Anthony Klein > Latham & Watkins LLP > San Diego, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Anthony Klein
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Anthony Klein counsels emerging growth and established technology and service companies, negotiating their strategic alliances and technology/IP-related transactions. He serves as Global Co-Chair of Latham’s Connectivity Industry Group, and previously served as Global Co-Chair of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice, Chair of the Firm’s Security Committee, and Chair of the Firm’s Technology Committee.
Anthony provides clients practical legal advice to facilitate their strategic business transactions. He leverages a sophisticated understanding of the intricacies of dynamic technologies, drawing on more than 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley and around the world. He regularly advises clients active in the following industries:
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- Semiconductor design and manufacture, including IoT applications
- Transportation, including aviation, and connected and autonomous vehicles
- eCommerce, internet services, and retail and commercial products
- Medical devices and digital therapeutics
- AI solutions
- Cloud computing
Anthony routinely structures, prepares, and negotiates US and cross-border agreements for:
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- Strategic alliances and joint ventures
- Commercial development, manufacturing, and distribution arrangements
- Technology and intellectual property licensing and transfers
- IP aspects of M&A transactions
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
(Hall of Fame)The ‘world class’ data and technology transactions team at Latham & Watkins LLP
counts emerging start-ups as well as tech giants amongst its key roster of clients. Adopting a holistic approach by collaborating with the firmwide financial regulatory and data privacy teams, the practice routinely acts on high-value tech deals and has particular expertise handling projects involving AI, digital assets, and semiconductor design. The practice is led by Boston-based Sarah Gagan, who is well-versed in handling systems integration projects and complex licensing and development arrangements across the tech and life sciences sectors. Anthony Klein
is based in Silicon Valley and concentrates on guiding clients through cross-border tech transactions. In Los Angeles, Ghaith Mahmood is recognized for his strengths in Metaverse and blockchain matters and also counsels clients on the IP and regulatory implications of NFT platforms. Clients come to Silicon Valley-based Michelle Ontiveros Gross for advice on the protection of tech assets and on matters relating to cloud computing and data security. Kieran Dickinson, who works from the Washington DC office, covers the structuring and negotiation of complex tech and IP licenses, while also demonstrating know-how in open-source software work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Technology transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism