Latham & Watkins is a leading global law firm serving multinationals, start-ups, investment banks, private equity funds, venture capital firms, sovereign wealth funds, governments, and other organisations from its offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the US. Latham lawyers offer legal and strategic commercial thinking to provide clients with innovative solutions to complex business and legal matters.
The firm is internationally recognised for its practices across a wide spectrum of transactional, litigation, corporate, and regulatory areas, and has received considerable market recognition for the handling of landmark matters. Latham is committed to pro bono and community service, providing more than 4 million pro bono hours in free legal services to underserved individuals and families and the non-profit sector since 2000, valued at US$2.7 billion.
Latham has one of the largest climate change and environmental markets practices in the world. Over the past 20 years, we have worked and advised clients in connection with more than 300 climate transactions and matters worldwide. We work with energy companies, governments and non-profit organizations on the widest range of innovative carbon neutral investments, legislative initiatives, and deal structures. Our team is developing unique CCS transactions that unite producers, processors, and end users to capture value in the durable sequestration of carbon. Latham has the deepest CCS sector expertise in the legal industry by a considerable margin. Since 2019, Latham has advised on more than 100 CCS matters globally. We have more than 110 attorneys who spend a considerable portion of their billable time advising clients on CCS matters.