Italy

Partner

Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati

Milan

+39 02 58313707

caumont@virtax.it

www.virtax.it

Languages: Italian, English, French

Bar admissions: Italian Bar Association (2000) Admitted to defend cases before the Italian Supreme Court (2014)

Cristiano Caumont Caimi joined Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati in 2002 and has been a partner since 2009. He specialises in tax litigation, with a special focus on international taxation and transfer pricing issues thanks to his LLM in International Taxation and two-year work experience at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation.

APAs, Pre-litigation, MAPs/ADRs, Litigation, International tax advisory, Transfer pricing

Automotive, Banking, Energy, Industrials, Insurance, Oil and gas, Real estate, Tech and telecoms, Transport

Degree (cum laude) in Law, University of Genoa, Italy, 1997

LLM in International Taxation (cum laude), University of Leiden, Holland, 2002

Senior and Founder of Cordeiro Guerra & Associati

Cordeiro Guerra & Associati

Florence

+39 0552001611

studioassociato@cordeiroguerra.it

cordeiroguerra.it

Languages: Italian and English

Bar admissions: Graduated summa cum laude 1984; 1987 was admitted to practiced in Italy and was enrolled in the College of Advocates of Florence.

Roberto teaches international, national and EU Tax Law in many post-graduate programmes. He is director of the post-graduate programme in criminal tax law at the University of Florence. He is head of the research unit of the University of Florence on the subject of public finance and taxation for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage.

Roberto advises Italian and foreign taxpayers on the tax aspects of corporate reorganisations, private equity, real property acquisitions, M&A and financial transactions, among other things, providing a full expertise also in international and foreign tax issues.

Transactions, M&A, Corporate taxes, Tax consulting, International tax advisory, Transfer pricing, Over 30 years of experience in assisting individuals, sportspeople, artistic companies and multinationals in tax litigations, tax audits and settlements.

• IR Global

• Member of the Board of the Italian Association of Tax Law Professors (AIPDT)

• President of the Chamber of Lawyers Tributaries of the Province of Florence

Since 2004 Professor of Tax Law and International Tax law at University of Florence. He is director of the post-graduate programme in criminal tax law at the University of Florence and head of its the research unit on the subject of public finance and taxation for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage. Lecturer in numerous Masters and post-graduate courses at Bocconi University and University of Cattolica in Milan.

Authored the book Diritto Tributario Internationale (Padova, 2016).

Founding Partner

Giordano – Merolle Studio Legale Tributario

Roma

+39 06 87 15 34 48

roma@gm.tax

gm.tax

During his 16-year career Vittorio Giordano has gained a significant amount of experience in trials before the Italian Supreme Court, the Italian Constitutional Court, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, where he represented taxpayers in highly complex tax and state aid issues. Indeed, he is one of the few Italian lawyers admitted to appear before the supreme courts when he was just 35 years old, after having passed the relevant exam with full marks. As an integral part of his practice, Vittorio also provides assistance in the context of tax audits, settlements procedures and administrative rulings, acts as expert in criminal tax cases and regularly advises clients on income taxes, indirect taxes, property taxes, excise duties and tax avoidance, aiming at mitigating the risk of tax disputes arising on their transactions.

Vittorio was born in 1978 and began his career in 2002 with Professor Franco Gallo, former president of the Italian Constitutional Court, and became partner of the homonymous law firm in 2013. After taking part in the opening of the Ludovici Piccone & Partners' Rome office in 2015, Vittorio established his own practice in 2017 together with his long-time colleague Andrea Merolle.

Giordano-Merolle – Studio Legale Tributario is a boutique law firm of 11 professionals deeply specialised in taxation, with offices in Rome and Milan, which provides assistance mainly to banks, insurance companies, MNE and HNWI. The firm recently advised and represented, inter alia, an Italian Bank for tax topics related to a EUR 4.4 billion securitisation of receivables, a real estate company in a EUR 100 million deemed tax-avoidance trial before the Italian Supreme Court and several e-cigarettes companies in trials before lower tax courts concerning the application of excise duties on consumption and its compatibility with the EU harmonised legislation.

Partner

TLS Avvocati & Commercialisti

Milan

+39 02 91605807

valentino.guarini@pwc.com

www.pwc-tls.it

Languages: Italian, English

Bar admissions: Ordine Dottori Commercialisti

Born in 1970, Valentino Guarini graduated in Economics and Law and joined PwC in 1995. Since then he has worked in domestic and international tax consultancy and developed his expertise in dealing with tax controversies before the Courts. The PwC Tax Litigation PwC team is made of 22 professionals based in Milan and Rome.

Corporate taxes, Dispute resolution, Pre-litigation, Litigation, Tax consulting

Construction and materials, Industrials, Pharma and life sciences

International Fiscal Association

Degree in Economics, Università La Sapienza – Roma, 1993

Degree in Law, Università Marconi – Roma, 2016

Tax Partner

PwC – TLS Avvocati e Commercialisti

Milan

+39 02 91605005

marco.lio@pwc.com

www.pwc-tls.it

Languages: Italian; English

Born in 1974, Marco is a tax partner of PwC Tax and Legal Services and is an expert on advising multinational companies on Italian taxation, transfer pricing issues, tax disputes and tax policy. Before joining PwC, Marco worked for the Italian Tax Authorities, in the last five years as head of the Large Taxpayers Office in Italy.

Marco has led the implementation of projects of the Tax Control Framework, for the larger taxpayers in Italy who intend to join the Italian co-operative compliance regime.

