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FinTech Legal - Italy
What the Team is Known For
DLA Piper advises on cryptocurrency, blockchain and digital payments operations. It regularly advises on regulatory matters, including those relating to the MiCA regime, and assists clients considering new products and services.
Strengths
DLA Piper has deep expertise in FinTech matters, with a cross-national and cross-legal vision. They have solid practical experience in the sector, including in dealing with supervisory authorities.
DLA Piper are very good. I think they have very strong individuals and a really strong bench.
The team stands out for its deep regulatory expertise, proactive approach, and ability to translate complex frameworks like MiCA into clear guidance.
DLA Piper stands out for its expertise and insights in analysis, often difficult to find due to new, different and conflicting regulations.
Work Highlights
DLA Piper has assisted Binance with its Binance Pay service, which allows for payments to merchants using crypto assets. This analysis has involved assessing compliance with payments services legislation.
Notable practitioners
Andrea Pantaleo advises on a range of regulatory and compliance matters including MiCA and MiFID II mandates. His FinTech work includes regulatory and licensing issues relating to crypto-asset services.
Andrea is one of the best professionals I have worked with. Attentive, fast, proactive, humble and competent.
Andrea is not only very knowledgeable in the field, but also extremely responsive and always goes the extra mile. We just really like working with him.
Andrea is truly exceptional: razor-sharp, reliable, and always one step ahead. He’s the kind of adviser you rarely come across - one in a million.