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The firm was founded in January 1934 in Los Angeles, California, by ] and Paul Watkins. Latham's practice focused on state and federal ], and he eventually served as Commissioner of the ] under President ]. Watkins's practice focused primarily on labor. At first, the firm grew slowly, with only 19 attorneys employed as of 1960.<ref name="latham.com"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185140/http://www.latham.com/AboutLatham.aspx?page=75thAnniversary |date=July 13, 2011}}, Retrieved May 19, 2010.</ref> Beginning in the 1970s, the firm began growing rapidly, opening new offices in Orange County, Washington D.C., San Diego, Chicago, and New York. In the 1990s, the firm opened its first international office in London. Since then, it has continued to expand internationally with 18 international offices spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East.{{fact|date=August 2022}} The firm was founded in January 1934 in Los Angeles, California, by ] and Paul Watkins. Latham's practice focused on state and federal ], and he eventually served as Commissioner of the ] under President ]. Watkins's practice focused primarily on labor. At first, the firm grew slowly, with only 19 attorneys employed as of 1960.<ref name="latham.com"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713185140/http://www.latham.com/AboutLatham.aspx?page=75thAnniversary |date=July 13, 2011}}, Retrieved May 19, 2010.</ref> Beginning in the 1970s, the firm began growing rapidly, opening new offices in Orange County, Washington D.C., San Diego, Chicago, and New York. In the 1990s, the firm opened its first international office in London. Since then, it has continued to expand internationally with 18 international offices spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East.{{fact|date=August 2022}}


The company is known for lobbying and litigating against actions to mitigate climate change.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Most Firms Are Failing the Climate Change Test, Law Student Group Concludes|url=https://www.law.com/2020/10/01/most-firms-are-failing-the-climate-change-test-law-student-group-concludes/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=Law.com|language=en}}</ref>{{Verification needed|date=January 2022|reason=To determine whether attribution is needed. (Did the advocacy group or law.com say this?)}} According to the Law Students for Climate Accountability, "Latham & Watkins is the only firm to be in the Top 5 Worst Firms for both transactions and litigation exacerbating climate change."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=The 2020 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f53fa556b708446acb4dcb5/t/5f755753f217027860728759/1601525603800/Law+Firm+Climate+Change+Scorecard.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2020, the company is known for lobbying and litigating against actions to mitigate ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Most Firms Are Failing the Climate Change Test, Law Student Group Concludes|url=https://www.law.com/2020/10/01/most-firms-are-failing-the-climate-change-test-law-student-group-concludes/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=Law.com|language=en}}</ref>{{Verification needed|date=January 2022|reason=To determine whether attribution is needed. (Did the advocacy group or law.com say this?)}} According to the Law Students for Climate Accountability, "Latham & Watkins is the only firm to be in the Top 5 Worst Firms for both transactions and litigation exacerbating climate change."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=The 2020 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f53fa556b708446acb4dcb5/t/5f755753f217027860728759/1601525603800/Law+Firm+Climate+Change+Scorecard.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>


Amid the global recession in 2009, the firm laid off 190 lawyers and 250 paralegal and support staff, representing twelve percent of the firm's total associates and ten percent of the support staff.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haynes|first1=V. Dion|title=Latham & Watkins Cuts 190 Lawyers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702751.html|access-date=28 Feb 2009|work=Washington Post|date=28 February 2009}}</ref> At a time when many firms were conducting layoffs, the term "Lathamed" became legal slang for being laid off.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mystal|first1=Elie|title=How Did Latham Become the Poster Child for Layoffs?|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2010/06/how-did-latham-become-the-poster-child-for-layoffs/|access-date=14 June 2010|work=Above the Law|date=14 June 2010}}</ref> Amid the global recession in 2009, the firm laid off 190 lawyers and 250 paralegal and support staff, representing twelve percent of the firm's total associates and ten percent of the support staff.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haynes|first1=V. Dion|title=Latham & Watkins Cuts 190 Lawyers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702751.html|access-date=28 Feb 2009|work=Washington Post|date=28 February 2009}}</ref> At a time when many firms were conducting layoffs, the term "Lathamed" became legal slang for being laid off.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mystal|first1=Elie|title=How Did Latham Become the Poster Child for Layoffs?|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2010/06/how-did-latham-become-the-poster-child-for-layoffs/|access-date=14 June 2010|work=Above the Law|date=14 June 2010}}</ref>


