BigLaw firms are building up their national security practices to meet market demands
Several BigLaw firms are expanding their national security practices. (Image from Shutterstock)
Several BigLaw firms are expanding their national security practices in response to their clients’ increasing focus on anti-money laundering, sanctions, export control and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States issues.
In the past two months, Latham & Watkins, Sullivan & Cromwell, Nixon Peabody and Morrison & Foerster have hired attorneys for their national security practices, according to a story from Law.com. Many of their clients are in the technology, financial services and energy industries.
“We see the market moving in a particular direction, and so I don’t think that there’s any plan to sort of let up on being thoughtful but aggressive in how we approach staffing,” Paul Rosen, who joined Latham as a partner in March 2025, told Law.com. “This is where we see the market currently is, and the demands are only going to grow.”
Rosen told Law.com that enforcement activity by the Committee on Foreign Investment has been a significant driver of client demand.
“There were a number of enforcement actions taken over the last four years in a way that were not taken before, both in numbers and in type of matters,” Rosen told Law.com. “But we’re also seeing in [the Trump] administration new types of enforcement.”
Covington & Burling also announced last month that it formally established a national security practice after years of providing advice to clients in this area, Law.com reports.
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