Capital markets: Debt

Latham & Watkins LLP

Client Satisfaction

In addition to its extensive US law experience, Latham & Watkins LLP's Milan team has longstanding Italian and international capital markets expertise. It is particularly well known for high-yield bonds. The group is co-led by Jeff Lawlis, who has enviable experience in public and private cross-border deals; Paolo Bernasconi, an adviser on issuances of high-yield debt securities; and Antonio Coletti, who is experienced in an array of securities transactions. The department further includes Ryan Benedict, who divides his time between Milan and London; and international capital markets practitioner Giorgio Ignazzi.

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Testimonials

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‘Very strong and commercial.’

Key clients

TIM (Telecom Italia)
Marcolin
UniCredit
Lottomatica
Evoca
BNP Paribas
Progest
Goldman Sachs
Deutsche Bank
SNAM
EuroGroup Laminations
Design Holding
Equita SIM
D Marinas Hellas
Italmatch Chemicals
Interpump Group
Banca Intesa
TeamSystem
JP Morgan Chase

Work highlights

Assisted TIM, Telecom Italia Finance and Telecom Italia Capital with making three separate (but concurrent) offers to exchange certain series of their respective existing Euro and US dollar-denominated notes with corresponding new notes.
Advised L Catterton on a bridge-to-bond deal to finance the acquisition of KIKO Milano.
Advised Eni on its successful issuance of a dual tranche fixed rate bond in the US market (for a total principal amount of $2.25bn).

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