Legal Week - Latham & Watkins

White & Case set for key role as $2.5trn Saudi Aramco prepares to float

Anna Ward, contributor — Wed, 8 Jun 2016 00:37:00 -0400

US firm understood to be advising on informal plans ahead of what could be the biggest IPO in history as Saudi Arabia shakes up its energy strategy

Latham & Watkins hires Dechert City finance partner

Anna Ward, contributor — Mon, 6 Jun 2016 00:03:00 -0400

Firm adds finance partner after raft of hires across the globe this year

Latham hires Freshfields competition partner in Germany

Anna Ward, contributor — Tue, 3 May 2016 10:05:00 -0400

US firm takes on magic circle partner to bolster its competition practice after recruiting the UK Competition and Markets Authority's director of mergers earlier this year

Latham and Davis Polk drive through BMW's $4bn debt issue

Anna Ward, contributor — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:32:00 -0400

US firms win mandates to advise on German carmaker's offering of loan notes to the market

Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst drop off Aviva roster as panel confirmed

James Booth, staff — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 20:03:00 -0400

Ashurst and Addleshaw Goddard have both moved off Aviva’s roster of advisers

'The lanes we want to run in': the strategy behind Latham's recent Asia hiring spree

Frances Ivens, contributor — Sun, 6 Mar 2016 19:13:00 -0500

Following a spate of hires in Asia is Latham leading the way for US firms in the region?

Latham hires from Clifford Chance and Freshfields in Hong Kong expansion drive

Frances Ivens, contributor — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 05:38:00 -0500

Latham & Watkins is seeking to build up its Asia private equity and corporate offering by adding six partners

Latham & Watkins to launch in Seoul

Anna Ward, contributor — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 08:14:00 -0500

US firm becomes latest to enter South Korea after wave of openings by international law firms

Bristol tops list of most popular cities for legal services centres as firms reap cost cuts of over 20%

Rose Walker, staff — Mon, 8 Feb 2016 08:35:00 -0500

Report reveals that firms pay up to 22% less per square foot for space in regional cities than they do in London

Barclays kicks off global panel review with firms asked to focus on 'key priorities'

Rose Walker, staff — Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:46:00 -0500

The bank has informed firms it intends to open its tender process at the end of Q1

Latham continues German buyout push with hire of Linklaters' local head

Anna Ward, contributor — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:33:00 -0500

US firm picks up Rainer Traugott in Munich as it continues to bolster its German private equity practice

Clifford Chance, Slaughters and Martin Lipton - our most read interviews and dealmakers of 2015

Georgina Stanley, staff — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:13:00 -0500

Freshfields, Dentons, White & Case, HSF and Richard Susskind - here are some of our most read interviews over the last 12 months

Irish and US firms line up for $160bn Pfizer/Allergan merger

Rose Walker, staff — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:58:00 -0500

Cleary, Wachtell and Arthur Cox are among the firms helping to create the world's biggest pharmaceutical company

Latham & Watkins hires Hogan Lovells City banking partner

Rose Walker, staff — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 06:45:00 -0500

Gary Hamp joins the firm’s finance practice after previously leading Hogan Lovells’ Hong Kong office

Hogan Lovells snaps up trio of Latham & Watkins partners in Dubai

Rose Walker, staff — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:20:00 -0500

The transatlantic firm is expanding its Dubai offering with the hire of three partners from US giant

Asia Transfer Window: recent moves including Latham, Kirkland and Ashurst

Frances Ivens, contributor — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:03:00 -0500

Sidley Austin, Withers and Ropes & Gray have all also made hires in the region in recent weeks

MoFo boosts City corporate offering with Latham partner hire

Anna Ward, contributor — Wed, 4 Nov 2015 07:33:00 -0500

US firm hires Vladimir Maly after the appointment of ex-Latham partner Graeme Sloan to head its City corporate practice

Exits continue from Latham in Europe as two Germany partners depart

Anna Ward, contributor — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 06:14:00 -0400

Latest moves take the firm's total Germany exits this year to four alongside departures in Italy and London

Latham and Simpson Thacher advise on $8bn science real estate buyout

Rose Walker, staff — Fri, 9 Oct 2015 08:10:00 -0400

US duo take lead roles as Blackstone Group agrees to buy medical real estate company BioMed Realty Trust

US firms monopolise pharma deals as market swells

Rose Walker, staff — Tue, 8 Sep 2015 20:49:00 -0400

US firms dominate as pharma sector booms, with 2015 seeing some of the biggest deals of the last three years

Latham hires Clifford Chance German banking and capital markets head

Anna Ward, contributor — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:57:00 -0400

Partner moves to US firm where she will reunite with CC's former co-head of private equity Oliver Felsenstein

Alston & Bird and Ropes among firms called up for $8bn Veritas purchase

Frances Ivens, contributor — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 03:20:00 -0400

Bakers and A&O also handed roles as The Carlyle Group buys software company Veritas

Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Cleary Gottlieb, Ashurst and DLA Piper

