Background and qualifications

• Law Degree (magna cum laude) at “Università Statale degli Studi”, Milan, A.Y 1983/84
• Member of the Italian Bar Association since 1988 and admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court since 2000. Member of the Milan Bar Association
• Registered since 1993 as chartered accountant and registered since 1995 as auditor
• Former Secretary of the Camera degli Avvocati Tributaristi di Milano (CAT Milano) from 2013 to 2022
• Member of A.N.T.I. (Associazione Nazionale Tributaristi Italiani)
• Member of International Bar Association (IBA) and International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• Member of the Tax Justice Commission and the Bank Law and Third Sector Commission at the Milan Bar Association
• Chairman of the Board of Auditors of the Milan Bar Association
• Auditor of the Lodi Bar Association
• Member of board of statutary auditors of leading companies, such as family holding and multinational groups.
• Member of Nedcommunity (non-executive and independent directors)
• Member of the Fiscal Commission of the Italian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Italy)

Language

Italian, English

Expertise

• Corporate and commercial law
• Merger, split-up, contribution, asset and share deal
• Start-up
• Corporate governance and shareholders’ agreements
• Civil and corporate litigation and arbitration
• Tax consulting
• Tax litigation

Academic experience

• Teaching assistant at “Università Statale degli Studi”, Milan, Faculty of law – tax law course (A.Y. 1985/86).
• Teaching fellow at “Università di Trento”, Faculty of economics – tax law course (A.Y. 1992/93 1993/94 and 1994/95).
• Teaching fellow at “Università di Pavia”, Faculty of economics – tax law course (A.Y. 1995/96 and 1996/97).
• Professor at “Università di Trento”, Faculty of economics – tax law course (A.Y. 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99 and 199/2000), being also lecturer at several conferences in such context.
• Lecturer at several conferences at “Università Bocconi”, concerning domestic and internation tax law.
• Supervisor at post-graduation programs and master courses.
• Author of several monographs and articles (listed in “Publications” section).

Over the years, thanks to his academic and professional activities, Stefano Carmini has gained considerable expertise and extensive experience in corporate, commercial and tax law fields, with particular regard to corporate extraordinary operations, such as M&A, spin-offs, contributions, exchange of shares, start-ups, wealth and family business management, as well as international and domestic tax planning and tax and corporate litigation issues.

Stefano Carmini also boasts wide expertise and experience in corporate accountability, thanks to his appointment as statutory auditor of leading companies, both Italian and multinational.