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Giulia is senior partner in the private client and tax team and head of tax and wealth planning in Italy.
She brings a wealth of international experience as a strategic advisor, with in-depth knowledge in both corporate and personal Italian and international tax matters. Her areas of specialization include tax compliance, tax litigation, and tax rulings before the Italian Tax Authorities, as well as wealth planning, tax and digital assets, inheritance tax planning, and the structuring and taxation of trusts.
Navigating the evolving landscape of global mobility, Giulia advises on the Italian Flat Tax Regime for new residents, Inbound Regime, as well as other bespoke tax incentives for individuals and companies relocating to Italy. She provides integrated cross-border advice also on immigration and civil matters, with a particular focus on Investor Visa applications, international prenup and matrimonial property regimes, international wills and dual citizenships.
Notably, she has substantial expertise in assisting private clients from Latin America, with a particular focus on Brazilian and Mexican clients, as well as extensive experience advising clients from Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa and Australia.
To meet growing demand in the art sector, Giulia and her team became a point of reference for art-related matters concerning tax, mobility of art pieces and collections, wealth management and transgenerational planning. Their expertise includes also loan agreements, import/export, customs (e.g., temporary admission), contracts, and due diligence, reinforcing Withers' distinguished position in the global arts and creative industries landscape. She also leads the philanthropy and charitable assistance in Italy, advising prominent charitable entities, foundations, charitable trusts linked to HNWIs, fashion brands, museums, art and cultural institutions.
As the result of her pioneering work in the private client and tax sector, Giulia and her award-winning team is now the market leader in advising Italian and international HNWIs and families, entrepreneurs, trustees, foundations, charities, figures from the arts, fashion, and sports sectors, as well as major global brands and corporates.
She also advises family-owned businesses on succession planning, governance structures, and cross-border tax strategies, supporting generational transitions and long-term sustainability.
Giulia is the global coordinator of the Withers Continental Europe SIG (special interest group) and a key-member of the International Family Business SIG, the Art SIG, the Charities and Philanthropy SIG and the Israel and Latin America SIGs at Withers.
Moreover, she has been recognized as a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) by STEP and she is currently a member of the board of the Scientific Committee of STEP Italy Branch and a member of the Philanthropy Advisors SIG Steering Committee worldwide. She has been key speaker at several STEP events in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, LATAM Area, Singapore, London, Italy, Cyprus and Switzerland. She is also a key speaker at the Institute for Family Governance (IFG) Conferences. Furthermore, she is often a panelist at the Italian Embassy in Washington, the Italian Consulate in Singapore, New York and Miami, in which presents, together with Government representatives, the Italian res non-dom regime and its main features.
In 2025, Giulia was elected member of the advisory board of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA) and since 2023, she is part of the Milan Bar's Tax Disputes Commission.
She has been recognized since 2018 by the international legal directory Chambers, in the High Net Word guide, as one of the best Private Wealth Lawyer in Italy.
Recent recognition
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Track record
International music bands review of corporate structure and management contracts as well as a band's member relocation to Italy
Assisted well-known international music band as well as one of their members, in the review of his international corporate structure and contracts for the management of the band musical and image rights, also in light of the new Italian tax residence of one of the band's members.
Fashion business
Assisted the Italian subsidiary of a French fashion house in relation to the management of their brand under new Patent Box regulations.
Italian professional football league
Assisted an Italian professional football league on tax matters.
Major Japanese fashion
Advised a major Japanese fashion brand on tax issues relating to the opening of a branch in Italy.
US property company
Assisted a US property company with the tax aspects of their acquisition and cross-border financing of a flagship property located in Milan's prestigious fashion district.
Well-known international sportsman
Assisted a well-known international sportsman with the creation of an Italian charity to support philanthropic projects and fundraising events in Italy.
Talks
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'Will My Estate Plan Travel Abroad?' and 'International Income Taxation of Trusts,' STEP International Tax and Estate Planning Forum - May 4, 2022, speaker
- Giulia has appeared several times on Class CNBC TV commenting on topical tax matters
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Interviewed here after receiving Legalcommunity's 2016 award for tax innovation, Giulia Cipollini comments on the advantages of the new Patent Box regime for Italian companies.
Insight
External publications
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'Moving mountains. What it means to create a life in a new country, by choice or by force,' Withersworldwide, 7 May 2021, co-author
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'The export of artworks from Italy is made easier at last,' Withersworldwide, 9 November 2020
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'Nuove frontiere del wealth Management', Privatebankingweb.com, 21 April 2017 co-authored with Giada Mazzola
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'Parte la caccia ai ricchi di Londra', Pagina 99, 4 April 2017
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'Benvenuto in Italia', Tax Advisor, 1 April 2017 co-authored with Giorgio Vaselli
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'Exchange of Information and Italians with Overseas Tax Residence: Italian Tax Authorities Gain Significant New Tax Audit Powers', Global Tax Weekly, 23 March 2017 co-authored with Giada Mazzola
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'Recent Italian Tax Developments', Global Tax Review, 8 December 2016 co-authored with Giada Mazzola
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'Italy Seeks to Use IP Tax Relief to Spur Innovation', Bloomberg BNA - April 2016
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'Italian Job', Accountancy - January 2016
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'All roads lead to Rome - The most attractive changes for cross-border investments', STEP - Journal - December 2015
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'The New Italian Patent Box Regime', International Tax Review - September 2015
Admissions
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Italy, 2003
Education
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IBFD - International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, PhD from La Sapienza School of Law, Italy
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University of Ferrara, Italy, JD equivalent, magna cum laude, post-graduate course in International Taxation
Languages
- English
- Italian
Memberships
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Special Commission on Fiscal Studies of the National Council of Italian Notary Publics in Rome, 2002-2007
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AITC Association of International Tax Consultants (Board member)
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Italian Charity Committee of 100 Women in Hedge Funds
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Associazione Studi Legali Italiani Commission on Taxation and Trusts
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Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Board member and Secretary of the Italian Branch)
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International Fiscal Association
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'Il Trust in Italia'
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Italian Bar
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'Wealth Planning Journal', advisory board
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Novak Djokovic Foundation ONLUS, Vice President
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Member of the advisory board of the International Tax Planning Association (ITPA)
Key dates
- Year joined: 2014
- Year became partner: 2015