Umberto Piattelli > LCA Studio Legale > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile
LCA Studio Legale Offices
VIA DELLA MOSCOVA 18
20121 MILANO
Italy
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Umberto Piattelli
Work Department
Banking, Finance & Regulatory
Position
Partner and Co-Head of the Banking, Finance & Regulatory Department
Career
Umberto has achieved more than 20 years of experience in assisting national and international clients with regards to corporate finance transactions and financial regulation compliance, advising investment funds, multinationals, startup and financial institutions. He has also developed a significant expertise in the financial regulation sector, with a specific focus on fintech players, advising asset managers, investment firms, banks, equity and lending crowdfunding platforms, payment institutions, electronic money issuers and Fintech players.
Umberto is a partner of the firm since 2022. Previously he worked with major international law firms, including Simmons&Simmons, White&Case e Osborne Clarke, where he has been appointed as head of the financial service sector.
Memberships
Since 2014, he has represented Italy in the European Crowdfunding Stakeholders Forum. Since 2017 he is a member of the Technical Committee of Associazione dei Prestatori dei Servizi di Pagamento – the Italian Payment service providers association – with the task of following the development of the financial service regulations and a member of the Technical Committee for Credit & Finance of Assolombarda (the Lombardy industry association); sine 2019 has been appointed by ECN as member of the Italian Strategic Group of European Crowdfunding Network.
Umberto is the author of over 50 publications on alternative financing and of the book: “The Fintech regulation – From payment systems to artificial intelligence”, published by Giappichelli and regularly speaks at leading national and international conferences. Since 2019 he has provided training to the Italian Finance Police School on matters related to PSD2, Anti Money Laundering and Fintech regulations.
Education
Lawyer Rankings
Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
(Leading individuals)In September 2022, LCA Studio Legale hired financial services regulation specialist Umberto Piattelli in Milan as practice head from Osborne Clarke. Further growth includes the January 2023 recruitment of Rome-based Giancarlo Ranucci from Gianni & Origoni; Ranucci’s wide-ranging financial services regulation practice covers the rules surrounding insurance and the structuring of financial products.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory Italy
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Firm Rankings
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- Private equity
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- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
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