Latham Wins Top Prize at 2025 GCR Awards for Historic Illumina/GRAIL Matter
Latham’s renowned global Antitrust & Competition Practice advised on three award-winning matters announced during Global Competition Review’s 2025 GCR Awards ceremony, held April 1 in Washington, D.C. Celebrating its 15th year, GCR’s prestigious contest annually honors the world’s leading antitrust lawyers, economists, and the biggest cases based on votes collected from the global competition community.
Latham was among the five firms that shared the top team award of the night — Matter of the Year: Illumina/GRAIL — with Latham having served as global antitrust counsel to GRAIL in a transaction that made history on both sides of the Atlantic. Additionally, the practice won in two additional team categories, Merger Control Matter of the Year — Americas: Bunge/Viterra, where Latham is advising Bunge, and Litigation of the Year — Cartel Defence, which includes Latham as counsel to one of several bank defendants dismissed from the ICE LIBOR interest rate benchmark class action lawsuit.
In total, Global Competition Review honored Latham-advised matters and individuals with 12 GCR Award Finalist nods, including four Merger Control Matter of the Year nods, two overall Matter of the Year honors, and three individual recognitions:
Team Award Finalists
- Matter of the Year:
- Illumina/GRAIL — Winner
- Gibson v. CENDYN Group
- Merger Control Matter of the Year — Americas:
- Merger Control Matter of the Year — Europe: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Olink
- Litigation of the Year — Cartel Defence:
- ICE LIBOR interest rate class action dismissal — Winner
- Gibson v. CENDYN Group
- Litigation of the Year — Non-Cartel Defence: Pierre et al. v. Apple
Individual Award Finalists
- Lawyer of the Year: Michael Egge
- Litigator of the Year: Belinda Lee
- Lawyer of the Year — Under 40: John Wileur