Frances Ivens, contributor — Sun, 2 Aug 2015 19:03:00 -0400

Further hires for White & Case, King & Wood Mallesons, and Morrison & Foerster

Sullivan and Latham lead on Teva’s $40.5bn acquisition of Allergan Generics

Frances Ivens, contributor — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 04:38:00 -0400

Teva Pharmaceutical's has purchased Allergan Generics for $40.5bn(£26bn) in a cash and stock deal expected to close next year

Latham & Watkins and Proskauer Rose act on $7.2bn pharma deal

James Booth, staff — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 07:00:00 -0400

Two US firms take lead roles on Celgene’s $7.2bn acquisition of drug maker and developer Receptos

Latham and Shearman announce rise in City trainee retention rates

Anna Ward, contributor — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:45:00 -0400

US duo offer positions to all trainees with only one at Latham turning down an offer for the September 2015 cohort

Covington and Latham act on $2.1bn biopharmaceutical deal

James Booth, staff — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:03:00 -0400

Botox-maker Allergan plumps for US firm for advice as it acquires rival company

Stuck in the middle – is the Middle East losing its allure for law firms?

Vern Pitt, contributor — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 19:07:00 -0400

As Herbert Smith Freehills follows Latham and pulls out of Abu Dhabi, why are firms' strategies in the Middle East diverging?

Herbert Smith Freehills to close Abu Dhabi office

Anna Ward, contributor — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:26:00 -0400

Firm follows Latham & Watkins and Baker Botts in withdrawing from the city as it moves its five lawyers to Dubai

Linklaters sees two international finance partners leave as Latham buyout partner heads to Weil in Germany

Anna Ward, contributor — Wed, 3 Jun 2015 13:56:00 -0400

Davis Polk & Wardwell hires Linklaters partner in Tokyo as Gleiss Lutz picks up one in Frankfurt

US titans advise on $79bn Time Warner Cable takeover

Anna Ward, contributor — Tue, 26 May 2015 07:34:00 -0400

Five firms act as Charter Communications buys TWC, while Sullivan & Cromwell bags role on separate acquisition

Weil hires private equity partner from Latham in Hong Kong

Anna Ward, contributor — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:50:00 -0400

Weil executive partner hails partner with clients including Carlyle Group as a "great addition"

Latham to close Abu Dhabi and Doha offices

Frances Ivens, contributor — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:36:00 -0400

Latham is to close two of its Middle East offices by the end of the year, leaving bases in Dubai and Riyadh

US law firms see 2014 performance outpace 2013 as three more break $1bn mark

Anna Ward, contributor — Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:00:00 -0500

Latham leads the way as top US firms post strong results for 2014 calendar year. Average PEP rises 7.2% year-on-year as revenue climbs 5.8%.

Latham raids Clifford Chance for German buyout practice

Anna Ward, contributor — Mon, 2 Feb 2015 10:52:00 -0500

Latham follows London private equity expansion with German partner hires from CC. Felsenstein and Hesse to rejoin former colleagues at US firm.

Deutsche Bank kicks off global panel review

Frances Ivens, contributor — Wed, 3 Dec 2014 08:06:00 -0500

Deutsche Bank has begun a review of its global legal panel with the results of the process expected early next year.

Hogan Lovells, Latham, Morgan Lewis snare starring roles on film studio deal

Frances Ivens, contributor — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:08:00 -0400

Hogan Lovells, Latham & Watkins and Morgan Lewis & Bockius have advised on the creation of a $1bn (£623m) Hollywood studio to be run by the former head of Warner Brothers Motion Picture Group, Jeff Robinov.

Quartet of law firms advise on Siemens' $7.6bn US buy out

Frances Ivens, contributor — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:31:00 -0400

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Baker Botts and Latham & Watkins have secured roles on Siemens' $7.6bn (£4.65bn) purchase of US oil-field equipment giant, Dresser-Rand.

Telefonica Deutschland turns to longstanding advisor CMS for share issue

Frances Ivens, contributor — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:07:00 -0400

CMS, Latham & Watkins and McDermott Will & Emery have taken the top roles advising on Telefoncia Deutschland's €3.6bn (£2.9bn) share issue.

Casino finalises €1bn acquisition of Monoprix

Anna Reynolds — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:56:00 -0400

Casino, the French retail group, has taken exclusive control of Paris supermarket chain, Monoprix Group, following approval from the French Competition Authority.

Latham and Skadden use the force on Disney's $4bn Lucasfilm purchase

Ben Wheway, staff — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:32:00 -0400

Latham & Watkins and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken starring roles on The Walt Disney Company's $4.05bn (£2.5bn) acquisition of Lucasfilm, one of the most high-profile M&A deals of the year. Lucasfilm, which is 100% owned by chairman and founder George Lucas, is the production company behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film franchises. The stock and cash deal will see Disney pay approximately half in cash and issue around 40 million shares.

Latham makes a statement with lucky 13

Georgina Stanley, staff — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:33:00 -0500

For a firm of its size and ambition, Latham & Watkins has remained curiously under the radar outside the US, emerging only occasionally for significant moves such as 2008's three-pronged launch in the Middle East, before it all goes quiet again. This tendency makes this month's news that the firm is to bring in no fewer than 13 partners from White & Case across London, New York and the Middle East all the more striking.

