Finance Monthly Global Awards 2016 Edition

IRELAND TAX PLANNING FIRM OF THE YEAR Winner: Firm Profile TRA Professional Services, situated at 78-80 Amiens Street in the centre of Dublin city, was established in 2010 by Joe Cunnane and has now become one of the country’s leading tax and business advisers to small and medium sized businesses. Joe has over 22 years experience working in both private practice and industry in Ireland and overseas. Joe was a founding member of the DCA Chartered accounts bringing them from a start-up in 2003 to a top twenty practice firm in Ireland in 2007. He has covered large organisations to smaller practices so is accustomed to all types and sizes of business. Our staff have over 50 years of collective experience in serving small and medium sized businesses. TRA Professional Services offers high expertise in traditional accountancy and tax advice for new company formations, sole traders and partnerships. The main focus is to deliver excellent customer service teamed with the provision of value by way of tax efficient solutions. TRA Professionals Services has achieved significant results for our clients in the past for example: • Generation of tax savings for various clients from €70k to €500k as a result of tax efficient restructuring of business. • Providing advice regarding the long term tax efficient planning regarding protection of assets to the value of €2.5m • Overall restructuring of clients business portfolio which resulted in an easing of financial burden by circa €1m. • Structuring plans to minimise tax payable in Ireland and varying EU countries regarding specific projects both from a corporate and personal level. Projected savings up to €5m ‘Financial Freedom’ is the motto of TRA Professional Services as we strive to achieve the best possible outcome for all our clients through the delivery of support and service excellence. Even to this day it continues to grow and improve whilst helping our customers to do the same in their respected areas. Please see the link to a value charter for more information on the mission and values of our practice: http://tra-professional.ie/value-charter/ Contact Details: TRA Professional Services 78-80 Amiens Street, Dublin, Ireland Tel: 01-8944594 Email: joe@tra-professional.ie Web: www.tra-professional.ie About Joe Cunnane Practice Owner - TRA Professional Services Joe has over 22 years experience working in both private practice and industry in Ireland and abroad. 2003 - Joe was one of the founding members of an Irish accountancy practice bringing it from a start up to a top twenty firm by 2007. 2010 - Joe made the decision to establish his own practice. The main focus would be a commitment to deliver excellent customer service teamed with the provision of value by way of tax efficient solutions for, but not exclusive to, SME’s. Customer Service and tax planning are an integral part of the overall mission of the practice. We pride ourselves on assisting our clients in achieving their Financial Freedom. Joe and the team at TRA have been professionally providing tax efficient solutions to clients for a number of years. ITALY CORPORATE LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Firm Profile Stelé Perelli is an independent Law Firm set up by Daniela Stelé and Alessandra Perelli with offices in Milan and Rome. The Founder Partners, as well as the other members of the Firm, have acquired their expertise either in primary Italian law firms and in international firms or as in-house counsel of multinational corporations in Italy and abroad. Such expertise results in good knowledge of the business and the legal systems of other countries, as well as high-quality, consistent and timely services through a supple structure aimed at encouraging the direct involvement of the Partners of the Firm vis-à-vis clients. Stelé Perelli regularly assists clients in the fields of M&A, Business Contracts, Litigation, Real Estate, Financial Markets and Compliance. For more than twenty years, the members of the Firm have assisted clients of the industrial and commercial fields as well as private equity funds, in complex, domestic and international transactions in connection with the transfer of equity holdings, the creation of joint ventures and the sale of assets. Stelé Perelli draws on its extensive M&A experience in diverse industries such as: IT, luxury products, food, pharmaceutical products, bank and insurance. The ability of the members of the Firm to identify the peculiarities and the critical issues arising out in such fields allows them to offer clients cutting edge and prompt solutions to their legal needs. The Firm provides assistance in the different stages of the transaction: in the identification of the seller/purchaser or the business partner, during the due diligence, in the drafting and negotiation of the contract and the accomplishment of all steps necessary to close the transaction, including the notifications to the antitrust and any other competent authority. A number of Stele Perelli’s clients take part in the international ratings, such as the 250 Top Consumers Products Industries and the World’s Most Valuable Luxury Brands. The Firm also maintains solid relationships with Law Firms in other jurisdictions such as: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paris, Istanbul, Lisbon, Dubai, Moscow. Contact Details: Stelé Perelli Studio Legale Via Lodovico Ariosto, 6 20145 Milan Tel.: +39. 02 3033431 Fax.: +39. 02 303343.30 info@splaw.it Winner: 22 www.finance-monthly.com