Bio

Marco Cerrato was admitted to the Bar in 1995. He obtained in 1997 an LL.M. in Tax at the London School of Economics and in 2000 a PhD in Tax at the University of Pavia. He is author of many publications on tax matters and is frequent speaker at congresses. He has been lecturer of Tax at the faculty of laws of the University LIUC of Castellanza between 2000 and 2022 and since 2021 he is the scientific co-director of the advanced training course on the Protection, Transmission and Management of Family Estates jointly organized by Step Italy and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He is lecturer and coordinator of the advanced course in International Management of Family Wealth at the International University of Monaco from 2023. He joined Maisto e Associati in 1997 where he is partner since 2003. He has an extensive experience in domestic, European and international tax controversies and in tax disputes resolutions through settlements, arbitration and mutual assistance procedures. Since 2008 he is admitted to the Supreme Court. With respect to the consultancy practice his areas of expertise covers Italian and international taxation, the assistance in potential tax controversies and tax penalties, as well as the taxation of trusts, estate tax planning and regularisation procedures. In 2015 and 2016 he has been member of the Committee of Experts on Tax and Economic Policy of the Presidency of the Italian Counsel of Ministries. In 2023 he was appointed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance as member of the Technical Committee established for the implementation of the Italian Tax Reform. Since 2018 he has been member of the board of the Italian branch of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and is its current Chairman since November 2020. Since 2022 he is Deputy Chair of STEP Europe Regional Committee. Since 2023 he is the coordinator of the Tax Litigation Commission at the Milan Bar.