Latham & Watkins announced that 24 associates have been elected to the partnership, and another 27 associates have been promoted to counsel, effective January 1, 2025. The associate promotions announced follow the election of 19 counsel to the partnership earlier this year.
The Associates Committee consists of nearly equal numbers of partners and associates collaborating on key responsibilities, including recommending promotions to partner and counsel each year.
The 24 associates elected to the partnership are:
Europe and the Middle East
— Stephanie Adams (London) is a member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice and Litigation & Trial Department. She advises clients on UK and global merger control, foreign investment screening, antitrust, and subsidy control. She earned her Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law from King’s College London in 2018, completed her LPC at BPP Law School in 2012, and earned her GDL from the College of Law in 2011.
— Najla Al-Gadi (Riyadh) is a Capital Markets Practice and Corporate Department member. She advises issuers and investment banks on IPOs, secondary equity offerings, and other securities offerings in various industries. She advises issuers, boards of directors, and capital markets institutions on corporate governance, public M&A, and securities law matters. She earned her LLM from Harvard Law School in 2017 and her LLB from Prince Sultan University in 2014.
— Jon Fox (London) is an M&A and Private Equity Practice and Corporate Department member. He advises clients on private equity buyouts and disposals, growth equity investments, emerging company fundraisings, and strategic M&A. He completed his LPC at the College of Law in 2013 and earned his LLB from the University of Bristol in 2012.
— Kristina Hufnagel (Munich) is a member of Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice and Tax Department. She advises German and international clients on all employment and labor law aspects, including pensions, benefits, and compensation. She completed the Second German State Exam at the Higher Regional Court, Nuremberg in 2016; earned her Dr. jur. from the University of Regensburg in 2014; and the First German State Exam at the University of Passau in 2013.
— Jack Isaacs (London) is a Restructuring & Special Situations Practice and Finance Department member. He advises public and private companies, lenders, bondholders, banks, investment funds, company directors, and officeholders on corporate restructurings, insolvencies, and special situations. He earned his LLB from the University of Sussex in 2009.
— Calvin Ng (London) is a Real Estate Practice and Corporate Department member. He represents sponsors, investors, and financial institutions in real estate credit transactions across product classes. He received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney in 2009.
— Gilad Zohari (Tel Aviv) is a Capital Markets Practice and Corporate Department member. He advises companies, investment banks, private equity firms, and strategic investors on capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and other general corporate matters. He earned his LLM from Harvard Law School in 2016 and his LLB from Tel Aviv University Buchman School of Law in 2014.
United States
— Nathan Beaton (Washington, D.C.) is a Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice and Corporate Department member. He advises healthcare and life sciences clients on regulatory, transactional, litigation, and legislative matters involving the US Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory authorities. He earned his JD from the University of Chicago Law School in 2016.
— Megan Behrman (New York) is a Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice and Litigation & Trial Department member. She represents individuals, emerging companies, financial institutions, and multinational corporations in shareholder derivative litigation, complex civil disputes, and US and foreign regulatory investigations and enforcement actions. She earned her JD from Harvard Law School in 2015.
— Thomas Engelhardt (New York) is an M&A and Private Equity Practice and Corporate Department member. He represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as publicly traded and privately held businesses, in mergers and acquisitions, sales, dispositions, carve-outs, investments, reorganizations, and general corporate matters. He earned his JD from St. John’s University School of Law in 2015.
— Caitlin Fitzpatrick (Washington, D.C.) is a member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice and Litigation & Trial Department. She advises clients on antitrust and competition matters, including obtaining regulatory approvals for mergers and acquisitions from US and global competition authorities, advising on government conduct investigations, and counseling clients on antitrust compliance matters. She earned her JD from Harvard Law School in 2013.
— Ashley Fry (Washington, D.C.) is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice and Litigation & Trial Department. She represents life sciences and technology clients in high-stakes patent litigation in district courts and before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She earned her JD from Columbia Law School in 2012 and her BA in Biology from Harvard College in 2009.
