Latham & Watkins LLP

Kristin Murphy, Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department in Orange County, advises clients on complex business litigation, with an emphasis on securities and commodities fraud, mergers and acquisitions, professional liability, and class action litigation. She has represented clients in connection with:

• • Securities class action suits
  • Shareholder derivative litigation
  • Internal investigations
  • Merger disputes
  • Proxy contests
  • Other complex, high-exposure litigation

Kristin's recent representations include special committee engagements in controlling stockholder transactions, multijurisdictional litigation arising out of solicited and hostile takeover attempts, and investigations and litigation on behalf of special committees and boards of directors related to public company crises. She has represented pharmaceutical companies in clinical and post-clinical trial phases of development, energy companies, and real estate investment trusts.

Kristin has served on the firm’s Recruiting Committee, and Equal Employment Opportunity Review Board, and currently serves on the Training & Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee and Women Enriching Business Committee.