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Tax
Traditionally strong in the M&A and financial sectors, Chiomenti‘s tax expertise extends to corporate matters, real estate, international tax, transfer pricing, private clients, and tax litigation. Raul-Angelo Papotti is ’a leader in the Italian tax sector’; Massimo Antonini is a renowned tax litigator; and Marco Di Siena focuses on extraordinary corporate deals M&A and tax litigation. Also key to the practice are Paolo Giacometti and Giuseppe Andrea Giannantonio along with Antonino Guida, Gabriele Paladini, Giuseppe Zorzi and Gian Gualberto Morgigni. Raffaele Russo was made partner in January 2023. Irene Pellecchia left the firm at the end of 2023.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Combination of business understanding and sophistication in structuring.’
- ‘Unbeatable on structuring transactions. Knowledge that is not limited to Italian structures, they also have very good knowledge of international taxation as well as other jurisdictions’ structures.’
- ‘Leading tax professionals.’
‘Chiomenti is the top legal firm in Italy.’
‘The perfect balance between strong capabilities and the right size is the main advantage. Partners are always on the deal.’
‘Raul-Angelo Papotti is a highly specialised and unique professional - a leader in the Italian tax sector.'
‘Massimo Antonini -very broad experience.’
‘Giuseppe Andrea Giannantonio - innovative, reliable and with a great sense of business. Tax lawyers like him get the deal done.’
Key clients
- AC Fiorentina S.p.A.
- Accor SA
- Allegra Versace
- Alpha Private Equity Fund
- Alphasigma
- Angelo Gordon
- Apollo Management
- Ardian Real Estate
- AS Roma S.p.A.
- ASTM S.p.A.
- Bain Capital
- Banca Generali S.p.A.
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Bental Greenoak Capital
- BNL S.p.A.
- Bridgepoint Capital
- Capstone Management
- Carrefour
- Casavo
- Certares Management
- CBRE Global Investors
- CDP Group
- Cerberus Capital Management
- Certares Management
- Cinven Limited
- Coca Cola
- Coudert Brothers Group
- C-Quadrat Asset Management
- Credit Suisse
- Credito Fondiario
- Dea Capital
- Eisler
- Enel S.p.A.
- Esprinet S.p.A.
- Eurocommercial Properties
- F2i SGR
- Finleonardo S.p.A.
- Flutter Entertainment Group
- Forma Funds
- Full Fortune Wealth Limited
- Generali Real Estate
- GoFundMe
- Goldman Sachs
- Hayfin Capital Group
- Heidelberg Cement AG
- Holmen Paper AB
- HSBC
- Huawei Technologies
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
- Investcorp Capital
- Investindustrial Group
- ITA Airways
- Italcementi S.p.A.
- Italmobiliare S.p.A.
- Iliad Group
- JP Morgan Chase
- Kering Group
- KKR
- LifeBrain AG
- Marquard Capital Group
- Mediacom Group
- Mediaset Group
- Millennium Capital
- Monte Paschi di Siena S.p.A.
- Morgan Stanley
- Naval Group
- Nomura
- Olympus Group
- OpCapita
- Panakes Sgr
- Paref Group
- Pic Dare
- Prelios Sgr
- Quinta Capital Sgr, Sace S.p.A.
- Saipem Group
- Savills Investment management SGR
- SEB Life
- Simest S.p.A.
- The Friedkin Group
- Unicredit S.p.A.
Work highlights
- Advising DUFRY INTERNATIONAL AG on the strategic combination of Dufry’s and Autogrill’s businesses.
- Advised on the tax aspects of a common cross-border merger, by absorption of Mediaset España Comunicación into MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE NV.
- Provided tax assistance to Enel Group on the subscription of a €12bn revolving credit facility dedicated to collateral hedging needs for trading activities in the energy markets.
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