Latham & Watkins
Global law firm delivering corporate counsel
Knowledge Management Lawyer
Flexible working includes a hybrid and in-office presence.
About the job
- The candidate must be a solicitor qualified in England and Wales.
- The candidate must have strong client-facing skills and an interest in understanding client needs from a FinTech practice.
- The candidate must have strong organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- The candidate must be able to convey complex legal and regulatory concepts in plain English.
- The candidate must be self-directed, take initiative, and perform responsibilities without close supervision.
- The candidate must have a keen interest in the future of knowledge management and innovation.
- The candidate must have a Bachelor of Laws or equivalent.
- The candidate must have at least five years of post-qualification experience as a qualified, practicing attorney in the FinTech practice of a leading international law firm.
- The candidate must have outstanding written and verbal communication skills and be able to interact effectively with people at all organisational levels of the firm.
- The candidate must be able to work independently and deliver projects of significant complexity on time.
- Engage directly with clients and fee-earners to understand their priorities and deliver tailored knowledge, insight, and thought leadership.
- Conduct horizon scanning across legal, regulatory, and market developments for the FinTech practice and communicate important developments through client alerts, emails, bulletins, training, or other appropriate means.
- Drive the transformation of the FinTech practice into an AI-first practice by championing AI tools and innovative technology and embedding them into practice workflows.
- Liaise with industry associations and regulatory bodies, including reviewing and drafting responses to consultation papers and other policy initiatives.
- Participate in external forums with the wider legal community and external service providers to stay current on regulatory and industry developments.
- Draft, maintain, and curate knowledge resources and support substantive training for the practice.
- Act as a sounding board for ad hoc legal and technical queries from attorneys.
- Interact with Research Services, Business Development, Brand & Communications, and other administrative departments.
- Work closely with clients, fee-earners, the Knowledge Management team, the Legal Innovation team, AI Services Attorneys, and Technology & Information Services colleagues.
- Candidates at all levels, including those with very significant experience in the field, are invited to apply despite the expectation of five or more years of post-qualification experience.
About the company
Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that provides a wide range of legal services to corporations, financial institutions, and governments. It delivers legal advice and representation through teams of lawyers who collaborate across offices and practice areas to handle complex, cross-border matters. The firm differentiates itself with a scalable, globally integrated network and a culture of teamwork, which lets it take on high-stakes matters for major clients across regions. Its goal is to be among the world’s largest and most powerful law firms by offering seamless multinational legal support through its connected platform.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1934
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What believers are saying
- Latham posted record 2025 revenue of $8.3 billion, up 18.6%.
- The firm announced at least 18 lateral partner hires in early 2026.
- Ahmed ElDessouki and Greg Van Houten deepen New York and Washington litigation benches.
What critics are saying
- Jen Smith left Austin for Norton Rose Fulbright on September 17, 2026.
- Frequent lateral departures and hires signal a fragile lockstep culture under market pressure.
- A 2027 M&A freeze compresses Latham's $8.3 billion engine and triggers defections.
What makes Latham & Watkins unique
- Latham pairs elite M&A, antitrust, and litigation teams across U.S., Europe, and Asia.
- Its 2026 lateral spree added Victor Levy, Grace Huang, and Edward Freeman.
- London crossed $1 billion revenue in 2025, proving unmatched global deal density.
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↑ 5%Latham & Watkins has appointed Greg Van Houten as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office's Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Van Houten specialises in representing corporate policyholders in insurance coverage disputes, restructurings, and policy negotiations. He advises Fortune 500 companies on insurance recovery matters involving directors and officers, errors and omissions, cyber liability, and other coverage areas. Van Houten also counsels clients on insurance programme strategy and navigates complex insurance issues in M&A transactions. His practice includes securing policy limits and maximising recoveries for policyholders whilst advising on transactional and restructuring matters. Van Houten joins from Haynes Boone and holds degrees from Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Rochester.
