Latham & Watkins has promoted 36 associates into the firm’s partnership, with 80% of promotions coming in the US.
This marks the second year running that the firm has made up no new associates to partner in the Middle East and APAC, though last year it did promote a counsel to partner in both Dubai and Riyadh.
Earlier in the year the firm promoted 22 counsel to partner, taking the total number of new partners for the year to 58 – broadly in line with last year’s cohort of 59, comprised of 40 associates and 19 counsel.
Four London lawyers have made the cut: Michael Houlder and Harry Redford in the M&A and private equity practice, Aaron Bradley in the transactional tax group, and Philipp Hagenbuch in the banking and private credit team.
Of the 29 new partners in the US, 10 are in New York, while the Bay Area and Los Angeles were in joint second place with five partners apiece.
Across the global promotions round, banking and private credit and M&A and private equity were the two largest groups, with eight and seven partners promoted respectively.
‘Today is an important and exciting day for our firm as we recognise and celebrants an amazing group of lawyers, welcoming them as partners and counsel,’ said firm chair and managing partner Rich Trobman.
‘They have contributed significantly to the growth, success and culture of Latham and their promotions highlight the incredible depth of telnet we have at our firm,’ he added. ‘Each lawyer embodies our hallmark values of teamer, dedication, and exceptional client service. – and each is committed to our shared pursuit of excellence in delivering outstanding results for our clients.’
The promotions are effective as of 1 January 2027.
UK
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- Aaron Bradley, transactional tax, London
- Philipp Hagenbuch, banking and private credit, London
- Michael Houlder, M&A and private equity, London
- Harry Redford, M&A and private equity, London
US
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- Kyle Adams, M&A and private equity, New York
- Sarah Burack, complex commercial litigation, New York
- Joe Celentino, restructuring, New York/Chicago
- Marc Klepner, M&A and private equity, New York
- Lukas Kutilek, transactional tax, New York
- Katie Marren, public company representation, New York
- Julio Martinez Rivas, banking and private credit, New York
- Ashley Rose, banking and private credit, New York
- Tulika Sinha, banking and private credit, New York
- Claire Solimine, capital markets, New York
- Daniel Weissman, M&A and private equity, New York
- Ivana Dukanovic, copyright, privacy and communications, Bay Area
- Jacob Meninga, transactional tax, Bay Area
- Rachelle Polsky, M&A and private equity, Bay Area
- Nick Rosellini, Supreme Court and appellate, Bay Area
- Arman Zahoory, complex commercial litigation, Bay Area
- Andrew Abokhair, data and technology transactions, Austin
- Shlomo Fellig, complex commercial litigation, Boston
- Omar Ammash, emerging companies and growth, Chicago
- Ben Winnett, capital markets, Chicago
- Joe Celentino, restructuring, Chicago
- Max Fin, banking and private credit, Houston
- Megan Ampe, executive compensation, employment and benefits, Los Angeles
- Ted Bantle, banking and private credit, Los Angeles
- Jeff Najjar, banking and private credit, Los Angeles
- Will Orlady, intellectual property litigation, Los Angeles
- Faraz Mohammadi, white collar defense and investigations, Orange County/Los Angeles
- Ashley Finger, intellectual property litigation, Washington DC
- Richard Lowry, intellectual property litigation, Washington DC
- Seung Wan (Andrew) Paik, antitrust and competition, Washington DC
Europe
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- Jean-Baptiste Douchy, antitrust and competition, Brussels
- Anna-Maria Kuckerz, banking and private credit, Hamburg
- Corinna Freudenmacher, M&A and private equity, Munich
