Alma LED

Tax

Guido Arie Petraroli is an Equity Partner and the Head of Tax of Alma LED. He is a  key Italian representative of Taxand, the world’s largest independent organisation of tax experts with more than 700 tax partners and over 3,000 tax advisors in 51 countries.

Guido has over 30 years’ experience advising Italian and large multinationals and institutional investors on a wide range of tax matters. He focuses on private equity transactions, including acquisition finance and real estate finance. Guido also has an extensive experience in international tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and reorganisations. He has a strong competence in the area of tax disputes litigations and Mutual Agreement Procedures.

Guido Arie Petraroli, is widely recognised as an outstanding professional in the field of taxation, in particular in international and transactional tax law. With a career spanning over three decades, Petraroli has consistently demonstrated his prowess and dedication to the intricacies of tax consultancy for multinational corporations and both domestic and foreign investors. His expertise is particularly noted in international taxation, real estate taxation, and the private equity sector.

Acolades:

His contributions to the tax landscape have not gone unnoticed. Over the years, Petraroli has been decorated with numerous awards, including the prestigious "Practitioner of the Year in International Taxation" at the Legalcommunity Tax Awards in 2022. More recently, in 2024, under his leadership as Equity Partner and Head of Tax at Alma LED, his team was lauded at the "Legal & Tax Excellence 2024" awards gala hosted by Milano Finanza, one of Italy's most respected financial and economic publications. Here, he was recognized for its superior expertise and performance in Tax M&A and Deal Advisory, highlighting his role in steering his firm to the apex of tax advisory services.

Guido began his career at Arthur Andersen in 1990 and continued his practice in Ernst & Young Tax department since 1999. Later he moved to the firm’s New York office. From 2003 until 2017 he worked for Fantozzi & Associati in Milan, where he was a Partner. In 2018 he founded with Alfredo Fossati LED Taxand, tax law firm of which he held the role of Co-Managing Partner until June 2023, when, together with Alessandro Corno, Managing Partner of Alma STA, created Alma LED.

2023 - today:  Alma LED – Equity Partner and Head of Tax 2018 - 2023:   LED Taxand – Founding Partner and Managing Partner; 2003 - 2017:   Fantozzi & Associati Studio Legale e Tributario – Partner; 1998 - 2003:   Ernst & Young (E&Y) – Milan and New York – Partner; 1988 - 1998:    Arthur Andersen – Milan – Tax Consultant and then Partner.

Italian, English

In 1994 he was admitted to the bar of the Chartered Accountants and the Certified Public Accountants in Milan.

Guido has a Degree in Economics (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan) and a Master’s Degree in Corporate Tax Law.