ELLED - Scordino De Bellis Law Firm

What ELLED - Scordino De Bellis Law Firm does

ELLED Scordino De Bellis is a privately held Italian boutique law firm founded in July 2018 by Luca Scordino and Daniela De Bellis, both formerly partners at Ripa di Meana. The firm operates from offices in Rome (Piazza Margana 19, headquarters) and Milan (Via Cerva 1), with a multidisciplinary team of approximately 12 professionals including founding partners, a partner (via the 2024 Del Vecchio Capotosti-Bertolini collaboration), senior associates, associates, of counsel, trainee lawyers, and an in-house M&A Financial Analyst. ELLED is structured around seven core practice areas — Commercial and Financial Intermediaries Law, Fintech, Compliance, Copyright and Related Rights, Administrative Law, Litigation and Arbitration, and Real Estate — serving clients in sectors including banking, fintech, entertainment, fashion, art, healthcare, construction, ESG, air transport, and the public sector.

The firm differentiates itself through a hybrid legal-plus-financial model that combines traditional legal advisory with embedded financial analysis (exemplified by its MGA Spa and BlockInvest mandates on tokenized financial instruments under Italy's DL Fintech framework) and through senior academic input via its 2024 partnership with Professors Angela Del Vecchio Capotosti (LUISS EU Law) and Francesco Saverio Bertolini (University of Teramo Constitutional Law). Notable engagements include advising Milano Global Advisors on a first-of-its-kind Consob registration as a digital circulation register responsible party, supporting BlockInvest on its Open Venture S.p.A. round, and representing SIAE in a landmark Corte di Cassazione ruling on copyright access-to-documents law. The firm has accumulated reputational capital through multiple industry recognitions: Le Fonti Legal Top 50 Gold (2025), Legal Community Awards Lawyer of the Year Banking & Finance (2024), MAG 100 Female Lawyers (2024), MF Italian Legal Ranking (2023), TopLegal Index IP (2021), and TopLegal Industry Awards finalist (2020).

ELLED operates as a traditional professional services firm with sales-led, partner-driven business development and revenue generated through conventional legal fee arrangements (hourly, retainer, or matter-based billing typical of Italian law firms); pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm targets a broad client base of enterprises, public economic entities, financial institutions, funds, foreign companies operating in Italy, individual entrepreneurs, foundations, associations, and startups. Its go-to-market relies on thought leadership via Italian legal publications (TopLegal, LegalCommunity, MAG, Le Fonti), academic engagement through LUISS LL.M. programs in Fashion Law and Art Law, and a visible presence at cultural industry events (Milano Music Week, Venice and Rome Film Festivals). ELLED is independently owned by its founding partners with no institutional capital backing.

Name

ELLED - Scordino De Bellis Law Firm

Legal name

Studio Legale Elled Scordino De Bellis

Website

https://elled.global

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ELLED is a privately held Italian boutique law firm founded in 2018, operating from Rome and Milan with ~12 professionals. It provides multidisciplinary legal and compliance advisory across commercial, fintech, compliance, copyright, administrative, litigation, and real estate practices to enterprises, financial institutions, and public-sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Crime, AML/CFT & Sanctions Compliance (BPAHAFAE)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Fintech legal services
• Compliance consulting
• Commercial law services
• Intellectual property law

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Provides comprehensive legal and compliance services across multiple practice areas including commercial law, fintech, compliance, copyright, administrative law, litigation, and real estate. Services are billed through traditional legal fee arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ELLED is a boutique Italian law firm providing legal and compliance services of excellence across multiple practice areas, including commercial and financial intermediaries law, fintech, compliance, copyright and related rights, administrative law, litigation and arbitration, and real estate. The firm also incorporates financial analysis capabilities alongside legal services. It primarily serves enterprises, public economic entities, financial institutions, funds, foreign companies operating in Italy, entrepreneurs, foundations, associations, and startups.

Product overview

ELLED Scordino De Bellis is a dynamic, multidisciplinary law firm offering legal and compliance services across seven core practice areas: Commercial and Financial Intermediaries Law, Fintech, Compliance, Copyright and Related Rights, Administrative Law, Litigation and Arbitration, and Real Estate. The firm operates on a platform-plus-specializations model, with each practice area comprising multiple sub-practice modules (e.g., Compliance includes Internal Audit, AML/Corporate Criminal Liability, Anti-Bribery, Product Compliance, and Privacy & Cybersecurity; Commercial Law encompasses M&A, Corporate Governance, Banking, International Contracts, Bankruptcy, and Commercial Contracts). The firm serves clients in sectors including banking, fintech, entertainment, fashion, art, healthcare, construction, and public sector, primarily operating in Italy with international reach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Diritto commerciale e degli intermediari finanziari (Commercial and Financial Intermediaries Law)

Quantifiable outcome

• Pioneer in Italian fintech regulation - assisted BlockInvest as first example of DL Fintech application in Italy
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BlockInvestcoreTechnology or Integration · 3 December 2024Collaboration with BlockInvest for fintech projects, including development of technical illustrative report for BlockInvest platform compliant with legal requirements under DL Fintech. ELLED provided legal support for MGA Spa registration with Consob as responsible party for digital circulation registries, enabling native digital management of tokenized financial instruments.
• Del Vecchio Capotosti-BertolinicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between ELLED and Del Vecchio Capotosti-Bertolini for multidisciplinary legal services. Focus areas include financial and contract law, new technologies law, intellectual property, and administrative, constitutional, and EU law. Angela Del Vecchio Capotosti is Professor Emeritus of EU Law at LUISS and Director of LL.M. programs in Fashion Law and Art Law. Francesco Saverio Bertolini is Full Professor of Constitutional Law at University of Teramo.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Chiomenti: Leading Italian full-service law firm with strong banking, finance, and corporate practices; competes with ELLED for mid- and large-cap Italian banking and fintech mandates while operating at materially larger scale.
• Pavia e Ansaldo: Boutique-style Italian firm with banking, finance, and corporate practices in Milan and Rome; comparable in size and positioning to ELLED for mid-market enterprise and financial-services work.
• Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati: Italian boutique with tax, corporate, and financial regulation focus; overlaps with ELLED on banking/financial intermediary advisory and corporate-governance mandates.
• NCTM - Studio Legale: Italian independent firm with strong corporate, finance, and IP practices in Milan, Rome, and other Italian cities; competes with ELLED on mid-market banking, IP, and corporate advisory mandates.
• Gianni & Origoni: Italian mid-size full-service firm with a recognized banking, finance, and fintech practice and offices in Rome and Milan; directly comparable to ELLED on financial regulation, M&A, and capital markets work.
• Legance: Italian independent firm with strong corporate, finance, and regulatory capabilities in Rome and Milan; competes with ELLED for banking, fintech, and complex commercial mandates from Italian enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• Bird & Bird (Italy): International firm with Milan and Rome offices and a strong IP, technology, and media practice; competes with ELLED on copyright, entertainment, and technology regulatory mandates.
• BonelliErede: Top-tier Italian full-service firm with extensive banking, finance, regulatory, IP, and dispute resolution practices; represents a larger incumbent against which ELLED competes for sophisticated Italian enterprise mandates.
• Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Italy): Global law firm with a Milan office actively building Italian and EU fintech, energy, and tech practices; competes with ELLED on fintech regulatory mandates and cross-border digital-asset work.
• Dentons (Italy): Global firm operating in Italy with banking, corporate, and regulatory practices; a large incumbent competing for enterprise-scale Italian and cross-border mandates that may displace boutique advisors like ELLED.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elled-scordino-de-bellis-law-firm

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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