Latham expands market-leading Antitrust & Competition Practice with Paris partner Victor Levy. 19 Sep, 2026, 01:30 IST Arrival further strengthens the firm's premier Antitrust & Competition Practice in Europe and enhances its unrivalled global platform. PARIS, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Victor Levy has joined the firm's Paris office as partner in its Antitrust & Competition Practice. Levy advises on competition law matters, with particular experience in merger control filings before the European Commission, the French Competition Authority, and other competition authorities globally, as well as complex antitrust investigations and follow-on damages claims before competition authorities and Courts. Levy has extensive experience across sectors including aerospace and defense, consumer goods, and industrials. "We are thrilled to welcome Victor to the firm," said Thomas Margenet-Baudry, Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins in Paris. "Our Paris office is a powerhouse in the French market, with exceptional strength across our transactional and regulatory practices. Antitrust and competition is central to that success, an essential component of our market-leading transactional and litigation platforms and a formidable go-to practice. Victor brings deep experience in complex domestic and cross-border antitrust matters for French and international clients that complements our existing strengths and further enhances the sophisticated, integrated advice we provide to clients in France, across Europe, and globally. His arrival reflects our ambition to continue investing in the very best talents and to remain at the forefront of the market for years to come." Latham's Antitrust & Competition Practice is widely recognized as one of the world's premier antitrust platforms, delivering sophisticated, coordinated advice across the United States, Europe, and Asia. The firm advises and represents clients on many of their most significant and complex global transactions, cartel investigations, and disputes, combining deep antitrust experience with market-leading litigation and trial capabilities. The Paris competition practice, like that of the Brussels office, is ranked Band 1 / Tier 1 in the legal directories. The addition of Levy further strengthens the firm's European and Paris bench and enhances its ability to guide clients through an increasingly complex and interconnected global competition and regulatory landscape. "The addition of Victor underscores the continued strength and momentum of our global practice," said Lawrence Buterman, Global Chair of Latham's Antitrust & Competition Practice. "Our platform brings together leading antitrust lawyers across the United States, Europe, and Asia who are increasingly called upon by our clients to lead and coordinate representations on complex transactions and litigation matters spanning multiple jurisdictions. Victor brings outstanding credentials and deep experience that will further strengthen our ability to deliver integrated and global solutions at the highest level." "We have known Victor for many years and have long held him in the highest regard," said Jacques-Philippe Gunther, Antitrust & Competition partner in Paris. "He is definitely one of the best of his generation, and his unique combination of economic and legal expertise makes him a real additional strength to our talented team." Paris Antitrust & Competition partner, Adrien Giraud also commented: "Victor brings extensive experience across merger control, foreign investment screening, antitrust investigations, litigation, and State aid. At a time when antitrust and regulatory considerations are playing a critical role in shaping strategic business decisions, his arrival further enhances the breadth and depth of our offering in Paris." "I am delighted to join Latham & Watkins in Paris, especially at this critical time when competition authorities are becoming increasingly active and coordinated across jurisdictions. The firm's global platform and market-leading capabilities provide an exceptional opportunity to help clients navigate their most complex matters," said Levy. "I look forward to working closely with the teams across practices and geographies to further develop Latham's antitrust and competition offering." Levy joins Latham & Watkins from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. He holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, a Master's degree in European Business Law from Paris Panthéon-Assas University, and an LL.M. from New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Paris and New York. About Latham & Watkins (lw.com) Latham & Watkins is a leading global law firm that brings together exceptional legal talent in financial centers around the world to advise on complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory matters. The firm's deep market and product knowledge, industry experience, vast scale, and commitment to innovation and excellence help clients navigate their most critical challenges and achieve their goals.
