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Emiliano La Sala

Counsel

Emiliano is Head of domestic debt capital market and Fintech group coordinator in Italy.

Emiliano works on public offers and listings of equity, debt and securitised derivatives instruments, exchange and tender offers, as well as liability management transactions, for both domestic and international clients. He has broad experience in capital markets transactions, particularly in the establishment of domestic programmes, as well as in debt and derivative securities public offers and listings of bonds, certificates, covered warrants and credit-linked notes.

Emiliano also has significant experience in banking, structured finance and regulatory, and is regularly involved in consultations with CONSOB (the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission) and Borsa Italiana (the Italian Stock Exchange) in respect of offers and listings of financial instruments. He also assists domestic and international financial institutions on MiFID II, PRIIPs Regulation, Market Abuse Regulation, Transparency Directive and Benchmark Regulation. Emiliano advises on DLT solutions and is actively liaising with the Italian Authorities on blockchain related matters. 

Published Work

  • Interview "Parte la stagione dei blockchain bond", MAG, Legalcommunity, September 2024
  • Co-author "DORA: caratteristiche e focus sulla gestione del rischio di terze parti", Il Quotidiano Giuridico, Altalex, July 2024
  • Video-interview "Il primo digital bond su blockchain, spiegato", Dealflower, July 2024
  • "MiCAR - In arrivo le regole per le cripto", Wall Street Italia, July 2024
  • Video-interview "Prospetti bond, si studiano modifiche per la semplificazione", Trading Room, Milano Finanza, April 2024
  • "Cripto-attività: le principali novità del decreto di adeguamento al MiCAR", Il Quotidiano Giuridico, Altalex, March 2024
  • Co-author “MiCAR under the microscope – Part 4: The CASP licensing regime”, Allen & Overy, February 2024
  • "Etf su bitcoin, che cosa cambia dopo il via libera della Sec. Ecco dove può arrivare la criptovaluta secondo gli esperti", Milano Finanza Online, January 2024
  • Co-author "Regolamento Consob, ai nastri di partenza il regime sugli strumenti finanziari digitali", NT+ Diritto, Il Sole 24 Ore, January 2024
  • "Finanza digitale: così i servizi bancari corrono sulla blockchain", Il Sole 24 Ore, January 2024
  • Co-author "The Italian regime on digital financial instruments is finally ready to kick-off", Allen & Overy, December 2023
  • "L’applicazione della Distributed Ledger Technology all’emissione di strumenti finanziari di debito", Le Società, n. 6/2019, p. 715 e ss, 2019
  • "Dall'obbligazione plain vanilla all'obbligazione strutturata in Le Società: rivista di diritto e pratica commerciale, societaria e fiscale", 2009, fasc. 6, pp. 689 - 704, 2009 

Recognition

He is specialized in domestic bond issues, very skilled and very dedicated
IFLR1000 ,2018 (Capital Markets - Debt: Italy)

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as avvocato, Italy, 2006

Academic

JD, University of Milan, 1999

Languages

English, Italian
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.