Sergio Visalli is Senior Associate at Alma within the Banking & Financial Regulation Department based in Rome.
Sergio specialises in the regulation of banking, insurance, financial and investment services. He regularly advises Italian and foreign clients in the areas of governance, compliance (including transparency, anti-money laundering and privacy), conduct of business and prudential rules, product regulation, as well as in the context of extraordinary transactions with relevant regulatory profiles and supervisory and sanctioning proceedings in the various areas of finance.
Sergio is also an expert on cryptocurrency regulation; NFTs and decentralised finance.
He has gained experience in assisting both national and international industrial groups and financial institutions by providing support in relation to both ordinary business (including cross-border) and financing transactions (corporate, leveraged and acquisition finance) as well as M&A transactions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2022-2023
Secondee – Legal Office Enel X Financial Services S.r.l.
2022-2023
Secondee – Legal Office PayTipper Istituto di Pagamento S.p.A.
2019 – today
Alma Società tra Avvocati – senior associate
2018-2019
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni – associate
2017-2018
Gianni, Orrigoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners – junior associate
EDUCATION
2022
Executive Course on ‘Islamic Banking & Finance’, International Chamber of Commerce, Rome
2021
LLM in Data Protection, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2020
Certificate – Blockchain Innovation Manager, ITALY4BLOCKCHAIN Association, Milan
2019
LLM in Financial Markets Regulation, Università LUISS, Rome
2017
Bachelor Degree in Law cum laude, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina
2016
Master in Droit interne et international de l’Arbitrage, Université de Montpellier, France
2015
Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2014
Executive Course in International Private Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands
2014
Faculty of Law, University of Bonn, Germany
2013
Faculty of Law, University Complutense of Madrid
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2019
Admitted to the Italian Bar
2024
admitted to Luxembourg Barreau (Liste IV)
LANGUAGES
Italian
English
German
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian
Romanian
Greek