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ITALY - INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR, VALENTE ASSOCIATI GEB PARTNERS - TRANSFER PRICING LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR, VALENTE ASSOCIATI GEB PARTNERS Valente Associati GEB Partners (www.gebpartners.it) is one of the leading Italian consultancy firms operating in the area of international taxation for strategic planning of business structuring and organization. The firm provides services through a team of experts based in Milan and Turin working with correspondents in the most important cities in Italy and around the world. The firm has been selected by premier Italian companies as well as European and other multinational corporations for consulting services related to the formation of transnational acquisition scenarios, strategic tax planning, and the optimization of foreign investments as well as operating intercompany flows. Valente Associati GEB Partners’ dynamic, innovative, and client-centric approach provides world-class consultancy of integrated services that meets the particular requirements and anticipates the needs of each and every client. The firm’s highly qualified advisors are committed to solving even the most complex issues of both multinational conglomerates and medium-sized enterprises. The combination of keen know-how and problem-solving aptitudes of Valente Associati GEB Partners consultants provides 360° “coverage” for clients. The firm’s name regularly appears at the top of annual review listings including the main areas spotlighted in the
International Tax Review and several other specialized publications. The forerunner, founder, and managing partner of the practice is internationally renowned professor and author Piergiorgio Valente. Tax policy expert and active member of various professional associations, Prof. Valente currently serves as Chairman of the Confédération Fiscale Européenne’s Fiscal Committee (http://www.cfe-eutax.org/), the International Association of Financial Executives Institute’s International Tax Committee (http://www.iafei.org), and the Italian CFO Association’s Tax Committee (ANDAF, www.andaf.it). He is also CFE Representative to the Platform for Tax Good Governance of the European Commission (2013-2015) and Vice Chairman of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee’s Taxation and Fiscal Policy Committee to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (http://www. biac.org/policygrp/profile-tax.htm). Professor Valente teaches advanced courses on EU and Supranational Taxation for the Italian Tax Police and lectures on Taxation of Multinational Enterprises at the Second University of Studies in Naples, the Link Campus University in Rome, and the Superior Institute of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Piergiorgio Valente Managing Partner Valente Associati GEB Partners Viale Bianca Maria, 45 20122 Milan, Italy T +39 02 7626131 F +39 02 76001091 E p.valente@gebnetwork.it
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SLOVAKIA - LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – VÁLKY PARTNERS s.r.o
The law office VÁLKY PARTNERS s.r.o. has been present on the market since 2003. The firm’s managing partner Ladislav Války studied law both in Bratislava, Slovak Republic and at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Ladislav Války being also the founder of the firm has represented, since the firm’s establishment in 2003, number of multi-national companies in many M&A transactions and projects throughout the Slovak Republic including the cross-border transactions. Since January 2009 the firm has been operating and providing its legal services as a limited liability company and under the current business name since March 2013. VÁLKY PARTNERS s.r.o. provides a full set of legal services in issues involving Slovak and EU law to local as well as to international
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clients tailored to the client needs and focuses mainly on the commercial law and corporate law, M&A, law of contracts, dispute resolution, real estate law. To help the clients to satisfy their needs and to deliver legal services tailored to the clients’ individual requirements, the law office uses experience and knowledge gained during years of working on various types of business transactions including M&A transactions. The law office has knowledge, overview and experience not only in local law, culture and trade, but also in cross-border and international legal issues and transactions. The law office VÁLKY PARTNERS s.r.o. provides professional and pragmatic solutions to the clients’ legal matters.
Ladislav Války - Managing Partner E ladislav.valky@valkypartners.sk VÁLKY PARTNERS s.r.o. Law Office Muškátová 36 821 01 Bratislava Slovakia T +421 905 941 274 E office@valkypartners.sk www.valkypartners.sk