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 partners)In addition to advising Italian and international banks and financial intermediaries, LCA Studio Legale assists electronic money institutions, payment services providers, equity and debt crowdfunding platforms, and alternative investment trusts and funds with structuring and establishing operations in Italy. It also advises on Bank of Italy and CONSOB authorisations. Financial services regulation expert Umberto Piattelli is particularly focused on fintech, while Giancarlo Ranucci‘s practice includes insurance and reinsurance regulations.
Italy > Banking and finance: Borrower side
LCA Studio Legale‘s 13-member team advises investment funds, sponsors and corporate borrowers on both acquisition and structured finance. The practice is headed up by Davide Valli, whose expertise covers corporate borrowing and project finance; while Umberto Piattelli is experienced in extraordinary finance transactions, as well as financial regulatory matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory Italy
- Banking and finance: Borrower side Italy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Genoa: leading firms
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Shipping
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Capital markets: Equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Employment
- Tax