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About Us

Latham’s Public Company & Board Insights hub brings together practical, actionable resources for today’s management teams and boards, drawn from the collective knowledge and experience of the firm’s market-leading public company practice teams.

Latham serves as primary outside counsel for corporate governance and securities matters for hundreds of public companies — from those that have recently filed to global market leaders.

We are at home in the boardroom counseling corporate directors, officers, and senior management on the full range of corporate governance matters that companies and their leadership encounter.

We advise boards on legal strategy as well as regulatory and disclosure requirements, including SEC matters, stock exchange compliance, and foreign private issuer guidance. We routinely support clients in preparing proxy statements and earnings releases, conducting annual shareholder meetings, and filing current and periodic reports (Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K). We help boards stay ahead of the curve on ESG strategy and reporting. Our fully integrated team of Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits lawyers bring an unparalleled view of the most challenging issues that arise in any industry around the world.

Our US-based National Office, a unique asset in the legal industry, is staffed by a centralized team of former SEC senior officials and top-ranked corporate lawyers, delivering unrivaled insights and sophisticated advice in real time on the most complex securities issues public companies face.

Recognition

Law360 Capital Markets Group of the Year 2025
February 13, 2026 Recognition

Capital Markets Group of the Year: Latham

Latham’s Capital Markets team steered a number of blockbuster transactions last year, including StubHub’s US$800 million IPO and Verisure's US$4.3 billion IPO, and represented funding sources in Sycamore Partners' US$23.7 billion take-private purchase of Walgreens Boots — earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Capital Markets Practice Groups of the Year.

Halverstam, Keith L.
December 19, 2025 Recognition

Most Innovative Intrapreneur: Latham’s Keith Halverstam

Partner Keith Halverstam named among the top five Most Innovative Intrapreneurs in North America in the Financial Times’ 2025 Innovative Lawyer Awards for marshalling resources within the firm to integrate generative AI into Latham’s public company representation platform, including through Latham’s proprietary 8-K Trigger Analysis Tool.

Faris, Bradley C.
December 16, 2025 Recognition

M&A MVP: Latham’s Brad Faris

Brad Faris, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s M&A and Private Equity Practice, was named a 2025 Law360 M&A MVP for leading several of the year’s largest announced deals, including Omnicom’s US$13 billion acquisition of Interpublic, Cox Communications’ US$34.5 billion combination with Charter Communications, and Lumen Technologies’ US$5.75 billion sale of its consumer fiber-to-the-home business to AT&T.