Policy design, Corporate taxes, Dispute resolution, Pre-litigation, Litigation, Tax Control Framework and Co-operative compliance regimes

Automotive, Construction and materials, Energy, Financial services

Italian Fiscal Association

Degree in Law, University of Turin, 1998

Master in International Tax Law, University of Bologna, 2008

Partner

PwC TLS

Rome

+39 065712220

carlo.romano@pwc.com

www.pwc-tls.it

Languages: Italian – English – Dutch

Bar admissions: Rome

Partner of PwC TLS – tax controversy and dispute resolution leader in Italy. He is a tax lawyer with 24 years of experience qualified to argue Supreme Court cases and has a doctorate in International and Comparative Tax Law (PhD cum laude, University of Groningen, Netherlands)

• Leading partner for some of the most significant permanent establishments and transfer pricing cases for several multinationals in Italy

• Mutual Agreement Procedures and International Arbitration cases

• Advance Pricing Agreements

• Court's success stories before the Italian Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice

Policy design, Audit defence, Audit support, Pre-litigation, Litigation, Transfer pricing

Aviation, Banking, Consumer goods and services, Financial services, Food and beverage, Government and public policy, Healthcare, Industrials, Insurance, Oil and gas, Transport

International Fiscal Association

International Bar Association

IBFD Alumni

PhD cum laude University of Groningen

NYU researcher

LUISS LLM in Tax

Law Degree at university of Naples

Tax Partner

PwC TLS Avvocati e Commercialisti

Milan

+39 3461368643

dario.sencar@pwc.com

www.pwc-tls.it/en/about-us.html

Languages: italian and english

As a tax partner, I joined PwC in September 2015. I'm a former tax official with more than 15 years' experience in auditing MNE.

I have attended the OECD BEPS work (Action 2, 3 and 4) and the OECD ATP steering group (2010-2014). My expertise lies in international corporate tax.

I'm involved in supporting clients in transfer pricing, hidden permanent establishment issues, economic substance analysis regarding beneficial ownership and purported conduit transactions and other corporate tax issues.

APAs, Financial services, Audit defence, Audit support, Pre-litigation, Transfer pricing

Banking, Construction and materials, Financial services, Industrials, Investment management

Graduated in law from University of Padua

Partner

Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati

Milan

+39 02 58313707

zoppini@virtax.it

www.virtax.it

Languages: Italian, English

Bar admissions: Italian Bar Association (1995) Admitted to defend cases before the Italian Supreme Court (2007)

Giancarlo Zoppini joined Tremonti Romagnoli Piccardi e Associati in 1993 and has been a partner since 2000. Based in the Milan office of the firm, he specialises in tax litigation. He also provides assistance in advance ruling proceedings, legal defence in fiscal cases, and he represents taxpayers in cases before the Italian Revenue Agency.

Corporate taxes, Audit defence, Dispute resolution, Pre-litigation, Litigation

Banking, Financial services, Industrials, Real estate, Tech and telecoms

Italian Accountant Auditor (1996)

Degree (cum laude) in Law (University of Bologna) 1991

Partner

L&P – Ludovici Piccone & Partners

Milan

+39 023032311

pietro.piccone@lptax.it

ludoviciandpartners.com

Languages: Italian, English

Bar admissions: Italian Bar Association

Pietro is partner at the Italian tax law firm L&P – Ludovici Piccone & Partners. He has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of tax controversy and litigation services. He gained significant experience in advising domestic and foreign clients in complex tax audits, pre-litigation and judicial settlements, and defence before tax courts and the Court of Cassation.

• He provided tax assistance to the investment fund Värde in the purchase of about €200 million of face value of distressed loans from Aareal Bank, Banco Bpm and UniCredit versus Impreme.

• He also advised on tax matters related to the capital increase in Impreme and to invest €75 million in new finance in order to support the development of residential real estate projects after having bought all existing mortgages back.

M&A, Dispute resolution, Pre-litigation, Litigation, International tax advisory, VAT, Registration tax and other Indirect taxes as well as Excise duties and Consumption taxes.

Automotive, Food and beverage, Industrials, Oil and gas, Real estate

IBA

Degree in Law, LUISS – Guido Carli University, Rome, 1995

Full time specialization program in Tax Law and Tax Accounting, Management School LUISS – Guido Carli University, Rome, 1996

Partner

DLA Piper

Milan

+39 02806181

antonio.tomassini@dlapiper.com

www.dlapiper.com

Languages: Italian English French

Bar admissions: Admitted to the Milan Bar Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court

Antonio Tomassini co-heads the Italian Tax department and heads the European Tax Disputes team. He specialises in tax litigation, investment funds, international taxation, wealth planning and criminal tax law. He regularly authors for Il Sole 24 ore and other tax publications besides being professor and coordinator of master programs.

• VF International : assisting VF international in a complex mutual agreement procedure after a domestic tax assessment

• Inalca: assisting the leading Italian meat producer in a tax settlement on transfer pricing matters

• Diego Milito: assisting the famous soccer player in a complex tax litigation in front of the Italian tax courts involving many others soccer players and soccer clubs

Cross-border project management, Corporate taxes, Litigation, Tax consulting, International tax advisory

Automotive, Food and beverage, Gaming, Real estate, Tech and telecoms

Member of 'CDPT – Centro Studi di Diritto Penale Tributario'

Full Member of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practiotioners)

Law Degree, cum laude, University of Rome Tor Vergata

Economics and Financial Sciences degree, cum laude, in, University of Trieste

Political Science degree, University of Trieste

Ph.D. in Tax Law, University of Rome Tor Vergata