INDIVIDUAL PROFILE

Byron Rooney

FinTech 2026

Latham & Watkins LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing

USA - Nationwide

3 years ranked

About

Provided by Latham & Watkins LLP

FinTech

Practice Areas

Byron Rooney, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Capital Markets Practice, advises private and public company clients, as well as investment banks, on a broad range of general corporate and securities matters, with a particular focus on capital-raising transactions, public company disclosure, and corporate governance.

Byron draws on extensive experience to represent clients in:

- Initial public offerings (IPOs) and direct listings

- Mid- and late-stage pre-IPO private placements

- Other equity offerings, including de-SPAC transactions as well as secondary and follow-on offerings

- Investment-grade, high-yield, and convertible debt offerings

Byron advises clients across a variety of industries, including fintech, technology, aerospace and defense, e-commerce, consumer retail, financial services, and energy.

Before joining Latham, Byron was a partner at another global law firm.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Professional Advisers: FinTech

FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Byron Rooney is a distinguished expert in capital markets transactions and provides corporate, securities law and governance advice to clients. He also advises on significant partnerships between banks and crypto exchanges.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Byron is the best of the best. He not only knows the rules, he also knows the precedents, the risks and how to solve challenging problems.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
Byron could be the best capital markets partner I've ever worked with. He knows everything and deeply understands the industry, the market and our particular product.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
Byron Rooney is one of the only attorneys I've worked with who truly has that sense of commercial dynamics and really understands it.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
Byron is an exceptional, smart, well-rounded lawyer and legal adviser, with a very high level of knowledge in US securities, corporate matters and FinTech.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech