Wake Up Call: Latham, on London Hiring Spree, Aims to ‘Dominate’

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• While Latham & Watkins has been hiring “aggressively” from London’s “elite” firms for years, the recent poach of a Freshfields capital markets lawyer “was a demonstration of how far Latham had come in its effort to dominate in the City.” Over the last three years, Latham has recruited at least 15 partners from rivals—equaling more than 10 per cent of its total partnership in London—making it the biggest US heritage firm by headcount in the UK. (Financial Times ...