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Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite - New York

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins consistently demonstrates strength in high-stakes civil litigation, including disputes arising out of M&A, major bankruptcy disputes and class actions. The firm attracts a strong roster of multinational corporates across a range of industries, as well as leading financial institutions. Its expert securities practice draws on extensive trial experience and regulatory capabilities, fielding particular strength in the representation of accounting and audit firms. Its lawyers also achieve excellent results on behalf of corporate issuers and financial institutions in a range of securities class actions and derivative claims. The New York practice group draws on an extensive nationwide footprint and broad subject matter expertise to offer adept handling of a range of disputes.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins successfully represented Wrapbook in litigation alleging breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of actual or implied contract and other business torts.

Strengths

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Latham has strong mastery of nuanced subjects and a rare expertise. Latham litigators aren’t just litigators. They have a unique expertise in more specific areas.

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondent
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Our Latham team is always ahead of the news about my company and the law related to any case they are working on for us, seeking to deeply understand my business to offer well-tailored strategies.

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondent
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The Latham attorneys I've worked with have been uniformly excellent, attentive to clients and experienced. As a result, Latham is a great choice for complex and large matters.

Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite respondent
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The team I work with absolutely feels like part of our actual team. They care and listen. We have developed a great relationship and I feel like they have our best interests always at the forefront.

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Latham have a diverse team on all metrics, including diversity of thought and background. Those experiences allow them to give the practical and nuanced guidance that leads to a winning strategy.

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew B Clubok
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Andrew B Clubok
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Andrew Clubok frequently tackles complex securities litigation and acts for leading issuers, underwriting groups and individuals in large class actions, derivative suits and IPO-related litigation.

Andy is a really smart guy. He is an aggressive, top-notch litigator.

Andy is excellent, he is one of the very best and capable of putting together a team that you can be sure will be able to go toe-to-toe with anyone.

Andy is an amazing litigator with great legal acumen and creativity.

He is incredibly smart, has excellent instincts, great tactical judgment and is also outstanding on his feet in court.

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James E Brandt
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James E Brandt
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James Brandt handles matters ranging from significant shareholder disputes to consumer class actions, and offers additional experience in securities cases.

James is an excellent attorney and advisor.

James is a very good lawyer.

James Brandt is wonderful.

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Jamie Wine
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Jamie Wine
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Band 2
Jamie Wine is very highly regarded for her practice in securities litigation, with notable strength representing issuers and major accounting firms. She also offers broader capabilities within commercial litigation and arbitration.

Jamie is a talented litigator.

I really like working with Jamie. I find her to be smart, effective, aggressive and knowledgeable.

Jamie's calm and reasoned demeanor helps to depersonalize conflict and focus the parties on solutions.

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Eric Leon
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Eric Leon
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Eric Leon has a strong track record in commercial and M&A litigation and is frequently called upon to handle trials and arbitrations involving contracts, trademarks and bankruptcies, among other issues.

Eric is a great communicator, strategic thinker and a really good litigator overall.

Eric is an excellent litigator. He is able to package complicated legal arguments in a succinct and effective way. He is also a strong trial lawyer and an effective cross-examiner.

Eric is at the forefront of the more commercial approach in the business. He pushes forwards quickly on the business elements, but still retains the legal acumen that is needed.

Eric is sharp and strategic.

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Blair Connelly
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Blair Connelly
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Band 4

Blair Connelly has considerable experience handling shareholder suits arising from M&A and governance issues, with notable strength in Delaware litigation. He is global vice chair of Latham & Watkins's securities litigation and professional liability practice.

Blair is an incredibly experienced Court of Chancery litigator who has tremendous knowledge of the law.

Blair is just an amazing thinker, with incredible wit.

Blair is an extremely good editor and writer, and a great all round advocate.

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Joseph Serino, Jr
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Joseph Serino, Jr
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Joseph Serino is recognized for his representation of major financial institutions in commercial matters, particularly in market manipulation cases.

Joe finds the critical weak spots and arguments that give you leverage for success in court or settlement. He is phenomenal in court, he's compelling and quick on his feet.

Joe is a bright and effective trial attorney, he's very persuasive. He also provides a great service overall.

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Steven N Feldman
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Steven N Feldman
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Band 6

Steven Feldman is the global chair of Latham & Watkins' complex commercial litigation practice and represents clients in complex contractual disputes and class actions.

Steve is a pleasure to work with and a measured and prudent advisor who understands risk reward well.

Steve specializes in litigation, but is knowledgeable across all areas of the market.

Steve is high energy, positive and thoughtful. That positivity and energy is very good at keeping things moving and making sure we're not too defensive or ambitious.

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Marissa Alter-Nelson
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Marissa Alter-Nelson
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Up and Coming

Marissa Alter-Nelson is noted for her handling of a wide range of commercial disputes on behalf of clients hailing from the financial services and tech sectors, among others.

Marissa moves quickly, gives pragmatic advice and is savvy about taking reasonable risks. Her calm demeanor and optimistic spirit are unique attributes for litigators and makes her more effective.

Marissa is the type of lawyer that where anything you throw at her she will figure it out.

Marissa is a good strategic thinker.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Litigation: General Commercial
James E Brandt
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James E Brandt
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Eric Leon
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Eric Leon
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Jamie Wine
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Jamie Wine
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Band 4
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Joseph Serino, Jr
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Joseph Serino, Jr
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Steven N Feldman
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Steven N Feldman
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Marissa Alter-Nelson
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Marissa Alter-Nelson
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Up and Coming
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Litigation: Securities
Andrew B Clubok
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Andrew B Clubok
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Jamie Wine
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Jamie Wine
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Blair Connelly
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Blair Connelly
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James E Brandt
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James E Brandt
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Joseph Serino, Jr
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Joseph Serino, Jr
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Band 5
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