Francesco Di Carlo

Francesco Di Carlo has longstanding experience in advising funds and funds managers and, more in general, Italian and foreign financial institutions on banking, financial, insurance and company law matters.

His expertise is mainly focused on the incorporation and authorization of financial industry players and funds, M&As, assistance on Italian and international corporate reorganizations, provision of cross-border reserved services, structuring of remuneration plans and policies, structuring of club deals, financial and insurance products, support to family offices and private bankers in relation to issues and needs of private clients. He assists intermediaries with the administrative stage of the penalty proceedings initiated by Supervisory Authorities. Francesco also developed significant experience with the regulatory supervision of listed companies, with particular regard to the protection of minority shareholders, corporate governance, related-party transactions, reporting obligations, market abuse and public offerings. He is often involved in innovative projects related to legislative changes in his areas of practice. He has been working for years with the major Italian and international Authorities.

Since 2016, he has been reported as a reference professional in his areas of expertise by Who’s Who Legal Italy, Who’s Who Legal Private Funds. The guide describes him as “one of the leading advisers in the Italian funds industry, assisting asset managers and investment funds”, and adds that he is “well known for his international expertise in investment funds and his dynamism on matters of structuring and management” and a “highly experienced private funds lawyer with a superior reputation for providing expert advice to financial institutions funds and asset managers”. He is also ranked in the main law directories; he has been included for years (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021) in LegalCommunity’s list of 50 Italian advisers who have left their mark in business advisory; he is a winner of the LegalCommunity Finance Award for Professional of the Year in the finance regulatory category (2018-2021), the Lawyer of the Year Award in the Banks category at the TopLegal Industry Awards (2020), the Lawyer of the Year by Blue Financial Communication - Forbes at the Private Banking Awards (2020). He is considered by clients as “a star of the practice, with a great knowledge of the market and attitude to problem solving”, with “undisputed leadership in the agreement”. Sources add: “Once again, in 2018, his track record has been remarked by the importance of his clients, the complexity of the questions dealt with and impressive volumes.”
He holds offices in major companies engaged in his practice areas. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the Statutory Auditors of Mediobanca S.p.A., Statutory Auditor of Italiaonline S.p.A. and Director of Milano Investment Partners SGR S.p.A.. He is also Director of Oliver Twist ONLUS Foundation.

WWL says: Francesco Di Carlo is highly regarded for his profound understanding of foreign and Italian funds and his continued support to family offices and private bankers.