Financial Services Regulatory & Fintech
LEXIA is an important Italian law firm with extensive experience in the financial sector, including venture and debt capital markets, banking and financial credit, financial services, financial technology, and blockchain.
We provide advice to both listed and unlisted companies, financial institutions, and asset managers on a wide range of transactions, including capital market operations (IPOs, ICOs, share buybacks, and public tender offers), corporate finance, acquisition finance, and project finance.
We also assist financial institutions and other financial intermediaries in all regulatory matters related to their activities. Additionally, we provide advice to banks and companies on project finance (infrastructure and energy), acquisition finance, corporate finance, and real estate finance transactions.
Lastly, we represent and assist clients in financial disputes, including arbitration proceedings.
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We provide comprehensive consulting services to a wide range of clients in the blockchain industry, including exchange platforms, digital wallet providers, digital asset issuers, and various service providers.
We offer strategic guidance and support to address the complexities of this rapidly evolving sector, from ensuring regulatory compliance to leveraging market opportunities.
Our teamwork brings together expert groups in tax law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, privacy, intellectual property, and administrative law. This enables us to provide tailored, personalized assistance tailored to the unique needs of each sector.
Our approach involves leveraging the expertise of our highly qualified LEXIA lawyers, ensuring that financial services not only achieve effective visibility but also comply with legal and ethical standards.
Learn more about our expertise in Fintech, Crypto-Assets & Blockchain.
Service Presentation for UCITS
LEXIA is committed to providing comprehensive services to foreign Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) authorized under Directive 2009/65/EC, facilitating their marketing to retail and qualified investors in Italy. This includes UCITS in both corporate forms (investment companies) and contractual forms (common investment funds).
LEXIA’s advisory and assistance services cover:
UCITS Registration in Italy:
- marketing arrangements: preparation and negotiation of italian paying agent agreements and distribution agreements to facilitate marketing;
- documentation preparation: drafting the subscription form and assisting in document preparation and collection for the notification procedure to italian authorities;
- notification process: managing the ucits notification process, including follow-ups with consob and publication of documents through consob’s deprof system;
- for luxembourg domiciled schemes, lexia can directly handle notification procedures to consob via cssf.
Ongoing regulatory assistance:
- additional sub-funds registration: assistance with registering new sub-funds and updating documents and filings with consob;
- pre-notification of additional classes: advising on the pre-notification to authorities for marketing new share/unit classes;
- offering documents update: ensuring amendments in the ucits’s home country are reflected in italian documents and comply with consob regulations;
- agreements preparation: drafting and negotiating agreements relevant to the italian market for ucits and its management company (e.g. distribution agreements and italian paying agent agreements);
- corporate fulfillments: translation of meeting notices and preparation of of voting instructions forms and ancillary documents for italian participants, along with relevant communication to service providers.
- marketing compliance: assistance with ensuring marketing materials comply with italian and eu regulations, and submitting these to consob when needed;
extraordinary decisions advice: consulting on extraordinary decisions and fulfilments required under italian regulations; - disclosure obligations: managing disclosures and reporting to consob and ensuring compliance with consob resolutions;
- de-notification procedure: assisting with the withdrawal of sub-funds or share/unit classes from the italian market, handling procedures directly for luxembourg domiciled schemes;
- admission to atfund mtf: assisting with the admission of sub-funds to trade on borsa italiana’s atfund mtf, and ensuring documentation is up-to-date;
regulator requests: providing assistance in responding to consob information or clarification requests. - regulatory updates: offering prompt updates on legal and regulatory changes impacting ucits offerings in italy, along with advisory services on applicable regulations.
Team
Francesco Dagnino
(+39) 02 3663 8610
Marina Mastrangelo
(+39) 02 3663 8610
Angelo Messore
(+39) 02 3663 8610
Recent transactions
Assisting a company with the application process to become an electronic money institution and obtaining authorization f…
Supporting a Brazilian group in launching payment services operations in Italy.
