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Capital Markets: Debt - Italy

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins' leading DCM practice is predominantly noted for its outstanding experience in high-yield bonds, green bonds and sustainability-linked bonds. The team also has considerable skill in ECM mandates, including IPOs and capital increases. The firm is widely recognised for its international strength and also shows capabilities in UK and US law, with close links to its office in London as well as US-qualified lawyers based in Milan. The team's clients include financial entities acting as bookrunners, arrangers or underwriters, as well as issuing corporates.

Work Highlights

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  • Latham and Watkins assisted Lottomatica with its EUR600 million IPO on Euronext Milan using an English language prospectus as approved by the Italian stock market regulator.

Strengths

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Latham & Watkins' service is highly commercial and technical.

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Latham & Watkins provides excellent-quality work, excellent services and extensive experience. The firm knows the markets well and has a good commercial sense.

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The firm has a fantastic and super responsive team.

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The team is extremely responsive and always available. 

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Notable Practitioners

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Antonio Coletti
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Antonio Coletti is an acclaimed lawyer who assists domestic and international financial institutions and corporate clients with both equity and debt mandates. In particular, he provides advice on IPOs as well as on sustainable and high-yield bonds.

He demonstrates far-reaching commercial vision.

Antonio Coletti combines breadth of knowledge with a constructive approach. He is very pragmatic and solution-oriented.

Antonio always tries to find the right balance to satisfy the client and move the transaction forward.

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Jeffrey H Lawlis
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Foreign Expert

US-qualified partner Jeffrey Lawlis offers expertise in high-yield bonds. He mainly acts for leading corporations as well as domestic and international financial entities, including consortiums of banks.

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Guido Bartolomei
Guido Bartolomei
Associates to watch

Guido Bartolomei is a highly regarded associate who frequently deals with bond issuances, capital increases and IPOs.

Guido Bartolomei has extensive commercial vision and is extremely helpful.

Guido Bartolomei has great experience and is a rising star in equity capital markets.

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Ryan Benedict
Expertise Based Abroad

Dually qualified in the USA, as well as England and Wales, Ryan Benedict is a London-based lawyer who has solid experience in DCM mandates in the Italian market. He frequently advises banks on bond issuances and is also adept at handling IPOs.

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Ranked Lawyers at
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Jeffrey H Lawlis
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Foreign expert for USA
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Ryan Benedict
UK expertise based abroad
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Capital Markets: Debt
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Jeffrey H Lawlis
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Antonio Coletti
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Capital Markets: Equity
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Antonio Coletti
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Guido Bartolomei
Guido Bartolomei
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