Désirée Catalano
Investment Funds Managing Associate, Luxembourg
Overview
Education and qualifications
Overview
Désirée joined Linklaters Luxembourg in April 2021 bringing experience from top Italian and international law firms. She specialises in the structuring, set-up and distribution of a wide range of investment funds with a particular focus on alternative funds and UCITS. Désirée also advises global financial institutions on a variety of regulatory matters, notably licensing requirements and major financial services regulations (MiFID, AIFMD, PSD, AML, etc.). She is active in the FinTech sector focusing on EU payments regulations and is also involved in ALFI and ABBL Instant Payments working groups.
She has further been involved in advising a number of clients on various SFDR and taxonomy related topics and workstreams.
Education and qualifications
She obtained a Master’s degree in law at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and is admitted to Milan Bar. She is also registered with the Luxembourg Bar.
She is fluent in German, French, English, Italian and Spanish.