Hager & Partners: Italy

Key contacts

Managing Partner: Heinz Peter Hager

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Head of Transfer Pricing & Tax Value Chain: Filippo Calatroni

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Managing Partner: Dietmar Huber

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Managing Partner: Günther Schacher

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Quick facts

Number of Tax advisers

Number of TP advisers

Network memberships

Nexia International

Languages

Italian, English, German, French

Key practice areas

General corporate tax

Indirect tax

Private client

Tax

Tax controversy

Transactional tax

Transfer pricing

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

Sector expertise

Agriculture
Automotive
Banking
Construction and materials
Consumer goods and services
Energy
Financial services
Food and beverage
Healthcare
Industrials
Investment management
Oil and gas
Pharma and life sciences
Real estate
Tech and telecoms
Transportation

Key practice areas

Corporate Tax Matters:

Cross-border project management
Restructuring
Cost-sharing arrangements
APAs
Transactions
M&A
Financial services
Corporate taxes
Technology

Dispute Resolution:

Audit defence
Audit support
Dispute resolution
Pre-litigation
MAPs/ADRs
Litigation
Controversy management

Tax Advisory:

Tax consulting
International tax advisory

Indirect Tax:

VAT
Customs

Other:

Corporate & commercial law, expatriates/global mobility
Transfer Pricing & tax value chain
Corporate finance

Other offices

Piazza della Mostra 2, Bolzano, 39100, Italy
T: +39 0471 971197
E: info@hager-partners.it

Piazza della Rotonda 2, Rome, 00186, Italy
T: +39 06 68805843
E: info.rm@hager-partners.it

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Hager & Partners

Overview

Hager & Partners, with 110 professionals mainly in Bolzano and Milan, offers multidisciplinary advisory services across legal, tax, and strategic consulting. The firm supports clients in M&A, due diligence, real estate, tax controversy, and public fundraising, leveraging EU and national initiatives. Its legal department in Bolzano has over 10 experts. Through TP Advisory and TP & Funding Advisory, it specializes in transfer pricing, IP box regimes, and global expansion. Serving diverse industries, over half its clients are Italian entities of foreign-based groups, especially from Europe, the US, UK, and China, including listed companies and high net worth individuals.

During the research period, the firm assisted a German client during the tax audit and the pre-litigation phase. In addition, the team assisted the client in all the tax aspects related to the change of tax residence, based on the article 24-bis of the Italian Tax Code (recently changed), which encourages individuals (in this case individuals who have lived abroad for at least 9 out of the last 10 years before moving to Italy) to move to Italy and become resident here to obtain tax benefits. 

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Through the legal department in Bolzano, which consists of 8-10 people, Hager & Partners continues to assist its clients in many M&A deals and due diligence activities, real estate investments, evaluations for corporate/tax purposes, tax controversy, permanent establishment issues, R&D tax credits and tenders for public fundraising. TP Advisory was established in March 2017 by Hager&Partners and is specifically dedicated to transfer pricing, tax value chain projects, IP box regimes, and other incentives relating to intangible properties, global expansion services and instruments for the dimensional growth of companies.

During the study period, the firm assisted Deichmann Calzature in a tax dispute involving a transfer pricing issue. The team also advised GKN Sinter Metals with a valuation and the accompanying business transfer (hydrogen) to a newco for later share sales to another division of the group's existing holding.

KPMG and BDO TP seniors Katia Scordia and Rosanna Fusca joined the firm during the research period, while TP seniors Fiorella Franco and Gianfranco Dolci left.