Latham & Watkins LLP

Aaron Amundson

Aaron Amundson, former director of the Bureau of Industry & Security’s (BIS) Information Technology Controls Division, advises clients on a full spectrum of US export control matters. Aaron draws on nearly 20 years of government experience and a sophisticated understanding of cutting-edge technologies to help companies navigate export control transactions, compliance, enforcement, and investigations involving: Artificial intelligence Quantum computing Cloud computing Cybersecurity Encryption Advanced semiconductors Data centers He also brings extensive experience in export control issues involving deemed exports, technology transfers, IP licensing, cloud computing, and cyber security. Aaron regularly advises clients on Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and related technical issues, as well as on commodity classifications, licensing, and CFIUS applications, all of which he dealt with directly during his tenure at BIS. He combines deep legal, technical, and regulatory acumen to guide global innovators and emerging startups through rapidly changing policy environments. A recognized thought leader, particularly on Category 5 Part 2 of the Commerce Control List (CCL), Aaron speaks frequently at seminars and conferences on a range of export control topics. He also represented the US in bilateral and multilateral export control groups and trained foreign governments on export controls as part of the US State Department’s EXBS program. · Export Controls

Aaron Chiu

Aaron Chiu defends sophisticated clients in complex, enterprise-defining antitrust disputes and advises on emergent and antitrust issues. Aaron leverages experience litigating marquee matters that test antitrust law’s boundaries and his acutely commercial focus to represent market-leading clients in precedent-setting cases involving: Antitrust risks for digital platforms Issues at the intersection of sports and antitrust Sprawling class actions He advises household names on preserving their ability to innovate while limiting the risk of litigation or investigation. Aaron regularly handles complex cases in sports, entertainment, and technology, defending clients from plaintiffs’ evolving theories. Aaron maintains an active pro bono practice, regularly handling appeals through the Ninth Circuit’s Pro Bono Program. As an active member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, he serves on its Joint Conduct Committee and on the Editorial Board for its Antitrust Law Developments treatise. Aaron also participates on the Education Subcommittee of the California Lawyers Association’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section. Aaron served as a law clerk to Judge Johnnie B. Rawlinson of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. · Antitrust

Aaron Friberg

Aaron Friberg is a counsel in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins. Aaron represents clients in real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions, particularly in the hospitality, gaming, and energy industries. These transactions have included real estate acquisitions and dispositions of: Hotels Senior living communities Multifamily housing Hospitals Office buildings Shopping malls Casinos Sites for riverboat gaming and retail developments Power generation facilities · Real Estate

Aaron Gilbride

Aaron Gilbride advises clients on complex matters involving federal securities and banking laws. Leveraging over 15 years of experience across government and private practice, including with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management, Aaron represents: Investment advisers Private funds Registered funds Fund directors Financial institutions Aaron regularly advises clients on SEC examination and enforcement investigations. He also counsels corporate clients on matters that could give rise to regulatory issues under the Advisers Act and 1940 Act, including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, financings, and emerging company matters. Before joining Latham, Aaron spent nearly six years in senior leadership roles at the SEC, including as Branch Chief in the Chief Counsel’s Office of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, where he oversaw no-action letters, exemptive applications, and interpretive guidance. Aaron also collaborated closely with the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (now Division of Examinations) and Division of Enforcement, with a focus on examinations and enforcement actions involving investment advisers and private funds. While at the SEC, Aaron also served as Senior Counsel to the Director of the Division of Investment Management and as a principal staff member on the Volcker Rule Interagency Group, where he focused on issues relating to private funds. Aaron also served on the staff of three Members of Congress, where he focused on a variety of regulatory matters including financial services, economic policy, budget, and trade. Aaron is an active thought leader and has spoken at numerous events, including conferences hosted by the Investment Adviser Association, Investment Company Institute, and NSCP. He has also served as a member of the New York City Bar Investment Management Regulation Committee and as a member of the Investment Company Institute Outside Counsel Advisory Committee. · Securities Law

Aaron S. Hullman

Counsel · Corporate Law

Abhay Lele

Finance Counsel · Leveraged Finance

Abid R. Qureshi

Abid Riaz Qureshi represents clients in government investigations, regulatory proceedings, and complex commercial litigation, drawing on more than two decades of successful trial experience. Abid helps clients navigate complex, high-value disputes in state and federal courts, in arbitrations, and in settlement negotiations. He regularly handles matters involving: False Claims Act Healthcare fraud and abuse claims Federal securities laws As an experienced trial lawyer, Abid has established an impressive track record, including winning on behalf of a client the highest-value arbitration award in Latham’s history. He meticulously prepares a case to understand how a dispute impacts a client’s business and to develop a winning strategy. In the courtroom, Abid is skilled at controlling the course of the case on cross-examination. Complementing his commercial litigation practice, Abid handles internal corporate investigations, governmental inquiries, and regulatory proceedings. He has particular facility with managing large multi-faceted investigations on behalf of international companies, drawing on experience investigating two of the largest healthcare fraud cases in the country. Leadership Abid served as Co-Chair of the Washington, D.C. office Litigation Department and as Global Chair of Latham’s Pro Bono Committee. Under his leadership, Latham increased pro bono efforts to provide more than 200,000 hours of free legal services annually. He has a long history of providing pro bono legal advice to the Muslim Alliance and immigrants’ rights groups. He received the Servant of Justice Award from the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia and the Impact Award from the Capital Area Muslim Bar Association in 2018. He currently serves as the Recruiting Committee Chair. In September 2016, President Obama nominated Abid to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. · Commercial Litigation

