Edoardo Guffanti > FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario
VIA DEGLI OMENONI 2
20121 MILAN
Italy

Work Department

Finance, Banking,Insurance, Corporate and commercial, Mergers and acquisitions.

Position

Equity partner.

Career

One of the founding partners and Partner of FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario, Edoardo Guffanti began practicing in 1996 and co-founded Annunziata e Associati, where he was stayed until the foundation of FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario. 
He was a lecturer at Università Bocconi’s Master Course in Business Administration for 8 eight years and is the author of several legal publications.
He has developed considerable experience in providing non-contentious assistance to banks, SIMs (securities brokerage companies), SGRs (asset management companies and insurance companies).
Over the years he has dealt with projects involving the incorporation of banking and financial intermediaries, mergers and acquisitions, the structuring of highly-regulated products, invitations to invest in complex financial products and cross-border transactions carried out by Italian and foreign intermediaries.
He provides frequent regulatory advice to financial intermediaries and assists corporate officers and intermediaries in the administrative stages of any penalty proceedings initiated by the Supervisory authorities.
He has often been appointed as an expert advisor in banking and finance litigation proceedings.

Languages

Italian, English.

Memberships

Registered with the Register of Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisors in 2000.
Arbitrator at CONSOB’s Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration.

Education

Degree in Business Economics (with honours) from Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan, best-graduate award for 1995/1996.
Post-graduate course “Giuristi di impresa” (in-house legal counsel) in 1996/1997.

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory

(Leading individuals)

Edoardo GuffantiFIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario

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 > 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 Carlodemonstrates 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 Acerbihas outstanding knowledge‘.