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30th december 2020

Foglia & Partners assists Italgas in the admission to the cooperative compliance regime

Foglia & Partners and Protiviti with Italgas for admission to the cooperative compliance regime. The firm handled all the tax aspects with a team coordinated by Giuliano Foglia with Matteo Carfagnini and Lucia Sanseverino.

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30th december 2020

Giuliano Foglia discusses the possibility of identifying the parent company as an intermediary for the purposes of DAC6 regulation

In today's edition of 'IlSole24Ore', Giuliano Foglia comments on a number of relevant aspects of the DAC6 framework, relating to (i) the possible qualification of parent companies as "intermediaries" and (ii) the exemption regime under Article 3(3) of Legislative Decree no. 100/2020. This is also in light of the clarifications contained in the draft Circular of the Italian Tax Authority currently under public consultation.

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14th december 2020

Claudio Grisanti and Lucia Sanseverino comment on conventional salaries without an anti-Covid 'shield'

The potential consequences, in the absence of an official interpretation by the Tax Authorities, of the employment restrictions due to the Covid-19 emergency on the application of income taxation based on the "conventional values" provided for by Article 51, paragraph 8-bis, of the TUIR for workers with tax residence in Italy who work abroad. The analysis of our Claudio Grisanti and Lucia Sanseverino on Eutekne.Info.

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8th december 2020

Duccio Casciani and Francesco Capogrossi discuss the uncertain incompatibility between the allowance for late payment and the penalty for late payment of excise duties

The Supreme Court of Cassation, in its interlocutory order no. 12762/2020, requested the Office of the Supreme Court to report on the incompatibility between a penalty for failure to pay or delay in paying excise duties and a penalty for late payment. The need for the enquiry stems from the presence of two opposing orientations of the Court: an older one, in favour of the simultaneous application of the measures, and a more recent one, which has ruled that they are incompatible. Duccio Casciani and Francesco Capogrossi review on Eutekne Info.

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5th august 2020

Foglia & Partners assisted Alfasigma S.p.A. in the signing, with the Tax Authority, of the preliminary agreement concerning the definition of the methods and criteria for the determination of the tax-advantaged income for the purposes of the Patent Box regime

Foglia & Partners, with a team composed by Giuliano Foglia, Matteo Carfagnini and Francesco Capogrossi, assisted Alfasigma S.p.A. in the signing, with the Italian Tax Authority, of the preliminary agreement concerning the definition of the methods and criteria for the determination of the taxable income for the purposes of the Patent Box regime. Alfasigma, one of the Italian big pharma, is the pharmaceutical company born in 2017 from the merger of Alfa Wassermann S.p.A., Biofutura Pharma S.p.A. and Sigma-tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A.

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24th September 2018

Foglia & Partners with Gamenet Group S.p.A. in the €225 million high-yield bond issuance

Foglia & Partners provided assistance for tax related issues in the €225 million high yield bond issued by Gamenet Group S.p.A., with floating rate and 2023 maturity.

The revenues from the bond issuance will be used to finance the acquisition of 100% of GoldBet S.r.l. share capital. The professionals Giuliano Foglia, Matteo Carfagnini and Marco Poziello worked on the deal.

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24th September 2018

Foglia & Partners assists Apax in the acquisition of the AEB group

Foglia & Partners assisted Apax Partners in managing the tax profiles of the signing of an agreement with the American fund SK Capital for the 100% acquisition of AEB Group, a global leader in biotechnology ingredients and related services for the food, wine and beverage industries.

Partners Giuliano Foglia and Matteo Carfagnini, together with Marco Poziello, associate, worked on the deal.

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26th July 2018

Foglia & Partners in the update of Acea's EMTN programme

Foglia & Partners provided assistance in relation to the tax related issues of the EMTN programme update by Acea S.p.A., which involves the issue of Notes for a total maximum value of €3 billion.

Acea S.p.A. is one of the main Italian multi-utility companies, active in the management and development of networks and services in the water, energy and environment sectors. Partners Giuliano Foglia and Matteo Carfagnini, together with associate Marco Poziello, worked on the deal.

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24th July 2018

Foglia & Partners with Gamenet Group S.p.A. in the acquisition of Goldbet S.r.l.

Foglia & Partners assisted Gamenet Group S.p.A. – company listed on the STAR segment of the Mercato Telematico Azionario of the Italian Stock Exchange - in the tax-related part of the acquisition of the entire shareholding in Goldbet S.r.l., a company operating in the gambling industry, by the subsidiary Gamenet S.p.A.

The value of the acquisition is 265 million euros (enterprise value). The Firm dealt with the tax aspects of the acquisition and of the financing with a team made up of partners Giuliano Foglia and Matteo Carfagnini, assisted by associates Marco Pozziello and Francesco Capogrossi.

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14th June 2018

Foglia & Partners with ICS Maugeri Group in debt refinancing

Foglia & Partners provided assistance to ICS Maugeri group, specialized in medical services, in the refinancing of its €190 million debt, in relation to tax related issues.