At one time Latham & Watkins was considered to be the world’s largest law firm by total revenue when, in February of 2018, it surpassed $3billion in annual revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-10 |title=Latham & Watkins – What The Lawyer Says |url=https://www.thelawyer.com/latham-watkins/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=The Lawyer {{!}} Legal insight, benchmarking data and jobs |language=en-GB}}</ref> At one time Latham & Watkins was considered to be the world’s largest law firm by total revenue when, in February of 2018, it surpassed $3billion in annual revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-10 |title=Latham & Watkins – What The Lawyer Says |url=https://www.thelawyer.com/latham-watkins/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=The Lawyer. Legal insight, benchmarking data and jobs |language=en-GB}}</ref>


{{As of|February 2021}}, Latham's largest office is in New York City, with more than 450 lawyers.<ref name="lw.com/newyork">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lw.com/offices/newyork|title = Latham & Watkins LLP - Global Directory - New York|website=Lw.com}}</ref> The firm claims it is the only fully integrated multinational law firm with no single headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lw.com/upload/pubContent/_pdf/pub2219_1.pdf|format=PDF|title=Legal Technology Journal|date=April 2008|issue=9|website=Lw.com|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref> In 2007, Latham became the first American law firm to attain more than $2 billion in yearly revenue, and in 2018 it was the first law firm to report more than US$3 billion in gross revenue.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Ashby|date=2008-02-11|title=Latham & Watkins Breaks $2 Billion Revenue Barrier|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120269357869457865|access-date=2021-02-12|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref name="American Lawyer">{{Cite web|last=Strom|first=Roy|date=February 22, 2018|title=Latham & Watkins Makes History with $3 Billion in Revenue|url=https://www.law.com/sites/americanlawyer/2018/02/22/latham-breaks-3-billion-barrier-after-another-banner-year/?slreturn=20210111195902|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=February 12, 2021|website=]}}</ref><ref name="Law.com">{{Cite web|title=Latham & Watkins LLP|url=https://www.law.com/law-firm-profile/?id=178&name=Latham-%26-Watkins|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Law.com|language=en}}</ref> It was briefly the highest-grossing law firm in the world, but has since lost the number one spot to ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/03/21/kirkland-overtakes-latham-as-worlds-biggest-firm-by-revenue/|title=Kirkland Overtakes Latham as World's Biggest Firm by Revenue {{!}} The American Lawyer|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2018/02/behold-the-first-firm-to-crack-3-billion-in-revenue/|title=Behold: The First Firm To Crack $3 Billion In Revenue|last=Rubino|first=Kathryn|work=Above the Law|access-date=2018-03-21|language=en-US}}</ref> {{As of|February 2021}}, Latham's largest office is in New York City, with more than 450 lawyers.<ref name="lw.com/newyork">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lw.com/offices/newyork|title = Latham & Watkins LLP - Global Directory - New York|website=Lw.com}}</ref> The firm claims it is the only fully integrated multinational law firm with no single headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lw.com/upload/pubContent/_pdf/pub2219_1.pdf|format=PDF|title=Legal Technology Journal|date=April 2008|issue=9|website=Lw.com|access-date=2021-12-27}}</ref> In 2007, Latham became the first American law firm to attain more than $2 billion in yearly revenue, and in 2018 it was the first law firm to report more than US$3 billion in gross revenue.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Ashby|date=2008-02-11|title=Latham & Watkins Breaks $2 Billion Revenue Barrier|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120269357869457865|access-date=2021-02-12|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref name="American Lawyer">{{Cite web|last=Strom|first=Roy|date=February 22, 2018|title=Latham & Watkins Makes History with $3 Billion in Revenue|url=https://www.law.com/sites/americanlawyer/2018/02/22/latham-breaks-3-billion-barrier-after-another-banner-year/?slreturn=20210111195902|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=February 12, 2021|website=]}}</ref><ref name="Law.com">{{Cite web|title=Latham & Watkins LLP|url=https://www.law.com/law-firm-profile/?id=178&name=Latham-%26-Watkins|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Law.com|language=en}}</ref> As of 2018, it was briefly the highest-grossing law firm in the world, but has since lost the number one spot to ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/03/21/kirkland-overtakes-latham-as-worlds-biggest-firm-by-revenue/|title=Kirkland Overtakes Latham as World's Biggest Firm by Revenue {{!}} The American Lawyer|work=The American Lawyer|access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2018/02/behold-the-first-firm-to-crack-3-billion-in-revenue/|title=Behold: The First Firm To Crack $3 Billion In Revenue|last=Rubino|first=Kathryn|work=Above the Law|access-date=2018-03-21|language=en-US}}</ref>


