Practice Areas
Andrea advises clients on a regular basis on banking, payment, insurance and investment services, as well as financial products, including derivatives and collateral arrangements; incorporation, governance and change of control of banks, insurance companies, payment institutions, investment firms and asset managers, including in connection with the performance of activities through a branch or on a cross-border basis; the setting up and the management of collective investment schemes, in particular closed-end or alternative, securities or real estate funds; banking, subordinated or otherwise structured financings; regulatory capital of banks and financial intermediaries. Andrea has an in-depth knowledge of the EU and Italian banking and financial regulations and the international contractual standards. Andrea has also conquered the Fintech sector and has developed a significant expertise in the field of payment services. Andrea gained significant experience in domestic and cross-border transactions involving change of ownership or acquisition of qualifying holdings in all regulated entities. He is an expert in the authorization procedures arising from changes in ownership structure, including cases of shareholdings held by international private equity funds and those related to the incorporation of new regulated entities.
Andrea obtained full marks in his law degree, awarded by Milan’s Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in 1994 and has been a member of the Bar Association of Milan since 1999. He has been recognised as a solicitor in England and Wales since 2008.