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Andrea Pantaleo

He/himLead Lawyer
About

Andrea Pantaleo is a Lead Lawyer in the Intellectual Property & Technology department and is based in the Milan office.

Andrea has a specific focus on DLT and blockchain technology, as well as smart contracts in the context of tokenization processes applied to financial, banking and payment services. Andrea has a deep knowledge of DeFi platforms' mechanisms and DAO structures, NFTs (also fractioned) used in the context of trade and credit finance, securitizations, real estate.

Andrea has also attended masterclasses in token and NFT coding, smart contract security. He usually speaks at conferences on crypto and blockchain topics and is author of numerous publications.

Professional QualificationsAvvocato admitted to the Milan Bar
Languages
  • Italian
  • English
Education
  • University of Milan, Law degree

Publications

Andrea is author of several publications and he is speaker at seminars and conferences regarding his sector.

  • Speech at the X Commission of the Chamber of Deputies on Artificial Intelligence – October 2023
  • "MERCATI FINANZIARI E TRANSIZIONE DIGITALE – UNA TASSONOMIA" – Giappichelli Editore – March 2025
  • “CRYPTO-ASSET: REGOLAMENTO MICA E DLT PILOT REGIME” – Giuffrè Editore – October 2023
  • “After the great crash of Ftx, is there a tightening for European crypto-regulations?” – 16 November 2022 – Il Sole 24 Ore Econopoly
  • «Criptoattività: le novità della consultazione del Comitato di Basilea» - 16 giugno 2021 www.dirittobancario.it
  • «IBIP complessi: tra rischio di riqualificazione del contratto e divieto di distribuzione» - 19 maggio 2021 – www.dirittobancario.it
  • “Servizi di investimento: S.U. della Cassazione e nullità selettiva dei contratti - Intermediari, carenza di buona fede eccepibile”, December 2019, published on Italia Oggi
  • “La Consob si modernizza e apre il dibattito sulla regolamentazione di crypto-asset e ICO”, April 2019, published on Milano Finanza
  • “ESMA rilascia il proprio parere sui crypto-assets”, March 2019, published on www.dirittobancario.it
  • “SBBS: la nuova proposta di regolamento della Commissione Europea”, June 2018, published on www.dirittobancario.it
  • “ESMA mette la museruola all'High Frequency Trading”, May 2018, published on www.bluerating.com
  • “Lo Schema di Decreto Legislativo recante attuazione alla direttiva IDD. Un primo sguardo d’insieme ad alcune delle nuove disposizioni”, April 2018, published on www.dirittobancario.it
  • "Pronti contro termine, quali rischi in caso di bail-in", February 2016, published on www.Diritto24.IlSole24Ore.com
  • "Le obbligazioni subordinate, adeguatezza ieri oggi e domani", December 2015, published on www.Diritto24.IlSole24Ore.com
  • "La MiFID in Italia: la nuova disciplina dei mercati, servizi e strumenti finanziari", edited by Luca Zitiello, Itaedizioni, May 2009 - Drafting of chapter n. 34 "Impatto della MIFID sul contenzioso tra banche e clienti – Gli obblighi informativi".

Seminars

  • Teaching at Master di diritto d’impresa (full time) – 24Business School on crypto-assets regulation and investment services. Speaker at seminars organized by Convenia and Ascofind on crypto-currencies, NFTs and DeFi.

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper, Andrea worked for leading Italian law firms.

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