FIVELEX has extensive experience in all matters relating to market abuse legislation and regularly provides advice to issuers and institutions that offer investment and collective management services.

FIVELEX’s professionals also have extensive expertise in providing advice to individuals and entities in investigations and sanction proceedings relating to market abuse.

FIVELEX’s services in this area include:

• ongoing counsel for issuers regarding the management of inside information, the establishment and maintenance of the insider register and inside information disclosure requirements;
• support for issuers and intermediaries with relations with Consob;
• support for issuers and intermediaries with market soundings;
• support for intermediaries and companies with suspicious transaction reporting obligations;
• drafting of policies, operating manuals and procedures relating to market abuse and organisational models pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 for issuers and financial institutions, and support during the implementation phase.