Giovanni Pappalardo

Giovanni worked for several years at Klegal (formerly KStudioAssociato) of KPMG International in Milan, gaining significant experience in the sector. He is an expert in direct taxation and VAT (national and international), tax planning, tax assessment and litigation, corporate reorganisation and M&A transactions and strategic consulting. He has also gained significant experience in the field of public companies for which he has managed extraordinary transactions. He also assists Italian and foreign clients by serving as a member of the Board of Statutory Auditors and Auditor.

Qualifications

  • \ Member of the Register of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Milano (Albo dei Dottori Commercialisti ed Esperti Contabili di Milano)
  • \ Member of the Register of Auditors (Albo dei Revisori Legali)
  • \ Part of the list of Professional Experts in Financial Markets established by the Italian Stock Exchange (Borsa Italiana)
  • \ Master’s Degree in Tax Law
  • \ Delegate for the Milan’s Register of the Certified Public Accountants' Welfare Fund (Ordine di Milano alla Cassa di Assistenza e Previdenza dei Dottori Commercialisti)

Area of Expertise

Consulting in tax and corporate matters:
  • \ Direct taxation (Corporate/Personal income Tax – Irap) and VAT, including intra-Community taxation
  • \ Taxation of extraordinary corporate transactions
  • \ Taxation of OIC and IAS/IFRS accounting principles
  • \ Taxation (Direct and VAT) in the field of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce), with particular regard to the legal value of compulsory business documentation in digital format, document dematerialisation, substitute storage, digital invoicing, Digital Administration Code ( Codice dell’Amministrazione Digitale, CAD)
Assistance with extraordinary transactions:
  • \ Corporate reorganisations, mergers, demergers, acquisitions
Assistance with accounting:
  • \ OIC and IAS/IFRS accounting standards
  • \ Financial statement analysis and management control
  • \ Ordinary and consolidated financial statements

Trainings

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