Alessandro Portolano > Chiomenti > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Chiomenti
VIA VERDI 2
20121 MILAN
Italy

Work Department

Partner - Financial Regulations

Position

Alessandro advises Italian and foreign financial institutions in relation to all areas of the banking, financial, insurance, payment services and asset management regulations. His experience includes assistance in both ordinary and extraordinary transactions, proceedings before Italian and European Regulators, structuring of business models and entry into new markets. He has assisted regulators in relation to complex and innovative matters.

Career

Alessandro Portolano joined Chiomenti in 2003 and become partner in 2008. He has previously worked at the Bank of Italy, within the Supervisory Department in Rome.

Languages

Italian, English

Memberships

Member of the Rome Bar (Italy); 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).

Education

Graduated in Law, L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli University, Rome, 1993; LL.M., University of Chicago Law School (USA), 1999; Executive Education, Leadership in Law Firms, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2017.

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory

(Hall of Fame)

Alessandro PortolanoChiomenti

Chiomenti leverages the bench strength of specialists in the regulatory frameworks of banks, investment firms, asset managers, insurance companies and payment institutions. The experience of practice head Alessandro Portolano covers ordinary and extraordinary transactions, proceedings before Italian and European Regulators and structuring business models and new market entries. The group also features Vincenzo Troiano, who advises banks, payment institutions, institutional and international investors, and insurance and asset management companies; Felice Azzollini, whose career includes working at CONSOB; and Flavia Pagnanelli, an adviser on the regulation of banking, insurance, finance, investment and asset management schemes.

Italy > Investment funds

Chiomenti‘s team routinely advises on the establishment of investment funds, along with transactions involving funds. The practice additionally leverages the expertise of the firm’s banking, insurance, real estate, corporate, tax, and finance departments. The team is jointly led by Vincenzo Troiano, whose wide-ranging practice includes the structuring of investment platforms and products, as well as private equity funds; and Alessandro Portolano, who is a highly-regarded specialist in banking, financial, insurance, payment services, and asset management regulations. Also key to the team are experienced practitioners Felice Azzollini and Flavia Pagnanelli.