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Latham posts 5% PEP increase as profits begin to recover
Latham & Watkins has unveiled its financial results for 2009, posting a 5% fall in revenues against a 5% increase in profits, reports The Am Law Daily. Gross revenues at the leading US firm reached $1.82bn (£1.16bn) in 2009, down from $1.92bn (£1...
17 Feb 2010 | 16:30
White & Case redeploys partners in wake of Latham departures
White & Case has begun drafting in additional finance partners in the City and Middle East after the walkout of 13 partners to Latham & Watkins. New York bank finance partner Jake Mincemoyer has permanently relocated to the London office to support...
11 Feb 2010 | 00:01
Latham makes a statement with lucky 13
For a firm of its size and ambition, Latham & Watkins has remained curiously under the radar outside the US, emerging only occasionally for significant moves such as 2008's three-pronged launch in the Middle East, before it all goes quiet again. This ...
10 Feb 2010 | 11:30 | 
White & Case under scrutiny as 12 finance partners quit for Latham
White & Case has been hit by a 12-partner walkout to US rival Latham & Watkins. It was confirmed on 29 January that a four-partner banking team has quit the London office, with Chris Kandel, the co-head of London bank finance, leaving alongside par...
03 Feb 2010 | 08:29
White & Case hit again as eight more partners quit for Latham
A further eight partners from White & Case's global network are heading for Latham & Watkins, including two more in London.The group of corporate, banking and finance lawyers are set to join Latham in Abu Dhabi, New York, Riyadh and London.
01 Feb 2010 | 11:51
White & Case City partner quartet quit to join Latham's London office
White & Case's London office has been hit by the departure of four banking and capital markets partners, including the co-head of its London bank finance practice Chris Kandel, to US rival Latham & Watkins, Legal Week can reveal. Kandel will join L...
29 Jan 2010 | 14:22
Skadden and Latham land roles on $4bn Japanese telecoms deal
A trio of US firms have taken lead roles on Liberty Global's $4bn (£2.5bn) sell-off of its minority stake in Japan's largest cable company to mobile phone operator KDDI, reports The Am Law Daily. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom advised Japan's K...
26 Jan 2010 | 10:53
CC and Latham check in for roles on Singapore airline IPO
Clifford Chance (CC) and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles as Tiger Airways becomes the first Asian airline to complete an initial public offering (IPO) for five years. The IPO, reportedly the first listing of a low-cost air carrier on the Sin...
22 Jan 2010 | 12:52
Latham makes rare City lateral with Ashurst private equity hire
Latham & Watkins has made its first lateral partner hire in London since October 2008, with the US firm bringing in private equity partner Graeme Ward from Ashurst. Ward is set to join Latham's City corporate practice over the coming weeks. He will...
13 Jan 2010 | 11:56
Camerons, Latham and Shearman head up spate of law firm investment in China
China is seeing a fresh influx of law firm investment with CMS Cameron McKenna, Latham & Watkins and Shearman & Sterling all strengthening their presence in the market. Camerons is set to target Shanghai and Beijing this year, with the firm plannin...
13 Jan 2010 | 11:14
A&O and Latham score top roles on £500m Manchester Utd bond issue
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Manchester United's £500m bond issue. A&O advised the Premier League club - a longstanding client of the firm - with a team led by recently recruited high yield partner Kevin Muzill...
11 Jan 2010 | 12:34
A&O recruits Latham partner in Paris as quartet quit US firm
Allen & Overy (A&O) has recruited a Latham & Watkins litigation partner in Paris in one of four partner departures from the US firm, reports The Am Law Daily. Jean-Christophe Tristant, an intellectual property (IP) licensing and litigation lawyer, ...
08 Jan 2010 | 12:16
Latham associates set for pay rise after firm unfreezes salaries
Latham & Watkins associates are set to see their salaries increase, with the US firm unfreezing pay bands after keeping them static in 2009. The firm has confirmed that it has moved assistant salaries up to the level they would have been at in 2010...
05 Jan 2010 | 16:04
Mayer Brown and Latham lead on $8.5m Ernst & Young settlement
Mayer Brown and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have taken roles advising Ernst & Young (E&Y) in settlement talks with regulators over the accounting firm's failure to report fraudulent activity at one of its clients, reports The Am Law Daily. ...
21 Dec 2009 | 12:15
Latham & Watkins
A great US practice and renowned as a decent place to work. However, the London office still looks uneven, so approach very much on the basis of your practice area.
14 Dec 2009 | 00:13
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