Latham & Watkins leverages banking and corporate capabilities to support a deep and high-end litigation practice on an array of global financial disputes. Splitting his time between Washington DC and New York, Andrew Clubok is an experienced trial attorney and regularly acts on behalf of global banks, alternative asset managers, and online exchanges on complex contractual and class action suits, while New York's Marc Berger brings leading experience as a former SEC and DOJ attorney to white-collar and regulatory enforcement mandates for financial institution and CEOs, and he joins Chicago’s John Sikora on the investigations front. New York's Douglas Yatter has led on novel and complicated commercial proceedings as well as on a range of regulatory investigations and inquiries in finance.
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Accolades
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Key clients
- UBS
- Touradji Capital Management
- Coinbase
- Riverstone Holdings LLC
- Andreesen Horowitz (a16z)
- AIG Financial Products Corporation
- Jump Trading
- SBB Research
- TransUnion
Work highlights
Recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for UBS through litigation in multiple forums, after achieving a judgment of over $1 billion for UBS in litigation against funds previously operated by Dallas-based investment manager, Highland Capital
Representing AIG Financial Products, a major player in the derivative-hedging and credit default swap industry, in adversary proceedings related to its chapter 11 case.
Represented Samuel Reed, co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of BitMEX, a leading global cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, in a first-of-its-kind prosecution in the cryptocurrency industry
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Andrew Clubok; Marc Berger; Douglas Yatter
Other key lawyers
John Sikora