Abigail Smith

Abigail C. Smith represents clients in their highest stakes capital markets transactions, with a primary focus on the real estate investment trust (REIT), financial services, and hospitality industries. Abigail draws on substantial experience to guide issuers and underwriters on SEC-registered and exempted capital markets transactions, including: Initial public offerings (IPOs) Preferred and common equity offerings Debt offerings, including investment grade, high yield, and green bonds Beyond the transactional context, Abigail cultivates trusted relationships with her clients to advise on ongoing disclosure, reporting, and broader corporate governance matters. Abigail is a recognized thought leader in the capital markets space and has co-authored LexisNexis’ Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Guide for Capital Markets and Equity Capital Markets in the USA. She serves as a member of the board of directors of 826DC, a nonprofit organization that supports students ages 6 to 18 with developing their creative and expository writing skills and helps teachers inspire their students to write. Before joining Latham, she was a partner at another global law firm, where she served on the firm’s US Opinions Committee and frequently contributed to client publications related to securities law developments. · Capital Markets

Achraf Farraj

Achraf Farraj advises clients on a broad range of real estate and finance transactions. Achraf takes a pragmatic, business-minded approach to guide companies, developers, and lenders through transactions at the intersection of real estate and finance, including: Real estate acquisitions and dispositions Secured lending Hospitality and gaming projects, including hotels, casinos, and racetracks, both on and off tribal land Energy projects, including wind, solar, and geothermal Real estate joint ventures Commercial leasing, including industrial, manufacturing, and laboratory facilities He leverages extensive experience in both the real estate and finance industries to devise creative solutions that help clients successfully close deals. Achraf creates efficiencies for clients across the firm’s multi -disciplinary platform by advising on the real estate aspects of broader transactions, including involving M&A and private equity. A recognized firm leader, he has served on the Pro Bono Committee and the Training and Career Enhancement Committee. Achraf maintains an active pro bono practice, including working with Casa Cornelia Law Center to represent victims of domestic violence and help them obtain permanent legal status in the US. He also serves on the board of San Diego-based Housing Innovation Partners, a nonprofit developer of affordable housing. · Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions

Adam Goldberg

Adam Goldberg advises creditors, secured creditors, acquirers, financing sources, and companies in all facets of the restructuring and reorganization process, with a particular focus on complex cross-border matters. Adam combines creative financing structures and bespoke legal strategies to navigate clients’ largest and most complicated restructuring situations. His work encompasses financing structures for troubled businesses, acquisitions of distressed assets, chapter 11 reorganizations, debt-to-equity conversions, distressed exchanges, and sovereign restructurings. Adam's expansive transactional work has involved diverse industries, including the oil and gas, retail, shipping, aviation, power, manufacturing, and automotive sectors. Adam brings particular experience in cross-border insolvencies, having steered a number of the world’s most notable international matters in recent years. He developed his focus on cutting-edge, multijurisdictional matters by working in the firm’s Dubai office for more than 15 months and working closely with Latham’s global team on a daily basis. Adam regularly advises on diverse areas of public interest law and is a former member of Latham’s Pro Bono Committee. He is also a member of the firm’s Ethics Committee and Opinions Committee. · Restructuring

Adam J. Sullins

Adam Sullins is Global Co-Chair of the firm's Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice and Industry Groups. He represents sports teams, owners and investors, media companies, corporate sponsors, as well as leagues, players associations, governing bodies, and athletes on a full spectrum of matters across the sports industry. With many years of sports industry experience, Adam regularly advises on: Acquisition and sale of ownership stakes in sports franchises (including expansion efforts) and other companies Broadcast and new media deals Corporate sponsorship, endorsement, and other commercial deals Strategic ventures Licensing League ownership rules and regulations esports transactions · Entertainment, Sports & Media

Adam L. Kestenbaum

Adam Kestenbaum, Local Chair of the Tax Department in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits matters. He advises on all types of compensation arrangements and benefit plans and in a variety of industries, with extensive experience working with oil and gas companies and master limited partnerships. As a member of the Tax Department, Retirement Committee, and global Benefits, Compensation & Employment Practice, Adam works with public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and executives, with particular focus on: Compensation and benefits issues that arise in corporate mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, financings, spin-offs, and other corporate transactions Negotiating and drafting executive employment and separation agreements Designing incentive and equity-based compensation programs and deferred compensation plans Preparing executive compensation disclosures for proxy statements and other securities filings Counseling on tax, securities, ERISA, and corporate law issues as they relate to executive compensation and employee benefits arrangements Adam was recently named a Rising Star by Law360, which recognizes “attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.” Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Adam served as a law clerk to then-Vice Chancellor, now Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court. · Executive Compensation

Adam Perlman

Adam Perlman, a nationally recognized first-chair patent trial lawyer and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, represents brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers and leading life sciences companies in intellectual property litigation. Adam leverages more than 25 years of experience and a solutions-oriented approach to guide clients through every stage of major IP litigation, particularly Hatch-Waxman trials and Federal Circuit appeals. He advocates across a broad range of technologies and sectors, including: Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology and biologics Medical devices As lead counsel in major patent litigation in US district courts and before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, he distills complex concepts into compelling advocacy before judges and juries across the country. Adam also routinely litigates life sciences inter partes review proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Adam has argued 11 times before the Federal Circuit since 2012, including before the en banc court in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International. A recognized thought leader, Adam frequently speaks on patent litigation issues, including before the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel, the American Conference Institute Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium, the American Law Institute course “Trial of a Patent Case,” and other industry groups. Adam has served on the firm’s Associates Committee and Training and Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee. · Patent Litigation

Adam Ravin

Adam Ravin is counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Adam is a member of the Finance Department and Restructuring & Special Situations Practice. Adam concentrates on chapter 11 representations, particularly on behalf of debtors, but also on behalf of secured and unsecured creditors and third-party acquirers. He has advised clients in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retailing, mortgage lending, commercial real estate, chemicals production, air transportation, and oil and gas exploration. · Finance

