One of the founding partners and Partner of Fivers, Edoardo Guffanti began practicing in 1996 and co-founded Annunziata e Associati, where he was stayed until the foundation of FIVELEX Studio Legale e Tributario. He was a lecturer at Università Bocconi’s Master Course in Business Administration for 8 eight years and is the author of several legal publications.
He has developed considerable experience in providing non-contentious assistance to banks, SIMs (securities brokerage companies), SGRs (asset management companies and insurance companies). Over the years he has dealt with projects involving the incorporation of banking and financial intermediaries, mergers and acquisitions, the structuring of highly-regulated products, invitations to invest in complex financial products and cross-border transactions carried out by Italian and foreign intermediaries. He provides frequent regulatory advice to financial intermediaries and assists corporate officers and intermediaries in the administrative stages of any penalty proceedings initiated by the Supervisory authorities. He has often been appointed as an expert advisor in banking and finance litigation proceedings.
His corporate offices include the following: Chairman of Zenit SGR, Chairman of Entangled Capital SGR, Chairman of Consultinvest Partecipazioni S.p.A., Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Société Générale Securities Services, Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Hedge Invest SGR, Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Fenera SGR, Member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Alpiq S.p.A. He was a member of ASSOSIM’s Collegio dei probiviri (ethics and disciplinary committee) and the former Chairman of the “Banks, financial intermediaries and insurance committee” of the Milan Order of Chartered Accountants, and arbitrator at CONSOB’s Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration.


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Edoardo Guffanti
Practice areas
Banking
Insurance
Corporate and commercial
Mergers and acquisitions
Other
from Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan, best-graduate award for 1995/1996
Post-graduate course “Giuristi di impresa” (in-house legal counsel) in 1996/1997
Arbitrator at CONSOB’s Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration

The Legal500 - 2025

Chambers Global - 2025

Chambers Global - 2025

Lexology Index Client Choice 2025

Leaders League - 2025

Leaders League - 2024

The Legal500 - 2024

Leaders League - 2024

Who's Who Legal Italy - 2023

Leaders League - 2023

The Legal500 - 2023

Chambers Europe - 2023

Chambers Global - 2023

The Legal 500 - 2022

Chambers and Partners - 2022

The Legal 500 - 2021

Professionista dell’anno Wealth Management - 2020

Professionista dell’anno Wealth Management - 2020

The Legal 500 EMEA - 2019

Chambers and Partners - 2019

The Legal 500 EMEA - 2018

Chambers and Partners - 2018