Guglielmo Maisto > Maisto e Associati > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

Maisto e Associati
PIAZZA FILIPPO MEDA 5
20121 MILAN
Italy

Work Department

Tax

Position

Prof. Guglielmo Maisto advises on domestic and international tax law, taxation of financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions and transfer pricing. He is also frequently retained for tax litigation.

He has authored, edited and contributed to numerous books and articles. Publications include ‘Il transfer price nel diritto tributario italiano e comparato’ (1985), ‘La tassazione dei dividendi nei rapporti tra societa’ madri e figlie nella Comunita’ Europea’ (1996). He is also the editor of the essays ‘Tax Treatment of Cost Contribution Arrangements’ (1988) and “The Future of the Profit Split Method” (2021) and of the annual series ‘EC and International Tax Law’ (IBFD – since 2005).

Career

Founder of Maisto e Associati, he is Professor (Professore associato) of international and comparative tax law at the Università Cattolica di Piacenza. He is Chair of the European Region and Italian branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), member of the Board of Trustees of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) in Amsterdam and of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy. He sits on numerous committees, including the OECD Business Industry Advisory Committee in Paris. He acted as a consultant to the Ministry for European Community Affairs and was a member of EU Joint Transfer Pricing Forum. Frequent speaker at conferences. He sits on the editorial boards of various Italian and foreign tax and legal journals.

Languages

Italian, English

Memberships

Italian Bar Association (1980)

Italian Certified Public Auditors Association (1995)

The Law Society

American Bar Association

International Bar Association

Istituto de Fiscalidad Internacional

Union Internationale des Avocats

International Fiscal Association

Education

He graduated in Law (cum laude) at the University of Genoa and trained at the EC Commission, Directorate General IV. He received a Masters from the University of Amsterdam

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Tax

(Hall of Fame)

Guglielmo MaistoMaisto e Associati

Maisto e Associati has ‘an unrivalled command of international tax topics’. The practice is headed by the International Fiscal Association’s current global president, Guglielmo Maisto; Marco Cerrato is mandated by multinational companies for cross-border matters, including financings and disposals; and Marco Valdonio is an expert in M&A and private equity deals, real estate transactions, and transfer pricing. The practice also fields Aurelio Massimiano, an adviser on transfer pricing and international tax; Cesare Silvani, who assists with the tax aspects of major transactions; and Gabriella Cappelleri, a former APA office head.

Comparative Guides

Italy: Tax October 2023 This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Tax laws and regulations applicable in Italy.