Simmons & Simmons

Mirella has wide-ranging expertise in relation to regulated markets.

Mirella is a senior associate in our financial services regulatory team within the Financial Markets group in Milan.

She focuses on financial markets (including the insurance market and insurance products), where she has a strong expertise of investment services, financial instruments, structured products and derivatives (both credit and equity derivatives), asset management, investment funds and market regulation.

Mirella regularly provides advice in relation to cross-border regulatory projects, including passporting procedures and the obtaining of the required local licences from relevant regulators. A key part of this process is ensuring that applicable EU legislation (including MiFID, MiFID II, Insurance Distribution Directive and EMIR) is adequately reflected in the operations of domestic and international financial institutions operating in Italy. She regularly assists ETFs in listing on, and delisting from, the ETFPlus market managed and regulated by Borsa Italiana and provides advice in relation to listing on-going requirements.

She also provides advice in relation to Brexit implications in financial services and payment services directive and payment means.

Mirella joined us in 2006 and has completed a secondment in the London office of Credit Suisse.