Latham & Watkins Adds Capital Markets Talent After Big Year (1)

Latham & Watkins is hiring two partners from Clifford Chance as the firm boosts investment in its capital markets practice following a record 2020 for initial public offering values.

The partners, Gianluca Bacchiocchi and Guido Liniado, are based in New York and advise clients on energy and infrastructure transactions throughout Latin America.

Big law capital markets practices saw record levels of activity last year, driven by big-ticket IPOs and a flood of financing that helped businesses ride out pandemic-related interruptions. Latham’s corporate leaders told Bloomberg Law earlier this month they would continue to invest in the practice after a record ...