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Latham & Watkins LLP

Securities: Litigation

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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Securities: Litigation - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins 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.

Notable practitioners

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.

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Work Highlights

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  • Latham & Watkins secured a summary judgment victory for Amgen in a securities class action seeking more than a billion dollars in damages in the Northern District of California.

Strengths

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  • The firm's partners are great generals who can lay out strong strategic plans, while its associates are first-rate, extremely intelligent and hard-working.

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  • They are zealous advocates who take winning very seriously.

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  • Latham & Watkins is not only fluent in the law, but is able to provide pragmatic, solution-oriented advice to suit clients' fact patterns. The firm has a very impressive and experienced litigation track record. Responses are immediate and substantive, and its attorneys seek to gain an in-depth understanding of a client's business.

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  • Latham & Watkins has great judgment and the ability to quickly identify the relevant issues. Its lawyers have the ability to focus on the best argument and are very effective in both writing and oral advocacy. The firm is exceptional across the board; it is the best.

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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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