UNLOCK YOURPOTENTIAL

LATHAM & WATKINS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER LAW FIRM What can we do for you?

As you embark on your legal career, you will be looking to differentiate between many of the worlds top law firms to understand which is the best fit for you. In this brochure, we describe the essence of our firm culture and what our trainees experience as they begin their careers at Latham & Watkins. We hope this will help you determine whether this is the place to help unlock your potential.

Latham & Watkins differs so much from other law firms because of our people. We are a global law firm, with truly integrated capabilities, in the major financial centers across Asia, the United States, Europe and the Middle East, in large part due to our teams of intelligent, entrepreneurial and collaborative people.

In our Hong Kong office, you will find people from a wide array of different backgrounds united by a common goal: to work together to provide top-quality advice and first-rate service to all our clients in each of our practices. As a trainee with us, you will have the opportunity to work with leading lawyers on high-profile projects in a variety of practices, including: capital markets; mergers and acquisitions; private equity; banking; project finance; litigation; international arbitration; financial regulatory; and derivatives.

Working at Latham & Watkins growing Hong Kong office offers you an unrivaled experience with a global feel and international culture. We are looking for bright, energetic people who are ready to make an important contribution almost immediately people who will relish playing a key role in international matters and working alongside fellow lawyers from more than 30 offices worldwide.

We value our trainees as our potential future partners. With us, you will rapidly gain significant responsibility and enjoy meaningful partner and client interaction. You will have opportunities to be involved in some of the regions most complex and interesting transactions and disputes, in an environment which supports those who stand out from the crowd. We aim to help you develop your full potential in a friendly, fun and teamwork-oriented environment.

If this lively yet demanding environment is for you, we look forward to hearing from you.

SIMON POWELLHong Kong Office Managing Partner

WE ARE ONE FIRM, WORLDWIDE WITHOUT A HEAD OFFICE

Latham & Watkins is one of the worlds largest law firms, with internationally-recognised practices in more than 30 offices across Asia, the US, Europe and the Middle East. Our lawyers frequently work across our offices to provide clients with the best international experience and insight. Very few firms can match our worldwide resources or global platform. We have no head office and no dominant practice. Instead, we have a single, integrated partnership providing a collaborative, innovative approach to client service. We believe in a non-hierarchical management style, which collaboratively develops consensus-based decisions drawn from a broad range of opinions.

In the Hong Kong office, you will join our top-tier, full-service commercial law firm. Lawyers from each of the firms practices are recommended in publications such as Chambers and Partners, Legal 500 and International Financial Law Review. We represent investment banks, financial institutions, private equity houses, corporates, governments and other organisations, handling some of the largest and most complex cross-border deals and cases in Asia.

We recruit only the highest caliber candidates. We consider both academics and personality because we pride ourselves on our collegial atmosphere and our collaborative style. Latham is made up of people from a variety of backgrounds with a diversity of opinions we value originality and creative thinking, and we emphasise client service, entrepreneurship, innovation and teamwork.

Our associates are involved in firm management, participating in several committees, including our Associates, Recruiting, Diversity Leadership and Pro Bono Committees. We look for candidates who are leaders that will positively contribute to the firm as a whole. We also expect our lawyers to take charge of client matters by showing initiative early on in their careers. We expect our trainees to be able to handle meaningful responsibility on client matters from the outset.

MATTER HIGHLIGHTSLathams Hong Kong office works on some of the biggest transactions and disputes globally, regularly advising many of the worlds leading companies and financial institutions.

Most Innovative Law Firm in Asia-Pacific for showing legal innovation across the region

Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyer Awards 2015

Named to A-List 14 years in a row; one of only two firms named to the elite ranking since its inception

The American Lawyer A-List 2016

Best Law Firms for Women

Working Mothers Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers 2016

Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year

Euromoney Legal Media Groups Women in Business Law Awards 2016

Client Service A-Team

BTI Consulting Group 2015

Ranked in Top 10

Vault 2017

Law Firm of the Year, for the third consecutive year

Law 360 2015

Equity Market Deal of the Year

Latham advised on the Qihoo 360 Technology going private transaction, which was named Equity Market Deal of the Year by Asian Legal Business 2016.

