Internationally active businesses
Cross-border transactions, taxation, disputes, reporting and corporate obligations.
Legal · Tax · Accounting · Corporate · Private clients
Complex matters.
Personal attention.
Legal, tax, accounting and private matters across borders. Independent specialists advise; TFO coordinates their work and stays with you from beginning to end.
Who we work with · Our core clients
Businesses and families.
Across borders.
For matters that cross jurisdictions, disciplines or generations.
Entrepreneurial families & family-owned groups
Succession, governance, trusts, residency and personal assets alongside business interests.
What we do · Professional services
Legal. Tax. Accounting.
And beyond.
Explore the work undertaken by independent specialists. TFO keeps the disciplines connected throughout the engagement.
International tax, carefully considered.
Planning, compliance and tax disputes across jurisdictions, addressed with the client's wider business and family interests in view.
Cross-border taxation
Tax disputes & administrative proceedings
International structuring
Direct and indirect taxes
Residency & permanent establishment
Tax litigation and dealings with tax authorities
Legal advice across borders.
Corporate transactions, contracts, governance and disputes handled by independent practices, with TFO following the wider mandate.
Corporate and commercial law
M&A, disposals & reorganisations
Contractual and dispute support
Notarial coordination
Cross-border company formation
Governance & company secretarial
Specialist capital advice for real estate.
Financing, joint ventures, fundraising and refinancing for property owners, investors and operators.
Real estate capital raising
Fund & joint venture capital
Liquidity solutions & recapitalisation
Debt advisory & refinancing
Selected asset brokerage
Institutional investor relationships
Notarial work, with the right local authority.
Notarisation, certification and legalisation through authorised independent notaries in the relevant jurisdiction.
Notarisation of documents
Powers of attorney
Apostilles & legalisation
Corporate document certification
Affidavits & declarations
Cross-border document coordination
Technology and intellectual property matter.
Protection of intellectual property, technology contracts, data, licences and digital assets.
Intellectual property protection
Trademarks, design rights & licensing
Software & technology contracts
Data protection & privacy
Blockchain & digital-asset issues
Technology transactions & disputes
Exceptional attention to the ordinary.
Accounts, bookkeeping, payroll and statutory filings aligned with the client's wider tax and corporate position.
Bookkeeping & management accounts
Statutory accounts & financial statements
VAT and tax returns
Payroll and employee administration
Company registrations & filings
Audit and compliance coordination
Trusts, trustees and long-term continuity.
From trust design to the appointment and ongoing work of independent trustees, alongside succession and family affairs.
Trust formation & structuring
Independent trustee services & appointments
Trust administration & reporting
Estate planning & family succession
Relocation, residency & family assets
Art advisory & collections
Qualified people, carefully selected.
Specialist search and selection for employers. Personnel supply is arranged only through appropriately authorised employment agencies.
Search & selection of qualified personnel
Executive search & headhunting
Staffing through authorised agencies
International recruitment coordination
Workforce planning & HR advisory
Employment law & payroll coordination
A considered public presence.
Strategic communications, media relations and reputation through specialist advisers.
Strategic communications & PR
Corporate positioning
Media relations
Stakeholder engagement
Reputation, privacy & image
Crisis communications
Industries
Industry knowledge.
Where it matters.
Selected sectors where our network brings particular experience. Our services are not limited to these industries.
For property owners, investors and developers navigating transactions, assets and obligations across borders.
Areas we coordinate
- Acquisitions, disposals and leases
- Property taxation and legal structuring
- Finance, capital and professional due diligence
For hotel owners, operators and investors balancing property, operations and international business requirements.
Areas we coordinate
- Hotel acquisitions and operating structures
- Management, leasing and commercial contracts
- Tax, employment and compliance questions
For creative and manufacturing businesses trading, sourcing and protecting their work internationally.
Areas we coordinate
- International commercial and supply agreements
- Brands, designs and intellectual property
- Cross-border corporate and tax questions
For insurance-sector businesses and policyholders facing cross-border contractual and regulatory complexity.
