Founding Members

DS Tax & Legal Law Firm
Stefano Dorigo
Professor and Tax Lawyer

Stefano Dorigo, founder of DS Tax&Legal firm based in Florence. Former founding partner of Cordeiro Guerra & Associati, he is currently Associate Professor of Tax Law at the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Florence, where he teaches Tax Law and International Tax Law.

His main areas of professional activity are corporate tax law and international and European Union tax law, as well as criminal-tax law and litigation. The most recent areas of interest are tax compliance, taxation of digital and hi-tech enterprises and taxation of foreign investments in Italy, both of companies and individuals. He is an expert in domestic and international procedures for preventive agreements between companies and the tax authorities, as well as in mutual agreement procedures under Double Taxation Conventions and EU Law.

He is a member of the editorial board of Rivista Trimestrale di diritto tributario and of the Florence editorial office of Rivista di diritto tributario internazionale. Author of three monographs and more than 80 essays published in Italian and European scientific journals, he is a member of EATLPEuropean Association of Tax Law Professors and AIPSDTItalian Association of Tax Law Professors and Scholars, as well as of the European Public Law Group at EPLO.

Giuseppe Salvi
Tax Lawyer

Giuseppe Salvi, former partner of Cordeiro Guerra & Associati and currently founding partner of DS Tax & Legal. Author of numerous scientific and professional publications in specialized journals, including the following monographs:

  • L’opposizione all’Ipoteca – Gli atti della riscossione – Gli strumenti a difesa del contribuente“, published by Simone Editore in June 2014
  • Gli strumenti deflattivi del contenzioso tributario” published in December 2010 by Gruppo Sole 24 Ore.

Formerly Adjunct Professor in Law and Economics, he has been Lecturer at the school of specialization of tax lawyers organized by UNCAT (National Unione of Tax Chambers).
He has taught in the course of tax law at the school of specialization for legal professions at the University of Florence. Master’s degree in criminal tax law obtained in 2017 at the University of Florence.

Professionals

Chiara Celesti
Attorney at Law - Ph.D. in Business & Law

Chiara Celesti was admitted to the Bar as Attorney at Law in 2014 and deals mainly with corporate tax law and tax treatment of real estate investments by focusing in particular on foreign clients, both corporate and private.
After having graduated in 2011 with a dissertation on the tax treatment of inbound dividends, she has been honorary fellow and lecturer in Tax Law at the University of Florence since 2013 and she was awarded her Doctoral Degree at the University of Brescia/Bergamo with a thesis on aggressive tax planning and corporate social responsibility.
During her doctorate she has been speaker at many seminars and author of several publications, including two chapters on subjects and cases of money laundering in the “Treatise on Sanctions in Tax Law” directed by A. Giovannini and edited by A. Di Martino and E. Marzaduri.

Chiara Cinotti
Attorney at Law

Chiara Cinotti, graduated with honors in Tax Law from the University of Florence with a thesis on Criminal Tax Law, has carried out her professional practice in Criminal Law. She is currently pursuing a second master’s degree in Economics at the University of Bologna.

Pietro Olianti
Trainee Lawyer

Pietro Olianti, praticante avvocato di DS Tax & Legal, si è laureato a pieni voti presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze con una tesi in diritto tributario internazionale, dove ha avuto l’occasione di approfondire tematiche attuali come la pianificazione fiscale aggressiva e il BEPS. Si occupa prevalentemente di diritto tributario domestico ed internazionale.

Francesca Prosperi
Attorney at Law

Francesca Prosperi, avvocato di DS Tax & Legal, si è laureata a pieni voti presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze discutendo una tesi in diritto tributario dal titolo “Il regime di tassazione dei dividendi nel diritto tributario interno”.

Da novembre 2022 svolge il dottorato di ricerca in diritto tributario presso l’Università degli Studi di Pisa, occupandosi prevalentemente di tematiche quali la Corporate social responsibility, la fiscalità degli enti no-profit e delle società benefit.

Opera nell’ambito del diritto tributario domestico e del diritto penale tributario.

Isabella Maione Mannamo
Trainee Lawyer

Isabella Maione Mannamo, laureata presso l’Università di Firenze. Ha svolto la pratica forense focalizzandosi prevalentemente sul diritto civile e su quello societario. Attualmente si occupa di diritto tributario nazionale ed internazionaletax compliance ed anche di diritto societario e dei relativi risvolti fiscali con il ruolo di junior associate.

Martina Pizzicoli
Trainee Lawyer

Martina Pizzicoli, praticante avvocato di DS Tax & Legal, si è laureata cum laude presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze con una tesi di diritto tributario internazionale relativa all’approfondimento delle implicazioni fiscali e doganali in ambito IVA e Transfer Pricing. Attualmente si occupa di diritto tributario domestico e internazionale.

 

Cosimo Papi
Trainee Lawyer

Francesca Prosperi, avvocato di DS Tax & Legal, si è laureata a pieni voti presso l’Università degli Studi di Firenze discutendo una tesi in diritto tributario dal titolo “Il regime di tassazione dei dividendi nel diritto tributario interno”.

Da novembre 2022 svolge il dottorato di ricerca in diritto tributario presso l’Università degli Studi di Pisa, occupandosi prevalentemente di tematiche quali la Corporate social responsibility, la fiscalità degli enti no-profit e delle società benefit.

Opera nell’ambito del diritto tributario domestico e del diritto penale tributario.