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Maddalena Fontana

Senior Lawyer
About

Maddalena Fontana is a Senior Lawyer in the Finance department and works in the Milan office. She deals, in general, with regulatory issues related to the asset management, banking, insurance, investment services, payment services and electronic money sectors, as well as to the anti-money laundering and transparency fields. In these areas, she carries out, inter alia, research, advice and assistance activities - including on an ongoing or on-site basis - in the regulatory field, with reference to issues of compliance and management of relations with authorities and supervisory bodies (Bank of Italy, Consob, IVASS, OAM, etc.). She also follows the drafting of documents and contracts pertaining to the areas mentioned above and provides her support in the establishment and authorization operations of supervised entities.

She has gained experience in assisting leading banking operators in relation to lawsuits brought by customers concerning the signing/delivery of investment contracts.

Between April and August 2018, she was seconded to Intesa Sanpaolo Group Services Legal and Litigation Department Group General Counsel Finance, Contracts and Special Regulations Advisory Service Investment and Financial Products Office, supporting the massive re-contracting project for professional clients.

Areas of FocusFinanceRestructuring
Professional QualificationsAvvocato admitted to the Rome Bar
Languages
  • Italian
  • English
Education
  • Law degree, University of Rome LUISS Guido Carli - Company and Tax Law

Prior Experience

  • Jun. 2023 – today, Lawyer, DLA Piper – Milan
  • Nov. 2020 – Jun. 2023, Lawyer, major international law firm – Milan
  • 2019 – 2020, Secondee, major international bank
  • Dec. 2018 – Nov. 2020, Lawyer, DLA Piper – Rome
  • Apr. 2018 – Aug. 2018, Secondee, large financial institution – Legal & Litigation Department / Group General Counsel / Finance & Contracts / Investment Services & Financial Products
  • Apr. 2016 – Dec. 2018, Trainee, DLA Piper – Rome
  • Oct. 2015 – Mar. 2016, Intern, DLA Piper – Rome
  • Nov. 2013 – May 2014, Internship, notary office