Latham opened its first office in Moscow in 1992, and thereafter represented a number of Russian state-owned companies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here Are the Biggest Legal Advisers to Russia's Major State-Owned Companies |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/03/01/here-are-the-biggest-legal-advisers-to-russias-major-state-owned-companies/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Law.com International |language=en-us}}</ref> These clients include the state-owned bank ] and the natural gas producer ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Binham |first=Caroline |last2=Rovnick |first2=Naomi |last3=Thompson |first3=Barney |date=2018-05-31 |title=London law firms feel chill from icy relations with Russia |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a0ca13ea-640c-11e8-a39d-4df188287fff |access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref> Latham ended its Russia operations in March 2022, following ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latham & Watkins, Morgan Lewis Latest to Shut Russia Operations |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/03/09/latham-watkins-latest-to-shut-russia-operations/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Law.com International |language=en-us}}</ref> Latham opened its first office in Moscow in 1992, and thereafter represented a number of Russian state-owned companies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Here Are the Biggest Legal Advisers to Russia's Major State-Owned Companies |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/03/01/here-are-the-biggest-legal-advisers-to-russias-major-state-owned-companies/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Law.com International |language=en-us}}</ref> These clients include the state-owned bank ] and the natural gas producer ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Binham |first=Caroline |last2=Rovnick |first2=Naomi |last3=Thompson |first3=Barney |date=2018-05-31 |title=London law firms feel chill from icy relations with Russia |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a0ca13ea-640c-11e8-a39d-4df188287fff |access-date=2022-04-12}}</ref> Latham ended its Russia operations in March 2022, following ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Latham & Watkins, Morgan Lewis Latest to Shut Russia Operations |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/03/09/latham-watkins-latest-to-shut-russia-operations/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Law.com International |language=en-us}}</ref>

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Latham & Watkins LLP
Latham & Watkins
No. of offices28
No. of attorneys3,078
No. of employees≈7,000
Major practice areasGeneral corporate, mergers & acquisitions, banking and finance, litigation, antitrust
Key peopleRichard Trobman, Chair and Managing Partner
RevenueIncrease US$5.5 billion (March 2022)
Date foundedFebruary 8, 1934; 90 years ago (1934-02-08)
Company typeLimited liability partnership
Websitewww.lw.com

Latham & Watkins LLP is an American multinational law firm. Founded in 1934 in Los Angeles, California, Latham is the second-largest law firm in the world by revenue. As of 2022, Latham is also one of the most profitable law firms in the world, with profits per partner exceeding US$5.7 million.

History

The firm was founded in January 1934 in Los Angeles, California, by Dana Latham and Paul Watkins. Latham's practice focused on state and federal tax law, and he eventually served as Commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under President Dwight Eisenhower. Watkins's practice focused primarily on labor. At first, the firm grew slowly, with only 19 attorneys employed as of 1960. Beginning in the 1970s, the firm began growing rapidly, opening new offices in Orange County, Washington D.C., San Diego, Chicago, and New York. In the 1990s, the firm opened its first international office in London. Since then, it has continued to expand internationally with 18 international offices spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East.

As of 2020, the company is known for lobbying and litigating against actions to mitigate climate change. According to the Law Students for Climate Accountability, "Latham & Watkins is the only firm to be in the Top 5 Worst Firms for both transactions and litigation exacerbating climate change."

Amid the global recession in 2009, the firm laid off 190 lawyers and 250 paralegal and support staff, representing twelve percent of the firm's total associates and ten percent of the support staff. At a time when many firms were conducting layoffs, the term "Lathamed" became legal slang for being laid off.

At one time Latham & Watkins was considered to be the world’s largest law firm by total revenue when, in February of 2018, it surpassed $3billion in annual revenue.

As of February 2021, Latham's largest office is in New York City, with more than 450 lawyers. The firm claims it is the only fully integrated multinational law firm with no single headquarters. In 2007, Latham became the first American law firm to attain more than $2 billion in yearly revenue, and in 2018 it was the first law firm to report more than US$3 billion in gross revenue. As of 2018, it was briefly the highest-grossing law firm in the world, but has since lost the number one spot to Kirkland & Ellis.

Latham opened its first office in Moscow in 1992, and thereafter represented a number of Russian state-owned companies. These clients include the state-owned bank VTB and the natural gas producer Novatek. Latham ended its Russia operations in March 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Latham's largest office is located at 1271 Avenue of the Americas

Rankings

Latham was ranked as the #1 firm in the Am Law 100 rankings for 2017. In 2021, the firm received the highest number of practice and lawyer rankings from Chambers and Partners. Dubbed an "A-List All-Star" by The American Lawyer, the firm is one of three firms to appear on the A-List each year since its inception in 2003. Vault.com named Latham one of the top five most prestigious firms in the United States and the most prestigious firm in Southern California.

Notable attorneys

See also

References

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