Italy

Firm overview

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati was established in the 1970s as a partnership by a group of specialists. The firm provides tax and legal services to medium and large-sized companies and multinational groups and has continually sought to reinforce its multidisciplinary approach by creating specialized centres of excellence.

Along with ten offices in Italy, the firm has independent offices in London, in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong and an Indian Desk.

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati has more than 600 professionals, many of whom participated in some of Italy's most significant corporate and financing operations over the past decade.

The firm provides top quality services, combining the trust relationship between the professional and the client with organizational skills.

Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati advises many of Italy's leading corporations and several major Italian banks, both domestically and abroad. The representation of foreign clients both in Italy and internationally constitutes a significant part of the firm's practice.

The firm's services cover tax and legal matters such as:

• Domestic and International Tax Compliance and Planning
• Transfer Pricing
• VAT
• Tax
• Legal and Regulatory Advisory Services to Companies in the Banking and Financial Services Sector
• Tax Assistance for Expatriates and Individuals
• IT Law and Copyright
• Labour Law
• Business Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Tax Litigation
• Litigation
• Antitrust and European Law
• Media Entertainment and Telecommunications
• Energy and Environmental Law
• Real Estate
• Privacy and Information Protection
• Corporate Finance Services

Firm overview

Supported by the international, multidisciplinary Deloitte network, about 700 Tax professionals in thirteen Italian cities (Bologna, Genova, Padova, Catania, Milano, Roma, Firenze, Napoli, Torino, Parma, Treviso, Varese, Bari) and desks in New York and Hong Kong, combining a broad range of professional experience with industry-specialist knowledge. STS Deloitte is able to provide its clients with advice and assistance on both Italian matters and cross borders matters with a complete range of services, paying attention to the technical aspects, in the following areas:

• Business Tax
• International Tax
• VAT & Global Trade Advisory
• Global Employer Services (GES)
• Transfer Pricing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Tax Controversy
• IT Tax tools (TMC)
• Business Process Solutions (BPS)
• Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (Gi3)
• Private Client Services

Since a few years now, STS Deloitte (part of the Deloitte Network) has become the largest tax practice in Italy in terms of the number of full-time dedicated transfer pricing professionals (tax specialists, lawyers, analysts and economists), grouped in one national service line (set up in 1999). The team located in five different geographical locations in is led by Aldo Castoldi.

STS-Deloitte transfer pricing SL:

• has a “passion” for innovation and assisted in the negotiation and conclusion of the first Italian Advance Pricing Agreement (APA), in the first settlement of an Italian transfer pricing case through the European Union Mutual Agreement and Arbitration Convention;
• assisted clients in the two first ever contemporaneous multilateral audits jointly carried out by the Italian and German Tax Authority;
• have been developing and implementing IT Tools and solutions for TP Documentation and Analytics projects.

Firm overview

Firm overview

Alma LED is a professional firm born from the integration of Alma Società tra Avvocati and LED Taxand.

With about 70 professionals in its offices in Milan, Rome and Luxembourg, Alma LED combines legal and tax excellence with proven experience in managing complex transactions and projects, guaranteeing clients customized solutions and outstanding results.

The Firm can rely on Professionals with a significant academic and professional background of the highest level acquired over the years, collaborating with leading Italian and international law firms.

Alma LED, which is the Italian Member, can benefit from Taxand network, the world’s largest independent tax organization with more than 700 tax partners and over 2,500 tax advisors in 50 countries: we maintain close collaborations with top international tax & legal advisors to ensure first-class assistance to our clients even in the context of cross-border transactions.

We believe that the level of trust existing between a professional and his client is the most effective way to measure the success of a firm: for this reason, we work tirelessly to earn the trust of our clients and we work even harder to maintain it.

Alma LED, as a Top Tier Firm, can benefit from strong ranking positions within the main international directory in Fund Formation and FinTech practices. In addition the Firm is well recognized in other industries such as Banking & Financial Regulation, Corporate and M&A, Venture Capital, Litigation & Arbitration and Public Law & Real Estate (including environment infrastructure).

TAX DEPARTMENT

The Tax Department consists of 22 professionals, including 9 partners, 4 managers, and 9 associates and offers a wide range of tax services to clients, including:

- Transactional and M&A Tax
- International Taxation
- General Corporate Tax (Tax advice, Tax planning, Tax compliance, Corporate Tax Governance)
- Transfer Pricing & Business Restructuring
- Tax litigation
- Tax Real Estate
- Financial Taxation
- VAT & Indirect Tax
- Private Client.

Alma LED Tax Department, former LED Taxand Tax Law Firm, has a strong track record of success and is recognized as one of the leading Tax Departments in Italy. Our professionals, which have a significant academic and professional background of the highest level acquired over the years, collaborating with leading Italian and international law firms, can count on Partners that have an extensive experience in all areas of tax law and advisory, and on managers and associates with a highly qualified and experienced expertise.

Firm overview

The Firm is a major player in tax, legal, advisory, risk and strategic consulting in Italy, and Member of Crowe Global, the 8th leading international network of independent accounting and advisory services Firms.

It advises public companies, large and medium-sized enterprises and multinational conglomerates including also SMEs supporting them in every step of their growth and assisting them before tax authorities/ courts of all levels. The firm brings together seasoned attorneys, CPAs, engineers, economists and statisticians who are actively involved in professional organisations, and in the areas of research and academia.

The firm has been recognised by prestigious sector-specific awards and appears at the top of the annual rankings compiled by important research companies.

Key reference in the country's tax, legal and advisory sector due to its capacity for innovation and high-quality services, always focused on client needs.

Firm overview