Carlo Maria Paolella is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato, based in its Rome office. He leads the Italian tax practice, where he focuses on domestic and international tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, cross-border transactions, capital markets and collective investment vehicles. He also regularly advises on the tax profiles of employee incentive plans, debt restructuring and financial products, joint ventures, partnerships and other flow through vehicles.
Carlo advises several Italian and international companies, including multinational listed companies and financial institutions. He advises Italian and multinational companies on multiple tax law issues, providing opinions in both Italian and English. This advice ranges from the tax implications of stock exchange listings, through to mergers, acquisitions and international restructurings.
Carlo is a member of the IFA (International Fiscal Association), and was the Italian Reporter at the 2000 IFA Congress in Munich on the subject of deferred compensation. He is also a member of the International Tax Committee of the Association of Dottori Commercialisti of Rome and the International Technical Committee of CERTI-BOCCONI.
Carlo is ranked in the 3rd tier in TopLegal Elite Tax Survey 2011. He is ranked as a leader in his field by Chambers Europe and Chambers Global 2011 where he wins praise for his "...strong ability to deliver solutions and keep focus on driving customer value", and his "excellent reputation for his work advising international clients" is mentioned. European Legal 500 2011 describes him as "thoughtful and smart". He was ranked in joint first place as Tax Professional of the Year in the 2009 TopLegal Awards.
Representative Experience
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Advising Italian and US listed companies on employee incentive plans
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Advising Italian and International private equity funds on the structuring of collective investment vehicles for the effective holding of Italian participations, and on the acquisition and sale of several Italian businesses
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Advising an Italian industrial multinational company listed in N.Y. and
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Advising a
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Advising the Italian affiliates of a beverage world leader group on the restructuring of intra-group financing, on several corporate reorganisation plans and on group transfer pricing policy in cooperation with the Parent company
- Advising an Italian multinational group listed in NY and
Education
- Luiss University of Rome, 1985
Languages Spoken
- English
- Italian
