Ms Rossella Sansone > Bird & Bird > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Bird & Bird‘s banking and financial markets regulation practice covers investment services, compliance with capital requirements, investment fund-related marketing, financial products’ issuances, and market abuse. The group is also experienced in insurance and insurance distribution, fintech, sustainable finance regulation, anti-money laundering, derivatives, consumer credit, payment services, and e-money. Raimondo Maggiore is a highly-regarded financial regulation specialist; Stefano Febbi focuses on banking and financial services, including payments and insurance regulation; and Rossella Sansone advises on asset management and financial services. The team further includes Annapaola Schino, Diego Bobbo and Diego Cefaro.

The banking and financial markets regulation practice in Bird & Bird‘s Italian  offices has significant investment funds expertise. The group advises national and international management companies and investors on real estate, credit and private equity alternative investment funds. The Milan-based group showcases Raimondo Maggiore, who assists Italian and international asset management companies with structuring alternative investment funds; and Rossella Sansone, an expert in asset management and financial services. The department further includes Giovanni Bevilacqua, who regularly acts for Italian and EU fund managers on real estate alternative investment fund structures.

Bird & Bird‘s Italian team covers an array of compliance work, from regulatory compliance, Decree 231 matters, data protection and cybersecurity, to product compliance, antitrust, advertising pre-clearance, and consumer protection. Raimondo Maggiore assists with governance and internal control systems; Stefano Febbi‘s expertise includes regulatory compliance; and Simone Caddedu heads the firm’s Italian regulatory and administrative department. The practice further includes Rossella Sansone, an adviser to financial institutions on regulatory compliance; Federico Marini Balestra, who focuses on regulated sectors, such as TMT; and Mauro Turrini, who covers life sciences-related regulatory issues.