Advising a company on analyzing Italian regulations concerning transparency and interest payments to retail clients.
Assisting an Italian institution with cross-border payment services and AML aspects in the UK, France, Spain, and German… Leggi di più
Advising an Italian company on the creation of an online payment model in compliance with PSD2 restrictions and exemptio… Leggi di più
Assisting an international bank in obtaining authorization from the Bank of Italy for banking services in Milan.
Supporting a French institution in opening its Italian branch to provide payment services to small and medium-sized ente… Leggi di più
Advising a Lithuanian payment institution on transparency requirements for payment services under Italian law.
Assisting a bank in assessing Italian banking transparency requirements for contracts and electronic signatures.
Supporting a leading Italian group in payment systems with drafting commercial agreements for payment infrastructure and… Leggi di più
Assisting an Edenred Group company with closing its Italian branch operations.
Advising a company in providing account information services to an EU PSP and negotiating an open banking agreement.
Assisting a major EU PSP with opening its Italian branch and launching operations in the country.
Supporting a leading Italian invoice trading platform in implementing its platform and projects on commercial and tax cr… Leggi di più
Assisting a company in applying for admission to the Italian Regulatory Sandbox managed by the Bank of Italy.
Advising a leading group in payment services in preparing and submitting an application for a loan-based crowdfunding pl… Leggi di più
Supporting a German fintech specializing in multi-currency accounts and investment services with launching its payment a…
Assisting an Italian consumer loan intermediary in launching its fintech platform for payment accounts and loyalty progr… Leggi di più
Advising a start-up specialized in energy crowdfunding on the requirements to become a regulated crowdfunding platform.
Assisting an Italian company with preparing its application to become a regulated crowdfunding platform under the ECSP R… Leggi di più
Supporting a company with managing multiple crowdfunding transactions completed on its platform.
Assisting a company in establishing an Italian entity for debt collection activities through an online platform.
Assisting a leading Austrian fintech unicorn in cryptocurrency trading and fractional stock investments with launching i… Leggi di più
Supporting a company in implementing a platform for tokenized interests in intellectual property rights in accordance wi… Leggi di più
Advising a company on launching a platform for issuing and trading security tokens representing units of alternative inv… Leggi di più
Assisting an Australian cryptocurrency payment services company in analyzing Italian regulations related to crypto-asset… Leggi di più
Advising a company on creating a crypto-asset trading platform in Italy for professional investors.
Assisting a company in establishing its crypto exchange platform in Italy.
Supporting a company with the application process for admission to the Italian Regulatory Sandbox for developing a finan… Leggi di più
Assisting a Swiss company in launching a payment token/stablecoin in the European market.
Advising a company on regulatory issues related to cryptocurrency exchange and wallet services in Italy.
Assisting a company in creating its cryptocurrency trading platform in Italy.
Supporting an Italian crypto-gaming company in analyzing tokenomics regulations underlying the video game.
Assisting a company in establishing an Italian platform for cryptocurrency exchange and wallet services.
Supporting a group of Italian and international investors in legal actions against an exchange regarding cryptocurrency … Leggi di più
Assisting a company with analyzing legal and regulatory requirements for an NFT gaming trading platform.
Advising a company in creating a blockchain-based NFT platform and issuing a utility/payment token for users.
Supporting a company in regulatory, AML, tax, and contractual matters regarding cryptocurrency payment acceptance.
Assisting a company in creating an Italian ELTIF focused on real estate loan investments, in line with alternative savin… Leggi di più
Advising a company on the Bank of Italy authorization process for direct lending through a renewable energy-focused fund… Leggi di più
Assisting a French fintech with launching an alternative lending platform for Italian SMEs via an investment fund author… Leggi di più
Supporting a company in the CONSOB authorization process to offer investment services in Italy on a cross-border basis.
Assisting a company in analyzing Italian regulatory matters regarding securities lending activities in Italy.
