2026 - Intern - ELR - Milan

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Latham’s highly respected Environment, Land & Resources Practice represents a full spectrum of clients across administrative and regulatory proceedings, enforcement, litigation, transactions, and legislative matters.Drawing on broad capabilities and a deep bench of experienced practitioners, we counsel and represent multinational corporations, project developers, investors, and lenders throughout the world in every kind of environmental matter, from air and water quality, chemical and product regulation, and contaminated properties.Many of our lawyers are active in legislative, regulatory and policy developments at regional, national, and global levels. The team includes numerous practitioners who have served as senior government officials in various capacities, including with the White House, the Council on Environmental Quality, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Department of Justice. We routinely draw on this experience to help clients navigate complex agency rulemakings, win approvals for infrastructure projects, obtain new chemical and product approvals, and resolve environmental investigations, compliance, enforcement, and litigation matters across industries.Our permitting and entitlement team regularly negotiates on behalf of clients with federal, state, and local regulators, consults with American Indian tribes, and helps clients manage complex stakeholder relationships. We engage federal and state government leadership on policy and permitting relating to conventional and renewable energy projects and infrastructure siting issues of all kinds, including power generation, transmission, pipelines, and transportation projects.For transactional clients, we work directly with our corporate, finance, and tax colleagues to structure transactions in the manner most appropriate to the level of environmental risk involved. We draw on a wide range of experience with contaminated sites, permitting and approvals, occupational safety and health, as well as process safety. We have developed specialized industry knowledge of chemistries and complex goods and supply chains as well as the overlay of the agendas of regulators, activists, and the plaintiffs’ bar. We have a deep stable of consultants with whom our practitioners regularly collaborate to perform analyses, modeling, and other projections that can inform our clients in valuing assets, structuring transactions, and to minimize liabilities and risks.

Latham & Watkins' Milan office is seeking a highly motivated law student or recent law graduate with a strong interest in pursuing a professional career in an international legal environment, for a placement as a paid intern or through an early-stage traineeship (praticantato) within the Environment, Land & Resources (ELR) department. The ELR department advises domestic and international clients on environmental law, sustainability, data protection, compliance, and regulatory matters, supporting the firm's M&A and Capital Markets transactions as well as clients' ordinary legal needs.
Working alongside a tutor and a team of young professionals, the candidate will be actively involved in a variety of activities, including:
- supporting legal due diligence activities in connection with extraordinary transactions and bond issuances across a broad range of sectors, including energy, renewables, life sciences and cosmetics, fashion, manufacturing, telecommunications, information technology, gaming, and food & beverage;
- legal research on environmental law, sustainability, energy law, life sciences, privacy and data protection, concessions and public procurement, corporate administrative liability under Legislative Decree 231/2001, golden power regulations, and other regulated sectors, as well as support in preparing regulatory updates and content for the department's business development activities;
- assisting in the drafting of legal opinions and in contract negotiations in connection with complex, predominantly international transactions;
- supporting compliance projects, including those relating to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The ideal candidate has an excellent academic record, a strong command of English, and a keen interest in developing their career in an international environment. Any study or internship experience abroad will be considered a plus. The profile is rounded out by strong interpersonal and communication skills, intellectual curiosity, and an aptitude for working in a dynamic, collaborative, and highly qualified environment.
L’ufficio di Milano di Latham & Watkins è alla ricerca di una/un laureanda/o o neolaureata/o in Giurisprudenza fortemente motivata/o e interessata/o a intraprendere un percorso professionale in un contesto legale internazionale, per un inserimento tramite stage retribuito o pratica anticipata all’interno del dipartimento Environment, Land & Resources (ELR).
Il dipartimento ELR assiste clienti nazionali e internazionali su tematiche di diritto ambientale, sostenibilità, data protection, compliance e regolamentare, supportando le operazioni di M&A e Capital Markets dello Studio nonché le esigenze legali ordinarie dei clienti.
In affiancamento al tutor e a un team di giovani professionisti, la risorsa sarà coinvolta attivamente in diverse attività, tra cui:
- supporto alle attività di due diligence legale nell’ambito di operazioni straordinarie e di emissioni obbligazionarie in un ampio ventaglio di settori, tra cui energia, rinnovabili, life sciences e cosmetica, fashion, manifatturiero, telecomunicazioni, information technology, gaming e food & beverage;
- attività di ricerca giuridica in materia di diritto ambientale, sostenibilità, diritto dell’energia, life sciences, privacy e protezione dei dati, concessioni e appalti pubblici, responsabilità amministrativa degli enti ex D.Lgs. 231/2001, normativa golden power e altri settori regolamentati, nonché supporto nella predisposizione di aggiornamenti normativi e contenuti per le attività di business development del dipartimento;
- assistenza nella redazione di pareri legali e nella negoziazione contrattuale nell’ambito di operazioni complesse, prevalentemente di carattere internazionale;
- supporto in progetti di compliance, inclusi quelli relativi alla Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) e al Regolamento Generale sulla Protezione dei Dati (GDPR).
Il/la candidato/a ideale possiede un eccellente percorso accademico, una conoscenza approfondita della lingua inglese e un forte interesse a sviluppare la propria carriera in un contesto internazionale. Eventuali esperienze di studio o stage all’estero saranno considerate un plus. Completano il profilo spiccate capacità relazionali e comunicative, curiosità intellettuale e attitudine a lavorare in un ambiente dinamico, collaborativo e altamente qualificato.

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