Adam Rosenthal

Adam M. Rosenthal is a corporate associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Entertainment, Sports & Media Practice. Adam advises leading participants in the entertainment, sports and media industries in a wide array of corporate matters, including: Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures and strategic investments Professional sports franchise investments, acquisitions, and sales Sports league governance and rules Sports gambling transactions Arena and stadium development Sponsorships and other commercial transactions As part of his active pro bono practice, Adam helps low-income entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. · Corporate Law

Adam Shamah

Adam Shamah is a trial lawyer who represents clients in high-stakes, complex commercial litigation. Adam combines his client commitment and trial-focused intensity to guide market-leading technology companies, financial institutions, and multinational public corporations in: Complex commercial disputes Class actions M&A litigation Securities litigation He approaches each stage of a dispute with a trial-oriented mindset and crafts responsive litigation strategy that matches clients’ commercial objectives. A recognized leader at the firm, Adam serves on Latham’s global Ethics Committee. Adam maintains an active pro bono practice, including successfully petitioning a federal court for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a hard-of-hearing client. Before joining Latham, Adam clerked for Judge I. Leo Glasser of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. · Complex Commercial Disputes

Adrian Fong

Adrian Fong is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department and Financial Institutions Industry Group. Adrian focuses on financial regulation, including licensing matters, prime brokerage arrangements, asset management, securities dealing, financial market regulations, intermediary and distribution arrangements, product development and structuring, and fintech. Prior to joining Latham, Adrian worked in the Hong Kong office of a leading international law firm. · Financial Regulation

Al Pfeiffer

Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr., former Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Litigation & Trial Department and former Co-Chair of the Antitrust & Competition Practice, represents clients in civil antitrust matters and other complex commercial disputes. Al, a trial lawyer, represents Fortune 500 companies across industries in high-stakes antitrust and complex commercial litigation. Drawing on more than 30 years of trial experience, he guides clients to successful resolutions, regularly winning at all stages of litigation, including when cases go to trial. He has developed a particular focus on antitrust claims involving dominant firm conduct. Al's work includes representing clients, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in dozens of jurisdictions across the country, including: Federal district courts United States Courts of Appeal for the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits Arbitration tribunals He has also successfully represented clients involved in investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice and the California Attorney General. Al has been active for many years in the leadership of the ABA’s Section on Antitrust. He serves on the Long Range Planning Committee and previously served on the leadership Council, as chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, on the Committee Operations Task Force, and as chair of the Communications Industry Committee. He co-authored the ABA Antitrust Section’s Telecom Antitrust Handbook. · Antitrust

Alan J. Devlin

Alan Devlin, former Acting Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, represents world-leading clients in their most sophisticated antitrust and competition matters, with a particular focus on merger control. Alan combines his understanding of economics with commercial pragmatism to advise on all aspects of antitrust law, including: Global merger clearance Antitrust litigation and appeals Government investigations, including FTC 6(b) industry studies Leveraging his extensive FTC experience, he infuses an awareness of agency priorities into the earliest stages of a client’s merger agreement and guides them through their most sophisticated antitrust matters. A recognized thought leader, Alan has authored three books — Reforming Antitrust (Cambridge Univ. Press 2021), Antitrust & Patent Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2016), and Fundamental Principles of Law & Economics (Routledge 2014) — and over 30 law review articles, many of which have been cited in cases or have won awards. Alan teaches antitrust as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and has previously taught courses on law and economics, innovation policy, competition, and intellectual property. Alan received a doctorate (J.S.D.), focusing on antitrust law and economics, under the supervision of Judge Richard A. Posner. He subsequently clerked for the late Judge Richard D. Cudahy of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for Judge Amy J. St. Eve of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (now of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit). · Antitrust

Alan Mendelson

Alan Mendelson represents emerging and public growth companies, primarily in the life sciences industry. He served as the Co-chair of the firm’s Emerging Companies Practice from 2001 to 2013 and currently is Co-chair of the Life Sciences Industry Group. Mr. Mendelson has handled and supervised a variety of major business transactions. · Emerging Companies

Alan Van Dyke

Tax Partner · Tax

Alejandro Ortiz

Alejandro Ortiz advises clients on their most valuable M&A and international private equity transactions, as well as across the life cycle of their investments. Alejandro draws on decades of public and private M&A experience, having helped clients navigate more than 40 takeover bids in Spain in recent years. He regularly acts for major international and domestic fund managers on leveraged buyouts and exits from their Spanish investments. His experience bridges multiple market sectors, including: Private equity Energy and infrastructure Retail, including food and beverage A recognized thought leader, Alejandro is a lecturer on commercial law at the Complutense University and on mergers and acquisitions at ICADE and IE in Madrid. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Alejandro Ortiz

Alejandro Ortiz advises clients on their most valuable M&A and international private equity transactions, as well as across the life cycle of their investments. Alejandro draws on decades of public and private M&A experience, having helped clients navigate more than 40 takeover bids in Spain in recent years. He regularly acts for major international and domestic fund managers on leveraged buyouts and exits from their Spanish investments. His experience bridges multiple market sectors, including: Private equity Energy and infrastructure Retail, including food and beverage A recognized thought leader, Alejandro is a lecturer on commercial law at the Complutense University and on mergers and acquisitions at ICADE and IE in Madrid. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Alex Kassai

Alex Kassai represents high-growth emerging private and public companies, as well as institutional and corporate venture capital investors, on a wide range of complex transactions. Alex counsels companies at every stage of their life cycle, including: Pre-incorporation planning Company formations Fundraising strategies Private financings IPOs Follow-on equity and debt offerings M&A, spinoffs, and other complex business collaborations Corporate governance and SEC reporting He has advised clients in hundreds of private financings and M&A transactions, as well as many high- profile IPOs and public offerings, including Corsair, Pure Storage, Roku, Snap, Snowflake, and Zoom. Alex’s practice spans the full spectrum of high growth industries, including biotechnology, medical devices, software, social media, and technology. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Alex Kelly

