LCA Studio Legale
In September 2022, LCA Studio Legale hired financial services regulation specialist Umberto Piattelli in Milan as practice head from Osborne Clarke. Further growth includes the January 2023 recruitment of Rome-based Giancarlo Ranucci from Gianni & Origoni; Ranucci’s wide-ranging financial services regulation practice covers the rules surrounding insurance and the structuring of financial products.
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Testimonials
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- 'Availability, prompt feedback and high-level analyses.'
- 'In-depth knowledge of diverse regulations. Compatibility with business needs in terms of insights and suggestions.’
'Consistently meets clients' requirements and business expectations.'
'Very creative approach that yields results within the legal framework without requiring constant guidance and feedback from clients.'
‘Deep understanding of the local regulatory landscape. Ability to deliver compliant but out-of-the-box proposals in a timely manner.’
- 'Umberto Piattelli and Sofia Caruso consistently demonstrate availability, reliability and the ability to meet client expectations.'
- 'Clients are thoroughly content with the calibre of work provided by Umberto Piattelli and Sofia Caruso.'
Key clients
- Advantia Bank
- Banca Sella Personal Credit S.p.A.
- Diaman Partners LTD
- Brick Up S.r.l.
- Buildlenders S.r.l.
- Coinflow S.r.l.
- EML DAC payments
- Folkfunding S.r.l. (Clubcore)
- Framont & Partners
- Leone Investments S.r.l.
- October S.r.l.
- Olinda SAS
- Prepay S.r.l.
- Qomodo S.r.l.
- Roots Funding Inc.
- UBS
- Volkswagen Financial Services S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Assisting Blender with preparing and submitting to the OAM (the competent authority supervised by the Bank of Italy) its request to be enrolled in the relevant register in order to operate as a financial agent of the Lithuanian e-Money Institution.
- Assisting Brick Up, an equity crowdfunding platform, with obtaining a license from CONSOB and Bank of Italy to operate as a lending crowdfunding platform manager under EU regulations.
- Advising UBS Europe SE on the review of the contractual documents for its credit products.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Umberto Piattelli