Latham & Watkins has lost a team of six finance lawyers from its Milan office, including banking and finance group chair Riccardo Agostinelli, to Italian boutique Gattai Minoli & Partners.

Agostinelli was Ashurst’s managing partner in Milan before he joined Latham in 2009. He will be followed to Gattai by partner Lorenzo Vernetti, counsel Marco Leonardi, who will become junior partner, and associates Andrea Taurozzi, Daniele Migliarucci and Marta Pradella.