FinTech Legal - Italy
What the team is known for
Dentons has a multi-disciplinary FinTech team in Italy that brings together experts in corporate, banking and finance, as well as intellectual property and financial services. The firm's FinTech work includes the formation and regulation of e-money and payments operations, FinTech-related AML matters and funding transactions.
Strengths
"The firm has demonstrated strong capabilities in working in a complex context such as a banking group, and provides deep competencies and flexibility. They ensured high levels of quality and in-depth research in the field of corporate innovation including European legislative proposals, combined with speed in response to our needs."
"Dentons has really strong abilities and I have been impressed by their service levels."
Work highlights
Dentons advised Cash Nova, a FinTech platform addressing the liquidity needs of Italian SMEs, on contractual documentation and financial instruments to fund the platform.
Notable practitioners
Valerio Lemma is an of counsel in Dentons's banking and finance practice. Lemma has a background in academia and is experienced in FinTech. Lemma is particularly well regarded for advising banks on the regulatory issues they often encounter when adopting new technologies. "Valerio Lemma supported us with professionalism and contributed to the evolution of our innovation projects."
