Blake Denton is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and is a member of the Securities and M&A Litigation Group. Blake is a leading trial lawyer with particular emphasis on securities litigation, M&A litigation, corporate restructuring litigation, and complex commercial trials.
Blake is a leading litigator for the solar energy industry. He recently served as lead counsel in the most significant litigations for two of the nation’s top developers of solar energy projects, resulting in a $43 million plaintiff-side arbitration victory for one, and dismissal of a $1 billion fraud case against the other. Blake has served as securities defense counsel on some of the largest securities class actions of the last decade, successfully defending companies, directors, and shareholders in Section 10, Section 11, and fiduciary duty cases over hundreds of billions of dollars in claimed damages. Blake has also defended companies across the country at trial against billions of dollars of commercial claims, including in a $2 billion fee and indemnity trial brought by a disgruntled former director, in a bet-the-company trial against a multinational distributor over a supply agreement, and in a variety of actions involving creditors.
Blake is named an NY Metro Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Blake has an active pro bono practice, where he has won a civil trial on behalf of a prisoner against the DOJ, won asylum for immigrants at trial, and won pensions from the German government for Holocaust survivors and their spouses. Blake has held a variety of firm leadership roles, including serving on the Associates Committee, the Mentoring Committee, and as the NY Litigation Staffing Partner. Blake is currently co-authoring a chapter on trial practice for Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, Sixth Edition (forthcoming 2026).
Prior to joining Latham, Blake clerked for Phyllis A. Kravitch, US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Blake graduated summa cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2008 (second in his class) and obtained his BA, with highest honors, from Rutgers University in 2005.
Daily Journal recognized a high‑profile securities class action and trade secret misappropriation wins as among the “largest and most impactful” of 2025.
California’s Daily Journal spotlights Latham team who won a landmark summary judgment victory for client Amgen in a securities class action.
The City Bar Justice Center has recognized a Latham team with its Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award.