The A&O Shearman tax practice regularly assist on sophisticated corporate, financial and real estate tax transactions as well as work on funds formation, transfer pricing and tax investigations. Assisting clients from a range of industries such as life sciences, transport, energy, real estate, TMT and private equity, the practice cover both domestic and multinational companies. Leading the team, Francesco Guelfi’s expertise covers banking, capital markets, structured finance M&A and international taxation.
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Key clients
- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
- Oaktree Capital Management
- Castello SGR
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Algebris Investments
- Société Générale
- Younited
- Toyota Financial Services Italia
- PIMCO
- The Riverside Company
- Banco Santander
- Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Work highlights
Advised Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals on the Italian tax aspects of the carve-out sale of its Therakos medical device business.
Advised Banco Santander on the tax aspects of the financing granted to the project company Ivrea Torino Piacenza S.p.A.
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Practice head
Francesco Guelfi