Led by Marco Zechini, ALMA SOCIETA' TRA AVVOCATI S.R.L.‘s offering focuses on advising fintech unicorns and scale-up operations, as well as established players, on a range of compliance matters. The group has built strong capabilities in the areas of mobile payments, open banking, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and payment aggregator activities, with Luca Benvenuto concentrating on banking transparency and anti-money laundering and advising regulated entities on their interactions with supervisory authorities. Sergio Visalli’s diverse skill set includes expertise in cryptocurrency, NFTs and decentralised finance.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The bank regulatory team of Alma shows its key strengths in its flexibility, technical knowledge and understanding of business. Their main innovative feature is having professionals who can very rapidly jump on highly technical issues not strictly relating to regulatory but also to other areas of law (tax, banking, etc).’
- ‘Marco Zechini is business-oriented, highly practical but very competent and always keen to ensure full compliance with the legal and regulatory framework. One of the stars of the Italian regulatory lawyers.'
- 'Luca Benvenuto, despite his young age, is already highly competent and able to adopt a problem-solving practical attitude, allowing him to guide clients through complex issues.’
- ‘A close-knit and competent team of professionals who are extremely helpful and proactive in meeting client needs.’
Key clients
- AdmiralPay IP
- TPPay S.r.l.
- Teamsystem payments S.r.l.
- Worldline
- Lottomatica Group
- Bancomat
- Iconto
- Mooney
- Satispay
- American Express
- Revolut
- Iren
Work highlights
Advised Postepay (Poste Italiane Group) in connection to the management of relations with customers and the structuring of new partnerships.
Assisting Banca Valsabbina on the provision of banking, financial and investment services such as securitisation, credit services, and portfolio management.
Advising Prometeia in connection with the provision of investment services and the implementation of partnerships.
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Marco Zechini
Other key lawyers
Luca Benvenuto; Sergio Visalli