TAX AND CORPORATION ATTORNEYS

Studio Santoro has an extensive experience going back over the last 55 years in corporate and tax law in Italy and in many other countries.

The firm's main office is located in Rome and it operates in Norther and Souther Italy through subsidiary offices in Milan, Florence, Turin and Bari. Studio Santoro's main specialization has always been corporate tax law.
Furthermore, over the years it has developed wide experience in other fields such as commercial and corporate law, contracts, banking law, capital markets and financial services. The firm provides taxation and legal advice and assistance to corporate clients, working out the strategic consequences of alternative business and financing strategies where the tax laws and practice of more than one country are involved.
The firm is also a leader in tax-based commercial transactions and the drafting and negotiation of international contracts. Clients of the firm include large companies seeking specialist advice, and small and medium enterprises looking for general legal and tax advice on finance and strategy.
The firm also advices on and implements tax planning strategies for high income individuals or individuals owning substancial real estate interests, as well as devising executive compensation programmes. The firm operates through an experienced multi-disciplinary team of lawyers, auditors and accountants who work together and liaise where necessary with an international network of associated offices.

Typical matters upon which advice is given include research of financing for corporate clients and of most tax-effective corporate structuring of transactions, selection of appropriate tax structures for the establishment of new businesses, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, development of financial market products, project financing, lease and transfer of businesses, corporate restructuring, assets and royalties, creation of branches, subsidiaries and holdings, trusts, stiftungs, foreign investment and other investment incentives.

Studio Santoro also advices on the structuring of international tax projects involving other countries, especially in matters concerning import-export, customs duties and tariffs, withholding taxes, stamp duties, consumption taxes, payroll taxes, sales taxes and other fiscal charges, including capital gains, transfer princing, VAT and other advice relating to indirect taxes.

The firm conducts tax litigation before all Italian courts and carries out negotiations with the tax authorities.

Our address:

535, Via della Camilluccia, 00135
Rome, Italy
Tel. +39 6 329 4777
Fax. +39 6 363 03824