Alex Kelly is Global Co-Chair of the M&A and Private Equity Practice Group. She is a Chambers USA-ranked attorney that has recently been named in “Notable Women in Law” and a “Notable M&A Dealmaker” by Crain’s New York Business, a “Leading Lawyer for Private Equity Buyouts” by Legal 500, and a “Leading Dealmaker in America” by Lawdragon. Alex represents market-leading strategic and private equity clients in complex corporate transactions, particularly within the asset management, financial services, technology, and infrastructure sectors. · M&A

Alexander F. Cohen

Alex Cohen advises clients and Latham lawyers facing thorny issues arising under the US securities laws. As Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins’ National Office in Washington, D.C., he draws on his experience as a senior official at the SEC and decades of capital markets practice. Alex helps clients navigate: Complex securities transactions Registration and reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Accounting restatements SEC investigations He is well-regarded in the global capital markets for advising non-US clients on US securities law matters, and spent 2001-2006 in Latham’s London and Hong Kong offices. Consistent with Latham culture, Alex serves as an accessible and valuable resource, providing guidance and insight to deal teams and colleagues throughout the firm. Alex served as the SEC’s Deputy General Counsel for Legal Policy and Administrative Practice and later as Deputy Chief of Staff. During his time at the SEC, he advised the SEC Chairman on highly sensitive questions across all aspects of the agency’s work, including the SEC’s response to the 2008 financial crisis. He also worked closely with the Chairman, Commissioners, and senior agency staff to develop and implement SEC rulemakings. He served as a law clerk to Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Thought Leadership Alex and the National Office have developed an expansive body of publicly available thought leadership that demystifies the intersection of technical regulations, agency lore, and market practice. Topics include: Initial public offerings (IPOs) Financial statements Cross-border securities offerings In addition, he edits Latham’s Words of Wisdom resource, tackling interesting legal issues in the capital markets in a lively, plain-English style. He acted as a technical advisor to Oliver Stone for the film Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010). · Capital Markets

Alexander Traum

Alexander Traum advises insurance and reinsurance companies, insurtechs, insurance-related service providers, and other financial services entities on insurance regulatory and transactional matters. Alexander helps clients navigate: Mergers and acquisitions of entities regulated under state insurance laws Insurance company, reinsurer, and captive formation and licensure Insurance producer, adjuster, third-party administrator (TPA) and managing general agency (MGA) licensing and exemptions, and the rules and regulations governing such entities, including with respect to compensation, advertising, and rebating issues Regulatory issues relating to emerging technologies, such as big data, AI, and the sharing economy Insurance investment law compliance State insurance laws and enforcement actions by state insurance departments, as well as financial and market conduct examinations Surplus lines insurance placements and non-admitted insurance issues A recognized thought leader, he writes extensively on insurance regulatory issues focusing on new technologies and the sharing economy. Before joining Latham, Alexander was special counsel at another global law firm. · Insurance Regulatory

Alexander Welch

Alexander W. Welch represents clients in complex restructurings, liability management, governance, and distressed financings. Alex has experience advising debtors, creditors, equity holders, sponsors, and other interested parties in a broad array of industries, including: Retail and consumer goods Financial services Technology Energy Manufacturing He has also represented clients in connection with reorganizing, financing, and acquiring distressed companies and assets. Before joining Latham, Alex was a partner at another global law firm. · Restructuring

Alexandra Roje

Litigation & Trial Counsel · Insurance Coverage Litigation

Alfred Xue

Alfred Xue, Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Banking & Private Credit Practice, represents clients in complex leveraged finance transactions, with a particular focus on cross-border transactions and acquisition financings. Over nearly two decades, Alfred has led on hundreds of unitranche, direct lending, and syndicated loan transactions, with an issuance value exceeding several hundred billion dollars. He draws on a sophisticated understanding of the market and commercial perspective to advise a full spectrum of market participants, including private credit funds and investment banks. A pioneer in the private credit space, Alfred has led the practice through multiple market evolutions. He regularly garners top recognition from leading legal authorities. Alfred is a member of the firm’s Finance Department’s Opinions and Confirmations Committee and formerly served on the Recruiting Committee. · Banking & Private Credit

Alice S. Fisher

Alice Fisher serves as Latham's General Counsel and is a partner in Latham’s Washington, D.C. office. She focuses her practice on white collar criminal investigations and internal investigations, and advises clients on a range of criminal matters and civil government enforcement matters. Alice has significant experience with corporate investigations and enforcement matters and frequently provides strategic counsel to corporations on managing the legal risks of operating in a global economy. She has particular experience in: International criminal matters relating to alleged bribery under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws, economic and export sanctions, and other cross border investigations Criminal and civil fraud matters such as healthcare fraud, accounting and securities fraud, and procurement fraud Government enforcement inquiries and investigations in front of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Consumer Fraud Protection Bureau, and Congress Alice previously served on Latham's Executive Committee and as Managing Partner of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. From 2005-2008, she served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division of the US DOJ. As assistant attorney general, Alice led more than 750 attorneys and staff responsible for federal criminal enforcement policy as well as handling criminal matters in federal courts across the country in all areas of federal criminal law enforcement. Under her leadership, the Criminal Division pursued a broad array of federal criminal investigations and prosecutions, with particular focus on corporate fraud matters, including securities fraud, procurement fraud, financial institution fraud, anti-money laundering, healthcare fraud, computer hacking and cyber security, national security, as well as US-domestic and international corruption. Alice also chaired the National Procurement Fraud Task Force, supervised the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, and served as a member of the President's Corporate Fraud Task Force. She handled various transnational and multinational law enforcement operations and policies, including bilateral agreements and treaties involving information sharing and global criminal enforcement initiatives. Representing the DOJ in front of Congress, Alice testified on criminal enforcement policies and served on the Federal Criminal Rules Committee. Alice previously held other positions in government, including deputy special counsel to a US Senate Special Committee. Alice has published articles and spoken on criminal law topics such as the criminalization of corporate conduct, the FCPA, healthcare and procurement fraud, the False Claims Act, the US criminal enforcement environment, public corruption and the honest services statute, financial crime in the financial services industry, securities fraud, identity theft, cybercrime, and national security. She is also an elected member of The American Law Institute. · White Collar Criminal Defense

