Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP has the strength-in-depth to handle a range and volume of large-scale securities litigation class actions and shareholder derivative actions for companies, individual officers, underwriters and issuers. Many of these cases arise in the aftermath of IPOs, with the firm very skilled at representing issuers, in particular, in the context of strict liability Section 11 cases and Rule 10-b 5 cases. Splitting his time between New York and Washington DC, Andrew Clubok is a trial expert with extensive experience defending securities class actions and shareholder derivative lawsuits for many of the world’s biggest brands. As well as handling a considerable volume of issuer work (including on matters involving parallel SEC probes), New York-based Jason Hegt also regularly acts for accounting firms in securities class actions, as well as for financial institutions, often in cases involving complex and structured investment products. San Diego-based Colleen Smith also has vast experience in the field, and is one of only a handful of litigators in the country to have successfully defended a securities case at trial. Smith is also one of a raft of capable lawyers on the West Coast, others including Michele Johnson in Orange County and Silicon Valley-based Daniel Gherardi, that are skilled at defending hi-tech, life sciences and healthcare companies in securities litigation in the aftermath of an IPO. New York-based Blair Connelly co-heads the team alongside Smith and Clubok that also includes vastly experienced litigator Jeff Hammel.