Avv Emanuele Grippo > Gianni & Origoni > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Gianni & Origoni‘s team advises on the distribution of banking, financial and insurance products. It is also experienced in compliance, AML and market abuse. Emanuele Grippo ‘stands out as a particularly competent and business-oriented professional’; Paolo Bordi advises on the regulatory issues surrounding banking, finance, investment services, insurance and asset management; and Marco Zaccagnini is the principal figure in London. The practice further includes Raffaele Sansone, who specialises in financial markets, insurance and corporate finance; and financial regulatory law expert Claudia Colomba, a December 2023 recruit from Hogan Lovells International LLP.

Acting for issuers, selling shareholders and underwriters, Gianni & Origoni‘s ECM team regularly advises on initial and secondary public offerings of equity securities. Other key areas are rights issues and listing procedures. Paolo Bordi and Emanuele Grippo co-head the practice, which includes renowned capital markets specialist Antonio Segni; Alessandro Merenda, who brings strength to structuring and negotiating reserved alternative investment funds; and financial instrument offering and IPO expert Mariasole Conticelli. Other key figures include Lidia Caldarola, who draws on over 20 years of experience in the practice space; counsels Francesca Romana Stefanelli and Andrea Bazuro; and managing associate Giacomo Bizzozero.

The investment fund division of Gianni & Origoni‘s financial market regulation department advises on a range of asset management work, particularly the establishment of investment funds. Examples include open and closed-ended funds, UCITS, SICAF, and SICAVs. The team is jointly led by Luxembourg desk head Emanuele Grippo, who advises on investment services, asset management, pension funds, securities regulation, and structured finance; real estate expert Davide Braghini; and financial markets, corporate finance and equity capital markets specialist Paolo Bordi. Promoted to partner during 2022, Raffaele Sansone ‘stands out for his client-oriented attitude‘.