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Giuseppe "Bepi" Pezzulli
Giuseppe Pezzulli
Born
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian, British
EducationNunziatella 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
RelativesFrancesco Pezzulli (brother)
AwardsIn-house Community Award General Counsel of the year (2016). The Legal 500 GC Power List Italy (2016).
Websitewww.bepipezzulli.eu

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

Biography[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Bepi Pezzulli was born in Naples[citation needed]. He is the older brother of actor Francesco Pezzulli[citation needed].

Aged 16, he joined the "Nunziatella" Military Academy, 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 and received a Master of Laws from New York University School of Law in 1998[citation needed]. He subsequently earned a JD from Columbia University School of Law in 2003[citation needed], where he was appointed a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar[citation needed].

An Italian-born British 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[citation needed]. He is an active advocate for the State of Israel and the cause of Jewish pluralism: he belongs to B’nai B’rith[citation needed], a Jewish fraternity; and Beth Hillel (WUPJ, EUPJ, FIEP), a liberal Jewish congregation.

Professional experience[edit]

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[citation needed]. In 2003, he joined Shearman & Sterling, likewise working in capital markets, investment management and M&A[citation needed].

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]

Pezzulli is a member of the scientific committee of CRST (Centre for Research on Security and Terrorism)[citation needed], and of the scientific committee of AIECA (Association of International Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering Experts)[citation needed].

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

Public and political experience[edit]

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]

In June 2024, Pezzulli announced his candidacy for Reform UK in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

Recognition[edit]

Pezzulli 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 Excellence Award at Proiezionidiborsa Annual Meeting 2021.[33]

Books[edit]

  • Pezzulli, Bepi. L’ALTRA BREXIT [An Alternative View of Brexit]. Class Editori, 2018. ISBN 9788831991148.
  • Pezzulli, Bepi. CAPITALI CORAGGIOSI [Capitals Courageous]. Armando Editore, 2023. ISBN 9791259844675.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Giuseppe Catenacci (2015) Ruolo in ordine alfabetico e per Corso – Allievi Scuola Militare Nunziatella, 1787-2015. Associazione Nazionale Ex Allievi Nunziatella.
  2. ^ "The Law Society - Find a Sollicitor". lawsociety.org.uk.
  3. ^ "New York State Unified Court System - Attorney search". nycourts.gov.
  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.
  8. ^ "Milan offers City Brexit partnership amid threat from EU rivals". Sky News.
  9. ^ "Brexit is an opportunity to revamp Europe's financial landscape, according to Milan". CITY A.M. 2016-11-10.
  10. ^ "Brexit: Milan fait des appels du pied à la City". La Tribune (in French). 24 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Italy tries to swoop on City of London to 'fix its Brexit problem". Daily Express. 2016-11-10.
  12. ^ "Brexit : la place de Paris veut lutter "contre les idées reçues" (fiscales)". LaTribune.fr (in French). 29 November 2016.
  13. ^ "Milan extends help to City to fix Brexit mess". CITY A.M.
  14. ^ "23/12/2016: Cnbc (Trading Room)". Youtube (in Italian). 23 December 2016.
  15. ^ "13/12/2016: Cnbc (Trading Room)". Youtube (in Italian). 14 December 2016.
  16. ^ "03/11/2016: Cnbc (Trading Room)". Youtube (in Italian). 4 November 2016.
  17. ^ "13/10/2016: Rai 3 (Piazza Affari)". Youtube (in Italian). 14 October 2016.
  18. ^ "Separare le Carriere per unire la Repubblica". Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. 12 February 2024.
  19. ^ La Voce Repubblicana
  20. ^ Re Boris muove in G3, Milano Finanza
  21. ^ Bepi Pezzulli official website
  22. ^ Opinionist at RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana
  23. ^ Milan offers city Brexit partnership amid threat from EU rivals, Sky News
  24. ^ Spaker profile at Radio Radicale
  25. ^ UK, da maggio 2021 si prevede una rapida crescita economica. Italoeurope.
  26. ^ "La capacità predittiva dei flussi di capitale". Proiezioni di Borsa. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  27. ^ Profile on Times of Israel
  28. ^ "L'altra Brexit, geopolitica, affari, la recensione". Affari italiani (in Italian).
  29. ^ GC Power List Italy 2016
  30. ^ "Bepi Pezzulli nella top 100 italiana dei General Counsel". Diritto24 (in Italian). April 2024.
  31. ^ "Inhousecommunity awards 2016: premiati il team legale di Sky e Massimo Mantovani di Eni". PrimaOnline.it (in Italian). 2016-10-11.
  32. ^ "Inhousecommunity awards 2016: premiati il team legale di SKY e Massimo Mantovani di ENI". Diritto24 (in Italian). April 2024.
  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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