Bepi Pezzulli

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Giuseppe "Bepi" Pezzulli
Giuseppe Pezzulli
Born
Naples, Italy
NationalityBritish, Italian
Education Nunziatella military academy
Alma materLuiss Guido Carli
New York University School of Law
Columbia University School of Law
Università degli Studi di Milano
OccupationCorporate Executive
OrganizationItalia Atlantica
Relatives Francesco Pezzulli (brother)
AwardsIn-house Community Award General Counsel of the year (2016). The Legal 500 GC Power List Italy (2016).
Website www.bepipezzulli.eu

Giuseppe ("Bepi") Pezzulli (born 1970, in Napoli) is a British-Italian business lawyer, corporate executive, columnist and writer. He is an expert in finance, especially in capital markets, investment management and M&A. He is also a foreign policy adviser, with a focus on Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States, and – specifically – a Brexit pundit.

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Biography

Early life and education

Bepi Pezzulli was born in Naples, he is the older brother of actor Francesco Pezzulli, the official Italian voice of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Aged 16, he joined the venerable "Nunziatella" Military Academy, the most prestigious military academy in Italy, as a cadet of the 1985-1988 class. [1] Once left the army career, he graduated in Law at LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome in 1993.

After his graduation, he moved to New York, he received a Master of Laws from New York University School of Law in 1998. He subsequently earned a JD from Columbia University School of Law in 2003, where he was appointed a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

A British-Italian national, he qualified as an Avvocato (District Bar of Rome), Solicitor (Senior Courts of England & Wales), [2] and Attorney at Law (State Bar of New York). [3]

Pezzulli is Jewish. He is an active advocate for the State of Israel and the cause of Jewish pluralism: he belongs to B’nai B’rit, a Jewish fraternity; and Beth Hillel (WUPJ, EUPJ, FIEP), a liberal Jewish congregation.

Professional experience

In 1998, he took up a position as attorney at law at the white shoe Wall Street firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, engaging in capital markets, investment management and M&A work. In 2003, he joined Shearman & Sterling, likewise working in capital markets, investment management and M&A.

Upon relocating to London, he joined Turning Point Consulting as Head of Legal and Compliance. Between 2013 and 2015, worked at global investment manager BlackRock as Head of Legal and Compliance for Italy, Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey. [4]

In 2016, further expanding on a fin-tech expertise, Bepi Pezzulli joined Italiaonline, the largest digital media group in Italy, to lead the merger with Seat Pagine Gialle, which created the market leader in the digital advertising space and local marketing services for SMEs. [5] [6] [7]

As a corporate executive, he is strongly committed to the culture of crime prevention, compliance and economic security: Pezzulli is a member of the scientific committee of CRST (Centre for Research on Security and Terrorism), and of the scientific committee of AIECA (Association of International Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering Experts).

He also has served as Non-Executive Director seating on the board of directors of Finlombarda (2017-2020), and The British Chamber of Commerce for Italy (2019-2021).

Public and political experience

Between 2016 and 2020, Pezzulli was the Chairman of Select Milano, [8] [9] [10] a conservative think-tank and business diplomacy initiative, [11] [12] [13] with the mission to foster bilateral relations with the City of London after Brexit. [14] [15] [16] [17]

He currently serves as Secretary General and Editor-in-Chief of Italia Atlantica, a conservative think-tank, devoted to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, devolution of powers, free markets, fair international trade, defence of democracies. A policy research centre specialised in International affairs, Italia Atlantica is an Atlanticist and Zionist voice. [18]

Aside from his public experience, he maintains a strong activity as a political and financial journalist. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of La Voce Repubblicana, [19] the official journal of Republican Party of Italy. He is a policy analyst for the Italian daily financial newspaper Milano Finanza [20] and a pundit for the financial TV channel Class-CNBC. [21] His analyses are sought by broadcast media, such as Rai, [22] Sky News, [23] Radio Radicale, [24] London One Radio. [25] He also contributed in multiple media sources like LaRagione, Proiezioni di Borsa, [26] Scenari Economici, and appears on the Bloomberg terminals via the Alliance Dow Jones newswire. He is the Middle East analyst for Longitude and curates a blog on the Times of Israel. [27] , following Middle East.

Pezzulli is the author of "L'altra Brexit. Geopolitica, & Affari" (I libri di Milano Finanza, 2018), an essay investigating the economic benefits for the UK and the geopolitical implications of Brexit. [28]

Recognition

Aside from his cross-border regulatory expertise, Pezzulli is highly reputed for his deal advisory work.

Pezzulli has been credited by Legal Community, TopLegal and Legal500 as the model legal risk manager, for being capable of achieving process optimisation and efficiency of service delivery via the application of quantitative management models to the provision of in-house legal services. He is listed in the GC Power List (Italy) 2016 [29] [30] and received the In-house Community Award as General Counsel of the year 2016. [31] [32] He was awarded the prestigious Excellence Award at Proiezionidiborsa Annual Meeting 2021. [33]

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  4. ↑ "BlackRock Italia: Pezzulli direttore legale e compliance". TopLegal (in Italian). 9 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bepi Pezzulli nuovo Direttore Legal and Corporate Affairs". Diritto24 (in Italian). April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Seat Pg: Pezzulli a capo del legal and corporate". TopLegal (in Italian). 29 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Giuristi d'impresa, manager per risparmiare". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 2016-10-24.
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  20. ↑ Re Boris muove in G3, Milano Finanza
  21. ↑ Bepi Pezzulli official website
  22. ↑ Opinionist at RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana
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  24. ↑ Spaker profile at Radio Radicale
  25. ↑ UK, da maggio 2021 si prevede una rapida crescita economica. Italoeurope.
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  33. ↑ "A Bepi Pezzulli assegnato il prestigioso Premio Eccellenza all'Annual Meeting di Proieziondiborsa del 4 dicembre a Palazzo Ferrajoli Roma". Proiezionidiborza (in Italian). 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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