Italy

Firm overview

Hager&Partners was founded in 1995 and today has offices in Bolzano, Milan and Rome. The Firm is composed of approximately 110 staff members, of which 70 professionals and is member of NEXIA International network.

The Firm offers consultancy in national and international tax and company law, corporate finance, M&A, accounting and auditing, and is particularly oriented towards large multinational groups, midcap companies and high net worth individuals. The Firm has a remarkable international attitude: half of the clients are Italian branches of foreign-based companies (also listed in the stock exchange), and many of them are from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Continental Europe, as well as from UK, USA, China, Turkey, Caucasian Region.

Hager&Partners counts on a fully-dedicated transfer pricing & tax value chain department: team members positively couple strong knowledge and widespread experience on transfer pricing, business economics, international taxation, internationalization of enterprises, business organization.

The department advises on:

• design of TP policies
• preparation of TP documentation
• benchmarking analyses (including any type of financial transactions)
• business (re)structuring
• IP box regimes and intangible assets optimization; global expansion services
• tax controversy
• bilateral and multilateral APA
• MAP

Firm overview

Supported by the international, multidisciplinary Deloitte network, about 700 Tax professionals in thirteen Italian cities (Bologna, Genova, Padova, Catania, Milano, Roma, Firenze, Napoli, Torino, Parma, Treviso, Varese, Bari) and desks in New York and Hong Kong, combining a broad range of professional experience with industry-specialist knowledge. STS Deloitte is able to provide its clients with advice and assistance on both Italian matters and cross borders matters with a complete range of services, paying attention to the technical aspects, in the following areas:

• Business Tax
• International Tax
• VAT & Global Trade Advisory
• Global Employer Services (GES)
• Transfer Pricing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Tax Controversy
• IT Tax tools (TMC)
• Business Process Solutions (BPS)
• Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (Gi3)
• Private Client Services

Since a few years now, STS Deloitte (part of the Deloitte Network) has become the largest tax practice in Italy in terms of the number of full-time dedicated transfer pricing professionals (tax specialists, lawyers, analysts and economists), grouped in one national service line (set up in 1999). The team located in five different geographical locations in is led by Aldo Castoldi.

STS-Deloitte transfer pricing SL:

• has a “passion” for innovation and assisted in the negotiation and conclusion of the first Italian Advance Pricing Agreement (APA), in the first settlement of an Italian transfer pricing case through the European Union Mutual Agreement and Arbitration Convention;
• assisted clients in the two first ever contemporaneous multilateral audits jointly carried out by the Italian and German Tax Authority;
• have been developing and implementing IT Tools and solutions for TP Documentation and Analytics projects.

Firm overview

WTS R&A Studio Tributario is a professional tax consultancy firm supporting multinational groups, medium-sized enterprises and private clients, with offices in Milan, Rome, Turin and Verona. We are a Member Firm of WTS Global, a global consulting network present in more than 100 countries around the world.

Our best-performing areas are tax consultancy at a national and international level, business reorganization, litigation and out-of-court settlement of tax disputes as well as supply chain taxation (transfer pricing, VAT, customs duties and others indirect taxes) and cooperative compliance. In our Rome and Milan offices we have a team focused on Global Mobility & Employment Taxation.

Firm overview

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