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Transfer Pricing Law Firm of the Year Italy

Firm Profile

Valente Associati GEB Partners is one of the leading Italian Consultancy Firms operating in the area of International Taxation for strategic planning of business structuring and organization. The Firm counts about 40 professionals in both, the Milan and Turin offices and keeps contacts with correspondents in the most important Italian cities and in various foreign countries.

Valente Associati GEB Partners has been selected by premier Italian companies as well as by multinational

European and U.S. corporations for consulting services connected to the structuring of transnational acquisition scenarios, strategic tax planning and the optimization of foreign investments as well as operating intercompany flows.

Our consultants’ dynamic, innovative and client- centric approach allows a world-class consultancy of integrated and bespoke services (of all tax and legal competencies) to meet the particular needs of each single client. Our experts are always ready to foresee

Piergiorgio Valente’’s Profile

Piergiorgio Valente, a Certified Tax Consultant and Auditor under Italian Law, is Founder and Managing Partner of the International Law Firm, Valente Associati GEB Partners. He is a Member of BUSINESSEUROPE's Tax Policy Working Group (as of 1997) and of the CFE Fiscal Committee of the Confédération Fiscale Européenne. He is also Vice Chair of the Taxation and Fiscal Policy Committee of The Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD.

Piergiorgio is Lecturer in EU and Supranational Taxation (Politica e Fiscalità Comunitaria e Sovranazionale) at the Advanced Course for the Tax Police of the Revenue Guard Corps (Corso Superiore di Polizia Tributaria della Guardia di Finanza).

He also lectures at the Superior Institute of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and in Taxation of Multinational Enterprises (Fiscalità delle Imprese Multinazionali) at the Faculty of Political Studies and for the Superior European and Mediterranean Education (Facoltà di Studi Politici e per l’Alta Formazione Europea e Mediterranea) “Jean Monnet” of the Second University of Studies in Naples (Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli) as well as at the Link Campus University in Rome.

He is the Advisor to the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of San Marino for International Tax Policies (as of 2009). Other activities involve Piergiorgio’s being Chairman of the Tax Committee of the CFO Italian Association (ANDAF) and Member of the Scientific Committee of the tax publication “Il Fisco” (as of 1997). He is also a Member of the International Tax Working Group of Confindustria (as of 1997), of the Corporate Council of Assolombarda (Consiglio per il Diritto d'Impresa), of the Associazione Nazionale Tributaristi Italiani (ANTI) and of the International Fiscal Association (IFA). He frequently delivers lectures on fiscal matters of international purport, such as group tax planning and international tax treaties at various conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad.

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Piergiorgio is the author of a number of volumes such as:

- Transfer Pricing Manual (“Manuale del Transfer Pricing”, 2nd Edition, 2012);

- Double Taxation Conventions (“Convenzioni Internazionali contro le Doppie Imposizioni”, 6th Edition, 2011);

- Tax Governance Manual (“Manuale di Governance Fiscale”, 1st Edition, 2011);

- Supranational Taxation Sovranazionale”, 3rd Edition, 2008);

- Deemed Residence and Residence of Companies (“Esterovestizione e Residenza”, 2010);

- Tax Consolidation (“Consolidato Fiscale”, 2nd Edition, 2006);

- International Tax Avoidance (“Elusione Fiscale Internazionale”, 2003);

- The Digital Continent (“Il Continente Digitale”, 2002);

- The Invisible Enterprise (“L’Impresa Invisibile”, 2001);

- Controlled Foreign Companies (“Controlled Foreign Companies”, 2001).

He is also co-author of the following three volumes:

- International Tax Competition (“Concorrenza fiscale internazionale”, 2002);

- Internet-Legal and Tax Aspects (“Internet-Aspetti Giuridici e Fiscali del Commercio Elettronico”, 2nd Edition, 2001);

- “Eurotax” (1999).

Piergiorgio has published well over 200 articles on the most prestigious national and international tax journals such as “Bulletin for International Taxation”, “European Taxation”, “EC Tax Review”, “Intertax”, “Tax Notes International”, “International Tax Review”, “Tax Planning International Review”, “Journal of International Taxation”, “International Financial Law Review”, “Tax News International” and “Financial Times World”.

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any special requirement to solve even the most complex issues of both, multinational conglomerates and medium-sized enterprises. The special skills, expertise and problem-solving aptitudes make of our experts a unique, cohesive and winning team.

Valente Associati GEB Partners’ name appears at the top of the list in annual reviews on the main specialization areas (Leading Tax Lawyers of the World) published by International Tax Review (as of September 2002).

Areas of Expertise • Transfer Pricing

• Criminal Tax Law • M&A • EU Taxation

• Financial Taxation and Financial Criminal Law

• Corporate Law and Corporate Criminal Law

• Corporate Tax

• Indirect Taxation (VAT, Customs duty, etc.)

• Technology and Supply Chain Management

Contact: Piergiorgio Valente Founder and Managing Partner

Valente Associati GEB Partners, viale Bianca Maria No. 45, 20122 Milan, Italy

Tel.: +39 02 7626131 Fax: +39 02 76001091

Email: p.valente@gebnetwork.it Website: www.gebpartners.it

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2012