Supporting a company in managing various regulatory issues related to investment and financial services in Italy.
Assisting a company in the CONSOB authorization process to offer investment services in Italy on a cross-border basis.
Advising a company on projects in Italy, including establishing loan and debt funds and authorizing French and Luxembour… Leggi di più
Supporting a client with regulatory compliance matters, including replacing a UK AIMF and analyzing requirements for mar… Leggi di più
Assisting managers in the placement of a French SPAC focused on technology, analyzing legal aspects for qualification as… Leggi di più
Advising a client on various regulatory issues concerning its operations in Italy.
Supporting a client with analyzing legal and regulatory aspects related to offering a technology platform for executing … Leggi di più
Assisting a client in creating an online insurance agency dedicated to distributing risk-free insurance products under a… Leggi di più
Advising an Italian insurance broker on adopting internal policies in line with the IDD regulatory framework.
Supporting a foreign insurance company in analyzing requirements for distributing credit protection insurance policies i… Leggi di più
Assisting a client in the online distribution of financing products and credit protection insurance policies.
Providing ongoing assistance to a major insurance broker in Italy on various legal and regulatory compliance matters.
Supporting a client in creating its insurance distribution platform.
Advising a client on insurance distribution agreements and financing insurance premiums.
Assisting an insurance company in drafting documents for life and non-life policies and ensuring compliance with distrib… Leggi di più
Supporting investors in due diligence and investment in an Italian Insurtech company.
Assisting a major insurance group in analyzing the Italian regulatory framework concerning business interruption policie… Leggi di più
Advising an Israeli company specializing in smart contracts for financial and insurance intermediaries on creating an in… Leggi di più
Assisting a major investment bank in restructuring its insurance brokerage operations in Italy.
Supporting a client in establishing its Italian payment institution and obtaining authorization from the Bank of Italy.
Awards
LEXIA ranked in Chambers & Partners Fintech Guide 2025
LEXIA ranked in Chambers & Partners Fintech Guide 2024
TOP LEGAL - 2023
LEXIA selected in Banking and Finance, Bank Regulatory, Commercial, Corporate e M&A, Data Privacy and Data Protection and TMT.
Angelo Messore recognized Next generation Partners in “Banking and Finance: Bank Regulatory”.
LEXIA selected in Banking and Finance, Bank Regulatory, Commercial, Corporate e M&A, Data Privacy and Data Protection and TMT.
Angelo Messore recognized Next generation Partners in “Banking and Finance: Bank Regulatory”.
TopLegal Industry Awards - 2023
Francesco Dagnino recognized Best Professional in Fintech.
Francesco Dagnino recognized Best Professional in Fintech.
The Legal 500 - 2022
LEXIA selected in Banking and Finance: Bank Regulatory and Commercial, Corporate and M&A.
Firm to watch in TMT category.
LEXIA selected in Banking and Finance: Bank Regulatory and Commercial, Corporate and M&A.
Firm to watch in TMT category.
Other practices
LEXIA M&A's team is well-known for its ability to manage complex transactions that require creativity and the rapid identification of innovative solutions.
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LEXIA represents a reference point in the Capital Markets sector. Our Equity Capital Markets (ECM) team is acknowledged in the market for its attitude towards innovation and the ability to conceive creative and innovative solutions that have made a lasting impact in the industry.
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Registering and protecting trademarks, both in Italy and throughout the European Union, is a fundamental step to safeguard the identity and distinctive value of companies and innovators. LEXIA provides strategic legal assistance throughout the entire process — from prior searches and filings to enforcement and defense — with a multidisciplinary approach that ensures accuracy, strategy, and foresight.
We assist individuals, businesses, and startups in protecting their brands, offering not only registration services but also strategic advice on trademark use, exploitation, and protection in both traditional and digital environments.
We strengthen legal excellence through innovation. Discover the initiatives that LEXIA supports to promote the technological development of the legal sector.
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