Studio Chiomenti has consolidated experience and extensive expertise in advising banks, financial intermediaries, investment firms, management companies, insurance companies and banking foundations on incorporation, shareholding structures, composition of assets and general corporate issues. It also advises on general business activities (such as investment services and collective investment management), innovative financial products (such as covered bonds), complex insurance products (such as unit linked policies), private equity funds, mezzanine financing, distressed funds, investment services rules of conduct, and financial and insurance products transparency. The Firm structures products and transactions with a high regulatory content (such as regulatory capital instruments, solvency margin instruments, capital relief derivative instruments, and Luxembourg SICAR structures etc.). The Firm identifies the most effective solutions in cross-border transactions by Italian and foreign intermediaries and assists issuers and underwriters in the analysis of regulatory issues arising in connection with solicitation of investment in financial products.

The Firm has advised on the constitution of the principal real estate investment funds, including reserved funds and speculative funds, and has structured innovative solutions in the areas of, among others, governance, contributions, distribution of units and financial leverage.

In close co-operation with colleagues in the Firm's corporate and finance practice areas, the Firm advises on the regulatory aspects of M&A and finance transactions, including - in connection with the incorporation of corporate vehicles - registration in the relevant rolls and registers, restructuring of banking, insurance and conglomerate groups, bancassurance, and weighting factors attributed to securities to be issued.

The Firm provides technical legal support to several regulatory authorities in the context of primary and secondary regulation processes in the finance area and acts as a consultant for sector associations.

Studio Chiomenti also assists corporate representatives as well as credit and financial intermediaries in administrative and judicial sanctions proceedings commenced by the regulatory authorities.