Italian multinational advisory group Belluzzo International Partners has merged with Mercanti e Associati in Italy.

The combined firm will be named “Belluzzo Mercanti” in the domestic market and will bring the total number of professionals at Belluzzo International Partners to 73 worldwide.

The merger of the two practices creates an independent, international and multijurisdictional firm that will look to offer tailor-made services to a portfolio of clients in the areas of national and international tax systems, transfer pricing, wealth planning, trusts, generational changes alongside banking, finance, civil, commercial, company and real estate law.

Belluzzo International Partners is an independent, integrated and multidisciplinary firm that operates directly in London, Milan, Verona, Singapore and Lugano, and boasts international correspondents in over 100 countries worldwide. Mercanti e Associati is a renowned law and tax firm with offices in Milan and Verona.

The union has plans to grow significantly by combining the expertise in international wealth and tax from Belluzzo with the strong law practice in corporate, banking and real estate from Mercanti.

Luigi Belluzzo, founding partner of Belluzzo International Partners said: “Belluzzo Mercanti creates a new Italian practice that combines the expertise and experiences from Belluzzo, that has recently integrated TLF Studio Associato, with Mercanti and Associati. The new entity has plans to bring quality, expertise and experience to an increasingly demanding and international clientele, integrating also the pre-existing international presence of Belluzzo International Partners. 

"The merger strengthens our position in wealth, tax and finance law allowing us to maintain an excellent standard, particularly as a one-firm firm for family businesses, in Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Singapore as well as in the main financial districts, where we have reliable correspondents.”