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Elisabetta Lunati is responsible for all legal matters, including litigation, at Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest domestic lender and second-largest bank by assets. The Euro Stoxx 50 bank was formed in 2007 by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI and has gone on to become a pillar of Italy’s banking sector, being one of its best capitalised financial institutions. Observers credit the legal team, and particularly group general counsel Elisabetta Lunati, for helping the bank to avoid many of the problems faced by its competitors as the Italian economy shrunk by 10% following the financial crisis. The bank is currently undergoing a change of senior leadership following the departure of well-known veteran banker Giovanni Bazoli, known affectionately as ‘Il Professore’, as chairman. It will rely on the experience and reputation of Lunati and her team to ensure the period of organisational change does not disrupt the bank’s key operations.