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Valente Associati GEB Partners / Crowe Valente is a premier Italian firm offering legal, tax, transfer pricing, and strategic consulting services. A member of Crowe Global, the firm is known for its expertise in tax planning, litigation, corporate restructuring, and international taxation. With 70 professionals, including ex-Big 4 experts, it serves multinational corporations and SMEs. The firm is recognized for its strength in MAPs, APAs, and complex negotiations. Managing Partner Piergiorgio Valente is a leading authority in tax and governance at national and international levels. 

During the research period, the firm provided comprehensive legal and tax representation in a highly complex €15 million transfer pricing dispute involving an Italian entity and two foreign-related entities. In addition, the firm played a critical role in a complex cross-border tax litigation, successfully advising and representing a multinational taxpayer in a dispute over 90% administrative penalties imposed due to missing contemporaneous transfer pricing documentation, despite a Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) settlement for the 2012–2014 tax years in Italy. 

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Valente Associati GEB Partners Crowe Valente is a premier Italian firm providing legal, tax, transfer pricing, and strategic management consulting services. The team specialises in tax planning, restructuring, corporate governance, criminal tax, transfer pricing, litigation, dispute resolution and international taxation. Managing partner Piergiorgio Valente is a key individual at the firm.

Throughout the research period, the firm was involved in the reorganisation resulting from the sale of a prominent group's principal brands to a new holding company, from design to implementation. Furthermore, the team guided a significant energy drink firm on tax advisory from MAP application through negotiation.

Greta Brivio, senior tax manager from Grant Thornton Italy, and Cristiana Colleoni, tax director from Ceppellini Lugano & Associati, joined the firm during the research period.

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