Securities: Litigation
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 1
Contact number
213 485 1234Chambers Review
Latham & Watkins LLP boasts an excellent team with growing strength in the securities litigation space. It is particularly noted for its representation of accounting firms. The firm is impressively active on the issuer side, handling numerous securities fraud class actions and major Section 11 IPO cases. It acts for leading corporate issuers in the technology and life sciences spaces and also acts for globally recognizable financial institutions in connection with their role as the underwriters of securities.
Andrew Clubok, Blair Connelly and Colleen Smith are key contacts at the firm. They are based in the DC, New York and San Diego offices, respectively.
Work Highlights
- Latham & Watkins LLP successfully represented Oracle chairman, CTO and co-founder Larry Ellison and CEO Safra Catz in Delaware stockholder litigation challenging Oracle's $9.4 billion acquisition of NetSuite.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm has the expertise, experience and highly successful track record. Its major strengths are strategic thinking, counseling and advocacy."
"Latham has an excellent breadth of skills and experience that allows them to provide advice on a wide range of matters."
"The teams I have worked with are thoughtful in their strategies and are not afraid of creative thinking."
"The firm has the expertise, experience and highly successful track record. Its major strengths are strategic thinking, counseling and advocacy."
"Latham has an excellent breadth of skills and experience that allows them to provide advice on a wide range of matters."
"The teams I have worked with are thoughtful in their strategies and are not afraid of creative thinking."