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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Tax - Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins has a US team with an excellent global footprint in the tax arena, known for its stellar work on both transactional and contentious matters. Latham represents multinational clients in a multitude of high-value and high-profile deals. The law firm offers:

• Extensive expertise in M&A and tax litigation.

• In-depth advice on tax-heavy transactions, such as asset sales in the real estate sector.

• Representation of clients from a wealth of industries, including large multinational technology companies and financial institutions.

Notable practitioners

Key contacts include Katharine P. Moir and James A. Metz, both based in Silicon Valley.

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Strengths

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  • Latham has a global reach that comes in handy for large-scale transactions and provides a deep bench with access to all specialty areas within tax.

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  • Latham & Watkins is very strong analytically, able to synthesise complex information into user-friendly formats. The team is comprised of many brilliant lawyers in varied disciplines.

    Tax respondentGlobal

  • They are all just technically excellent lawyers, fantastic professionals and very commercial practical problem-solvers who understand how to get transactions done.

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