Kirt Switzer > Latham & Watkins LLP > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Latham & Watkins LLP Offices
505 MONTGOMERY STREET
SUITE 2000
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111-6538
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Kirt Switzer
Position
Kirt Switzer is the Office Managing Partner of Latham’s San Francisco office and the Local Department Chair for the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley tax practices.
Career
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
(Hall of Fame)Latham & Watkins LLP’s transactional tax group services a client roster that includes blue-chip corporations, private equity firms, financial institutions and investment banks, with the firm regularly operating in the financial services, energy, retail, life sciences, and natural resources sectors, among others. Katharine Moir, based in the Bay Area, leads on transactional tax, often advising private equity firms and companies on the tax aspects of major transactions, including take-private acquisitions. New York-based Jiyeon Lee-Lim, global chair of the firm’s overall tax department, has recently assisted several SPACs in connection with IPOs and business combinations. David Raab, also in New York, has handled multibillion-dollar deals for leading names such as Energy Capital Partners and The Carlyle Group. Northern California’s Kirt Switzer focuses on federal taxation of corporations and partnerships, while Pardis Zomorodi in Los Angeles represents companies, REITS, private equity firms, and investment banks in relation to M&A, spin-offs, and joint ventures. Andrea Ramezan-Jackson in Washington DC advises domestic and international corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies as well as private equity and venture capital funds. Joe Kronsnoble in Chicago is well known for advising private equity firms as well as for his bankruptcy expertise. Matthew Dewitz in New York and Houston’s Bryant Lee also play key roles in the team. Samuel Weiner retired in December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- US taxes: non-contentious United States > Tax
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 > 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
- 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
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- 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 > 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