Banking/finance

The PwC TLS professionals operating in the Financial Services Department assist Italian and foreign banks, financial intermediaries, asset management companies and insurance companies by providing them with legal and regulatory advice to meet all their needs.

Given the peculiarities of this field, which is subject to continual changes in legislation and in light of the fact that the operators in these sectors are under the supervision of regulatory bodies, PwC TLS has formed a team of specialist professionals exclusively dedicated to clients in the banking,financial and insurance sectors owing the particular features of these spheres of activity.

The team assists its clients in all the legal issues they confront in their day-to-day and extraordinary transactions, both in Italy and abroad, also making use of the widespread presence of the PwC Network.

The members of the team are specialized in various business sectors and can therefore give legal and regulatory advice:

  • with extraordinary M&A transactions and corporate restructuring operations; 

  • with regard to banking law in connection with financing agreements and transactions, syndicated loans, structured finance and debt restructuring, advice on banking regulations in connection with the delivery of banking, financial and payment services, usury rules and issues arising from the distribution and offer of products;

  • with regard to finance law, advising on investment and asset management services and assisting and supporting the firm’s clients in their relations with their customers and the market in order to ensure that they comply with the law and observe the rules laid down for the organisation and conduct of authorized intermediaries and in issues related to the contracts and documentation for offering financial products and their placement through various distribution channels;

  • in capital markets, advising and assisting institutional investors and issuers in debt and capital transactions;

  • with regard to insurance law, assisting insurance and reinsurance companies in issues arising from contracts and documentation for offering insurance products and their placement through various distribution channels, the structuring of products with financial or welfare content, the study and performance of corporate restructuring operations or the transfer of insurance portfolios.

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