Alicia Jovais

Alicia Jovais represents market-leading companies in all aspects of antitrust litigation and related counseling. Alicia draws on extensive experience and her solutions-focused approach to devise actionable strategies for clients relating to: Consumer class actions Monopolization, conspiracy, and unfair competition claims Distribution policies Licensing disputes and other IP-related antitrust claims California state claims, including under the California Unfair Competition Law Arbitration-related matters She helps multinational companies navigate the nuances inherent in complex antitrust litigation, and partners with clients to fully understand their commercial objectives. Bringing a wealth of litigation experience to each matter, Alicia regularly conducts witness examinations and argues pre-trial matters in court. Her first-chair deposition experience includes deposing economic experts, fact witnesses, and corporate representatives. Alicia maintains an active pro bono practice, with a focus on representing clients in asylum proceedings. Before joining the firm, Alicia served as a law clerk to Judge Mary M. Schroeder of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. During law school, she was a judicial extern to Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero of the Northern District of California and a law clerk in the Civil Division of the US Attorney’s Office in San Francisco. · Antitrust Litigation

Alison Haggerty

Alison Haggerty advises issuers and investment banking firms in capital markets transactions, with a focus on initial public offerings, follow-on equity offerings, and convertible debt offerings in growth industries. Alison serves a mix of companies and financial institutions in connection with complex equity and debt securities offerings. She brings particular experience handling capital markets transactions on behalf of all of the major US investment banks and leading innovators in technology, healthcare and life sciences, and retail and consumer products. Alison also regularly counsels publicly traded companies on general corporate and securities law matters, including governance issues, reporting obligations, and stock exchange rules and requirements. · Capital Markets

Allen M. Gardner

Partner · Complex Litigation

Alli Stillman

Alli Stillman represents industry leaders in their most complex copyright challenges, with a particular focus on digital media platforms. Alli draws on extensive experience helping clients navigate and shape the copyright regimes governing digital media, including in connection with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Music Modernization Act. She partners with clients to devise and execute strategies around copyright licensing issues and disputes — ranging from day-to-day counseling to bet-the-company litigation — to achieve their business objectives. Alli regularly garners recognition from leading industry authorities, including Crain’s New York Business, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, and Law360. She is also an alumna of Leadership Music, a fellowship program for leaders across the music industry. She serves on the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Copyright and Literary Property and on the Board of Directors of Lawyers for Children, a nonprofit legal corporation dedicated to protecting the rights of children in foster care in New York City and promoting system-wide child welfare reform in New York State. Alli began her career as a law clerk to Judge Richard R. Clifton, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. · Copyright

Allison Harms

Allison Harms focuses on intellectual property litigation, both state and federal, at the trial and appellate levels, with a primary focus on patent litigation. Allison has experience in various stages of patent litigation including pre-suit investigations, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial. She has assisted in infringement and invalidity contentions, claim construction, expert discovery, discovery management, depositions, and various briefing at the pre-trial, trial, and post-trial stages, including discovery motions, summary judgment, motions in limine, motions for reconsideration, motions for judgment as a matter of law, as well as drafted appellate briefing in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Ninth Circuit. She has argued motions in court, including a motion for default judgment and a motion for summary judgment. Allison has litigated a variety of patented technologies, including speech transcoding, hard disk drives, wireless data transfer, liquid crystal displays, semiconductor processing, organic light emitting diode displays, dental implants and abutments, medical stents, automotive design, and network communications. In addition to her work in patent litigation, Allison also has experience in other areas of intellectual property including trade secret litigation, as well as trademark and copyright litigation and enforcement. Allison received her JD from University of California, Hastings College of Law. She received a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of San Diego. · Intellectual Property Litigation

Allison Hyeyeon In

Allison In advises clients on all aspects of environmental and safety matters, with a particular focus on automotive compliance as well as chemical and product stewardship. Allison leverages her sophisticated technical background to help clients navigate complex environmental and safety-related regulatory issues concerning: Air quality Chemical use and manufacturing Oil and gas Water pollution Land use Soil contamination She regularly represents clients in enforcement defense, internal investigations, regulatory advocacy, and compliance counseling. Allison serves as chair of the Communications Committee for the Korean-American Bar Association of Washington, D.C. She also served as vice chair of the Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Ecosystems Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (ABA SEER), as well as vice chair of ABA SEER’s Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know Committee. Prior to joining Latham, Allison was a senior associate at another large law firm in Washington, D.C., where she advised clients in the automotive, energy, retail commerce, and manufacturing sectors on environmental and safety matters. Before that, she was a law clerk in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics and clerked for an international law firm in Seoul, South Korea. · Environmental Law

