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Andrea Brancatelli
Assistant General Counsel , MoneyGram , Italy
Andrea Brancatelli, is Assistant General Counsel for MoneyGram and responsible for all legal matters within Europe & CIS which includes 54 countries.
From 2019 to 2022 Andrea sat on the Board of Directors of the Italian Inhouse Counsel Association and headed a working group on digital innovation.
Previously Andrea Brancatelli worked in General Electric, in Milan, where he acted as Senior Legal Counsel for the “Capital†division of GE. His first in-house experience was in 2009, when he entered Borsa Italiana S.p.A. to follow the integration with London Stock Exchange Group.
From 2006 to 2011 Andrea was Senior Associate of the Law Firm Gianni, Origoni & Partners, within the Corporate and M&A department. At the beginning of his career he worked with the Law Firm CMS Italy - Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, in the fields of employment law, banking, corporate and M&A.
Andrea Brancatelli is mother tongue English speaker, holds a Law Degree from the University of Rome, is admitted to Bar since 2006 and is author of various publications on fintech and international law. Moreover, Andrea Brancatelli contributes as speaker at conferences on regtech, which focus on the relationship between law and new technologies. Andrea appears in the “2017, 2019 and 2022 General Counsel Legal 500 Powerlist†prepared by Legal 500 and was shortlisted for the “2014 Emerging In-house Counsel†award organized by Top Legal.
