Mr Alessandro Engst > Dentons > Rome, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
VIA XX SETTEMBRE, 5
ROME 00187
Italy
Alessandro Engst photo

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Alessandro Engst is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice and the Head of the Financial Services area in Italy.

Alessandro focuses on financial institutions regulation, derivatives and investment funds.  He has a broad range of experience advising banks, fund managers, broker-dealers, investment firms, insurance companies, payment institutions, fintech companies and pension funds on the establishment and regulation of investment funds (including NPL and private debt funds), on a wide range of derivative transactions and on regulatory matters (including advising on MIFID II, CRR/CRD IV, UCITS V, EMIR, IDD, PSD2 and ELTIF regulation).

He is the author of various banking and finance law manuals and scientific articles.

Career

Before joining Dentons, he was a partner at Eversheds Sutherland. Prior to that, he spent around 10 years at Simmons & Simmons.

Languages

English, Italian

Memberships

Admitted to the Bar, Italy, 2004

Education

Education: University of Rome “La Sapienza”, 1999, JD

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Banking and finance: Bank regulatory

(Leading partners)

Alessandro Engst – Dentons

The broad offering at Dentons encompasses M&A-related regulatory filings; the establishment of regulated entities; structuring internal control systems; and banking and investment services contracts. It is also experienced in capital requirements regulations; derivatives and stock lending regulations; and anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism regulations. Alessandro Engst is a highly-rated financial services regulatory specialist; Valerio Lemma focuses on banking, financial and insurance regulation and asset management; and Lorenzo Toppini is ‘very talented’.

Italy > Investment funds

(Leading partners)

Alessandro Engst – Dentons

Experienced in real estate, private equity and credit fund formations, Dentons‘ practice regularly works alongside the firm’s real estate and corporate M&A teams. With ‘deep knowledge of the Italian and EU funds market’, Alessandro Engst leads the Italian financial services group. Engst advises banks, fund managers, investment firms, insurance companies, payment institutions, fintech companies and pension funds on regulatory matters, as well as  the establishment and regulation of investment funds.