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Francesco Guelfi

Europe 2026

A&O Shearman

Ranked in 1 practice area

Tax

Italy

14 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Francesco has over 25 years’ experience advising Italian and international financial institutions, large multinationals and institutional investors on a wide range of tax, regulatory and accounting matters. He focuses on banking and capital markets transactions, including syndicated loans, acquisition finance, real estate finance, project finance and project bonds, securitisations, hybrid instruments, structured finance transactions and derivatives.

Francesco also has extensive experience in international tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and reorganisations and in the relevant accounting issues under both Italian GAAP and IAS/IFRS. Francesco is a qualified lawyer, certified public accountant and registered auditor.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Tax - Italy

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Francesco Guelfi provides extensive tax support to banks, often in the context of M&A and financial transactions. His practice is complemented by his skills in contentious matters, including tax investigations.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Francesco Guelfi has extremely high technical skills and is able to guide clients with great simplicity and clarity, even in highly complex matters.
TaxChambers European Guide
Francesco has great depth of knowledge and experience. He knows how to interpret tax matters and always provides original and practical interpretations of laws in Italy and he is also commercial.
TaxChambers European Guide