Vittorio Salvadori di Wiesenhoff is a partner and a member of the tax department. Vittorio advises on the tax aspects of financial transactions, corporate reorganizations, M&A, private equity and real estate deals, both domestic and cross-border.
More in detail, Vittorio's areas of experience include:
- M&A: structuring domestic and cross-border acquisitions for both strategic and private equity investors
- Real estate: acquisition (and connected financing) disposal and letting of large scale retail, office and logistic portfolios, tax regime applicable to real estate funds and SICAFs
- Financial markets: structured finance transactions, securitizations, purchases of non performing loans by foreign investors, Italian financial transaction tax, domestic and cross-border financing, taxation of financial instruments, tax regime applicable to collective investment undertakings
- Employee remuneration: employment incentive schemes, flexible benefit plans
- Tax litigations: handling tax audits, pre-litigation settlement procedures and tax litigations (prevailingly financial intermediaries, in relation to allegedly abusive dividend washing schemes and other structured finance trades)
- Drafting ruling applications with the Italian authorities on all aspects of tax laws.
Vittorio is ranked in Legal 500, Chambers Europe and Chambers Global. He graduated summa cum laude from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan in 1994 and was admitted as a Dottore Commercialista (chartered accountant admitted to practice in tax courts) in 1995. Of Italian mother tongue, he speaks fluent English and French.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Vittorio was a tax partner in the Milan office of another international law firm. He focused his practice on all tax aspects connected to corporate, banking and finance, and real estate transactions.
- Recognised by Chambers Europe for Tax in Italy, 2019-2026
- Recognised by The Legal 500 EMEA as a Leading Partner for Tax in Italy, 2023-2026
- Recognised in The Best Lawyers in Italy™ for Tax Law with a special focus on Securitization, 2025
- Recognised by The Legal 500 EMEA for Tax in Italy, 2019-2023
- Ranked by MilanoFinanza in "The Best Lawyers and the Best Corporate Firms 2021" as a "Selected Lawyer" for M&A Tax Advisory
- Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. (2025-2028)
- Member of the Tax & Legal Commission of AIFI (the Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt)
- Member of the Board and Treasurer, Plan Italy
- Speaker, “Securitization as an investment tool,” Canova Club and K&L Gates Milan, 22 October 2026
- Speaker, “Irish Funds Milan Seminar,” Irish Funds Association, 24 October 2024
- Speaker, “Corporate Governance: creating value in times of transition,” ELITE, 26 January 2023
- Speaker, “ELITE Training RECAP,” ELITE and UBS at SDA Bocconi School of Management, addressing the tax aspects of the internationalization of Italian companies, 21 October 2021
- Panelist, “Tax Aspects in Private Equity Transactions” at the Tax & Legal Marathon, Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt (AIFI), 24 May 2021
- Speaker, "How to finance a scale-up in Italy," Endeavor Digital Event organized by Endeavor Italia, 1 December 2020
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“Transaction Costs and VAT Deductibility in Management Leveraged Buyouts (MLBO),” Wall Street Italia, May 2026
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“Tax incentive for qualifying investments by social security institutions and pension funds – fund-of-funds structures,” Italian Association of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt (AIFI), March 2026
- "Italian Financial Transaction Tax Implications of the Evolving Regulatory Landscape: The Exemption for Market Makers – An Update," tax article, 7 July 2020
- “La ricapitalizzazione delle imprese tra benefici e insidie”, Diritto24 - Il Sole 24 Ore, 21 May 2020
- “Transfer Pricing in Italy,” Lexology, 17 April 2018
- “Italian Financial Transaction Tax Implications of the Evolving Regulatory Landscape: The Exemption for Market Makers,” first published in Derivatives and Financial Instruments no. 1, vol. 20, January/February 2018, published with the permission of IBFD
- “Direct Lending by Alternative Investment Funds: The Italian Regulatory and Tax Framework,” Issue: Derivatives & Financial Instruments, 2017 (Volume 19), No. 3, 15 June 2017
- “Italy - Investing in Italian Real Estate Assets through Collective Investment Vehicles: An Overview of Tax Implications for Foreign Investors,” Derivatives and Financial Instruments no. 4, vol. 18, July/August 2016
- Mr. Salvadori di Wiesenhoff has written several articles in “European Taxation - IBFD” and “Derivatives and Financial Instruments - IBFD.”