— Alex Grabowski (Chicago) is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice and Litigation & Trial Department. He represents clients in complex patent litigation, helping enforce and defend against pharmaceutical and other life sciences patents covering drug products, medical devices, and chemical technologies. He earned his JD from the University of Chicago Law School in 2015.
Annelise Karreman (New York) is a member of the Project Development & Finance Practice and Finance Department. She advises sponsors, lenders, private placement investors, equity investors, and developers on the energy and infrastructure industry’s complex development, financing, acquisition, and divestment transactions. She earned her LLB from the University of Western Australia in 2013.
— Eric Konopka (Washington, D.C.) is a Supreme Court & Appellate Practice and Litigation & Trial Department member. He represents clients in federal and state appellate and trial courts before administrative agencies, focusing on complex tax, bankruptcy, and energy regulatory issues. He earned his JD from Columbia Law School in 2015.
Christine Mainguy (Houston) is a member of the Transactional Tax Practice and Tax Department. She advises corporations, private equity funds, partnerships, investment banks, and special purpose acquisition companies on US federal income taxation of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, Up-C structures, restructurings, and capital markets transactions. She earned her JD from the University of Texas School of Law in 2015.
— Danielle McCall (Washington, D.C.) is a White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and Litigation & Trial Department member. She focuses on white-collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation, including cases involving the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and federal anti-discrimination laws. She earned her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2016.
— Bryan Monson (San Diego) is a Banking Practice and Finance Department member. He represents corporate borrowers, banks, and financial institutions in a range of complex financing transactions, including secured credit facilities, leveraged acquisition financings, construction financings, and sale-leasebacks. He focuses on the gaming and hospitality industries. He earned his JD from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2015.
— David Moore (Houston) is an Investment Funds Practice and Corporate Department member. He advises domestic and global private capital sponsors across industries and asset classes on fund formation, capital deployment, and other strategic transactions, including secondary transactions, sponsor spin-outs, and sponsor-level minority and control acquisitions. He earned his JD from the University of Texas School of Law in 2015.
— Ashley Nguyen (Houston) is an M&A and Private Equity Practice and Corporate Department member. She advises companies, private equity firms, and venture capital investors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and joint ventures across the energy and infrastructure industry, including in the oil and gas, petroleum, chemical, renewables, and energy transition sectors. She earned her JD from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2012.
— Pelin Serpin (New York) is a Data & Technology Transactions Practice and Corporate Department member. She advises clients on technology-related transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances; intellectual property licensing, commercialization, and transfers; technology development, research, and collaboration agreements; manufacturing, supply, and distribution arrangements; marketing and promotion agreements; and service provision agreements. She earned her JD from Columbia Law School in 2016.
— Nathan Taylor (New York) is a Complex Commercial Litigation Practice and Litigation & Trial Department member. He represents clients in state and federal courts and in US and international commercial arbitrations and has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict. He earned his JD from Cornell Law School in 2014.
— Brian Umanoff (Orange County) is a M&A and Private Equity Practice and Corporate Department member. He represents public and private companies in various matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private financing, and corporate governance. He earned his JD from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2016.
— Hanyu (Iris) Xie (New York) is a White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and Litigation & Trial Department member. She advises financial institutions, fintech companies, and individual clients in regulatory inquiries and enforcement actions by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and other federal agencies in securities and complex commercial litigation. She earned her JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015.
KEY QUOTES:
“We celebrate the achievements of our newest partners and counsel and are excited to see their continued success and significant contributions to our global platform and clients. They embody our dedication to client service, culture of innovation and teamwork, and commitment to excellence. I am incredibly proud of each of them, as they play a crucial role in strengthening our firm and serving our clients.”
– Rich Trobman, Chair and Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins
“This is truly one of my favorite times of the year. We all look forward to this milestone when we recognize our new partners and counsel and acknowledge their accomplishments. Their promotions reflect their hard work, talent, dedication, and the qualities that exemplify our values as a firm. Their diverse expertise and leadership enhance our ability to serve our clients now and in the future.”
– Nathan Ajiashvili, Chair of the firm’s Associates Committee
