Kalana Kariyawasam

Kalana’s experience at and prior to joining Latham includes representing:

• Illumina in the second vertical merger trial to take place in the United States since 1977, securing a complete win at trial, the first time the FTC’s own administrative law judge ruled against the FTC in a merger case
• Oatly in defeating successive securities class action complaints and ultimately resolving all pending securities actions for less than 1% of alleged damages
• A sports streaming service in securing a complete dismissal of claims of fraud, promissory estoppel, and breach of contract in an action brought by a former prospective business partner
• The former CEO and chairman of First Republic Bank in shareholder litigation following the bank’s closure 
• A major fund in winning total dismissal of claims of breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and other common law claims in connection with its management of more than $2 billion in collateralized loan obligations, and in successfully defending that ruling on all grounds on appeal
• An equity holder in connection with the restructuring of its joint venture, Ruby Pipeline, and its solvent exit from a chapter 11 case
• Morgan Stanley in an antitrust action relating to the automation of the stock loan market
• Pacific Gas & Electric Company in litigation arising from wildfires in 2017 and 2018 and, subsequently, the largest utility bankruptcy in United States history
• A global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company in connection with its multibillion-dollar resolution of product liability claims