Hogan Lovells 2024 Election Impact and Congressional Outlook Report
Fulvia Astolfi
Senior Counsel Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, Italian
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Legal 500 2018"Fulvia Astolfi has an incredible mix of skills".
With over 25 years' experience, Fulvia is the proud founder of the Italian Hogan Lovells offices, which she opened in 2000. Fulvia represents the unique combination of a multi-focused lawyer, with solid experience in tax law, corporate law/M&A and asset finance and of a leader with astounding managing capabilities accrued as Managing Partner of the firm's Rome office from 2000 to 2016. She led the Italian Tax practice, and has led the International Tax practice worldwide at Hogan Lovells from 2005 to 2014.
Whenever a client is looking for tax assistance in the framework of cross-practice deals such as M&A transactions, including international asset deals, mergers, reorganizations and restructuring, or of financial and asset finance transactions of any sorts (such as loans, securitization, transfer of NPL, asset finance or leases, financing and tax optimization of aircraft, rolling stock, ships and cranes), Fulvia's broad experience and multi-practice outlook will provide them not only with the most appropriate tax solution, but also with the added value of her support in the project management.
Her long standing experience, fairness and problem solving approach provide clients with the best ally in case of tax inspections and tax assessments. Over the years Fulvia successfully assisted clients both in pre-litigation procedures, discussing possible settlements with Tax Authorities and in litigations before the Tax Courts.
Fulvia lectures at post-graduated course at Il Sole 24 Ore Business School and regularly contributes to publication on tax and corporate governance issues.
She is very active in Citizenship and Diversity activities and pro bono legal assistance.
Chambers Europe 2019"Fulvia Astolfi assists with a variety of compliance matters such as the Law 231 framework, and also helps with investigations. "She is very smart, practical and has a lot of experience," report clients"
Representative experience
FMS on tax structuring in relation to the transfer of risk assets and non-strategic business units and the subsequent refinancing.
CNP Assurance Group on the tax analysis of the various options available to restructure their presence in Italy and Spain.
All tax issues related to Kuwait Petroleum International affiliates on their acquisition of Shell's downstream businesses in Italy.
Sorgente Group on the acquisition, executed through one of its real estate funds, of Queensbury House in Mayfair containing office, commercial and residential space.
FMS on several follow-up projects for the legal transfer of assets and/or the restructuring of transferred assets, including request of formal ruling to the tax.
Credentials
Education
- Attendance at Courses in Taxation, Queen Mary University of London, 1994
- Diploma, Summer School of the Columbia University of New York University of Amsterdam, 1992
- Business and Tax Law Diploma, London Metropolitan University, 1990
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Italy