Latham’s securities litigators advise and defend the world’s major accounting firms and their affiliates across matters and jurisdictions.
Our market-leading team has earned an impressive reputation for defending the Big 4 and other major accounting firms, law firms, and other professional services firms in their most high-profile professional liability matters across venues. Our record of success includes winning rare jury trials of major civil securities fraud cases, as well as before the US Supreme Court. We routinely defend firms, as well as individual accountants, skillfully handling matters that may include multiple prongs, such as civil and criminal litigation, and investigations on a full range of topics, including:
We also frequently represent US accounting firms in non-US proceedings around the globe, as well as international accounting organizations in both US and global matters.
Shout-out to a team at Latham & Watkins that defended Adobe Inc. from a securities suit targeting a more than 20% drop in the company’s stock price.
Latham litigators recognized for securing the dismissal of a securities class action against Vroom in litigation related to the company’s IPO and follow-on secondary offering.
Blair Connelly and Chris Harris recognized by Crain’s New York Business as outstanding litigators contributing to New York's legal landscape.