Allyson M. Maltas

Counsel · Antitrust

Alyssa Galinsky

Alyssa Galinsky advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies on corporate transactions. Alyssa helps sophisticated clients execute complex cross-border transactions, including: Mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions Joint ventures Co-investments Carve-outs Reorganizations Alyssa serves clients across a range of industries. She combines an insatiable intellectual curiosity and an understanding of her clients’ perspectives to quickly focus on the right questions to execute a deal in a fast-paced environment. She also advises clients on general corporate matters, drawing insight from her experience on secondment to Credit Suisse, where she advised the board of directors and corporate secretary. As part of her pro bono practice, Alyssa has represented victims of domestic violence in obtaining protection under VAWA, individuals seeking asylum in the United States, and nonprofit organizations on general legal matters. She has served on Latham’s Recruiting Committee. · Private Equity

Amanda Reeves

Mandy Reeves, recognized as one of the top antitrust lawyers in the world, is a partner in the Litigation & Trial Department. She is the Office Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office, and formerly served as Global Chair of Latham’s Band 1 Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. Mandy is a sought after global leader and strategic adviser in the antitrust bar. She routinely provides sophisticated advice to lead clients through their toughest matters, whether it involves developing a creative strategy to work constructively with global regulators to obtain regulatory approval, aggressively proceeding successfully through litigation and trial, or advising and leading the charge in defending novel monopolization claims in confidential investigations or landmark litigations. Her work cuts across all industries including high technology, life sciences, healthcare, aerospace, entertainment, sports, media, communications, agriculture, automotive, retail, and consumer products. Mandy is one of a handful of lawyers to have successfully led merger matters opposite both the DOJ Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission in recent years from signing, through the Second Request process, to closing following trial. Mandy previously served as Attorney Advisor to Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch at the Federal Trade Commission. She is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section, where she previously served on the Section’s Governing Council and has chaired the Annual Law & Economics Institute for Judges, an intensive training program, which trains federal judges in antitrust law and economics. Mandy has served in multiple management roles at Latham including her previous position as Chair of Latham’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice Group and Global Chair of the firm’s Mentoring Committee. Prior to joining Latham, Mandy clerked for Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and for Judge John G. Heyburn II, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. · Antitrust

Amit Makker

Amit Makker represents clients in complex intellectual property disputes across a range of high technology sectors. Amit guides clients through the full life cycle of patent disputes in a broad range of technical industries, including: Networking technologies, both wired and wireless Cellular systems Internet and cloud technologies Semiconductors Computer hardware Medical devices Automotive Amit has experience in all phases of patent litigation, including claim construction proceedings, summary judgment proceedings, and trial. His background as an electrical engineer for a large defense contractor and his broad technical knowledge allow him to communicate effectively with engineers and distill complex concepts for judges and juries. He represents clients in district courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and in post-grant proceedings including inter partes review (IPR) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). While in law school, Amit was a senior copy editor for the Southern California Law Review and Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property and Technology Society. He also served as a judicial extern for Judge Christina A. Snyder of the District Court for the Central District of California. As part of his active pro bono practice, Amit was part of the Latham team that led the 2020 US Census litigation (for which the team won the firm’s Robert M. Dell Prize for Extraordinary Pro Bono Service), successfully petitioned the Obama administration for clemency on a client’s behalf, and successfully sought expungement of a client’s criminal record. · Intellectual Property

Amy Beckingham

Amy Beckingham, Vice Chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Department, advises clients across Asia on a full spectrum of corporate transactions. Amy advises private equity, real estate, infrastructure, sovereign wealth, and venture capital funds, as well as emerging and listed companies on corporate transactions including: Public and private M&A and joint ventures Fundraising Restructuring Initial public offerings She draws on broad experience handling transactions across the region, regularly advising clients throughout the full lifecycle of their investments — from early stage to IPO exits. Resident in Asia since 2011, first in Hong Kong and now based in Singapore — Amy has advised clients across the region, from China to India. And she has advised private equity clients on IPO exits in Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Amy combines a client-focused, responsive, and commercial sensibility with a keen sense of market practice across the region, to provide strong advocacy for her clients. · Mergers and Acquisitions

Amy E. Speros

Amy Speros is Counsel in the San Diego and Washington, D.C. offices of Latham & Watkins. She advises clients on regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters in industries overseen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other federal health agencies, including the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, food, dietary supplement, cosmetic, and tobacco industries. Amy assists clients with all aspects of the FDA-regulated product life cycle, including, among others: Pre-market development and testing FDA product submissions Market exclusivity strategies, including orphan drug issues Labeling and post-market safety concerns, including Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) programs FDA and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulation of product marketing and promotion FDA and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) export and import requirements Clinical trial, manufacturing, distribution, and other corporate contracts FDA inspections and recalls Civil and criminal compliance and enforcement In the transactional area, Amy provides regulatory advice on diligence and disclosure matters for large public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and private transactions. She has also been involved extensively in Administrative Procedure Act litigation. Amy is a former long-time member of Latham’s Global Training and Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee. As part of her pro bono practice, she has advised non-profits on employment and compliance matters and represented veterans in association with the National Veterans Legal Services Program. · FDA Regulatory

Amy Hargreaves

Amy Hargreaves, San Diego Local Litigation & Trial Department Chair, helps clients navigate internal investigations, False Claims Act defense, and compliance-related matters within the healthcare industry. She assists clients within the healthcare industry with internal investigations, government investigations, OIG and CMS self-disclosures, compliance program development, and referral source/HCP relationship advising. Amy spends the majority of her time defending her clients against False Claims Act qui tam investigations and litigations. Her clients include large hospital systems as well as medical device and pharmaceutical companies at varying stages of development. Amy has advised clients on a wide range of compliance issues, from the proper structuring of physician arrangements, to the development of compliant billing and coding processes, to the development of pharmaceutical and medical device promotion practices. · False Claims Act