Latham & Watkins has appointed Victor Levy as a partner in its Paris office, strengthening its Antitrust & Competition Practice. Levy brings expertise in merger control filings before the European Commission and French Competition Authority, as well as antitrust investigations and damages claims. He has extensive experience across aerospace and defence, consumer goods, and industrials sectors. Levy joins from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and holds degrees from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Paris Panthéon-Assas University, plus an LLM from New York University School of Law. The appointment reinforces Latham's global antitrust platform, which is ranked Band 1/Tier 1 in legal directories. The firm's practice spans the United States, Europe, and Asia, advising on complex transactions and investigations.
OpenAI launches Astra for Law, a GPT-6 configuration for legal research. OpenAI Group PBC today launched Astra for Law, a version of its GPT-6 Astra model set up for legal research and drafting. Astra for Law is not a new model. The company has wrapped GPT-6 Astra in a legal search index and a set of instructions for legal analysis, then offered the result to law firms and the software companies that sell to them. The index reaches U.S. case law, statutes, regulations, court rules and administrative decisions across more than 230 million URLs, with sources added daily. The nonprofit Free Law Project's CourtListener database supplies the case law. The benchmark OpenAI chose rewards finding the right authority and the right passage inside it. Astra for Law passed the overall correctness check on 54% of 200 questions drawn from the private validation set of Vals AI's Legal Research Bench. GPT-6 Astra with web search alone managed 38.7% on the same questions, with both systems run at their highest reasoning effort. On case-law questions it found 24% more reference cases. On a separate audited set, it retrieved up to 54% more of the target passages from the correct opinions. Initial access is limited. Selected firms reach it through a Trusted Access program in ChatGPT and Codex, where it shows up in the model picker as GPT-6 Astra Law. An application programming interface version, gpt-6-astra-law, is due later, with no date or pricing attached. Legal AI companies Harvey Technologies Inc. and Legora AB are named as API customers for it. For eligible firms the offering carries zero data retention on the API, and ChatGPT Enterprise usage is excluded from human review by default. Latham & Watkins is working with OpenAI on governance design for information permissions, ethical walls and client instructions. Twenty-six partner-built plugins launched alongside the model, connecting ChatGPT to tools such as Relativity, Clio, iManage and DeepJudge, while Thomson Reuters Corp. is bringing HighQ matter context into ChatGPT and previewing a connector for its CoCounsel Legal product. An additional nine plugins came from lawyers and legal engineers outside the vendor set, carrying 47 custom skills. ChatGPT for Word reached general availability the same day. Joel Hron, chief technology officer at Thomson Reuters, said the link between ChatGPT and legal tools is only part of what firms need. "As AI becomes more open and interoperable, the value is not in connectivity alone," he said. "Legal professionals need more than access to information. They need trusted intelligence, relevant enterprise and matter context, purpose built legal capabilities, and the governance required for high stakes work." OpenAI engineers embedded at individual firms have also been building firm-specific tools on ChatGPT Enterprise. Sullivan & Cromwell has an agreement analyzer that pulls its negotiating playbooks and selected precedents into the review of a new deal, and turns what it finds into proposed redlines. At Ropes & Gray the work went into deal diligence. Cooley's tool, GO Public, handles initial public offering preparation, drafting the filing included. John Savva, a Sullivan & Cromwell partner who saw early builds, said the models showed "impressive research depth and sensitivity to authority." OpenAI described the launch as the start of a long-term investment in law. GPT-6 Astra itself started rolling out two weeks ago, on Sept. 3. Image: siliconangle/gpt image 2.5. A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE: Support its mission to keep content open and free by engaging with theCUBE community. 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Latham & Watkins has appointed Ryan Plasky as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office, joining the firm's Banking & Private Credit Practice. Plasky specialises in fund finance and asset-based financing transactions, advising private equity sponsors, investment banks, hedge funds, and real estate investment trusts. He brings expertise in subscription, NAV and hybrid facilities, rated note feeders, and real estate fund financings. Plasky previously worked at Fried Frank and holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The appointment strengthens Latham's fund finance capabilities at a time of rapid market innovation. The firm's fund finance team operates globally across multiple financial centres.