Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Martin Davies will join the firm’s London office and will help grow and shape the Litigation & Trial Department. An accomplished trial lawyer, Davies has more than 20 years’ experience advising clients on a broad range of complex, high-profile commercial disputes, including corporate and shareholder disputes, banking and financial litigation and fraud.
Davies has deep knowledge in the financial services, communications, entertainment, sports and media and technology sectors, combining significant High Court experience with a recognized track record in domestic and international arbitration, including before specialist tribunals, such as the Copyright Tribunal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and IFTA (Independent Film and Television Alliance), in the UK and US. He also regularly advises on public law issues, conducting judicial reviews for both applicants and regulators, and has considerable experience running internal investigations on behalf of clients, including appearing before the regulator.
Jay Sadanandan, London Office Managing Partner, said: “We are committed to building a leading disputes practice in the City to complement our formidable strength in the United States and other markets around the world. Martin will help us do just that. He is widely recognized as being at the very top of his field, and his arrival significantly strengthens our complex commercial litigation capability in London and globally. We are delighted to welcome him to the firm.”
Jamie Wine, Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Litigation & Trial Department, said: “Further developing the breadth and depth of our London practice is a strategic priority, and we are excited to be developing a truly global, market-leading disputes practice. Martin brings vast experience in high-profile, industry-shaping disputes and will be a superb addition to our team.”
“Martin is a great asset; he is a top-notch trial strategist with excellent judgement, a great temperament and boardroom experience in spades. To be among the very best global trial litigation practices you need strength in the world’s major disputes fora, and Martin’s arrival in London is a giant step forward in that pursuit, ” commented Everett (Kip) Johnson, Jr., Global Co-Chair of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice.
Davies said: “Latham’s tremendous growth in London has enabled the firm to build one of the preeminent transactional practices in the City, and it is ideally placed to develop a litigation practice in London to match. There are real opportunities to grow a top-tier destination practice, and I’m delighted to be a part of it.”
Davies is the third high-profile hire the firm has announced in its London Litigation & Trial practice in recent months, following the arrivals of leading international arbitration practitioner Sophie Lamb and former SFO senior prosecutor Stuart Alford QC. Davies joins Latham & Watkins from the London office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. He studied law at St. John’s College, Cambridge.
Source: www.lw.com
