Conor F. Larkin advises clients on a broad spectrum of corporate matters, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financing, and commercial transactions. He represents public and private companies and private equity firms across all industries, with an emphasis on energy and life sciences. Conor also draws on his background as an investor relations consultant to counsel public company clients on securities and corporate governance matters, including strategy and communications around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability.
His midstream and downstream oil and gas work includes representation of master limited partnerships and negotiating major infrastructure projects and joint ventures, as well as long-term storage, terminalling, and throughput agreements. His life sciences work includes structuring and negotiating royalty monetization transactions on behalf of investors and royalty holders.
Before attending law school, Conor worked in the corporate advisory division of Thomson Reuters in New York, where he counseled Fortune 500 companies on their investor relations efforts and best practices for investor relations and financial communications.
Significant transactional representations (in addition to general day-to-day corporate and securities compliance representations) include:
Life Sciences and Royalty Monetization Transactions
Energy Transactions
Rising Star Partner, IFLR1000 Financial & Corporate Guide (2023)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, Philadelphia (2022–2025)
Recommended, M&A/corporate and commercial: M&A: large deals ($1bn+), The Legal 500 US (2023, 2024)