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Key contacts
Partner: Federico Di Cesare
Partner: Arnaldo Salvatore
Quick facts
Partners

14

Other qualified practitioners

36

Languages

Italian, English, French, German

Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Tax
Transfer pricing
Firm overview

Lipani Legal & Tax is an elite multi-practice law firm, focusing on administrative, antitrust and regulatory, commercial and corporate, banking and finance, M&A and tax law. 

The tax team (formerly at Macchi di Cellere Gangemi with the tax department founded by Bruno Gangemi in 1986) is highly regarded for its focus on international tax and multi-jurisdictional mandates.

Federico Di Cesare and Arnaldo Salvatore serve as co-heads of the tax team. Federico Di Cesare specializes in corporate tax, international tax and transfer pricing. Arnaldo Salvatore is the key contact for VAT and indirect tax. 

The tax team advises large corporations and multinational clients on corporate taxation, mergers and acquisitions, international taxation and transfer pricing, as well as structural and transactional tax planning and global tax projects.

The firm's dedicated tax disputes team advises on the full spectrum of matters, ranging from risk reviews and informal tax authority enquiries to formal investigations, settlement negotiations, and complex litigation. 

The tax team also specializes in Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP) and Advance Pricing Agreements (APA), assisting clients in resolving international tax disputes efficiently and in structuring and negotiating APAs, in which it is among the market leaders.

The firm has a dedicated private client tax team, providing specialized advice to high-net-worth individuals and international families.

Key practice areas
  • Business model optimisation
  • Cross-border project management
  • Economic modelling
  • IP management
  • Policy design
  • Technology services
  • APAs
  • Corporate taxes
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Environmental
  • Financial services
  • M&A
  • Restructuring
  • Technology
  • Transactions
  • Value chains
  • Arbitration
  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Competition/anti-trust cases
  • Controversy management
  • Dispute resolution
  • Litigation
  • MAPs/ADRs
  • Pre-litigation
  • State aid
  • Customs
  • GST
  • Supply chains
  • VAT
  • International tax advisory
  • Tax consulting
  • Arbitration
  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Business model optimisation
  • Business restructuring
  • Competition / anti-trust cases
  • Controversy management
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cross-border project management
  • Dispute resolution
  • Economic modelling
  • International tax planning
  • IP management
  • Litigation
  • TP policy design
  • TP risk management
Other offices
  • Rome, 00186, Italy
    Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 284 
Address:
Via della Posta, 8
Milan, 20123
Tel:+390636002365 Web Address:https://www.lipani.it
2027 Edition
General corporate tax
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Linked Reviews
Tax

The tax team of Macchi di Cellere Gangemi is made up of approximately six specialists who specialise in complex international tax issues (including transfer pricing), complex tax audits and litigation, energy tax and environmental taxation, VAT and excise charges and private clients. It specialises in e-commerce, automotive, energy and information technology.

During the research period, the firm advised PayPal on the process of securing a bilateral advance pricing agreement between the Italian and Luxembourg tax authorities. The team also assisted VMware Italy with a tax audit and the filing of a ruling request regarding the potential presence of a permanent establishment in Italy and related remuneration for transfer pricing purposes.

Client feedback

“High professionalism, professional correctness, integrity, independence of judgement, preparation and speed of intervention.”

“Highly professional, great knowledge of the Italian tax system. Great knowledge of client business and as a result well placed to advise on tax planning and mitigating tax risk.”

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