FinTech Guide 2026 : Italy
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The regulatory team has established a unique market position in the fintech field with a 360° approach in the regulated entities. The ability to comprehend how regulated entities are interconnected, represents a distinctive trait of Chiomenti’s horizontal and vertical approach. The practice covers all categories of regulated entities. At the same time, practice assists on prudential matters, distribution arrangements, organizational structures, and extraordinary transactions, etc.
More recently, Chiomenti has added a focus on the impact of technology in the financial sector, by assisting clients on all major projects in the fintech space. In particular:
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Chiomenti's financial regulation practice advises significant domestic and international banks, payment institutions, tech companies and cryptocurrency exchange platforms. The firm's work includes assisting with data protection and cybersecurity, as well as e-money authorisation and payments matters.
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Chiomenti assisted OKCoin with exercising its passporting rights as a registered Crypto-Assets Service Provider in Malta in order to enter into the Italian market. This involved ensuring OKCoin's crypto-asset services were fully MiCA compliant as well as compatible with Italy's own specific regulatory requirements.
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Competence, flexibility and vision are certainly the salient features of the department.
Their advice on the whole has been the most thorough of all the law firms we work with. They balance getting the law right with our commercial objectives as well.
What stands out with Chiomenti is its expertise, understanding of the customer's needs, speed of execution with urgent deadlines, and its network.
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Alessandro Portolano is well known for his financial regulatory expertise. He regularly advises notable clients on European and Italian banking and finance as well as payments and crowdfunding matters.
Portolano is always interested and curious about new things and new projects. He's also an excellent lawyer.
Alessandro is a guru and a very well-known and reputable lawyer.
Alessandro comes from Bank of Italy and has a deep understanding of how it works, he's also dynamic and fast and speaks the business language as well as the language of regulators.
What sets Alessandro Portolano apart from other lawyers is his deep technical expertise combined with strategic, business-oriented vision - particularly rare in the regulatory and financial sector.
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Alessandro Portolano
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