Franco Vezzani

Franco has gained experience in tax firms with an international vocation and is a founding partner of Vezzani&Associati. He is an expert in both legal and tax matters in corporate and corporate taxation, corporate reorganisation transactions and M&A. He also assists Italian and foreign clients by holding positions as director, member of the Board of Statutory Auditors and Supervisory Board for companies and groups including those subject to banking supervision.

Qualifications

  • \ Member of the Register of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Milano (Albo dei Dottori Commercialisti ed Esperti Contabili di Milano)
  • \ Member of Register of Lawyers of Milan
  • \ Member of the Register of Court-appointed Technical Consultants of the Court of Milan (Albo dei Consulenti Tecnici d’Ufficio del Tribunale di Milano)
  • \ Master’s Degree in Tax Law

Area of Expertise

Tax and Corporate Consulting:
  • \ Taxation in the field of direct taxes (Corporate/Personal income Tax – Irap) / VAT
  • \ Taxation of extraordinary corporate transactions
  • \ Optimisation of corporate strategies and policies
  • \ Inheritance-financial consulting of family assets also in connection with the planning of generational transitions
Assistance with extraordinary operations:
  • \ Advisor activities (Buy side/Sell side) in the acquisition and/or disposal (of companies and/or shareholdings)
  • \ Preparation of Business Plan - Due Diligence / Data Room
  • \ Assistance during Negotiations and preparation of reference agreement packages (SPAs and ancillary agreements)
  • \ Mergers / demergers / transformations
  • \ Contributions and valuations
  • \ Scouting activities for industrial assets and corporate participation
  • \ Assistance and legal advice in extrajudicial / judicial matters (ordinary and arbitration)
  • \ Legal set-up of corporate governance, drafting/revision of articles of association and shareholders' agreements/family pacts
  • \ Legal advice and assistance in the drafting of commercial contracts, IP, real estate, business outsourcing

Trainings

  • \ Speaker at workshops and training courses in tax law in synergy with leading national credit institutions and professional associations