Zigrida Alushaj

Zigrida Alushaj specializes in banking and financial law, with significant experience in advising banks, payment and electronic money institutions, investment firms and fintech.

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It provides assistance on issues related to banking and payment services, compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) obligations and the fight against terrorist financing (CFT) and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector.

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He has also gained in-depth knowledge of decentralized finance (DeFi) and distributed ledger technologies (DLT). In relation to the crypto-asset market, he has participated in international projects related to the issuance, offer to the public and admission to trading of crypto-assets.

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Zigrida started his professional career as a trainee at the Milan Court of Appeal, and then joined international law firms, where he assisted international financial institutions in cross-border transactions and in inspection procedures conducted by supervisory authorities.

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Zigrida is a regular speaker at conferences dedicated to decentralized finance and collaborates on publications on issues of financial innovation and digital regulation.

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She graduated in Law from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and is a member of the Milan Bar Association.