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Lener & Partners Offices

Lener & Partners
Palazzo Valadier
Piazza del Popolo, 18
00187
Italy
Visit website +39 06 952.82.400

Lener & Partners > The Legal 500 Rankings

Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory Tier 3

Boutique corporate and financial services firm Lener & Partners provides a comprehensive service for financial services regulation issues, including contentious and restructuring-related matters. The practice’s expertise includes setting up banks, asset management companies, investment firms and insurance companies, as well as financial intermediaries that provide regulated services. The team is led by Raffaele Lener, ‘one of the most authoritative Italian lawyers for regulatory matters'. Lener is supported by Grazia Bonante and Sonia Locantore.

Practice head(s):

Raffaele Lener

Other key lawyers:

Grazia Bonante; Sonia Locantore

Testimonials

‘A very deep network – great for problem solving and strong collaboration.’

‘The team has specialised skills in the regulation of financial markets – it stands out on the Italian legal market.’

‘Innovative, punctual and reliable. Regulatory lawyers like these get the deal done. Unbeatable for structuring transactions.’

‘Very focused on its work and aims to find solutions.’

‘An excellent and very professional team.’

‘Raffaele Lener makes complex things easy to understand, and he is very efficient.’

‘Raffaele Lener is a leading professional, with consolidated experience in regulatory issues relating to investment funds, private equity and financial products.’

‘Raffaele Lener is one of the most authoritative Italian lawyers for regulatory matters, and is excellent when assisting clients with highly complex matters.’

Key clients

Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica di San Marino

illimity Bank S.p.A.

Rothschild

Lufthansa

ACEA

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.

Monte Titoli S.p.A.

Work highlights

  • Advised Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica di San Marino during the final stage of the execution of a debt restructuring agreement, which involved financial undertakings controlled by Cassa di Risparmio della Repubblica di San Marino.
  • Provided illimity Bank with regulatory assistance in relation to the establishment of a joint venture with Banca Sella for the development of a digital banking services platform.
  • Assisted Intesa Sanpaolo with court proceedings initiated by the Comune di Perugia to have four interest rate swaps executed between the bank and the municipality declared invalid.

Lener & Partners > Firm Profile

The firm is a corporate, financial services and real estate boutique, specialising in the provision of legal advice on corporate matters and on the whole range of financial services regulation, including contentious and restructuring matters.

The firm was established in November 2018 as a result of the spin-off of the Italian regulatory team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer with whom the partners and senior associates have had a working relationship for more than 20 years.

Carlo Cipriani was involved in setting up the firm, with his 20 year’s experience in civil and company contentious law, as well as in arbitration, with the aim of promoting the field of contentious  law in a phase of significant growth.

In 2020 the firm’s areas of specialisation were enhanced by the arrival of Anna Maria Schirru, as Of Counsel, who boasts a 20 year record in the financial and real estate sectors.

Our team of market-leading regulatory professionals have experience in setting up banks, asset management companies, investment firms, insurance companies as well as financial intermediaries providing regulated services.

Notable is the experience of the firm in advising on matters having a cross-border dimension which renders it ideally positioned to service international clients.

We advise Italian and foreign banks, asset managers, investment firms, depositaries, regulated markets, multilateral trading facilities, central counterparties, insurance companies, insurance brokers, pension funds, payment institutions offering in Italy and abroad regulated services and financial and insurance products in contentious and non-contentious matters.

Capitalising on the experience of Prof Raffaele Lener as liquidator appointed by the Italian resolution authorities for banks and investment firms, the firm has developed a strong insolvency and restructuring expertise.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Name Partner RAFFAELE LENER raffaele.lener@leplex.it +390695282400
Partner of BANKING AND REGULATORY GRAZIA BONANTE grazia.bonante@leplex.it
Partner of BANKING AND REGULATORY SONIA LOCANTORE sonia.locantore@leplex.it
Partner of DISPUTE RESOLUTION CARLO CIPRIANI carlo.cipriani@leplex.it
PhD, Lawyer & Chartered Accountant SALVATORE LUCIANO FURNARI salvatore.furnari@leplex.it +393492177978
Lawyer FRANCESCO BALLARDINI francesco.ballardini@leplex.it
Lawyer FEDERICA SPAGNOLI federica.spagnoli@leplex.it
Lawyer GIUSEPPE PROIETTI giuseppe.proietti@leplex.it
Lawyer GIULIA AGOSTINI giulia.agostini@leplex.it
Lawyer SOFIA MARIA LENER sofiamaria.lener@leplex.it

Staff Figures

MELANIA ACOCELLA : ASSISTANT

Languages

Italian
English (fluent)
French

Memberships

Chambers & Partners
Legal 500