Latham’s securities litigators advise and defend the world’s major accounting firms and their affiliates across matters and jurisdictions.
Our market-leading team has earned an impressive reputation for defending the Big 4 and other major accounting firms, law firms, and other professional services firms in their most high-profile professional liability matters across venues. Our record of success includes winning rare jury trials of major civil securities fraud cases, as well as before the US Supreme Court. We routinely defend firms, as well as individual accountants, skillfully handling matters that may include multiple prongs, such as civil and criminal litigation, and investigations on a full range of topics, including:
We also frequently represent US accounting firms in non-US proceedings around the globe, as well as international accounting organizations in both US and global matters.
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.
Firm recognized by Law360 — an accolade the practice has earned five of the past seven years — in recognition of our work on high-profile and precedent-setting securities and M&A litigation.