Blair Connelly, Global Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice, is a partner in the New York office where he focuses his practice on M&A litigation, securities litigation, and corporate governance.
Mr. Connelly has represented issuers, financial institutions, boards of directors, and individuals in numerous high-profile securities, merger and takeover disputes and indemnity claims, and has had extensive involvement in large, complex internal investigations, derivative actions, class action lawsuits, and SEC investigations.
Mr. Connelly has been recommended by The Legal 500 US for Financial Services Litigation and Defense M&A Litigation, and is recognized as a key litigator in M&A Litigation. He has served on the firm’s Finance Committee, Associates Committee, Paralegal Administration Committee and its Training and Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee, where he ran the firm’s Deposition and Trial Advocacy training programs.