Latham Sweeps a Range of Honors in 2025 California Legal Awards
Individual lawyers, leaders, and the firm as a whole were recognized across 10 different categories, more than any other firm.
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Rick Kline, Chair of Latham’s Technology Industry Group and Bay Area Corporate Department, advises leading innovators and financiers on a full spectrum of corporate and securities matters.
Rick combines his keenly pragmatic approach with a sophisticated understanding of the tech sector, including software, digital health, digital media, and information technology, to guide clients on:
He forges trusted relationships with CFOs, CEOs, and general counsel to help clients meet the challenges that arise at any stage of a company's growth, particularly as they approach life as a public company. Rick unlocks the resources of the firm's robust global platform to craft practical commercial solutions, including relating to employee benefits and M&A.
Rick's representative clients include:
Rick’s experience includes representing:
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham
Individual lawyers, leaders, and the firm as a whole were recognized across 10 different categories, more than any other firm.
Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.
Firm honored for steering record-breaking and innovative transactions and general excellence.