Lauren Sun is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. She is a member of the Litigation & Trial Department and serves on the firm’s Recruiting Committee. 

Lauren represents clients in government and internal investigations involving antitrust and white collar, criminal and civil enforcement matters, as well as deal-related diligence for regulatory compliance with anti-corruption laws in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions.

Lauren counsels global and US-based companies in matters involving price-fixing, monopolization, market allocation, bid-rigging, and unfair competition concerns. Lauren also regularly advises clients on compliance with anti-corruption laws, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act.

Lauren has experience before numerous government and regulatory agencies, including the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Government Accountability Office, and Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

Lauren serves on the advisory board of the Legislation Committee for the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association. Prior to joining Latham full-time, Lauren was a summer associate in the Los Angeles office and at another international firm in Vietnam.

While in law school, Lauren was an editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law and served as academic chair of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association.

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Columbia Law School, 2019
    James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • BA, University of California, Irvine, 2013
    Magna Cum Laude

Languages Spoken

  • English