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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Italy
Banking and finance
Within Banking and finance, Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,
Latham & Watkins LLP’s local department chair Riccardo Agostinelli is ‘extremely good and understands clients’ needs’. The team represented Autogrill in debt refinancing via two new credit facilities totalling €1.35bn. Andrea Novarese is global banking and finance practice group co-chair. Counsel Luca Lippolis is an experienced practitioner.
Capital markets
Within Debt, Latham & Watkins LLP is a third tier firm,
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Abengoa in its $650m senior notes issuance. Antonio Coletti is ‘able to solve problems’ and Jeffrey Lawlis has ‘good negotiation skills’. Andrea Novarese and Maria Cristina Storchi are well regarded, but the practice endured Michael Immordino’s departure to White & Case LLP.
Within Equity, Latham & Watkins LLP is a third tier firm,
Latham & Watkins LLP’s former partner Michael Immordino moved to help relaunch White & Case LLP’s Italy practice. Nonetheless, clients still praise the firm for ‘providing its services on both the Italian and the international side, thus allowing banks to have one law firm instead of two’. The practice represented joint bookrunners Centrobanca and Intermonte SIM on the AIM Italia listing of Made in Italy 1, the first Italian law SPAC admitted to list on the Italian market. Antonio Coletti is ‘recognised for his excellent preparation and track record’, and Jeffrey Lawlis and Maria Cristina Storchi are also experienced lawyers. Andrea Novarese is ‘excellent’.
Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome
Within Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome, Latham & Watkins LLP is a second tier firm,
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP was counsel to Cima Claddings on the €600m sale of Permasteelisa to JS Group, and advised A2A in its negotiations with EDF regarding the possible industrial and corporate reorganisation of Edison. The team also acted for Wind Telecom in its $6.5bn merger with VimpelCom, creating one of the world’s largest mobile telecoms carriers. Roberto Casati heads the practice, which includes Roberto Bonsignore, Pietro Fioruzzi and Rome-based Giuseppe Scassellati-Sforzolini, who are recommended. Stefano Sciolla joined Latham & Watkins LLP’s Rome office.
Dispute resolution
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EU, regulatory and competition law
Within EU, regulatory and competition law, tier 5
Latham & Watkins LLP secured unconditional clearance for fertiliser company Agrium’s acquisition of Cerealtoscana. The team also advises on cartel investigations, abuse of dominance matters, state aids, sector inquiries, and damages actions. Milan and Brussels partner Matteo Bay is the key contact.
Energy
Within Energy, tier 4
Latham & Watkins LLP represented a pool of banks on financing granted to a state-owned company managing Verona’s integrated water supply system. Simone Monesi ‘knows his business’, and Tommaso Amirante and Andrea Novarese are also well respected.
Legal market overview
Within Legal market overview,
Other significant news for the Italian legal market was White & Case LLP’s return, following its exit in late 2008; Michael Immordino was joined by Nicolas Lasanga from Latham & Watkins LLP and Ferigo Foscari from Chiomenti Studio Legale. Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners recruited M&A expert Roberto Cappelli and a ten-lawyer team from Grimaldi e Associati in December 2011, prompting Cappelli’s new firm to amend its name to Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners and leading to Grimaldi e Associati’s dissolution.
Real estate
Within Real estate, tier 4
Latham & Watkins LLP recently represented Orion Capital Managers in acquiring from Foruminvest a 50% stake in the Mongolfiera Molfetta shopping centre near Bari.
Restructuring and insolvency
Within Restructuring and insolvency, Latham & Watkins LLP is a third tier firm,
Latham & Watkins LLP represented a pool of banks headed by Banca Popolare di Verona – San Geminiano e San Prospero on the debt restructuring and new financing of Agorà 2000, a group predominantly operating in the real estate market.
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
China
Offices in Shanghai and Beijing
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
Germany
Offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Munich
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Bank lending
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Large deals
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- Insolvency and restructuring : Restructuring
- Media : Media: Press and publishing
- Private equity : Private equity
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Spain
Offices in Madrid and Barcelona
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Capital markets (US law) : Capital markets (US law)
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Tax : Tax
France
Offices in Paris
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insolvency : Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity : Private equity
- Tax : Tax
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- Private equity : Private equity
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
Indonesia
India
Italy
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Capital markets : Equity
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Energy : Energy
- Real estate : Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Overview
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: UK capability
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets: US capability
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: US law capability
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Public international law
- Finance : Overview
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : High yield
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Overview
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Philippines
Qatar
Offices in Doha
Russia
Offices in Moscow
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
United States
Offices in Chicago, Washington DC, Silicon Valley, Costa Mesa, Newark, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, and Boston
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Corporate restructuring
- Finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Structured finance
- Industry focus : Energy: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Environment: litigation
- Industry focus : Environment: transaction and regulatory
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Intellectual property : Overview
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Litigation : International arbitration
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: toxic tort
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation
- Litigation : Supreme Court and appellate
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: data protection and privacy
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms : Technology: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: mega-deals ($5bn+)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Private equity buyouts
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Real estate and construction : Land use/zoning
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax : Domestic tax: Central
- Tax : Domestic tax: East Coast
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast
- Tax : Employee benefits and executive compensation
- Tax : International
- Tax : Tax controversy