German Practice
Latham & Watkins has a significant presence in Germany with more than 80 in Hamburg, more than 50 lawyers in Frankfurt and nearly 20 in Munich. The firm launched its German operations through a merger with the former German law firm Schön Nolte in Hamburg, the opening of a Frankfurt office in 2001 and of a Munich office in January 2006.
Besides numerous awards and top scores in international league tables, Latham & Watkins ranks among the top law firms in Germany. In 2004, the renowned German legal publishing house JUVE, following extensive market analysis and numerous client interviews awarded Latham & Watkins "Law Firm of the Year" and "Law Firm of the Year for Real Estate and Construction Law". In JUVE-Handbook 2004/2005, Latham's Frankfurt office is named “Law Firm of the Year in Frankfurt”. The Hamburg office is named “Law Firm of the Year in Hamburg” in JUVE Handbook 2005/2006. In 2008, JUVE awarded Latham & Watkins “Law Firm of the Year for Private Equity and Venture Capital”.
We are a “full-service” firm that advises on all aspects of commercial, corporate and regulatory law. The key strengths of our German offices are banking (including banking regulatory law) and complex financings, capital markets, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and restructuring, real estate, tax, information technology (IT) law and litigation. We advise German and international banks and financial services providers as well as companies from all types of industries (particularly IT and telecommunications, biotechnology, high tech, manufacturing and energy).
Our German team cooperates closely with other Latham teams worldwide – in particular with more than 500 European lawyers in Barcelona, Brussels, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris and Rome. The departments and practice groups at Latham & Watkins are not limited to single offices, but operate as a firm-wide umbrella for the combined expertise of our global network. And with the firm's global services accessible in a “one-stop shop,” our clients reap the greatest benefits of Latham's vast resources.