Francesco Guelfi

Francesco Guelfi

Partner

Francesco has over 25 years’ experience advising Italian and international financial institutions, large multinationals and institutional investors on a wide range of tax, regulatory and accounting matters.
He focuses on banking and capital markets transactions, including syndicated loans, acquisition finance, real estate finance, project finance and project bonds, securitisations, hybrid instruments, structured finance transactions and derivatives.

Francesco also has extensive experience in international tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and reorganisations and in the relevant accounting issues under both Italian GAAP and IAS/IFRS. Francesco is a qualified lawyer, certified public accountant and registered auditor.

Expertise

Industries

Published Work

  • Francesco regularly contributes to several publications on various aspects of tax, regulatory and accounting matters

Speaking Engagements

  • Francesco regularly speaks at seminars and conventions.

Recognition

Francesco Guelfi has extremely high technical skills and is able to guide clients with great simplicity and clarity, even in highly complex matters.
Chambers & Partners Europe 2026 (Tax, Italy)
Francesco has great depth of knowledge and experience. He knows how to interpret tax matters and always provides original and practical interpretations of laws in Italy and he is also commercial.
Chambers & Partners Europe 2026 (Tax, Italy)

Awards

  • Professional of the Year Real Estate, Legalcommunity Tax Awards 2024
  • Financial Tax Lawyer of the Year, Legalcommunity Tax Awards 2022, Italy
  • Tax Finance Lawyer of the Year, Legalcommunity Finance & Tax Awards 2015, Italy

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as Avvocato (Lawyer), Italy, 2016
 
Dottore commercialista (tax counsel - CPA), Italy, 1994 
 
Revisore (auditor), Italy, 1994 

Academic

JD, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy, 2013
 
Degree in economics and finance, Bocconi University, Milan, 1994

Languages

English, Italian
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.