Valeria provides advice to companies, national and foreign, in the customs, VAT and excise fields. In particular, she assists her customers in customs planning, in obtaining customs authorizations (tax deposits, rulings, authorized and registered exporter – Rex, ITV and IVO, etc.), as well as in obtaining the AEO authorization (economic operator authorized).
It supports companies in the development of procedures aimed at safely managing customs operations under all relevant profiles: classification of goods, preferential and non-preferential origin (Made in) and customs value (e.g., royalties, transport and insurance costs, etc.).
She provides advice on import control (e.g., restrictive measures, anti-dumping and countervailing duties) and export control, with particular attention to the discipline of the so-called Dual Use products and the drafting of the related Internal Compliance Programs.
Valeria represents companies in customs litigation, as well as in administrative disputes before the Chambers of Commerce and Metropolitan Cities (e.g., disputes relating to Made in, CE marking, etc.) and carries out defensive activities in criminal proceedings initiated following customs disputes and tax.
Finally, she offers advice in the field of harmonized and non-harmonized excise duties.
Valeria has been a member of the firm since 2021. Previously, she collaborated with leading Italian tax and customs law firms, including Armella & Associati. Subsequently she founded the Ugolini Baldi Fraternali Piemontese (UBFP) associated law firm with offices in Genoa and Milan and was manager of the Trade & Customs Team of the Associated Firm – legal and tax consultancy KPMG.
