Cristina De SilvaChartered Accountant
Chartered accountant with a PhD in Economics and Management, specialising in corporate finance, extraordinary transactions, startups and Venture Capital, with a focus on innovative companies and FinTech.
Overview
A chartered accountant with a PhD in Economics and Management, she has developed a specialisation in advanced and digital finance, financial innovation and new funding channels for businesses.
Her work focuses on corporate finance, economic and financial analysis, business valuation, corporate and extraordinary transactions, startups and Venture Capital, with particular attention to innovative companies and to the ways in which capital, technology and innovation drive business growth.
She has built specific expertise in FinTech, covering Open Banking, embedded finance, Banking-as-a-Service, Artificial Intelligence applied to financial services and new business models. In her university teaching and research she also studies Venture Capital investments, startup growth and funding processes, innovation and M&A transactions.
Practice areas
- Corporate finance and financial analysis
Financial statement analysis, financial planning and support for the company's investment and funding decisions.
- Business valuation
Valuations of companies and equity stakes supporting corporate transactions, new shareholders and generational transitions.
- Corporate and extraordinary transactions
Assistance with M&A, reorganisations and other extraordinary transactions, from preliminary analysis to closing.
- Startups and Venture Capital
Support for startups and innovative companies in their growth paths and in raising risk capital.
- FinTech and digital finance
Open Banking, embedded finance, Banking-as-a-Service and Artificial Intelligence applied to financial services.