“Salvini Escalar e Associati Studio Legale Tributario fondato da F. Gallo”, with offices in Rome and Milan, was established in 1967 by Franco Gallo, professor of tax law in Rome, former Minister of Finance and now sitting as judge in the Corte Costituzionale (Italian Constitutional Court). The firm is made up of three partner, two of them being full professors of tax law, and of a team of lawyers and chartered accountants.

The firm provides highly specialised legal advice on the most complex issues of tax law, as well as assistance in proceedings before Tax Authorities (tax inspections, rulings, settlement proceedings, etc.). The firm defends taxpayers before tax courts throughout Italy and is regarded as one of the most experienced firms for handling tax litigation before the Corte di Cassazione (Italian Supreme Court), the Corte Costituzionale (Italian Constitutional Court), the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.

Among the clients of the firm are some of the main listed and unlisted companies operating in the sectors of oil and energy, telecommunications, transportations, banking, finance, insurance.

The peculiar professional and academic practice of his partners has made the firm a point of reference for trade organizations as well as public bodies and authorities for the study and the resolution of prominent fiscal issues in the relevant sectors.

The main areas of practice are: corporate taxation, with reference to taxation of cooperative companies and taxation of groups of companies; fiscal issues concerning corporate reorganizations; national and international tax planning and cross-border transactions; taxation of banks, financial institutions and insurances; European Law rules concerning State aids; indirect taxation with regard to VAT as well as to excise and custom duties; local taxes.