Carlo Maria Paolella is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery Studio Legale Associato, based in its Rome office. He leads the Italian tax practice, where he focuses on domestic and international tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, capital markets and collective investment vehicles, tax controversy. He also regularly advises on the tax profiles of employee incentive plans, debt restructuring and financial instruments.
He advises Italian and multinational companies on multiple tax law issues, providing opinions in both Italian and English.
Carlo is a member of the IFA (International Fiscal Association), and was the Italian Reporter at the 2000 IFA Congress in Munich on the subject of deferred compensation. He is also a member of the International Tax Committee of the Association of Dottori Commercialisti of Rome and the International Technical Committee of CERTI-BOCCONI.