Latham & Watkins: New Partners and Counsel Promotions 2025
Latham & Watkins has announced the promotion of 24 attorneys to partner and 27 to counsel, effective January 1, 2025. This announcement follows the earlier promotion of 19 counsel to partner within the same year. The firm’s leadership commended the newly promoted lawyers for their exceptional contributions across Latham’s global offices and their commitment to client service and innovation.
Promotions by Region:
Europe and Middle East
- Partners: Stephanie Adams (Antitrust & Competition, London), Najla Al-Gadi (Capital Markets, Riyadh), Jon Fox (M&A, London), Kristina Hufnagel (Employment & Benefits, Munich), Jack Isaacs (Restructuring, London), Calvin Ng (Real Estate, London), Gilad Zohari (Capital Markets, Tel Aviv).
- Counsel: Ori Assa (M&A, Madrid), Ralph Dräger (Banking, Frankfurt), Martina Eisgruber (Banking, Frankfurt), Medha Marathe (M&A, London), Daniel Marcus (Structured Finance, London), Roberto Muñoz (Litigation, Madrid), Koushik Prasad (Capital Markets, London), Amy Watkins (Tax, London), Jana Zupikova (Structured Finance, London).
United States
- Partners: Nathan Beaton (Healthcare & Life Sciences, Washington, D.C.), Megan Behrman (Securities Litigation, New York), Thomas Engelhardt (M&A, New York), Caitlin Fitzpatrick (Antitrust, Washington, D.C.), Ashley Fry (IP Litigation, Washington, D.C.), Alex Grabowski (IP Litigation, Chicago), Annelise Karreman (Project Development & Finance, New York), Eric Konopka (Supreme Court & Appellate, Washington, D.C.), Christine Mainguy (Transactional Tax, Houston), Danielle McCall (White Collar Defense, Washington, D.C.), Bryan Monson (Banking, San Diego), David Moore (Investment Funds, Houston), Ashley Nguyen (M&A, Houston), Pelin Serpin (Data & Tech Transactions, New York), Nathan Taylor (Complex Litigation, New York), Brian Umanoff (M&A, Orange County), Hanyu (Iris) Xie (White Collar Defense, New York).
- Counsel: Bradley Baglien (Connectivity, Privacy & Information, Washington, D.C.), Ed Comber (Structured Finance, New York), Marie Greenman (Private Equity Finance, Washington, D.C.), Shawn Hansen (Restructuring, Los Angeles), Jennifer Howes (Privacy & Cyber, San Diego), Devon MacLaughlin (Capital Markets, Los Angeles), Marysia Mullen (Executive Compensation, Washington, D.C.), Hana Nah (Capital Markets, New York), Danny Nordstrom (M&A, Bay Area), Katherine Page (Banking, Los Angeles), Thomas Pearce (Environment, New York), Naomi Smith (Emerging Companies, Boston), Changsheng (Eric) Song (Transactional Tax, Century City), Greg Sorensen (M&A, Houston), Yi Sun (IP Litigation, San Diego), Robert Yeh (Healthcare & Life Sciences, San Diego), David Zucker (IP Litigation, Washington, D.C.).
Asia
- Counsel: Haibo (Jason) Zhao (M&A, Beijing).
Latham & Watkins’ chair Rich Trobman (pictured) emphasized the value of these attorneys in strengthening the firm’s global platform and praised their dedication to advancing Latham’s values and client solutions.
