Mr Carlo Maria Paolella > McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato > Milan, Italy > Lawyer Profile

McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato
Via Dante 15
20123 Milan
Italy

Work Department

Tax

Position

Carlo is a partner, he heads the Firm’s Italian office and leads the Italian tax practice, where he advises clients on domestic and international tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, capital markets and collective investment vehicles, and tax controversy. He also regularly advises on the tax profiles of employee incentive plans, debt restructuring and financial instruments. Carlo advises Italian and multinational companies on numerous tax law issues, providing opinions in both Italian and English.

For further details of Carlo’s biography, please view McDermott website:
https://www.mwe.com/en/team/p/paolella-carlo-maria

Career

Admitted before the Italian tax court (1987) as a chartered accountant (dottore commercialista). Tax Partner with McDermott Will & Emery from 2007. From 1992 to 2006 (partner 1998) with an Italian boutique tax law firm. In-house tax counsel of large Italian and US multinationals (1986-1992).

Languages

English, Italian

Memberships

Association of Dottori Commercialisti of Rome, International Tax Committee and Transfer Pricing Committee Vice President
CERTI-BOCCONI, International Technical Committee
International Fiscal Association, member of the Italian board of Statutory Auditors, and Italian reporter at the 2000 IFA Congress in Munich on the subject of deferred compensation

Education

LUISS University of Rome, Economics, 1985 magna cum laude.

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Tax

(Hall of Fame)

Carlo Maria PaolellaMcDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato

McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato’s tax group routinely advises on corporate tax mandates, many of which involve cross-border aspects. Italian tax head Andrea Tempestini is ‘without doubt an outstanding partner’ and Carlo Maria Paolella focuses on the tax side to M&A, corporate reorganisations, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, and tax controversies. The practice further includes ‘very skilled adviserAlessio Persiani. Emidio Cacciapuoti left the firm in November 2023.