FinTech Legal
Italy
4 years ranked
INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Alessandro Portolano
FinTech 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Alessandro advises Italian and foreign financial institutions in relation to all areas of the banking, financial, insurance, payment services and asset management regulations. He advises banks, asset managers, and other financial institutions on regulatory issues concerning the structuring and execution of extraordinary and complex M&A and financial transactions. His experience includes ex novo charters and assistance in proceedings before Italian and European Regulators, regulatory enforcement matters, structuring of business models, and entry into new markets.
Career
Alessandro Portolano joined Chiomenti in 2003 and became partner in 2008.
Since 2024 Head of the "Litigation & Advisory" Department and Co-Head of the "Financial Regulation" Practice Area.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Rome Bar (Italy), 1998; Between 2013 and 2015 he has been a member of the Consultative Working Group of the Corporate Finance Standing Committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
Chambers Review
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Professional Advisers: FinTech
FinTech Legal - Italy
Band 1
Individual Editorial
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
Portolano is always interested and curious about new things and new projects. He's also an excellent lawyer.
FinTech LegalProfessional Advisers: FinTechAlessandro is a guru and a very well-known and reputable lawyer.
FinTech LegalProfessional Advisers: FinTechAlessandro 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.
FinTech LegalProfessional Advisers: FinTechWhat 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.
FinTech LegalProfessional Advisers: FinTech
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