Latham & Watkins has launched an Italian law practice and opened in Rome after hiring a five-partner team from Slaughter and May’s Italian ally Bonelli Erede Pappalardo.
Bonelli partners Andrea Novarese, Maria Cristina Storchi, Fabio Coppola, Tommaso Amirante and Simone Monesi all join the US firm as partners. Four of the new team will join Latham’s Milan office, bringing in local M&A, private equity, equity and debt capital markets and banking and finance capabilities. Amirante will be based in Rome – the firm’s first office in the city.
