About Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best, this is where you belong.
About the Practice Group
Latham guides startups and emerging companies of all sizes as well as the venture capital partners and other institutional partners that finance the entrepreneurial ecosystem. With market-leading experience advising emerging companies and our integrated global platform, we are ideally positioned to advise clients from formation to equity and growth financings through a public offering and beyond. Latham combines an unrivaled global platform with deep experience in the innovation industries that drive growth and progress in the global economy, from tech and its many sub-sectors to biotechnology and life sciences to next-gen manufacturing. We meet our clients where they are. We provide tailored, cost-conscious company formation services and strategic counsel at the earliest stages — and scale up rapidly to meet the most complex challenges companies ever face, providing practical commercial advice to help clients make smarter and stronger moves to meet their business objectives. As the only global law firm present in all key US and global venture and growth capital hubs — from the Bay Area, Austin, and Boston to London, Hong Kong, and Singapore — we advise on hundreds of emerging company financings totaling billions of dollars every year. Drawing on deep relationships with the world’s leading venture capital and growth equity firms, we connect investors with innovators to fuel growth through a variety of financing structures, from angel and seed investments to structured debt and equity solutions. We work to find the best strategy for whatever comes next. From the outset of our engagement with an emerging company, we draw on our strength as the world’s leading capital markets and M&A firm to position each client for an optimal liquidity event consistent with the client’s goals. Just as emerging companies are constantly innovating and pushing the envelope, we are constantly innovating to support their developments. For example, we have helped our clients pioneer new ways to go public, such as through direct listings and deSPACs. Our instinctive knowledge of what comes next, our global vantage point, and our multidisciplinary collaborative culture mean we are more than an advisory partner; we are an extra engine of growth to help drive our clients’ growth.
About the Role
The Emerging Companies & Growth Practice is seeking a highly qualified associate with a minimum of 3 years of experience in emerging growth companies to join the 3rd-6th year associate class in San Diego.
Main Contact Details
If you have any questions about the application, please contact: Lateral Recruiting — Corporate LateralRecruiting.Corporate@lw.com
Additional Information
Investing in the well-being of our lawyers and staff is among the firm’s highest priorities. Through our “LiveWell Latham” program, we offer best-in-class benefits and comprehensive resources designed to support you and your loved ones through all life’s moments — from building a family and taking care of loved ones, to managing your health and saving for the future. Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute. We periodically provide demographic data to legal publications, bar associations, civic and community organizations, and in some instances, to local, state, and federal government agencies as required by law or contract. So that the firm can provide this information accurately, we request that you consider self-identifying. Please click here to review your rights under U.S. employment laws. In accordance with Latham & Watkins policies, associates in this role must protect and maintain any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains either as part of the legal services the Firm provides to clients or for internal purposes. Los Angeles: Latham & Watkins LLP will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO). Please click the link above to review the Ordinance. San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Please click the link above to review the Ordinance. Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. An employer that violates this law may be subject to fines and/or a private right of action for $500 in statutory damages “for each such violation,” among other things.
Pay Range
Associate Base Salary
Discretionary bonuses may be available depending on application circumstances and position.
Class of
US Payroll
2026$225,000
2025$225,000
2024$235,000
2023$260,000
2022$310,000
2021$365,000
2020$390,000
2019
$420,000
2018$435,000
