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Litigation partner in LA. I agree that Latham, Skadden, Gibson, and PH are the biggest/most prominent firms for general corporate in LA. I think KE has a pretty robust corporate practice here too. MTO is a small (but very good) team focused on a few major institutional clients, and corporate definitely takes a back seat to litigation there. I don’t think OMM is in the same tier for corporate, although it’s a very good litigation shop.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:36 pmOverall, the biggest corporate players in LA specifically (and not Southern California) are (in no particular order):
Latham & Watkins
Skadden
O'Melveny
Paul Hastings
Munger Tolles
Gibson Dunn
Without knowing which practice groups you're interested in, it's harder to go into detail. But these firms have generally larger corporate practices than others in the area.
OP here, I'm definitely interested in PE & tech (specifically fund formation), any insight into how Goodwin is seen in LA?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:49 amLitigation partner in LA. I agree that Latham, Skadden, Gibson, and PH are the biggest/most prominent firms for general corporate in LA. I think KE has a pretty robust corporate practice here too. MTO is a small (but very good) team focused on a few major institutional clients, and corporate definitely takes a back seat to litigation there. I don’t think OMM is in the same tier for corporate, although it’s a very good litigation shop.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:36 pmOverall, the biggest corporate players in LA specifically (and not Southern California) are (in no particular order):
Latham & Watkins
Skadden
O'Melveny
Paul Hastings
Munger Tolles
Gibson Dunn
Without knowing which practice groups you're interested in, it's harder to go into detail. But these firms have generally larger corporate practices than others in the area.
EC/VC work is not huge down here. Entertainment transactional is and the firms that are very good at it include Gibson, PH, Loeb, Sheppard Mullin, and some others I am forgetting.
In the emerging company/fund formation space in LA its probably Gunderson, Fenwick, Cooley, WSGR/Goodwin, in that order, in terms of where people seem to want to end up.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:44 pmOP here, I'm definitely interested in PE & tech (specifically fund formation), any insight into how Goodwin is seen in LA?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 1:49 amLitigation partner in LA. I agree that Latham, Skadden, Gibson, and PH are the biggest/most prominent firms for general corporate in LA. I think KE has a pretty robust corporate practice here too. MTO is a small (but very good) team focused on a few major institutional clients, and corporate definitely takes a back seat to litigation there. I don’t think OMM is in the same tier for corporate, although it’s a very good litigation shop.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 8:36 pmOverall, the biggest corporate players in LA specifically (and not Southern California) are (in no particular order):
Latham & Watkins
Skadden
O'Melveny
Paul Hastings
Munger Tolles
Gibson Dunn
Without knowing which practice groups you're interested in, it's harder to go into detail. But these firms have generally larger corporate practices than others in the area.
EC/VC work is not huge down here. Entertainment transactional is and the firms that are very good at it include Gibson, PH, Loeb, Sheppard Mullin, and some others I am forgetting.