Blake Denton is a litigation partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Securities and M&A Litigation Practice. Blake is an accomplished trial lawyer whose practice includes particular emphasis on securities litigation, M&A cases, and bankruptcy cases.
Blake's securities defense engagements include cases for General Electric and its directors/officers, where the plaintiffs allege billions of dollars in damages related to disclosures regarding GE’s power and insurance businesses. Blake regularly litigates in bankruptcy courts across the country, where he has prevailed in “battles of the experts” on valuation and confirmed plans of reorganization over creditors’ objections. Blake also defends merger disputes, including in the Delaware Court of Chancery. In federal and state cases over issues of first impression, Blake obtained a series of trial and appellate victories for a lender to a Ponzi scheme, where the plaintiffs collectively sought approximately $500 million in damages.
Blake has an active pro bono practice, winning asylum for immigrants and a jury verdict for an inmate against his warden for unconstitutional conditions. Blake also helps Holocaust survivors and their spouses obtain compensation from the German government.
Blake is named an NY Metro Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He has served on the firm’s Associates Committee and Mentoring Committee, and is the staffing partner for the New York Litigation & Trial Department. Prior to joining Latham, Blake clerked for Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch, US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He graduated summa cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2008 and obtained his BA, with highest honors, from Rutgers University in 2005.
Latham litigators honored for securing an M&A litigation win on behalf of Origis USA, which was dismissed in full from a fraud and breach of contract case related to the sale of the solar power energy developer.
New York Securities Litigation team recognized for outstanding results, particularly at trial, in the past year.