Bird & Bird
Client SatisfactionBird & Bird's wide-ranging expertise covers investment services, compliance with capital requirements, marketing investment funds and issuing financial products. Other key areas range from market abuse, insurance distribution and fintech, to sustainable finance regulation, AML, derivatives, consumer credit and payment services. Financial regulation specialist Raimondo Maggiore heads the banking and financial markets regulation department, which features Stefano Febbi, an expert in banking, financial services and insurance regulation; and Rossella Sansone, who routinely advises on asset management and financial services. Other active practitioners are Annapaola Schino, Diego Bobbo and Diego Cefaro.
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Key clients
- Allianz Group
- Banca Agricola Popolare di Ragusa S.c.p.a.
- Banca Passadore & C. S.p.A.
- Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata S.c.p.A
- Banca Popolare Pugliese S.c.p.a.
- Banca Valsabbina S.c.p.a.
- BlackRock Group
- BMW Bank GmbH Succursale Italiana
- BPER Banca S.p.A.
- Ceresio SIM S.p.A.
- CheBanca! S.p.A.
- CNP Assurances SA
- Consultinvest Investimenti SIM S.p.A.
- Columbia Threadneedle Group
- Crédit Agricole Italia S.p.A.
- Credem Group
- IQ EQ Fund Management (Ireland) Limited
- DeA Capital SGR S.p.A.
- Fideuram Asset Management SGR S.p.A.
- Goldman Sachs Group
- ICCREA Group
- illimity Group
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
- Kairos Partners SGR S.p.A.
- Kryalos SGR S.p.A.
- M&G Group
- Mediobanca S.p.A.
- Mediolanum Group
- Polis Fondi SGR S.p.A.
- Prelios SGR S.p.A.
- SACE S.p.A.
- Stripe Group
- Vorvel SIM (formerly Hi-MTF SIM S.p.A.)
- Wayflyer Limited
Work highlights
- Announcing, together with OXYGY and the European Commission, the opening of the applications for the first cohort of the European Blockchain Sandbox, which aims to provide a framework for regulators, supervising authorities and blockchain innovators.
- Supporting Allianz Group in Italy in assessing and implementing within the operations of its companies the European legal framework on sustainable finance.
- Advising Italian retail commercial banks on various issues relating to the interpretation and application of the European and national rules regulating the provision of investment services.
Lawyers
Leading associates
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Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Raimondo Maggiore, Stefano Febbi, Rossella Sansone