Asian Legal Business 2016

Best Hong Kong Deal

Latham advised on the Hong Kong IPO of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN). This landmark transaction was named Best Hong Kong Deal in FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2015, which recognises excellence across the most significant financing transactions in Asia.

FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2015

Grand Prize Finance Deal of the Year

Latham advised Melco Crown Entertainment Limited in connection with the debt restructuring for its subsidiary Studio City, a US$3.2 billion Hollywood-inspired integrated entertainment resort newly opened in Macau on 27 October 2015.

The Asian Lawyer Asia Legal Awards 2016

Nord Anglias Acquisition Named Deal of the Year

Latham advised Hong Kong-based international schools operator Nord Anglia Education in both its US$534 million acquisition of six schools from US-based Meritas LLC and a concurrent acquisition financing, which was awarded Deal of the Year by Asian-Mena Counsel 2015.

Asian-Mena Counsel 2015

Finance Deal of the Year 2016

Latham advised the arranger and underwriter of China National Chemical Corps US$7.37 billion acquisition of Italian tire maker Pirelli.

The Asian Lawyer Asia Legal Awards 2016

Hong Kong IPO Named Deal of the Year

Latham advised GF Securities on its US$3.6 billion Hong Kong IPO, which was awarded Deal of the Year by China Business Law Journal and Asian-Mena Counsel 2015. GF Securities is one of the largest securities firms in China by total assets. The issue was one of the top deals in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region by value.

China Business Law Journal 2015 Asian-Mena Counsel 2015

HONG KONG OFFICE MAJOR PRACTICE AREAS

Antitrust & Competition

Banking

Capital Markets

Corporate Governance

Derivatives

Financial Regulatory

Greater China Practice

International Arbitration

Korea Practice

Litigation & Trial

Mergers & Acquisitions

Oil & Gas Transactions

Private Equity

Project Development & Finance

Public Company Representation

Real Estate

Restructuring, Insolvency & Workouts

Securities Litigation & Professional Liability

White Collar Defense & Investigations

ACCOLADESLatham & Watkins is honored to have received numerous awards and accolades, which cut across all our practices and industries. Since launching in Asia more than two decades ago, Latham has developed into a leader in the region. The firm has received considerable international recognition for handling landmark matters and for its culture of teamwork, collaboration, innovation and commitment to diversity, inclusion and public service.

Asia Innovation List 2016

Asian Legal Business 2016

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Latham & Watkins lawyers, paralegals and professional staff worldwide reflect a rich mixture of men and women of different races, ethnic backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations and primary languages.

The diversity of our lawyers, paralegals and professional staff worldwide enormously strengthens our firm. Our commitment to equal opportunity enables Latham to draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to recruit and retain the best lawyers, paralegals and professional staff to create one of the worlds leading law firms.

LATHAM PEOPLE WE CARE

PRO BONO WORK

Latham & Watkins is one of the largest providers of free legal services in the world. Pro bono work is an important part of what we do.

In 2015, Latham provided more than 188,000 hours of pro bono legal services globally, valued at approximately US$118 million. Over the last 15 years we have provided more than 2.7 million pro bono hours legal services valued at more than US$1.1 billion. Latham lawyers worldwide share the belief that contributing through pro bono is important to us as an institution. As a result, the culture of pro bono is deeply entrenched in who we are as a firm, and we engage across the public interest spectrum.

We treat pro bono work in the same way as any other commercial work: work on pro bono matters earns full billable hour credit, with no cap. We review and supervise the work to the same standard, and we value pro bono work in our associate evaluation and bonus system. We encourage our associ