Guido Arie Petraroli

Managing Partner

Guido Arie Petraroli

Guido Arie Petraroli is Founding and Managing Partner of LED and the key Italian representative member of Taxand, the world’s largest independent organisation of tax experts with more than 550 tax partners and over 2,500 tax advisors in 48 countries.

Guido has over 30 years’ experience advising Italian and large multinationals and institutional investors on a wide range of tax matters. He focuses on private equity transactions, including acquisition finance and real estate finance. Guido also has an extensive experience in international tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and reorganisations. He has a strong competence in the area of tax disputes litigations and Mutual Agreement Procedures.

Guido has a Degree in Economics (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan) and a Master’s Degree in Corporate Tax Law.

He began his career at Andersen Legal in 1990 and continued his practice in Ernst & Young Tax department since 1999. Later he moved to the firm’s New York office. From 2003 until 2017 he worked for Fantozzi & Associati in Milan, where he was a Partner. In 2018 he founded with Alfredo Fossati LED Taxand, tax law firm of which he holds the role of Managing Partner.

  • 2018-today | LED Taxand – Founding and Managing Partner;
  • 2003-2017 | Fantozzi & Associati Studio Legale e Tributario – Partner;
  • 1998-2003 | Ernst & Young (E&Y) – Milan and New York – Partner;
  • 1988-1998 | Arthur Andersen – Milan – Tax Consultant and then Partner.
  • 2002 | Master Corporate Finance – Università L. Bocconi – Milan
  • 1988 | Degree in Economics – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milan;
  • 1994 | Admitted to the bar of the Chartered Accountants and the Certified Public Accountants
  • 2022 | Practitioner of the Year in International Taxation – Legalcommunity Awards 2022;

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