News About Latham & Watkins
Saudi Arabia grants first foreign licences to trio of international firms
Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills and Latham & Watkins become first foreign law firms granted licences to practise in the Kingdom under new rules
Addleshaw Goddard signals Middle East ambitions as it adds partners from Bracewell and Latham & Watkins for Riyadh debut
UK firm’s fourth office in the region to launch with five partners and eight-strong team of lawyers and paralegals
Latham & Watkins makes up 23 counsel to partner in latest round
US-heavy cohort follows 44 associates making partner in January in record-tying round
Latham and Skadden called in for Hesai’s Nasdaq debut
Largest IPO for Chinese company since 2021 heralds expected comeback for Chinese US listings in 2023
McDermott taps Noerr and Latham to expand German private equity team
Holger Ebersberger and Hanno Witt join as partners in Munich, having previously worked together at Linklaters
Linklaters, Latham, Orrick and Hengeler advise on €16bn Vodafone, GIP and KKR telecoms joint venture
Vodafone is expected to raise at least €3.2bn after selling part of its stake in German telecoms business Vantage Towers
Sidley, Latham and Cleary Gottlieb advise on $9bn US healthcare merger
Walgreens-backed VillageMD acquires Warburg Pincus-backed Summit Health-CityMD
Latham & Watkins promotes 44 to partnership in record-equalling round
New York and London offices see most promotions with 11 and 10 respectively
Firms including DLA Piper, Linklaters back study into lack of black partners in the UK
'The 1% Study’ outlines steps law firms should take to boost number of senior black lawyers
Sullivan & Cromwell and Goodwin Procter top global M&A deal rankings as market continues to slow
Sullivan leads on value, Goodwin on volume as global activity sees largest year-on-year percentage decline since 2009
Latham and Linklaters advise on £1.3bn US takeover of UK waste business Biffa
Transatlantic take private sees Los Angeles giant's client snap up FTSE 250 business
Latham and Sayenko Kharenko take lead roles on Ukraine's $20bn debt restructuring
Pair advised JPMorgan on international agreement to save $6bn over two years
Freshfields, Slaughters advise on ABG’s recommended takeover offer for Ted Baker
Proposed deal from US Reebok owner values UK fashion retailer at £211m
Latham targets real estate German PE deals with Linklaters partner hire
Carsten Loll moves across after five years at Linklaters as LA firm earmarks 'key market for global investors'
Four-partner Latham finance team lands at Paul Hastings in London
West Coast firm's run of UK hires continues as it builds on record 2021 with raid on Los Angeles rival
Latham & Watkins hires WilmerHale’s former international arbitration head in New York
John Pierce will co-chair Latham’s international arbitration practice alongside Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
Latham & Watkins taps White & Case for US energy and infrastructure partner duo
Christopher Peponis joins the firm in Houston, while Hamad Al-Hoshan will be based in New York
Akin Gump secures highly rated Hong Kong Latham & Watkins arbitration partner
Ing Loong Yang is firm’s second senior disputes hire in recent weeks following Graham Lovett’s arrival in Dubai
Latham & Watkins sees revenue soar 27% to smash $5bn barrier
Los Angeles giant’s income hits $5.49bn against a 26% rise in PEP to $5.71m
Dechert and Latham advise on Vestiaire Collective’s acquisition of Tradesy
Transatlantic M&A deal follows on from run of work on string of financings by Dechert for Paris-based sustainable fashion leader