Revolving Doors: Latham boosts London life sciences as Weil hires German PE partners

Will Lewallen · 2 October 2025 · 4 min read

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Revolving Doors: Latham boosts London life sciences as Weil hires German PE partners

Latham & Watkins has hired intellectual property and life sciences partner Lydia Torne to its office in London.

Torne, who is a Legal 500 next generation partner for life sciences and healthcare, joins from Simmons & Simmons where she has been a partner since 2021, having joined the firm in 2008.

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