Amy Quartarolo

Litigation & Trial Counsel · Bankruptcy

Amy R. Rigdon

Amy Rigdon advises clients on the formation and operation of a variety of traditional and non-traditional private investment vehicles, including private equity funds, co-investment funds, GP-led secondaries, and sponsor arrangements and governance. Amy delivers creative and pragmatic counsel to a variety of participants in the funds space, including private equity firms, established and emerging fund managers, and institutional investors. Her experience ranges across fund types and investment areas, with a particular focus on energy and renewable funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, and private credit funds. Amy’s work includes: Fundraising private investment funds and co-investment vehicles, both in the US and internationally Internal sponsor arrangements and governance GP-led secondary transactions Portfolio company acquisitions and divestitures, and management equity arrangements Compliance issues Drawing on her experience advising SPACs since 2015, Amy frequently handles arrangements in connection with SPAC IPOs. Her work encompasses more than US$3 billion in SPAC IPO proceeds, including the first-ever Mexican SPAC. Amy regularly speaks and writes on topics related to investment funds, institutional investing, and securities issues. Amy has served in several firm leadership roles, including as Co-Chair of the Women Enriching Business Committee in the Washington, D.C. office. Amy also actively supports a number of nonprofit organizations, including the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. Among her efforts, she served as Co-Chair of the organization’s Generous Associate Campaign for several years. Amy ’s involvement in this initiative earned her recognition as part of the group that won the Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association of Washington, D.C.’s 2018 Young Lawyer of the Year award. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Stetson University. · Private Funds

Ana O'Brien

Tax Partner · Tax

Analisa Dillingham

Analisa Dillingham advises clients on their highest profile matters involving insurance regulation and transactions. Analisa helps clients navigate all aspects of insurance regulatory matters, including those relating to: Formations Licensings Investments Reporting Reinsurance Captive insurers Governance issues She draws on extensive transactional experience to guide clients — including financial institutions and insurers — on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, and capital markets transactions in both the property and casualty insurance and life and health insurance sectors. · Insurance Regulation

Andrea Hogan

Andrea Hogan is a partner in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins, and is the local Chair of the firm’s Environment, Land & Resources Department. Ms. Hogan's practice focuses on environmental litigation and regulatory matters. · Environmental Law

Andrea Ramezan-Jackson

Andrea Ramezan-Jackson, Chair of the Washington, D.C. Tax Department, represents clients on corporate and partnership taxation. Andrea represents US and non-US corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies as well as private equity and venture capital funds with respect to tax matters pertaining to domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and reorganizations as well as financings, initial public offerings (including Up-C and SPAC transactions), divestitures, and other restructuring transactions. · Corporate Taxation

Andrea Schwartzman

Andrea Schwartzman advises clients on the formation and ongoing operations of a broad range of private investment vehicles. Nationally recognized as a leading investment funds lawyer, Andrea delivers practical and business-focused advice to private fund sponsors and asset managers at all stages and sizes, as well as institutional investors. She advises clients on various types of fund formation across a range of investment areas, including the buyout, energy and infrastructure, technology, and credit spaces. Andrea’s work encompasses a variety of matters in the private capital space, including: Fund formation GP-led secondary transactions Internal sponsor economic arrangements Joint ventures Strategic transactions, including the acquisition of investment managers Andrea also frequently provides pro bono counsel to various nonprofit organizations on general business matters. Andrea regularly speaks and writes on key issues concerning the investment funds space, including for leading industry conferences and publications. Andrea previously served as Global Vice Chair of the Associates Committee. · Investment Funds

Andrew (Andy) Forman

Andy Forman focuses his antitrust practice on high-stakes merger clearances, civil antitrust investigations, and counseling. Andy draws on decades of experience as a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) Antitrust Division (2022–2025), at the Federal Trade Commission, and over 15 years in private practice to help clients navigate a broad spectrum of competition matters, including: Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures Conduct investigations Antitrust litigation Andy has experience across a wide range of industries, including technology, healthcare and life sciences, pharmaceuticals, insurance, finance and fintech, transportation, consumer products, entertainment, housing, building products, industrials, aerospace, and defense. · Antitrust

Andrew Baker

Andrew Baker is a partner in the Capital Markets Practice who leverages his deep experience of debt capital markets to provide clients with strategic commercial advice. Andrew maintains a broad-based capital markets practice representing sponsors, issuers and investment banks in high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, acquisition financing, bridge financings, exchange offers, tender offers and consent solicitations. Andrew has closed several hundred transactions with an aggregate market value approaching one trillion dollars. Andrew regularly represents sponsors, issuers, and investment banks in connection with the following types of transactions: High-yield debt offerings Investment grade debt offerings Convertible notes offerings Bridge facilities Committed acquisition financing Equity offerings Initial public offerings Exchange offers Tender offers Consent solicitations Other creative liability management solutions He regularly advises public and private company and sponsor clients on debt issuances, general corporate matters, debt offerings, securities and stock exchange rules, and corporate governance issues. Andrew’s work covers a wide array of sectors including chemicals, healthcare, food products, aviation, financial institutions, casino gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, automotive, insurance, consumer lending, mining, energy, oil and gas, retail, specialty products, and telecommunications. · Capital Markets

Andrew Bishop

Andrew Bishop, as a Regional Chair of Latham & Watkins' Finance Department in Asia, has built a team that advises global market-leading funds and strategic investors on complex financings throughout the Asia-Pacific market. Andrew delivers strategic and commercially driven counsel to private equity, venture, and credit funds, as well as other institutional and strategic investors on a range of cross-border finance and high-value mandates. He regularly helps clients navigate: Leveraged acquisitions, including back-leverage financings Take-private and real estate finance transactions Bank/bond and bridge finance transactions Margin loans Subscription and capital call financings Refinancing and recapitalization matters Restructuring matters Andrew has been resident in Asia for more than a decade, so has developed an intricate understanding of international legal regimes in the region. Drawing on qualifications and experience practicing in London and Hong Kong, he regularly helps clients execute market-defining transactions spanning Asia, Europe, and the United States, including novel and precedent-setting financings in Australia, China, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. · Banking And Finance

