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Richard Levy Named Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins’ Chicago Office
Chicago, September 16, 2009…Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Richard Levy has been appointed the Office Managing Partner of the firm's Chicago office. He succeeds Stephen Bowen, who served in that position since 2000.
"Rick succeeds Steve after four years on the firm's Executive Committee, experience that will greatly assist him in his new role," said Robert M. Dell, Chairman and Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins. "His legal and business acumen, strategic judgment and leadership skills make him a natural successor to Steve, who did a superb job and was instrumental to the office's growth and success. We are deeply appreciative for all Steve has done, and look forward to Rick's future success in this role."
"Since its opening in 1982, Latham & Watkins' Chicago office has developed a sophisticated practice offering clients a broad base of legal expertise in all types of complex business issues," said Levy. "Steve has done a phenomenal job over the last decade and our market standing is in large part attributable to his unassuming and unflappable leadership. I look forward to building on his record of success."
During Bowen's tenure, the firm's Chicago office grew in size and stature, and its attorneys have been involved in some of the most high profile domestic and international deals and cases. The office serves a diverse client base including Fortune 500 corporations, middle market companies, privately held entities and financial institutions. The firm is also active in the Chicago community as a committed provider of pro bono legal services to a number of organizations.
About Richard Levy
Richard Levy was previously a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the Finance Department. Levy's practice has centered on representing major financial institutions, large corporate debtors, creditors' committees as well as strategic and financial sellers and buyers of financially distressed businesses in US and cross-border bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. He received his JD from Yale Law School in 1982, and a BA in 1977 from Amherst College.
About Stephen Bowen
Stephen Bowen was appointed Office Managing Partner of the Chicago office in 2000, and previously served on the firm's Executive Committee and as Chair of the firm's Tax Department. He practices mainly in the area of federal income taxation. He has extensive experience in transactional and international tax matters and is consistently ranked in the top echelon of national rankings for tax practitioners. Bowen received his JD in 1972 from the University of Chicago Law School and a BA in 1968 from Wabash College.
Notes to Editor
1 Latham & Watkins operates as a limited liability partnership worldwide with affiliated limited liability partnerships conducting the practice in the United Kingdom, France and Italy and an affiliated partnership conducting the practice in Hong Kong.
About Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins is a global law firm with approximately 2,000 attorneys in 27 offices, including Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, Brussels, Chicago, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New Jersey, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. For more information on Latham & Watkins, please visit the Web site at www.lw.com.
Contacts
Robert M. Dell, Chairman and Managing Partner, +1.415.495.8050
Richard Levy, Chicago Office Managing Partner, +1.312.876.7692
Stephen Bowen, Partner, +1.312.876.7652