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Federico Franconi

Counsel
Studio Professionale Associato a Baker & McKenzie

Practice Focus

Federico’s practice focuses on assisting multinational groups in the field of corporate and international taxation, with respect to tax audits and disputes, as well as domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and corporate reorganizations.

Federico has extensive experience in managing complex tax audits, where he provides strategic advice and support in the negotiation. He has a proven track record in successfully negotiating with tax authorities to resolve disputes favourably and efficiently for his clients and successfully defend clients in courts. His expertise encompasses a range of tax-related issues, including tax claims arising from international tax planning schemes, permanent establishment, transfer pricing, withholding taxes and digital services tax.

Furthermore, Federico regularly handles domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and reorganizations, including tax structuring, SPA negotiations, due diligence, post-closing reorganizations and supply chain restructurings.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Assisting a multinational group engaged in the pharmaceutical industry in the first Italian tax audit regarding hybrid mismatch rules deriving from business relationships with an Irish group company.
  • Assisting several multinational groups in the tech industry in tax audits regarding the Italian digital services tax.
  • Assisting a leading ITC multinational group with the tax aspects of several acquisitions of Italian companies.
  • Assisting Sandaya (a leading French group in the glamping industry) in the acquisition of several campsites in Italy, as well as in post-closing financing transactions.
  • Assisting a multinational conglomerate in a tax dispute regarding a tax abuse claim on an intra-group leveraged acquisition.
  • Assisting several multinational groups in various industries in tax audits and disputes regarding beneficial ownership, permanent establishment and transfer pricing.

Admissions

  • Italy (2017)

Education

  • University of Rome (Luiss) (2013)

Languages

  • English
  • Italian

In addition to his professional practice, Federico is deeply committed to education and knowledge sharing. He is a lecturer on international taxation and extraordinary transactions in university courses and master’s programs at Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, LUISS Guido Carli University and the Italian National School of Administration. He was speaker at several seminars of the Italian branch of International Fiscal Association, and he is a member of the Italian association of tax experts “Laboratorio fiscale”.

Federico regularly contributes to several tax reviews and financial newspapers. He has also authored articles in specialized books on various tax-related topics.