Antonio Longo

Partner

Antonio is 'careful and detail-oriented'. 'He has the rare quality of providing a tailor-made service for each different client,' says one market source.

Chambers Europe 2021

Emailantonio.longo@akd.partners

Call+39 02 80 618 1

Milan

About

Antonio is a Partner in the tax department and has extensive experience in tax law, with a focus on international, corporate, personal, and employment taxation, as well as in the resolution of tax disputes. Antonio has expertise in audit, tax compliance activities, and tax risk management systems. He also provides assistance in complex cases of wealth and succession planning.

Antonio assists Italian and multinational companies operating in various sectors, including insurance, pharmaceutical, industrial, technological, food, and retail. He is the main tax contact in the firm's insurance team and support clients on management incentive plans and strategies related to the international mobility of workers.

In the area of family businesses and high-net-worth individuals, to whose development he has contributed both in Italy and internationally, he is a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs, family offices, top managers, sports and arts personalities, Italian and foreign wealth management operators. Antonio advises clients in relation to complex cross-border structuring of personal and business assets, tax residency matters, trust, family governance structures to facilitate intergenerational wealth succession, inheritance and gift tax planning.

His responsibilities also include assisting in national and international tax rulings and tax settlement procedures. Moreover, Antonio represents clients during pre-litigation and litigation tax matters before tax authorities and courts.

Antonio heads the Family Business & Wealth Management group within the international firm and is Co-Head of the Private Client sector in Italy.

Antonio is a qualified trust and estate practitioner (TEP), member of the Branch Development Committee of STEP Worldwide and of the STEP Italy's Advisory Board. He also serves as head of the international tax committee within the Milan Bar Association.

Antonio regularly collaborates as an expert with Il Sole 24 Ore and IPSOA – Wolters Kluwer. He is the author of over 500 editorial contributions and publications in national and international legal journals on tax law.

He regularly participates as a speaker at conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad and is a lecturer in postgraduate specialization courses.

He is an elected Delegate to the XXXVI National Legal Congress in Italy.

Areas of FocusInsurance Life Sciences Technology Tax

Professional QualificationsAvvocato admitted to the Milan Bar

EXPERIENCE

Advised on a trust and succession structure for a HNW family owning shares in a pharmaceutical company; the structure involved legal and tax issues both under Italian and US law.
Assisted HNWIs on voluntary disclosure procedures involving assets (financial assets, real estate, artistic heritage, etc.) held in multiple jurisdictions (Switzerland, Luxembourg, US, Panama, Monaco, Spain, UK, etc.).
Advised on and implemented an international tax and succession planning for a family with assets located in Italy and UK.
Provided family governance assistance and prepared family wills for HNW families with assets in Italy, France and Switzerland.
Assisted an international private bank in the structuring of its London branch s lending activities towards private individual borrowers.
Assisted an international insurance company on regulatory and tax issues related to its insurance distribution structure in Europe.
Advised a multinational technology company on VAT issues concerning its supply-chain structure.
Advised a global transportation company with reference to certain intercompany transactions with Italian subsidiaries.
Assisted a UHNW Brazilian family on complex tax residency and income tax issues associated with the transfer of residence to Italy under the new resident tax regime (100k substitutive tax applicable on all non-Italian sourced income).
Assisted on and implemented partnership structures aimed at managing bankable assets under certain fiduciary agreements with Italian and foreign banks.
Assisted a star company on the legal and tax issues related to the management of a famous football player s image rights.

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Awards and Recognitions

Since 2019, Antonio has been recognized from peers and clients as a Leading Individual in Chambers HNW Guide.
In 2023, Antonio has been recognized as Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer .

Education

University of Milan, Luigi Bocconi, Law degree

University of Minnesota, LL.M, Master of Laws

Master in Tax Criminal Law, IPSOA

Publications

Antonio is the author of more than 250 articles on tax matters in "Il Sole24Ore" and IPSOA - Wolters Kluwer and in legal and tax reviews. He participates as a speaker at conferences and seminars and lectures at post-graduate specialisation courses.

Seminars

Antonio regularly participates as a speaker at conferences, seminars and workshops and is a lecturer in post-graduate specialization courses.

Prior Experience

May 2023 to date, Partner, AKD Partners, Milan
May 2022 May 2023, Counsel, AKD Partners, Milan
May 2021 May 2022, Lead Lawyer, AKD Partners, Milan
Jun. 2020 May 2021, Senior Lawyer, AKD Partners, Milan
May 2016 Jun. 2020, Lawyer, AKD Partners, Milan
Sept. 2015 Apr. 2016, Associate, AKD Partners, Milan
2009 Aug. 2015, Associate, Italian Law Firm, Milan

Additional Information

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Antonio provided pro bono legal assistance in structuring donations to hospitals and organisations engaged in dealing with the health emergency.

Memberships And Affiliations

Member of the Branch Development Committee di STEP Worldwide (“The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners”)
Head of the international tax committee within the Milan Bar Association
Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)