Latham & Watkins has hired the deputy director-general for state aid at the competition directorate-general of the European Commission in Brussels.

Carles Esteva Mosso joins the firm’s Brussels office as a partner in the antitrust and competition practice after 25 years at the European Commission, where he served as deputy director-general for mergers between 2014 and 2019, and as deputy director-general for state aid since 2019.