Magic circle trio break into profits top 10 as City firms move up Global 100

Ben Wheway, contributor — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:37:00 -0400

Profits per equity partner (PEP) at top US law firms still narrowly exceed key UK rivals - despite the significant increases the magic circle have achieved in turnover and profitability in recent years. Figures compiled by Legal Week and The American Lawyer show that just three UK firms make it into the global top 10 by PEP - Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. In contrast, seven US firms make the grade - headed by elite firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.

Hammonds cooks up lead role on £1bn kitchen tools buy-out

Charlotte Edmond, contributor — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:38:00 -0400

Hammonds has scored a starring role on a £1bn deal - advising Illinois Tool Works (ITW) on its takeover bid for kitchen equipment manufacturer Enodis. The firm is fielding a team led by corporate partners Giles Distin and Jane Haxby on the £1.03bn acquisition, acting alongside Kirkland & Ellis and Ropes & Gray, which are providing US advice on the deal.

Morgan Stanley man boosts Latham City finance

Charlotte Edmond, contributor — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:50:00 -0500

Latham & Watkins has bagged a new partner for its London office with the hire of Daniel Maze from Morgan Stanley. Maze, who joins Latham's City finance practice on 1 March, was previously an executive director in the leveraged and acquisition finance group at Morgan Stanley in London, where he worked for three years.

Latham unveils Middle East plans with three-office launch

Charlotte Edmond, contributor — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:03:00 -0500

Latham & Watkins has unveiled plans to open three new offices in the Gulf as the top five US firm finalises its long-awaited Middle East launch. Latham is set to open in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha in the next couple of months with partner Rindala Beydoun joining the firm to head the practice across the region.

US firms move to protect European partners as dollar slump continues

Georgina Stanley, staff — Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:02:00 -0500

A growing number of leading US law firms are moving to shield European partners and associates from the prolonged slump in the dollar, it has emerged. Firms including Latham & Watkins and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe are reviewing provisions for partners in overseas offices, while several elite Wall Street firms have already moved to guarantee packages for UK-based associates.Both Latham and Orrick already have hedging provisions in place to offset currency risk but are now reviewing their models in a bid to remain competitive in Europe. Crucially, many firms claim the poor exchange rate has made lateral partner recruitment in the City much more difficult.

Hiring trends at US firms in London fail to match 2005 five-year high

Georgina Stanley, staff — Wed, 6 Feb 2008 23:16:00 -0500

US firms hired 67 partners across the City in 2007 - a slight dip on the recruitment peak of 2005, despite last year's booming markets. Legal Week research into hiring trends at 24 of the US' biggest players in the UK found that while recruitment activity was up on 2006 - when 60 partners joined US practices - it failed to match 2005's five-year high of 72.Much of the activity came in the mid-market. Mayer Brown was the biggest lateral recruiter of 2007, with the firm bringing in nine partners, including two high-profile names - McDermott Will & Emery corporate partner William Charnley and Ashurst real estate partner Gary Watson.

Elite US firms struggle to attract senior partner hires in the City

Georgina Stanley, staff — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:03:00 -0500

Lateral partner hires among elite US firms in London have slowed during the last year, according to research from Legal Week, which illustrates the uphill struggle faced by US firms attempting to recruit leading names in the City.The survey of hiring trends at 23 US firms in London found they made a total of 65 lateral hires in 2007, up from 58 the previous year but down on 2005, when hiring activity peaked and 70 lawyers were recruited.Significantly, some of the US' top firms saw a fall in partner-hiring activity with 10 firms, including Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Baker & McKenzie, all reporting a drop in lateral appointments.

Shearman hires Latham City finance partner

Charlotte Edmond, contributor — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:32:00 -0500

Shearman & Sterling has boosted its City corporate finance practice taking on partner Jacques McChesney from US rival Latham & Watkins. McChesney is based joins Shearman from Latham's City office. He moved to London from Latham's New York office in 1999.

McDermott IP veteran quits to join Latham

Georgina Stanley, staff — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:21:00 -0400

McDermott Will & Emery is set to lose another partner from its London arm with intellectual property (IP) head Larry Cohen leaving to join rival US practice Latham & Watkins. Cohen, whose practice covers contentious IP, including patent and trademark work, handed in his notice at McDermott earlier this week. McDermott today (18 October) confirmed the departure of Cohen, who is still in discussions over its leaving date.

Latham loses London partner to private equity fund

Georgina Stanley, staff — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:27:00 -0400

Latham & Watkins is to lose the co-head of its London projects practice with the news that Joseph Blum is leaving the US firm to join a private equity fund. Blum, who has been with Latham for more than 20 years, is set to join Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) on 1 July as a partner and general counsel. He will be based in GIP's City office.

Salaried partner numbers jump at top US firms as total headcount rises 4%

Georgina Stanley, staff — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:03:00 -0500

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