Italy

Firm overview

Belluzzo International Partners is an international, independent, and multidisciplinary professional boutique firm offering expert advice and assistance on all aspect of tax, legal, estate and succession planning. 
 
Comprising 22 Partners and a team of more than 100 professionals, the firm operates across seven offices: Milan, Verona, and Rome (Italy); London (UK); Singapore; Lugano (Switzerland); and Abu Dhabi (UAE), supported by a strong network of international correspondents across all continents.    
 
In July, it strengthened its UK legal presence with the launch of Belluzzo Lewis Smith, born from its evolving partnership with Phillips Lewis Smith. This rebranding marks a key step in the Group’s legal growth strategy, combining Belluzzo’s multidisciplinary expertise in Wealth, Law, Tax and Finance with Phillips Lewis Smith’s strengths in Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Law, Real Estate, Immigration, Employment and Family Law. 
       
Committed to delivering tailored solutions, the firm leverages an innovative service model, effective strategies, and a deep understanding of clients’ needs. Its organizational structure prioritizes strong relationships between Clients and Partners. Professionals are highly skilled in their fields, and many are qualified to practise in multiple jurisdictions.    
    
Staying at the forefront of global tax and legal policy developments, the firm actively engages in research and contributes regularly to national and international publications. Many Partners also serve as professors and lecturers in leading universities, helping shape thinking across the industry. 
    
Guided by its core values of merit and foresight, Belluzzo International Partners is recognized for its high level of expertise and know-how in international wealth and tax advisory. Its services span domestic and cross-border matters, direct and indirect taxation, with a particular focus on Trust & Estate planning, M&A transactions, Tax & International compliance, tax litigation, and VAT. Clients include private individuals, family businesses, corporations, investment firms, banks and financial institutions, trusts, and both foreign and local investors.   

Firm overview

Established in 1977, tax firm Studio Biscozzi merged in 1998 with the law firm Studio Nobili to create Studio Biscozzi Nobili. Since then, the Firm has grown progressively over the years, becoming one of the key firms in Italy specialising in Tax, Tax Litigation, Corporate and M&A, Banking and Finance. In 2019 the firm further strengthened its position in the financial and international taxation fields through the integration of Studio Piazza, changing its name into Studio Biscozzi Nobili Piazza. In January 2024, the firm changed its name to Biscozzi Nobili & Partners.

With extremely experienced chartered auditors, accountants and lawyers, the firm provides both corporate clients and private individuals with high level assistance in a wide array of corporate and tax matters on an ongoing basis. Thanks to its extensive network of top foreign law firms around the world, Biscozzi Nobili Piazza has the capacity to assist its clients both in Italy and abroad. The partners’ vast experience in a wide variety of sectors, industries and geographies allows the firm to cater to the needs of all companies and individuals in an effective and competent fashion.

Biscozzi Nobili Piazza assists its clients with the highest standards of quality, focusing on building strong relationships to address their needs in the most targeted and efficient manner. The firm’s partners sit on the boards of many company clients, included some of the most prestigious listed and private companies, and actively contribute to their success on the long-term.

One of the firm’s strengths is its international exposure and connection with the global network. Biscozzi Nobili Piazza is a tax and legal partner of Elite, an international community of SMEs, advisers, investors and stakeholders gathered by the London Stock Exchange Group to support companies growing and accessing financing opportunities, including stock market listings. Moreover, the firm regularly collaborates with leading wealth management banks (such as Rothschild, Credit Suisse and Banca Profilo) to provide tax advisory to their UHNW clients. Since 2018 Studio Biscozzi Nobili is also a member of the global tax network WTS Global.

Firm overview

Tax Bridge is a tax advisory with a focus on International taxation, Tax Control Framework, and Tax litigation, led by partners with years of recognized experience in the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Boutiques, and Economic Consultings.

Tax Bridge supports big corporations, as well as SMEs, in building a long-term relationship with the tax authorities based on competence, transparency and independence, in a new mindset of cooperation, aimed at reducing tax risks and securing cash flows.

Tax Bridge focusses on a narrow range of tax services, including:

1) International taxation and Transfer pricing, where we developed a solid methodology to deal with Advance Pricing Agreements;
2) Cooperative Compliance and Tax Control Framework, being on the forefront on the implementation of integrated systems for the detection, measurement, management and control of tax risk;
3) Tax litigation and Tax benefits.

Meet our experts (https://www.taxbridge.it/en/team/)

Firm overview

Lipani Legal & Tax is an elite multi-practice law firm, focusing on administrative, antitrust and regulatory, commercial and corporate, banking and finance, M&A and tax law. 

The tax team (formerly at Macchi di Cellere Gangemi with the tax department founded by Bruno Gangemi in 1986) is highly regarded for its focus on international tax and multi-jurisdictional mandates.

Federico Di Cesare and Arnaldo Salvatore serve as co-heads of the tax team. Federico Di Cesare specializes in corporate tax, international tax and transfer pricing. Arnaldo Salvatore is the key contact for VAT and indirect tax. 

The tax team advises large corporations and multinational clients on corporate taxation, mergers and acquisitions, international taxation and transfer pricing, as well as structural and transactional tax planning and global tax projects.

The firm's dedicated tax disputes team advises on the full spectrum of matters, ranging from risk reviews and informal tax authority enquiries to formal investigations, settlement negotiations, and complex litigation. 

The tax team also specializes in Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP) and Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), assisting clients in resolving international tax disputes efficiently and in structuring and negotiating APAs, in which it is among the market leaders.

The firm has a dedicated private client tax team, providing specialized advice to high-net-worth individuals and international families.