11 Feb 2026
Market-leading energy and infrastructure private equity team joins Latham & Watkins in Paris
"Latham & Watkins in Paris has hired Benjamin de Blegiers, Daniel Zerbib, Gauthier Martin and Alexandre Namoun to strengthen its energy and infrastructure private equity, M&A, finance and public law capabilities."
Benjamin de Blegiers joins Latham & Watkins in Paris as a partner. He is a private equity and M&A partner who advises corporates, private equity funds, pension funds, asset managers and other private capital investors on complex private equity and M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure sector. He joins from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner. Blegiers holds a DESS in Business and Tax Law from Paris Pantheon-Assas and graduated from the Paris Institute of Business Law.
Daniel Zerbib joins Latham & Watkins in Paris as a finance partner. He specializes in banking and finance transactions with a focus on infrastructure finance, both greenfield and brownfield, and brings experience advising on complex finance matters in the energy and infrastructure sector. He joins from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner. Zerbib earned a Maitrise in Business & Tax Law and a DEA in Business Law from Paris-Pantheon Assas University, and a DESS in Banking and Finance from Paris V Rene Descartes University.
Gauthier Martin joins Latham & Watkins in Paris as a public law and regulatory partner. His practice covers all fields of public law, including counsel on complex public contracts, regulated sectors and related strategic disputes, and includes work for clients in the energy and infrastructure as well as defense, telecoms and transportation industries. He joins from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner. Martin received his degree from Sciences Po Lyon and an MA in Business Public Law from Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University.
Alexandre Namoun joins Latham & Watkins in Paris as a partner focusing on private equity and M&A. His practice concentrates on private capital transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector and related industries. He joins from Clifford Chance, where he was a partner. Namoun graduated from ESCP Business School and earned a degree in Business & Corporate Law from University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.