Marco Zechini

Practice Areas

Marco is specialized in banking & financial regulation and fintech, with twenty years of experience in all legal and regulatory aspects related to such sectors. Marco assists, inter alia, banks, financial and payment institutions, IMELs, SIM and SGR in:

- the authorization procedures and management of relations with the supervisory authorities;

- the structuring, realization and negotiation of: insure-tech projects; outsourcing agreements in compliance with EBA regulation; joint-venture and partnership agreements between financial intermediaries, and with fintech companies;

- sale and purchase of portfolios and complex transactions pertaining to banking and financial entities;

- drafting and negotiation of SPA agreements for the acquisition of qualified and not-qualified stake in fintech companies.

Career

Marco Zechini is equity partner of Alma LED.

Prior to Alma LED, Marco was partner at Orrick (Rome) and DLA Piper (Rome).

Professional Memberships

Marco's memberships include:

- Member of AML committe of AIFI (2009-today);

- Member of the board of Associazione Italiana Istituti di Pagamento e Moneta Elettronica (2005-today);

- Member of the committee of Centro di Ricerca sui Sistemi di Pagamento, University of International Studies, Rome (2006-today);

- Member of Consiglio Didattico e Scientifico of Master “Intermediari, Emittenti e Mercati, Corporate Governance e Controlli”, University La Sapienza, Rome (2002-2004).