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Christian Montinari

DLA Piper

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Position: Partner – Head of Tax Department
Rating:
  • Highly Regarded
Practice Areas:
Tax controversy
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Italian
Biography

Christian Montinari is the head of the Italian tax department. He is mainly focused on domestic and international corporate reorganizations, M&A and structured finance transactions, tax planning for high net-worth individuals, extraordinary transactions, restructuring and business planning.

He also provides assistance in the acquisition phase and in the definition of the best structures for tax optimization for funding, financial flow and disinvesting. He is specialized in defining tax compliance program, APA and MAP. He also advises on tax litigation matters.

Christian Montinari is mentioned by The Legal 500 EMEA and ranked by Chambers Europe, Chambers Global and International Tax Review among the most reputable tax professionals in Italy.

Teacher and coordinator for various master programs, he is author of many articles published in International and National Tax magazines (“Corriere Tributario”, “IPSOA”, “International tax planning”, “Tax Analyst”, “International Tax Review” and other domestic magazines). Christian is often speaker at tax seminars for national and international organizations.

Christian is graduated cum laude in economics and chartered accountant. He is Statutory Auditor of Italian and multinational listed companies.

Practice areas
  • M&A
  • Structured finance transaction
  • Tax consulting
  • International tax advisory
  • Tax controversy
Sector specialisations
  • Automotive
  • Food and beverage
  • Pharma and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Tech and telecoms

 

Association memberships

International Taxation Commission – ANTI

Academic qualifications
  • University of Bari, Degree in Economics
  • Master Degree in Tax matter at Business School of “Il Sole 24 ore” in Milan
  • European International Tax US Training sessions, Barcelona
  • Specialization course in International Accounting Standard, Milan
  • Vienna University of Economic and Business Administration, Tax Course, Recent and pending cases at the ECJ on Direct Taxation
  • European International Tax Cross-border operations Training sessions, Paris
  • European International Tax EU Training sessions, Amsterdam
  • IBFD, International Tax Planning for Multinational Enterprises, Amsterdam
Address:
Via della Posta 7
Milan, 20123
Italy
Tel:+39 02 80 618 1 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.dlapiper.com/