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ALESSANDRO PORTOLANO

Partner

alessandro.portolano@chiomenti.net

+39 02 72157635
Alessandro advises Italian and foreign financial institutions in relation to all areas of the banking, financial, insurance, payment services and asset management regulations. He advises banks, asset managers, and other financial institutions on regulatory issues concerning the structuring and execution of extraordinary and complex M&A and financial transactions. His experience includes ex novo charters and assistance in proceedings before Italian and European Regulators, regulatory enforcement matters, structuring of business models, and entry into new markets. He has assisted the Bank of Italy in relation to complex and innovative matters. Alessandro is ranked as a leading lawyer by the main international guides on the legal sector, such as Chambers, Who’s Who Legal and IFLR 1000. He is the only professional who has been ranked by Chambers in Band 1 in the Banking Regulation: Financial Services since the publication of the ranking in 2015 and in the Fintech ranking.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Alessandro Portolano joined Chiomenti in 2003 and become Partner in 2008. Since 2024 Head of the "Litigation & Advisory" Department and Co-Head of the "Financial Regulation" Practice Area.

QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

1998 Member of the Rome Bar (Italy)

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES

1995-2003
Bank of Italy
Rome

EDUCATION

Graduated in Law
LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy, 1993
LL.M.
University of Chicago, 1999
Executive Education, Leadership in Law Firms
Harvard University, Cambridge, 2017

LANGUAGES

Italian, English