Profile
Giovanni Monte has wide-ranging experience in domestic and international tax matters, with a particular focus on pre-litigation and tax litigation.
He regularly assists Italian and multinational companies, investment funds, and individuals in managing tax audits and assessments, negotiations with tax authorities, and proceedings before tax courts and higher courts.
His practice also includes assisting with the preparation of tax rulings and refund requests, procedures for the regularization of tax breaches, and the negotiation of alternative dispute resolutions, as well as the development of strategies aimed at preventing and managing tax risk.
He has also gained deep experience in advising on tax incentives and providing guidance on tax matters applicable to influencers, content creators, and, more generally, operators in the digital economy.
Thanks to the experience gained in assisting domestic and international clients, he provides support on complex tax matters, adopting an approach focused on protecting the client’s interests and identifying effective solutions for both the administrative and litigation phases of tax matters.
Concentrations
- Direct and indirect taxes
- Local taxes
- Tax audits
- Tax litigation
- Alternative dispute resolutions
- Legal opinions
主要执业方向
主要执业经验
- Assisted a leading foreign company in a tax dispute concerning a hidden permanent establishment in Italy.°
- Assisted a leading industrial group operating in the meat processing and trade sector in a tax dispute concerning the deductibility of costs, the reclassification of commercial transactions, and the treatment of interest expense.°
- Assisted a real estate company in a tax dispute concerning the property tax and the correct determination of the taxable base in the event of an unnotified adjustment to the cadastral income.°
- Assisted a leading industrial group operating in the food canning sector in a tax dispute concerning the waste tax on areas where special waste is produced.°
- Assisted a leading industrial group operating in the canning sector in a tax dispute regarding super-amortization, tax credits for investments in new capital assets, the deductibility of costs, the tax treatment of surface rights, and the installment payment of capital gains.°
- Assisted a Luxembourg-incorporated SICAV in a tax dispute arising from the implicit rejection of a request for a refund of withholding taxes on dividends.°
- Assisted a non-resident individual in a tax dispute challenging a tax assessment notice regarding the pass-through taxation of income from a foreign discretionary trust.°
- Assisted a leading industrial group in a complex matter that resulted in several tax disputes concerning fictious foreign tax residence and de facto companies.°
- Assisted numerous individuals in tax disputes related to tax monitoring.°
- Assisted a company operating in the financial consulting and CO₂ emissions trading sectors in a major dispute concerning the alleged execution of fictitious transactions.°
- Assisted an influencer and content creator in a tax settlement agreement concerning an alleged corporate interposition.°
- Assisted a real estate group in various tax disputes concerning the applicability of the property tax and s.c. TASI to properties occupied without authorization.°
- Assisted several industrial companies in tax disputes concerning the alleged undue offsetting of tax credits for research and development (R&D) activities.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Monte prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig.
- Associate, Senior Associate, and Counsel at a leading international law firm, 2014-–2026
- Lecturer, Executive Master Diritto Tributario Avanzato, 24 Ore Business School, 2022-2026
- Lecturer, Master Full Time Diritto d’Impresa e Consulenza, RCS Academy, 2024
荣誉和领导力
- Admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court and other High Courts, 2026
- Member, Milan Bar Association, 2015
资历
- Master in pianificazione doganale e nuovo codice europeo, Il Sole 24 Ore Business School, Milano, 2016
- Master Norme&Tributi, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano, 2014
- XVIII Master Tributario, Il Sole 24 Ore Business School, Milano, 2013
- Master’s degree in Law, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, 2012
- Italy
- Italian
- 英文