Roderick O. Branch

Roderick O. Branch is a partner at Latham & Watkins with offices in Chicago and New York who focuses on capital markets transactions and securities regulation. His practice has a particular emphasis on securities offerings by non-US issuers. He represents public- and private-sector companies, investment banks, and sovereign governments in public and private financings, helping clients structure and execute complex cross-border debt and equity transactions.

Roderick earned a JD from Harvard Law School and a BA from Texas Christian University. His academic background supports a practice involving securities regulation, disclosure, offering structures, public company representation, and multinational financing issues. Since beginning practice in 2001, he has worked in New York, Paris, and Chicago, developing experience across major financial markets and handling transactions involving issuers, underwriters, governments, and infrastructure companies.

Roderick has advised on major Latin American and global capital markets transactions. Representative matters include convertible note offerings, sovereign social bonds, green financings, high-yield debt, initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, and private placements. He has represented leading financial institutions and companies in transactions involving aviation, energy, telecommunications, infrastructure, and other industries, including offerings measured in hundreds of millions or billions of US dollars.

Roderick O. Branch has received significant recognition for capital markets work, including Band 1 recognition from Chambers USA for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, Legal 500 Latin America Leading Partner recognition, Latinvex Top 100 Lawyers recognition, and Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Leaders in Law recognition. He is admitted in Illinois and New York. His practice combines securities law knowledge, cross-border execution, and experience guiding clients through complex financing and disclosure requirements.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
• Member, Illinois State Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Illinois
• New York

Education

• Harvard Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Texas Christian University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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