Expertise

Banking and finance
Financial Services and Commercial Litigation in the English Courts
Securitisations and international regulation
Regulatory investigations
International Arbitration

Foreign languages: English

Background

Member of the Debt Capital Markets Focus Team
Joined as an associate in 2017
Secondment to the EME Litigation, Investigations & Enforcement Team – Barclays Bank PLC London

Qualifications

Member of the Italian Bar (2014)
Solicitor, Senior Courts of England & Wales
LL.M in Banking Law and Financial Regulation – London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom (2016)
LL.M in Financial Crime – LUISS Guido Carli – University of Rome (2010)
Law degree – University of Bologna (2009)

Knowledge Sharing

Dexia S.A. v Comune di Torino [2025] EWHC 1903 (Comm): High Court of England and Wales finally provides clarity on ISDA jurisdiction clause(s) after Brexit

In Dexia S.A. v Comune di Torino [2025] EWHC 1903 (Comm), the High Court of Justice of England and Wales has provided important guidance on the standard jurisdiction clause in the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement. In particular, Butcher J’s summary judgment upholds the ISDA jurisdiction clause as ( …

The High Court of Justice of England and Wales hands down a landmark judgment on derivative contracts entered into by an Italian local authority

On the heels of the Italian Supreme Court’s well-known Cattolica decision of May 2020, a new chapter has been written in the long-running legal debate over certain derivative contracts entered into by a small local authority in Italy. This time, the High Court of Justice of England and Wal …