Biography
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 EXPERIENCE
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 Roma Bar (Italy)
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES
1995-2003
Bank of Italy
Rome
EDUCATION
Laurea in Giurisprudenza
Luiss – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy, 1993
LL.M.
University of Chicago, United States, 1999
Executive Education, Leadership in Law Firms
Harvard University, United States, 2017
LANGUAGES
Italian, English