Areas we coordinate
- Corporate and regulatory legal questions
- Coverage disputes and contract matters
- Tax and international business structures
For publishers, producers and media businesses with international rights, partnerships and commercial operations.
Areas we coordinate
- Copyright, licensing and content rights
- Commercial contracts and partnerships
- Corporate, employment and tax matters
For collectors, families and art businesses considering ownership, transactions and longer-term stewardship.
Areas we coordinate
- Acquisition and sale documentation
- Cross-border ownership and tax considerations
- Succession, collections and specialist referrals
Our international network
UK, Italy and USA.
A wider network.
Independent expertise in the places our clients need it.
Local knowledge. Individual responsibility.
Partner locations, not TFO offices. Each professional works under a separate local mandate.
Principal marketsPrincipal professional centres, not necessarily TFO offices
United KingdomLondon
ItalyMilan · Naples · Rome
United StatesDover (DE)
Wider partner network · by region
Europe
- Czech Republic
- Luxembourg
- Poland
- Romania
- San Marino
- Switzerland
Rest of the world
- China
- Singapore
- United Arab Emirates
The people behind the work
People first.
Expertise by name.
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Featured professionals
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Elio Cocorullo
TFO Principal · Professional leadershipNaples · Milan · London · LuganoTax law · Complex tax disputes · Coordination of specialist professional advice
Matteo Cerri
TFO Key Relationship Manager · Client stewardshipUK / ITA / USAClient relationship management · International coordination · Discretion and continuity
Roberto Cuneo
Medelhan · Founder · Cross-sector networkMilan, ItalyHospitality development · Design and manufacturing networks · Real estate and branded residences · International partnerships
Donato Parete
TFO · Head of Commercial RelationsTrusts & succession · Recruitment & personnel selection · Qualified staffing through authorised agencies
Mauro Mattei
BE AdvisorsLondon, United KingdomUK and Italian taxation · Trust and estate planning · International art advisory
Anna Flanigan
SolutioRemote Accounting · Founder, MBA, ACCAUnited Kingdom · Remote practiceUK accounting and tax · Management accounts · Virtual finance management
Kuldip Bhatti
KB Solicitors & Notary Public · Notary PublicBracknell, United KingdomEnglish law · Property and business law · Notarisation and authentication · Powers of attorney · Apostilles
Cecilia Gozzoli
Cecilia Gozzoli Solicitors · Independent practice · Notary PublicLondon, United KingdomNotarial services for international clients · Powers of attorney · Certification · Apostilles and legalisation · England and Wales
Francesco Leone
Francesco Leone CommercialistaCorato · Rome · Milan, ItalyChartered accountancy · Statutory audit · Business finance and governance · ESG reporting
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Each professional remains independent and accepts engagements under their own professional rules and terms.
How TFO works
Independent advice.
One continuing relationship.
Several professional mandates, but never a hand-off into confusion. TFO stays involved; you decide what information is shared and with whom, subject to applicable professional and legal duties.
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Define the brief.
Scope, coordination fees and permissions agreed from the outset.
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Engage the experts.
Independent specialists advise under their own mandates.
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Keep the full picture.
TFO follows progress, documents and decisions to completion.
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Correspondence addresses · UK · Italy · USA
Dover (DE), USA
c/o Delaware Corporate Headquarters LLC8 The Green, Suite A
Dover, DE 19901
United States
Registered agent address · No client appointments.
London
c/o BE Advisors8 Hill Street, Mayfair
London W1J 5NG
United Kingdom
Milan
c/o Partners by TFOVia Lattuada 20
20135 Milano
Italy
Naples
c/o Elio CocorulloVia Vincenzo Arangio Ruiz 83
80122 Napoli
Italy
Rome
c/o Francesco Leone CommercialistaVia Flaminia 76
00196 Roma
Italy
By prior arrangement only. These are not TFO offices. Please confirm the receiving practice before sending documents; the Naples address awaits direct confirmation.