Luigi Belluzzo

Luigi Belluzzo is a Fellow of Private Banking and Wealth Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management.

His expertise includes wealth planning for entrepreneurial families, individuals, trusts and family offices, governance and successor issues. Taxation, corporate reorganization and extraordinary finance complete his experience and professional competence.

He is Founding Partner of Belluzzo International Partners, an independent international studio and boutique-styled active in the Wealth | Law | Tax | Finance with offices in Milan, Verona, London, Singapore, Lugano, Montecarlo through an alliance, and correspondents in the main countries and jurisdiction in the 5 continents. In particular, he is head of the "Desk Italia" of the London firm, President of the Board of the Swiss firm and of the Management Committee of the Italian firm Belluzzo Mercanti, where he is an Equity partner.

Author of numerous articles and books, he is a regular speaker at in-depth courses and seminars or masters, including those of Il Sole 24 Ore in Italy and Trust & Trustees (Oxford University Press), of which he is an Italian correspondent. Among the various publications, the “Guide to Wealth Planning” (2008 - 2016) stands out for the types of the Sole 24 Ore and the manual “Il Wealth Planning” (2021) for EGEA.

He is Vice-Chair of EUROPE STEP - Advising Families Across Generations, member of IFA - International Fiscal Association, member of the scientific committee of ANCP - National Association of Wealth Consultants and of other sector associations.

With dual qualifications in Italy and the UK, registered with OECDC and ICAEW, he is very active on a cross-border basis throughout Europe with strong connections in the main world financial centers.

He is married with three children.

Teaching domains

• Tax and Legal Planning
• Private Banking
• Family Office
• Advisory Services
• M&A

Companies

• Vice Chair Step Europe STEP – Advising Families Across Generations (2020)
• SDA Professor di Intermediazione Finanziaria e Assicurazioni SDA Bocconi School of Management (2000)
• Partner Belluzzo International Partners (1996)
• Chair STEP Italy (2016 — 2020)
• Partner PKF International (2000 — 2005)
• Local and National Italian Team AIESEC (1989 — 1992)

Latest publications

BELLUZZO L. Taxation of trusts in Italy: new developments Trusts & Trustees, 2022, vol.28, no. 1, pp.15-18

BELLUZZO L. Il Wealth Planning: strumenti e soluzioni Egea, Milano, Italy, 2022

BELLUZZO L., SANTI E. Il monitoraggio fiscale per trusts: la posizione dell’Amministrazione e il contributo informativo offerto dal CRS Fiscalità & Commercio Internazionale, 2021, vol.2

BELLUZZO L. The distributions by foreign trusts to Italian tax residence beneficiaries: the new rules Trusts & Trustees, 2021, vol.26, no. 8-9, pp.767-774

BELLUZZO L. (ED.) Antiriciclaggio Il Sole 24 Ore, Milano, Italy, 2020

BELLUZZO L., SANTI E. Il monitoraggio fiscale per trusts e fondazioni alla luce delle recenti posizioni dell’amministrazione e della prassi Fiscalità & Commercio Internazionale, 2019, vol.10, pp.5-13

Grants & Honors

• Best Professional - Wealth Management - Top Legal Industry Awards , 2021
• Best Professional - Voluntary Disclosure - Legalcommunity Tax Awards , 2017
• Best Professional - Wealth Management - Top Legal Industry Awards , 2017
• Leading Lawyer in Tax - Chambers Europe Legal Publisher , 2014
• Migliore Professionista Settore Fiscalità Nazionale - Le Fonti Awards , 2014