Latham and Watkins Legal 500

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“Absolute availability, great technical capacity and great practicality and creativity in dealing with legal problems. I particularly highlight the work of Ignacio Pallarés. The firm: Latham & Watkins is a leading international law firm serving multinationals, start-ups, investment banks, private equity funds, venture capital firms, sovereign wealth funds, governments and other organizations. The firm`s global platform spans Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States and consists of internationally recognized practices in a wide range of transactional, litigation, corporate and regulatory areas. Latham lawyers offer unparalleled legal resources and strategic business thinking to provide clients with innovative solutions to complex business and legal issues. “The very commercial and down-to-earth Bruce Bell is one of the most experienced professionals in this field. His excellent legal knowledge and ability to handle debt and equity documents is a competitive advantage that very few City lawyers possess. » Corporate Law: Clients are in good company – the Corporate team supports companies pragmatically with a broad perspective on all corporate law matters. “Chris Horton is our point of contact for complex, high-value ECM transactions.

It is a leader in this field and offers a true partner-led service. The L&W team always provides first-class legal advice. » Areas of practice: Lawyers in Latham`s Brussels office handle the most pressing competition law requirements for large corporations around the world, including global antitrust defense and litigation, complex merger clearances, and a series of alleged abuses of market dominance and state aid that will set the legal standard for future cases. It also handles an ever-increasing number of disputes before European and national courts, including civil actions for damages. “The team is brilliant at tailoring their advice to the specific situation and giving practical steps to achieve the desired outcome. The firm offers responsive advice as well as support with notice periods and legal requirements, making it a one-stop shop for data protection. The team is happy to invest time in building a relationship with our customers that allows us to feel better supported as a company. » Areas of practice: Latham & Watkins` Hong Kong office is one of the few high-level law firms capable of providing substantial legal advice in the United States, Hong Kong and England. The firm`s clients benefit from this combined platform of high-level legal expertise in the development of their business through inbound and outbound investment activities. “Christian Jahn followed in the footsteps of Andreas Diem in retirement and did very well in taking on this task.

His professional attitude and expertise, as well as his talent for looking at a situation from different economic and legal angles, are unique. The highest legal qualifications and professional expertise are a matter of course for Latham & Watkins – but the mission goes far beyond that. The firm attaches equal importance to authenticity, down-to-earth and empathy. She is convinced that the best solutions come from the combination of legal professionalism and social expertise. “Extremely responsive, pragmatic and understanding how legal advice should meet the needs of the business.” Technology and Outsourcing: Recognized for its strong legal and business expertise in IT outsourcing, the team advises leading clients on the acquisition, development, protection, operation, licensing and sale of technology. “Eveline Van Keymeulen has extensive knowledge of law and industry. In addition, Latham has extensive experience advising on the international aspects of a wide range of transactions for Italian clients. The latter benefit from high-level legal expertise in the development of their business through inbound and outbound investment activities. Latham continues to receive awards and recognitions from a number of leading financial and legal publications for its milestones and previous events. “Strong knowledge of EU competition law, attention to detail and legal creativity. They can easily understand non-legal industries.

Latham`s Italian processing capacity includes complete process solutions. With a core team of commercial litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution and a particular focus on corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture disputes, corporate insolvency and directors` liability, the firm can handle the most complex domestic and international litigation. In addition, the Italian offices have an administrative law practice that represents private and public companies before administrative courts in all aspects of complex projects in the fields of energy, real estate and infrastructure, including development and authorization procedures, administrative law disputes and compliance with legal regulations, legal diligence and opinions on public law issues, public regulations in public law. regulated sectors, as well as environmental permits and government procurement issues. “Fabrice Fages has shown great listening and intelligence on the mechanisms of our markets and the regulatory systems that shape these markets. He identified complex AND effective strategies to manage and resolve trade disputes. These strategies and the legal analyses of the regulations and the arguments of the proposed counterparties and our positions allowed us to build a coherent argument. “I can`t recommend Farah O`Brien and Jon Fox highly enough.

As expected, legally excellent, but also very commercial and practical in their approach and advice. “Latham & Watkins gave us the business clarity we needed. Of course, as is typical of Latham & Watkins, they also provided brilliant legal advice based on the extensive transactional experience of the Latham & Watkins team and committed to working as hard as necessary to close the deal on time. “Fernando Mantilla-Serrano is an exceptional practitioner with extensive knowledge of international commercial arbitration related to Latin America.