Andrew Clubok

Andrew Clubok is Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Securities and M&A Litigation Practice. Based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York offices, he is a premier, go-to trial lawyer for complex, bet-the-company litigation. Andrew has over 30 years of experience in trial, appellate, and administrative litigation, and counseling across a wide range of areas including securities law, commercial disputes, automotive litigation, tax controversies, environmental litigation, telecommunications, restructuring, antitrust, and employment matters. Andrew has successfully represented many of the world’s leading companies including Meta, Verizon, Lyft, General Motors, Toyota, Ford, Daimler AG, American Airlines, Raytheon, Amazon, Honeywell, Pfizer, Teva, Abbott Labs, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Camping World, UBS, Chipotle, CenturyLink, X (formerly Twitter), Hershey, Navient, Fortinet, Carvana, Peloton, Adobe, and AOL. Andrew served as a law clerk for Judge Frank J. Battisti of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He is a board member for the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. · Securities Litigation

Andrew D. Prins

Andrew Prins represents clients in complex high-stakes litigation matters, including disputes with the government and consumer class actions. Andrew is a versatile litigator who represents clients before trial courts, appellate courts, administrative agencies, and arbitrators. He works with clients in a number of highly regulated industries, especially: Pharmaceuticals Healthcare Biotechnology Telecommunications Technology His government-facing matters often involve challenges to the legality of government regulatory actions that raise precedent-setting questions of constitutional law, administrative law, federal preemption, jurisdiction, and statutory interpretation. In addition to litigating these issues on both the plaintiff and defense side in court, he provides pre-dispute counseling to clients in regulatory matters that may result in litigation. Within his complex litigation practice, Andrew regularly defends clients in consumer class actions, and a contested class has never been certified in one of his cases. He also frequently represents clients in arbitration proceedings in matters that typically involve a complex regulatory overlay. He possesses a sophisticated understanding of the statutory and regulatory regimes under which his clients operate, including the Administrative Procedure Act (APA); Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); Controlled Substances Act (CSA); Plant Protection Act (PPA); Endangered Species Act (ESA); National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA); and various consumer protection statutes. A recognized leader at the firm, Andrew serves on the Technology Committee and the Finance Committee. Before joining Latham, Andrew served as a judicial law clerk to Judge J.L. Edmondson of the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. For 10 years prior to practicing law, he served in various senior-level engineering and management roles at a large multinational internet and telecommunications company, where he was responsible for network architecture and data security. · Complex Litigation

Andrew Gass

Andy Gass is an acclaimed antitrust and IP lawyer who represents technology companies in their highest-stakes disputes. Andy is the architect of the firm’s decorated copyright practice and teaches a course titled “Copyright, Competition & Technology” at the UC Berkeley School of Law. He serves a wide range of clients, from early-stage startups to the largest companies in the world, as a trusted counselor and lead litigator. In that capacity, Andy has shaped the highest-profile, most cutting-edge issues in digital copyright law in the past decade, whether by resolving a matter behind the scenes, advocating in regulatory proceedings, or trying a case in US federal court. Andy regularly writes and speaks on issues related to the legal rules that govern artificial intelligence products, internet platforms, streaming services, and other topics. Before joining Latham, he was a law clerk to the late Honorable Stephen F. Williams on the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. · Antitrust

Andrew Gray

Andrew Gray represents companies, financial institutions, boards of directors, and individuals in complex commercial litigation including securities class action lawsuits, corporate control and merger disputes, government investigation and enforcement actions, and other complex matters. Andrew represents industry-leading companies, officers, directors, professional service organizations, and financial institutions in connection with: Securities class actions Shareholder derivative litigation Fraud allegations Mergers and acquisitions litigation Battles for corporate control Government enforcement actions Internal investigations Other complex, high-exposure litigation Andrew has helped numerous clients achieve highly favorable jury verdicts, as well as dismissals at the motion to dismiss and summary judgment stages, including multiple victories for clients in the technology and software industries. Andrew previously served as a clerk to Judge Kim Wardlaw on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to attending law school, Andrew was a teacher at Loyola High School of Los Angeles where he also coached football and basketball. Andrew is the former Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department in Orange County, has served on the firm's Associates Committee and Pro Bono Committee, and he participates in the firm's pro bono program. He is on the Boards of Directors of the Orange County Federal Bar Association, the Orange County chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Community Legal Aid SoCal, and Human Options, a non-profit dedicated to stopping the cycle of domestic violence. · Securities Class Actions

Andrew Lundberg

Litigation Partner · Insurance Coverage Litigation

Andrew P. Galdes

Andrew Galdes advises clients on compliance and enforcement issues involving US laws and regulations related to economic and trade sanctions, as well as export controls. Andrew helps clients, including companies, financial institutions, private equity firms, and global private foundations, navigate: Internal compliance investigations Regulatory, congressional and other government investigations, and enforcement actions Day-to-day corporate compliance matters Transactional due diligence He advises clients on the complex legal, policy, and enforcement issues arising under: Economic and trade sanctions programs administered by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) The State Department’s International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) The Commerce Department’s Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Andrew draws on extensive technical knowledge and experience to help clients secure governmental guidance and approvals, including OFAC authorizations and interpretive rulings, and crafts pragmatic solutions to obstacles that international trade laws often present in cross-border transactions. He excels at helping US and global clients design and implement sanctions and export controls compliance programs. He regularly writes and speaks on topics related to sanctions and export controls. · International Trade