She is the Head of International Affairs at Intesa Sanpaolo and CEO of IntesaSanpaolo Eurodesk. Ms Perrazzelli is based both in Brussels and Milan and works with the European Institutions on the application of EU banking and financial services law to the internal market. IntesaSanpaolo Eurodesk is the leading italian company dedicated to assist the corporate clients of Intesa Sanpaolo to access EU funding in the fields of research, SMEs, education and infrastructures. Within the Intesa Sanpaolo Group she is also responsible for the compliance of all antitrust matters at national and international level. Recently, Ms Perrazzelli was asked by the CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo to coordinate the project “Gemma”, aimed at implementing within the Group strategies and positive actions to foster and develop the talent of women in the Bank.

Previously, Ms Perrazzelli was a partner in the Brussels-based firm O’Connor and Company, where she was responsible for the telecom, postal and public utilities practices. She began practising law in New York, mainly in the fields of merger and acquisitions and banking law. She is admitted to the Bar in Italy and in the New York State. She is an IBA and ABA member. She received an LLM degree at the New York University School of Law, in the field of Corporate Law.

 Ms Perrazzelli is a regular speaker at international conferences and has published several articles on the application of competition law to the network industries and on financial regulation. She has been mentioned among the top 100 women lawyers in competition law by the Global Competition Review in 2004 and 2009. In 2007, she won the “Premio Bellisario” in the Communication Sector, for her activity promoting Italian interests at EU and International level.