Tax

DLA Piper

Client Satisfaction

DLA Piper‘s recent tax mandates range from cross-border reorganisations, tax restructuring, M&A, audits, litigation and real estate-related taxation, to IPOs, structured finance, wealth planning, private client matters, tax control frameworks, VAT and transfer pricing. Tax specialist Christian Montinari leads the group, which includes Antonio Tomassini, who regularly acts in domestic and international investigations, settlements and rulings, and Andrea Di Dio, whose career includes working at the Italian Tax Police. Antonio Martino, Federico Pacelli, Carlotta Benigni, Giovanni Iaselli, Alessandro Martinelli and Antonio Longo are also key figures.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘Great people and collaborative skills. High-level competence. An excellent firm that, thanks to its outstanding geographical coverage, is able to handle cross-border tax matters.’
‘The team is all-encompassing and very well-versed in Italian fiscal matters, as well as cross-border work. The DLA team cooperates seamlessly amongst itself, and is able to bring the key issues out quickly and address them effectively.’
‘A very strong team. Way ahead of the competition and they fundamentally have the right people and mindset - always delivers or exceeds expectations.’
‘Christian Montinari is an excellent, creative and solution-focused professional with wide experience in his field. He is fantastic to work with and a real partner to clients.’
‘Andrea Di Dio is exceptional and his approach is always highly knowledgeable, yet pragmatic and practical.’
‘Andrea Di Dio is an exceptional lawyer, both in terms of technical and personal abilities - a client-focused pragmatic approach to his work. He and his team work extremely hard and strive to provide world-class output and service.’
‘Antonio Longo is an excellent professional, who is capable of understanding and addressing the needs of clients. He comes highly recommended.’
‘Carlotta Benigni - an incredibly supportive lawyer who is technically brilliant and really understands how best to advise on complex matters within the commercial parameters required. Clients don’t hesitate to recommend her.’

Key clients

Saint-Gobain
Lavazza
Hewlett-Packard
Generali
Autogrill
L’Orèal
Italcementi – Heidelberg
Lidl
Credite Agricolè
Atos Italia
Iliad
Sifi Group
Intesa Sanpaolo
Econocom
Cremonini Group
FCA
Italcementi
Newlat
Illycaffè
Gruppo Montenegro

Work highlights

Assisted Cometa with a voluntary public takeover offer related to the full ownership of Servizi Italia.
Assisted Edison with admission by the Revenue Agency to the collaborative compliance regime.
Advised Gruppo Montenegro on the acquisition of Venezuelan rum brand Pampero from Diageo.