North America - United States • Dispute resolution
Latham & Watkins LLP
International litigation is a key strength at Latham & Watkins LLP, frequently undertaking complex, bet-the-company cases. The group is retained by an impressive roster of clients, including Nissan Motor Corporation, Oracle, and Microsoft Corporation. The practice is adept at representing clients in complex enforcement actions levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Michele Johnson leads the team and acts as chair, based in the Orange County office of the firm. Johnson has extensive experience across securities class action, SEC enforcement actions, and shareholder derivative litigation. Noted practitioners within the department include Chicago-based Sean Berkowitz, leveraging expertise in securities fraud and antitrust, Andrew Clubok in Washington D.C, and in San Francisco, Peter Wald. Michael Morin and Jamie Wine are ‘exceptional litigators’.
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Testimonials
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‘This firm’s talent runs very deep, so that team members can each take an active speaking role in arbitration and litigation. This permits the firm to present a brilliant and diversified team of attorneys.’
‘Partners Michael Morin and Jamie Wine are both exceptional litigators, and they also select exceptionally strong teams to staff their cases.’
Key clients
- Nissan Motor Corporation
- CoStar Group, Inc
- World Aquatics
- Russell Crumpler and Christopher Farmer, as joint liquidators of Three Arrows Capital Ltd
- Changpeng Zhao, Founder and CEO of Binance
- GRAIL, Inc
- Oracle
- Integro Group Holdings/Tysers Insurance Brokers
- StarKist Co
- Microsoft Corporation
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc
- Integro Group Holdings/Tysers Insurance Brokers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michele Johnson