Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP handles a wide range of regulatory, risk management, compliance and contentious matters for a heavyweight roster of global and regional banks and private equity firms. Leveraging strong ties with financial regulators, team head Simon Hawkins advises banking and asset management clients on a wide array of regulatory issues associated with bringing new products to market, establishing new platforms/businesses and on ongoing compliance issues. Hawkins is also active in the fintech sector, particularly in the crypto regulatory landscape. The arrival in August 2022 of litigator Dominic Geiser from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP also represented a step change in the office’s ability to work on domestic and multi-jurisdictional litigation in the financial services sector.