It’s not often that when clients need high-end corporate legal work, they think of Washington. Daniel Lennon is trying to change that. As the global chairman of Latham & Watkins’ corporate department and a partner in the firm’s Washington office, Lennon has bulked up the corporate practice in D.C. in part by embracing the international side of corporate work.

“It’s very rare you see a billion-dollar transaction that is just in the U.S.,” Lennon said. “Clients are increasingly becoming global.”