | Not stated |
| Lucas Migliano | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | tax | Not stated |
| Justin Elliott | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | real estate | Not stated |
| Karen Ritter | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | real estate | Not stated |
| JP Brisson | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | environment, land and resources | Not stated |
| Matthew Green | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | environment, land and resources | Not stated |
| Katherine Rocco | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | antitrust | Not stated |
| Philipp Studt | Latham & Watkins LLP | Partner | antitrust | Not stated |
| Jamie Sadler | Latham & Watkins LLP | Counsel | antitrust | Not stated |
| Carla Palma | Latham & Watkins LLP | Associate | antitrust | Not stated |
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Stated terms
- Stated value
- USD 3.40m (approximately US$3.4 million in cash, 8,300,000 shares of the Company's common stock, and an approximately US$6.2 million senior unsecured promissory note)
- What the figure measures
- Total transaction value
- Client
- 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.Buy-side
- Counterparties
- Searles Valley Minerals, Inc. (Sell-side)