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Expert in corporate and commercial finance with particular experience in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and real estate law. His work also includes advising in court and arbitration cases concerning corporate, real estate and commercial matters. He advises various companies operating in the financial, insurance, banking, real estate, chemical-pharmaceutical, direct marketing and manufacturing industry sectors. In recent years, he has been engaged in numerous production delocalization operations in China and has advised Chinese companies on operations to take over Italian companies. He was lecturer at Cegos S.p.A.’s Master in “Giuristi D’impresa”. He is author of many publications in the field of advertising, agency and sponsorship contracts. He is member of I.B.A. (International Bar Association) and I.P.B.A. (Inter-Pacific Bar Association), he is also the Managing Partner of R&P Legal. Practices Banking and Finance Compliance 231 Corporate M&A Commercial Insurance Real Estate Start-up TMT – Media Entertainment

Honorary Fellow, Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars, Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria Areas of Practice Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Business restructuring, Commercial contracts, Civil Law Formation Law Degree, Universidad de Cantabria (Santander, 1991). Diplôma d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in European Law (Université de Nancy 2, France, 1993). Experience Business law in general, restructuring processes, shareholders agreements, joint ventures, distribution and agency agreements, foreign investment in Spain, international corporate transactions, international commercial contracts, employment law (in particular top management contracts), preparation of agreements and day-to-day advisory to businesses in collaboration with clients’ legal and financial departments. Company secretarial work. General corporate and commercial transactions involving several jurisdictions.

Deniz has more than 27 years of solid international experience in financial services, working at executive level with many market leaders including JP Morgan Bank, State Street Services, Brown Brothers Harriman Bank and PwC, covering clients, operations and projects in Europe (Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Ireland, UK, Italy, Turkey), Asia (Hong Kong, Japan, China, Singapore), the GCC (UAE, Bahrain) and the USA. Her experience covers fund distribution, compliance, corporate governance, due diligence, supervision of service providers, operational risk management, investment funds (unregulated and regulated funds such as UCITS and alternative funds), back office operations, internal and external audit and client relationship and servicing management in addition to directorships for strategic clients. She has managed strategic projects, such as outsourcing, business integration, client profitability reviews and infrastructure projects, plus projects for the implementation of EU Directives and regulatory requirements, such as UCITS, AIFMD, FATCA, MIFID and AML/CTF. Following Deniz’s relocation to Switzerland, she continues to manage her own management consulting business that she established in 2014 in the UAE, providing services and solutions to asset, fund and investment managers, consulting firms and promoters launching investment vehicles. She works closely with clients, asset managers and service providers in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the UK and the Middle East that focus on social impact investing. She also supports Fintech businesses from China, Hong Kong and Singapore with their ICO, blockchain and exchange projects. Deniz is a CFA Charterholder and an active Board member of the CFA Society Emirates. She successfully organised the Middle East Investment Conference in Abu Dhabi in February 2017 and the MENA Investment Congress in February 2018. She is active in many Swiss and EU Fintech, Impact Investing and financial services associations, such as Swiss Impact Investment Association, Swiss Finance + Technology Association, CFA Societies Switzerland and Emirates.