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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

  • Distributed Ledger Technology e emissione di strumenti finanziari di debito, Le Società, n. 6/2019, p. 715 e ss
  • 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 specialised 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.