Latham & Watkins LLP

Press Release

Latham & Watkins Names New Partners and Counsel

The annual promotion of associates highlights the firm’s depth of talent and strengths in key practice areas and markets around the world.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Client Alert

SEC Seeks Public Feedback on Expanding Access to Public Securitization Markets

The SEC is soliciting comments on whether the current framework for asset-backed securities registration and reporting is serving the needs of today’s securitization market.

Resource

The Latham FPI Guide

Updated guide includes the topics that are of most interest to foreign private issuers and their advisors when engaging in US capital markets transactions.

App

Foreign Direct Investment Regimes App

Updated interactive tool summarizes key aspects of CFIUS and other FDI regimes

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Resource

US Crypto Policy Tracker

Latham’s new online resource helps cryptoasset businesses stay up to date with the fast-evolving regulatory landscape.

Healthcare Private Equity Exit

Latham Advises Clario in US$8.875 Billion Sale to Thermo Fisher Scientific

Historic Data Center Deal

Latham Advises Macquarie Asset Management in Largest-Ever Global Data Center Transaction

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Historic Take-Private

Latham Advises Silver Lake in US$55 Billion Acquisition of Electronic Arts

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Live Debut

Latham Represents StubHub in US$800 Million IPO

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Transformative Transaction

Latham Advises Anglo American on US$70 Billion Merger of Equals with Teck

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Landmark AI Funding Round

Latham Advises General Catalyst and a16z on Mistral AI’s €1.7 Billion Series C Funding Round

Landmark Victory

Lufthansa Succeeds in Feeder Flights Dispute Against Condor

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Tech Take-Private

Latham Advises on Financing for Dayforce’s US$12.3 Billion Agreement With Thoma Bravo to Become a Private Company

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IP Acquisition

Latham Advises Authentic in US$1.4 Billion Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Guess?, Inc.’s Intellectual Property

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Securities Class Action Win

Latham Wins Dismissal With Prejudice for Pioneering Liver-Disease Drug Company Akero Therapeutics

Landmark Take-Private

Latham Advises Geely Auto in Zeekr Take-Private Transaction

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Transformative AI Cybersecurity Deal

Latham & Watkins Advises CyberArk in US$25 Billion Acquisition by Palo Alto Networks

23 Consecutive Years on the A-List
Latham consistently ranks among the very top-performing firms across financial and cultural measures.
The American Lawyer A-List 2025

Most Rankings for 11th Consecutive Year
Recognized across a range of transactional, disputes, regulatory, and industry categories, Latham earned 90 Band 1 practice rankings, 96 Band 1 lawyer rankings, and the highest number of lawyers ranked in the guide.
Chambers USA 2025

Law Firm of the Year for Sixth Consecutive Year
Won “Practice Group of the Year” in three categories, while being nominated across six areas in total.
Law360 2024

Advised on more billion-dollar year-end deals than any other law firm in 2024
The American Lawyer and Law.com International

More than 100 #1 rankings across global, regional, and industry M&A and PE league tables in 2024
Bloomberg, LSEG, Mergermarket, Law360

“Latham & Watkins, which tops the FT’s annual ranking of law firms for the region… was one of the first US law firms to consciously integrate innovation into its strategic priorities 20 years ago.”
Most Innovative Law Firm in North America 2023
Financial Times

“Latham & Watkins is the absolute go-to firm for anything that is complex and requires fast turnaround times. They are number one.”
Chambers UK 2024

Our Stories

My Latham Summer

Experience the journey of a Latham summer associate.

Spring Challenge

Latham’s annual Spring Challenge focuses on overall well-being, camaraderie, and engagement across the globe.

ATX Open Kids Day

Latham co-hosted a youth tennis clinic with Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area ahead of the 2025 tournament.

What is LathamTech?

In 2024, we partnered with clients across the tech ecosystem to drive tech forward.

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November 14, 2025 Resource

Lexology Panoramic 2025 Equity Derivatives Guide

The guide enables side-by-side comparison of critical equity derivatives issues across the key jurisdictions of France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and USA. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Lexology Panoramic – Equity Derivatives 2025.

November 14, 2025 Article

In Practice: Securitisation Shake-Up: Will Streamlined Due Diligence and New Sanctions Ignite or Inhibit the EU Market?

In this In Practice article, the authors consider the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation, spotlighting streamlined, principle-based investor due diligence and weighing the benefits of these changes against the introduction of administrative sanctions of up to 10% of global turnover for failing to comply. Originally published in the November 2025 edition of Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law.

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November 13, 2025 Article

Getty Images v. Stability AI: English High Court Rejects Secondary Copyright Claim

The Court also found limited trademark infringement and seemingly departed from EU law.

Latham & Watkins Names New Partners and Counsel

SEC Seeks Public Feedback on Expanding Access to Public Securitization Markets

The Latham FPI Guide

Foreign Direct Investment Regimes App

US Crypto Policy Tracker

Latham Advises Clario in US$8.875 Billion Sale to Thermo Fisher Scientific

Latham Advises Macquarie Asset Management in Largest-Ever Global Data Center Transaction

Latham Advises Silver Lake in US$55 Billion Acquisition of Electronic Arts

Latham Represents StubHub in US$800 Million IPO

Latham Advises Anglo American on US$70 Billion Merger of Equals with Teck

Latham Advises General Catalyst and a16z on Mistral AI’s €1.7 Billion Series C Funding Round

Lufthansa Succeeds in Feeder Flights Dispute Against Condor

Latham Advises on Financing for Dayforce’s US$12.3 Billion Agreement With Thoma Bravo to Become a Private Company

Latham Advises Authentic in US$1.4 Billion Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Guess?, Inc.’s Intellectual Property

Latham Wins Dismissal With Prejudice for Pioneering Liver-Disease Drug Company Akero Therapeutics

Latham Advises Geely Auto in Zeekr Take-Private Transaction

Latham & Watkins Advises CyberArk in US$25 Billion Acquisition by Palo Alto Networks

Our Stories

My Latham Summer

Spring Challenge

ATX Open Kids Day

What is LathamTech?

Featured Insights

Lexology Panoramic 2025 Equity Derivatives Guide

In Practice: Securitisation Shake-Up: Will Streamlined Due Diligence and New Sanctions Ignite or Inhibit the EU Market?

Getty Images v. Stability AI: English High Court Rejects Secondary Copyright Claim