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Nine CA lawyers among 30 new partners at Latham & Watkins

By Richard Binder

Latham & Watkins LLP announced yesterday that 28 associates and two counsel, representing all of the firm?s departments, have been elected to the partnership, effective January 1, 2009. Among those attorneys are:

Los Angeles
Brian Glennon is a litigator with a focus on securities and professional liability litigation and white collar criminal defense. He has prosecuted and defended numerous lawsuits in state and federal court at both the trial and appellate levels, and he also advises clients with regard to enforcement actions brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. He received a JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2000.

Jason Silvera is a corporate attorney with a focus on mergers and acquisitions for private equity firms and public and private companies. He has extensive experience in acquisitions and dispositions in a broad range of industries, including sports, entertainment and media, internet and technology, life sciences, retail, logistics and manufacturing. His practice also includes general company representation and corporate finance and securities matters. He received a JD from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2000.

San Diego
Steven Chinowsky is a corporate attorney whose practice focuses on high technology, life science and intellectual property transactional matters, including acquisitions and dispositions of intellectual property portfolios as well as agreements pertaining to technology licensing, research and collaboration, joint ventures, and Internet-related and general commercial matters. He received a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1998.

Divakar Gupta is a corporate attorney focused on the representation of public and private emerging growth companies and investment banking firms. He has handled a variety of significant business transactions, including public offerings of equity and convertible debt, venture capital financings and mergers and acquisitions. He received a JD from Harvard Law School in 2000.

Kelly Richardson is an environmental attorney who handles a variety of compliance, transactional and litigation matters emphasizing hazardous waste management, storm water compliance, waste water compliance, site cleanups, air issues and due diligence. He represents clients in administrative enforcement matters, environmental permitting and environmental insurance coverage litigation. He received a JD from Georgetown Law School in 2000.

Brook Roberts is a litigator whose practices focuses on complex disputes, including insurance, environmental and general commercial litigation.  He received a JD from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2000.

San Francisco
Matthew Harrison is a litigator with a focus on securities and professional liability litigation, including accountants? liability, securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits.  He received a JD from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2000.

Joshua Holian is a litigator focused on antitrust and trade regulation issues, including civil antitrust, cartel investigations, mergers and acquisitions, and distribution and pricing matters. He received a JD from Stanford Law School in 2000.

Silicon Valley
Gregory Chin is a corporate and securities attorney who represents public and private companies in the life science, cleantech and other emerging growth industries in general corporate matters, public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital financings. He also represents numerous venture capital firms, private equity firms and investment banks that support emerging growth companies. He received a JD from Harvard Law School in 1999.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 20, 2008 (boomark / email).