Dr Raffaele Petruzzi

Dr Raffaele Petruzzi, LL.M., is the Managing Director of the WU Transfer Pricing Center at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and an international tax advisor specializing in international corporate taxation and transfer pricing at L&P Global (Vienna, Austria) and at Ludovici Piccone & Partners (Milan, Italy).

Since 2007, Raffaele has gained extensive experience in dealing with topics related to international corporate taxation and transfer pricing, both from a professional and an academic perspective. From the professional perspective, he has gained relevant experience in advising clients on specific topics (e.g. international tax issues and transfer pricing issues related to services, permanent establishments, financing, business restructuring, intangibles, and indirect taxes), international tax and transfer pricing risk management and compliance, drafting and reviewing intra-group agreements, optimising international tax structures, as well as implementing mechanisms of dispute avoidance (e.g. rulings and APAs) and dispute resolution (e.g. MAPs and arbitrations). From the academic perspective, he is a frequent speaker in international conferences and lecturer of numerous courses (in Europe, Asia, and Latin America), as well as author of many publications on international tax and transfer pricing topics. Moreover, he regularly cooperates with professionals in advisory, the business community, governments and international organizations (e.g. OECD, United Nations, World Bank Group, European Union). Inter alia, he has gained experience in providing assistance on tax policy issues, capacity building for tax administrations, and advising governments on projects related to fight against tax evasion. Finally, amongst others, he is a member of the United Nations Subcommittee on Article 9 (Associated enterprises: Transfer Pricing), of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), and of Transfer Pricing Economists for Development (TPED).

Raffaele holds a Master of Science degree in Business Administration and Law (major: Corporate Taxation) at Bocconi University (Italy), a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in International Tax Law at WU, and a Ph.D. in International Business Taxation at WU.