Withers has signed its fourth new Italian practice group head in the space of five months, taking King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin’s (KWM) Andrea Luciano on to lead the financial services and investment funds team in its Milan office.

Luciano, who headed up the Italian financial markets group at KWM, specialises in capital markets and debt matters, securitisation transactions and private equity, venture capital and hedge fund formation.