ADVANT Nctm takes a new, significant step in its strategic growth path. The firm indeed announces the joining of Luca La Barbera as a partner and the launch, within the Tax division, of a new practice area dedicated to the Cooperative Compliance regime and the proactive management of corporate tax risk, led by La Barbera himself.
The new structure will focus on the design of the Tax Control Framework and on advising on the adoption of organisational models that facilitate transparent and collaborative dialogue with tax authorities, assisting in particular businesses through all stages of the process of joining and managing the Cooperative Compliance regime. The launch of such practice area places ADVANT Nctm among the first Italian law firms to have a team dedicated to Cooperative Compliance, allowing businesses to benefit from the scheme as early as the 2026 financial year.
A professional with over 20 years of proven experience in the tax field - gained in leading industrial and fashion companies and strenghtened at Accenture as Managing Director Tax for Southern & Central Europe & Middle East for more than fifteen years, Luca La Barbera has developed leading expertise in the creation and implementation of tax control frameworks (TCFs) and in the Cooperative Compliance admission and management process, helping to define standards that are now benchmarks for Italian and international businesses.
The Cooperative Compliance regime is set to play a central role in the coming years and represents one of the most promising areas for Italian tax law, renewing and innovating the relationship between tax authorities and businesses according to the principles of transparency and mutual trust and promoting preventive and shared tax risk management. The prospects for the development of the scheme are particularly significant thanks to the gradual reduction of the access threshold, which will be €500 million in turnover from 2026 and €100 million from 2028, significantly increasing the number of eligible businesses.
The entry of Luca La Barbera and the creation of the new business area strenghten ADVANT Nctm’s growth strategy, achieved through the aggregation of boutiques or teams of highly specialised professionals in complementary and synergistic fields. Over the last year, the firm has sped up this process with significant transactions involving regulatory, corporate criminal and labour law, which also led to the creation of dedicated practice areas.
Today, with Luca La Barbera and the launch of the practice area dedicated to Cooperative Compliance, such strategic development approach, including lateral hires, extends to the tax department (currently comprising around 30 professionals), an area experiencing strong growth and increasingly crucial in the field of client advisory services.
“The arrival of Luca La Barbera is further confirmation of our targeted growth strategy, based on attracting professionals or firms with highly distinctive skills and high development potential. Such approach allows us not only to continue investing in talents and specialisations capable of bringing immediate and long-term value, but also to constantly expand our range of services and anticipate the needs of a rapidly evolving market, focusing on innovation and high-quality advice to respond effectively to the businesses’ challenges” said Paolo Montironi, Senior Partner at ADVANT Nctm.
“I am particularly proud to join ADVANT Nctm, a firm that has proven its ability to grow with vision, investing in areas with great prospects. Collaborative compliance is set to become a pillar of the Italian tax system, and I believe that our work can make a real contribution to spreading tax risk management models based on transparency and dialogue with the authorities, creating value for businesses and for the country. Being able to develop such project within a firm of the calibre of ADVANT Nctm is a strong incentive for me to contribute concretely to the growth and strengthening of the firm in the long term,” said Luca La Barbera.
With Luca La Barbera joining the firm, the total number of partners at ADVANT Nctm rises to 85.
