Banking and finance: Bank regulatory

Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Jeffrey Greenbaum
Hall of fameHogan Lovells International LLP
Jeffrey Greenbaum capitalizes on his international financial regulatory background to assist clients in operating effectively in the evolving European and Italian financial regulatory landscape. He interacts daily with financial regulators in developing and interpreting financial regulation. Recognized as a leader in European and Italian financial regulation, Jeffrey provides assistance across a broad financial spectrum including payment services, AML,  investment services, mutual funds, banking regulation, and insurance. With his experience in the area and his understanding of international financial regulatory developments, Jeff proactively guides his clients before new regulations enter into effect and effectively frames issues in dialogues with regulators.
Alessandro Portolano
Hall of fameChiomenti
Alessandro advises Italian and foreign financial institutions in relation to all areas of the banking, financial, insurance, payment services and asset management regulations. His experience includes assistance in both ordinary and extraordinary transactions, proceedings before Italian and European Regulators, structuring of business models and entry into new markets. He has assisted regulators in relation to complex and innovative matters.
Giuseppe Rumi
Hall of fameBonelliErede
Partner, Giuseppe Rumi specialises in banking and insurance regulation, with particular focus on extraordinary operations, audits, compliance assessments, authorisation, inspection and sanction procedures, review of prudential supervision, corporate governance and internal organisation policies, insolvency proceedings involving supervised undertakings, regulatory aspects of major takeovers, capital restructuring processes and reorganisation of supervised undertakings following implementation of the new European single supervisory mechanism. He is member of the Banks and Corporate Compliance & Investigations Focus Teams.
Vincenzo Troiano
Hall of fameChiomenti
Vincenzo advises banks, insurance companies, asset management companies, payment institutions, institutional and international investors (pension funds, open-ended investment companies, real estate investment trust, reserved alternative investment funds), and other regulated entities on supervisory and operational compliance matters, corporate governance rules, codes of conduct and prudential regulations, structuring of investment platforms and products, private equity funds, extraordinary transactions involving relevant industry-specific regulatory provisions (reorganisation of financial sector groups and financial conglomerates), securitisation, real estate investment through regulated entities (such as closed-ended investment companies, listed real estate companies, funds), innovative financial products, financial digitalisation, supervisory procedures and penalties in the various areas of regulated finance and money laundering.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Alessandro Engst
Dentons
Alessandro Engst is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice and the Head of the Financial Services area in Italy. Alessandro focuses on financial institutions regulation, derivatives and investment funds.  He has a broad range of experience advising banks, fund managers, broker-dealers, investment firms, insurance companies, payment institutions, fintech companies and pension funds on the establishment and regulation of investment funds (including NPL and private debt funds), on a wide range of derivative transactions and on regulatory matters (including advising on MIFID II, CRR/CRD IV, UCITS V, EMIR, IDD, PSD2 and ELTIF regulation). He is the author of various banking and finance law manuals and scientific articles.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Felice Azzollini
Chiomenti
Felice advises clients on banking, insurance, and financial markets matters, under the different profiles of the relevant legal framework He advises on products and services distribution, contractual drafting, cross-border transactions and management of relations with the relevant supervisory authorities. His legal advice, offered to both Italian and international clients, includes the drafting of opinions and contracts, consultancy regarding corporate governance operations and business model restructuring, and the preparation of petitions and defense statements before legal and supervisory Authorities.
Valerio Lemma
Dentons
Valerio Lemma is an of counsel in the Banking & Finance practice. He focuses on asset management, banking, financial and insurance regulation. Valerio has extensive experience in structuring and implementing investment funds (including credit and real estate funds) and regularly advises financial institutions and other regulated entities with respect to a broad range of regulatory matters and dealings with regulators. He is also highly experienced in the field of Fintech, Insurtech and digital payment services, where he provides assistance in relation to legal and regulatory issues. He authored several scientific papers and a monograph focused on the Fintech sector (“Fintech Regulation: Exploring New Challenges of the Capital Markets Union” Springer, 2020) and also participated in primary roundtables and conferences on this topic.
Flavia Pagnanelli
Chiomenti
Flavia specialises in the regulation of banking services, insurance, finance, investment, and asset management schemes. She regularly advises Italian and international clients on many aspects of business law, compliance, prudential rules, and product regulations.
Andrea Savigliano
BonelliErede
Senior Counsel, Andrea Savigliano specialises in financial regulatory, especially concerning M&A transactions, investigations on supervised entities, recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, corporate governance, compliance and anti-money laundering, inspection and sanction proceedings within the banking, financial intermediaries and insurance sectors. He is member of the Banks and Corporate Compliance & Investigations Focus Teams, as well as a member of the Africa Team.

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