Francesco Di Carlo > FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario Offices
VIA DEGLI OMENONI 2
20121 MILAN
Italy
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Francesco Di Carlo
Work Department
Banking and finance, Insurance, Listed companies, Corporate and commercial, Mergers and acquisitions, Anti-money-laundering.
Position
Equity partner and co-managing partner.
Career
Founding partner and co-managing partner of FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario, Francesco Di Carlo began practicing in 1995 and after significant experience at leading Italian firms, in 2000 he co-founded Annunziata e Associati, where he was stayed until the foundation of FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario.
He has longstanding experience in advising financial institutions and Italian and foreign funds on banking, financial, insurance and company law matters.
His expertise is mainly focused on the incorporation and authorization of financial industry players and funds, M&As and Italian and international corporate reorganizations, the provision of cross-border reserved transactions, the structuring of remuneration plans and policies, the structuring of financial products and club deals, the support to family offices and private bankers in relation to issues and needs of private clients and assistance to intermediaries with the administrative stage of the penalty proceedings initiated by Supervisory Authorities.
He has also developed significant experience with the regulatory supervision of listed companies, with particular regard to the protection of minority shareholders, corporate governance, related-party transactions, reporting obligations and market abuse.
He has assisted major international institutional investors in the management of their shareholdings in listed companies at the various stages of their investments, including with respect to governance issues and damages claims.
He is often involved in innovative projects related to legislative changes in his areas of practice.
He has been working for years with the major Italian and international Authorities.
Awarded and ranked on banking, finance and regulatory.
Languages
Italian, English.
Memberships
Registered with the Register of Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisors in 1999.
Education
Degree in Economics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, in 1994.
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
Particularly focused on private banking services, FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario‘s Milan team advises on the regulatory aspects of banks’ and intermediaries’ corporate governance, investment and banking services, and the issue of banking and finance products. The group is co-led by Francesco Di Carlo, who provides non-contentious assistance to banks, investment and asset management companies, private funds, insurance companies, trust entities and listed companies; and Edoardo Guffanti, an expert in market abuse, internal control systems and corporate governance. Other key figures are Flavio Acerbi, Debora Gobbo and Camilla Fornasaro.
Italy > Commercial, corporate and M&A
FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario’s Milan team fields experts in M&A transactions, particularly in relation to industrial and commercial mid-cap companies. The principal figures are ‘excellent lawyer’ Alfredo Craca; extraordinary transaction specialist Francesco Di Carlo; and Claudio Tatozzi, who focuses on corporate law, financial market legislation and bankruptcy law.
Italy > Investment funds
FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario‘s finance, banking and insurance department has significant expertise in financial regulatory matters, as well as capital markets and M&A transactions. The team also assists with the structuring and implementation of collective investment management schemes, along with the establishment of units in Italian and foreign funds, Francesco Di Carlo ‘demonstrates a remarkable ability to think outside the box‘; Francesco Mantegazza is a domestic and international taxation specialist; Edoardo Guffanti acts for banks, and investment, asset management and insurance companies; and Flavio Acerbi ‘has outstanding knowledge‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory Italy
- Investment funds Italy
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Italy