Arch Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ARCH) and CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CEIX) have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals to create Core Natural Resources, a premier North American natural resource company focused on global markets.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Arch Resources in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by New York/Orange County partner Charles Ruck, New York/Houston partner Charles Carpenter, New York partner Ian Nussbaum, and Houston counsel Thomas Verity, with associates Maddy Berg,* Justin Reinking, Brian Herskowitz, and Armaan Bhimani. Advice was also provided on bankruptcy matters by New York counsel Hugh Murtagh; on public company representation matters by Washington, D.C. partner Julia Thompson, Washington, D.C./Austin partner Sarah Fortt, and Washington, D.C. counsel Jonathan Drory, with associate Kate Wang; on litigation matters by Chicago partner Robin Hulshizer and Bay Area partner Nicole Valco, with associate James Friedland; on tax matters by Houston partners Jim Cole and Jared Grimley, with associate Dominick Constantino; on finance matters by Chicago partner Cindy Caillavet Sinclair and Chicago counsel Andrea Keller, with associate Michael Harris; on executive compensation, employment, and benefits matters by Washington, D.C. partner David Della Rocca and Houston counsel Krisa Benskin, with associate Christina Schrantz; on environmental matters by Washington, D.C. partner James Barrett; on real estate matters by New York counsel Shira Bressler; and on intellectual property matters by New York partners Steven Betensky and Jessica Cohen.