Fabio Balza
Linklaters Studio Legale Associato4
Tax
Linklaters Studio Legale Associato‘s tax team regularly advises banks, financial institutions and private equity firms on transactions. It also acts in tax investigations. Roberto Egori ’knows all aspects of tax law in depth’, and Fabio Balza advises on the Italian tax aspects of M&A and private equity deals.
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‘Excellent team structure and composition - manages to process high volumes of tasks in a short time and to a high quality.’
‘Excellent competence and collaboration skills.’
‘Speedy execution and advice that is delivered on time.’
- ‘Roberto Egori and Alice Failla are great professionals.’
- ‘Roberto Egori and Alice Failla - among the characteristics that make them shine are their attention to detail and the ability to identify problems before anyone else and propose appropriate solutions.’
‘Roberto Egori has strong technical skills and in-depth knowledge of his subjects, which together with his clear and sensitive way of communication, make him an outstanding consultant.’
‘Roberto Egori is a star. Superb problem solver, who knows all aspects of tax law in depth.’
‘Alice Failla is scrupulous and competent. Her patience and tenacity in achieving objectives allow clients to complete projects on time and with excellent quality.’
Key clients
- Groupe Bruxelles Lambert
- Glencore
- PGIM
- Automotive Cells Company
- Republic of Italy
- iCON Infrastructure
- UniCredit
- Generali Investments Holding
- BNP Paribas
- Goldman Sachs International
- JP Morgan
- Société Générale
- Crédit Agricole
- Arsenale Group
- Davidson Kempner
- Nuveen
- Bain Credit Capital
- DWS Asset Management
- Pemberton
- Macquarie Group
Work highlights
- Acted as Italian tax adviser to Generali Investments Holdings on the acquisition of Conning Holdings from Cathay Life.
- Acted as Italian tax adviser to Goldman Sachs International and the other arrangers of a €5.5bn financial transaction, whereby TIM, Telecom Italia Finance and Telecom Italia Capital made three separate but concurrent exchange offers to exchange certain series of their respective existing Euro and US dollar-denominated notes.
- Provided tax assistance to iCON Infrastructure on its acquisition of the Alliance Medical group (including its various Italian subsidiaries) from Life Healthcare.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roberto Egori