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Latham & Watkins LLP

Litigation: Securities

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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Litigation: Securities - District of Columbia

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins has an impressive team that features a number of prominent practitioners with considerable government experience and trial expertise. The firm offers real strength in a number of areas, including in environmental and toxic tort litigation, FCA violations and insurance coverage disputes. It also boasts a stellar securities practice with significant experience in high profile shareholder class actions. The team frequently represents clients across a diverse range of sectors, including highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare and energy. It fields substantial expertise in matters with cross-border elements, with support from the firm's international offices.

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Work Highlights

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  • Latham & Watkins successfully represented Amgen in a securities class action, seeking more than a billion dollars in damages.

Strengths

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  • They are zealous advocates. The team takes winning very seriously.

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  • Latham & Watkins is the best law firm. They are truly platinum grade. They are unbelievably thorough, strategic and intelligent.

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  • The team is available and responsive 24/7.

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  • Our case was extremely complex and Latham & Watkins worked through it exceptionally well.

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  • Latham is one of the only firms that can provide both the breadth and depth of legal expertise we need to handle big-dollar, complex civil litigation matters with multijurisdictional components.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Susan E Engel
    Susan E Engel

    Susan E Engel

    Susan Engel is an experienced securities litigator noted for her strength representing issuers and their officers and directors before state and federal courts.

    • Susan is probably one of the most creative thinkers among the appellate specialists.

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    • Susan has a sharp, analytical mind and ability to craft innovative arguments. She has a strong command of language and advocates persuasively in litigious settings. She has gravitas in negotiations and in a courtroom.

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    • Susan is brilliant and a very good oral advocate.

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  • Abid R Qureshi
    Abid R Qureshi

    Abid R Qureshi

    Abid Qureshi is well regarded in the market for his extensive skills in civil litigation. His expertise spans across healthcare fraud, international arbitration, securities class actions and FCA cases.

    • Abid is intelligent, focused and super knowledgeable.

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  • Stephen Barry
    Stephen Barry

    Stephen Barry

    Stephen Barry is building a robust and versatile securities practice. He has expertise in complex securities class actions and also has experience in representing individuals in securities litigation.

    • I think very highly of him in strategic thinking and litigation strategy.

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    • He is very responsive and knowledgeable. I could call him whenever and he really knows the answer.

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    • Stephen is able to find creative solutions to our problems and he is an excellent presenter in court.

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  • Nicholas J Boyle
    Nicholas J Boyle

    Nicholas J Boyle

    Nicholas Boyle, vice chair of Latham & Watkins' complex commercial litigation practice, is noted for his skills in handling complex commercial litigation, with experience in intellectual property and securities cases.

    • He is the architect and the brains behind our engagement.

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    • Nick is very responsive. He is an excellent trial litigator and pays stellar attention to us as a client.

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    • Nick does a great job thinking about matters from the business perspective and getting great results.

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