Anna Ferraresso > Linklaters Studio Legale Associato > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato
Via Fatebenefratelli, 14
20121 Milano
Italy

Work Department

Financial Regulation & Structured Finance

Position

Anna Ferraresso is a Partner in the Structured Finance and Financial Regulation department of Linklaters’ Milan offices. She has extensive experience in advising on compliance with regulatory rules (in respect of various domestic and cross-border issues), on the regulatory aspects of corporate M&A and financing transactions, on business structuring and product design.

Anna has also gained deep knowledge of investment funds (AIFs and UCITS) by advising major global asset managers as well as emerging players. She advised clients on the implementation of numerous EU regulatory reforms initiatives such as AIFMD, MiFID II, CRD V/CRR II, BRRD II, Solvency II.

Anna has experience of new product development and marketing, including in the fintech space, financial market infrastructure and trading issues such as market abuse and also assists clients on structured products including lending, repo transactions and ISDA documented derivatives.

Career

May 2025 to present: Partner, Linklaters Milan

May 2022 to April 2025: Counsel, Linklaters Milan & Amsterdam offices

2015-2022: Managing Associate, Linklaters Milan

2010-2014: Associate, Linklaters Milan & London offices

2007 to 2009: Trainee solicitor, Linklaters Milan

2005: Intern, Representative offices of Regione Veneto in Brussels

Languages

Italian, English, French

Memberships

Admitted to the Italian Bar

 

Education

2004-2007: Università degli Studi di Padova, Laurea Specialistica in Giurisprudenza (J.D.)

2006-2007: University College Dublin, Bachelor of Civil Law course, Erasmus scholarship

2001-2004: Università degli Studi di Padova, Laurea in Scienze Giuridiche (Diploma in Law)

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato‘s ‘highly-skilled’ Milan-based regulatory practice is co-led by Dario Longo , who also heads up the structured finance group; and Anna Ferraresso, who has significant experience in advising private equity funds on transaction structuring, changes in control, compliance, and the authorisation and setting up of regulated entities.

Italy > Investment funds

Linklaters Studio Legale Associato assists investment managers with fund formations and related financial regulation. Dario Longo, whose practice covers the entire cycle of financially-regulated assets, heads the structured finance and financial regulatory practices. Providing key support, Anna Ferraresso advises private equity funds on M&A, financings, setting-up regulated entities and compliance.