The refinancing will allow ICS Maugeri and the real estate fund IASO - managed by Namira Sgr and 84.1% controlled by ICS Maugeri and by the private equity fund Trilantic for the remaining 15.9% - to optimize the terms and conditions of the credit lines and to support the implementation of their respective multi-year investment plans. Partners Giuliano Foglia and Matteo Carfagnini assisted ICS Maugeri.

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17th April 2018

Foglia & Partners awarded as “Best practice – Litigation” at Legalcommunity Tax Awards 2018

Foglia & Partners has been recognized as “Best practice – Litigation” at the fourth edition of Legalcommunity Tax Awards 2018. When deciding to attribute the award to Foglia & Partners, the jury, which included tax directors and CFOs from the main national and international companies, acknowledged the success of the firm in the area of tax litigation.

The award was given to Giuliano Foglia, who said: “We are honoured to receive for the third year in a row an award at Legalcommunity Tax Awards. This important recognition confirms the clients’ appreciation for the quality of our assistance in challenging tax disputes and is a further motivation to continue following the path inaugurated two years ago with the launch of our firm”.

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8th March 2018

Foglia & Partners in Chambers Europe 2018 ranking

After its launch two years ago, Foglia & Partners is proud to announce the inclusion in Chambers Europe 2018 ranking. Since 1990, Chambers has published the leading directories of law and tax firms around the globe, with a reputation of independence and objectivity.

Foglia & Partners has been ranked in Chambers Europe 2018 for its expertise in a variety of Italian and international tax matters, including M&A, transfer pricing and capital markets-related transactions, and as it offers additional capacity to handle contentious tax matters. Giuliano Foglia has been ranked in Chambers Europe Band 3.
When interviewed by Chambers, Foglia & Partners’ clients acknowledged that:
"They are extremely reliable and have the right approach with the tax authorities"
"The lawyers help us with a tailor-made solution every time", and
"Giuliano Foglia has a very deep knowledge of the Italian fiscal law and has a problem-solving approach"

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1st September 2017

Foglia & Partners tax advisor for GreenNetwork in the bid for Gas Natural assets in Italy

Foglia & Partners provided assistance for tax related issues to the Italian company Green Network in the bid for the Italian assets of Gas Natural with a team composed by Giuliano Foglia, Matteo Carfagnini and Marco Poziello.

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23rd June 2017

Foglia & Partners with Thomson Reuters Foundation and Fondazione Lang Italia for the pro bono project TrustLaw

Foglia & Partners, White & Case and Hogan Lovells announce the partnership with Thomson Reuters Foundation and Fondazione Lang Italia for the first TrustLaw Italy project.

TrustLaw is a program involving the leading law firms in the world advising also the non-profit sector.

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2nd March 2017

Foglia & Partners: Marco Poziello joins as Associate

Foglia & Partners, tax and legal boutique, announces the appointment of Marco Poziello as associate. Marco will deal with national and international Tax. The appointment takes effect on March 1st.

Before joining Foglia & Partners, Marco Poziello worked at Crowe Howarth as Junior Tax Consultant. Poziello has a Graduation Degree in Law at the Univerisity “Federico II” in Naples and a Master Degree in ‘Tax Law, Accountability and Tax planning’ at ‘LUISS’ University in Rome.

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28th February 2017

Foglia & Partners con Gambro Dasco SpA sul transfer pricing

Foglia & Partners advised Gambro Dasco SpA (Baxter Group) in the process to adhere to a transfer pricing procedure. The procedure regards tax periods 2011-2014 and granted the company a significant decrease in the taxable income questioned during the examination by the competent Court.

Gambro Dasco was advised by Foglia & Partners and, in detail, by a team composed of Giualiano Foglia, Duccio Casciani and Matteo Carfagnini.

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14th February 2017

Fuksas with Foglia & Partners wins on the litigation case for Shenzhen Airport expenses

Foglia & Partners with the partners Giuliano Foglia and Duccio Casciani advised Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas architecture firm in the litigation for Shenzhen (China) Airport expenses in relation to the design and construction of the Airport Terminal 3.

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18th November 2016

Baxter with Foglia & Partners wins on transfer pricing

The Regional Tax Court of Lombardy issued a judgment in favor of the appeal proposed by Baxter World Trade Corporation and its affiliate Bieffe Medital S.p.A. on a transfer pricing litigation case against the Revenue Agency.

Baxter World Trade Corporation and Bieffe Medital were advised by Foglia & Partners with a team composed of the partners Giuliano Foglia and Duccio Casciani.

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18th November 2016

Foglia & Partners tax advisor of Poste Italiane in the bid for Pioneer

Foglia & Partners, with the partners Giuliano Foglia and Matteo Carfagnini, advised Poste Italiane for the tax related matters in the bid to acquire Pioneer, international asset management company owned by UniCredit.

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1st of August 2016

Foglia & Partners is tax advisor of ACEA S.p.A. in the update of its EMTN program

Foglia & Partners advised ACEA S.p.A. as tax advisor in the update of its EMTN program with issuance of notes for a maximum total value of €1.5 billion.

The firm supported ACEA S.p.A. with a team including Christian Cisternino, Matteo Carfagnini e Sara Paparella.

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