Debevoise loses two as Latham strengthens Paris with corporate hires
Latham & Watkins has raided rival Debevoise & Plimpton’s Paris office, picking up the firm’s local co-managing partner Patrick Laporte. Laporte joins Latham along with Debevoise international counsel Pierre-Louis Cléro. Both have joined as partners in Latham’s French corporate team. The hires leave Debevoise with just five partners in Paris. The firm also lost corporate […]