Prof. Dr. Stefano Grilli

Stefano Grilli is Professor of International Tax Law at the University of Milan Bicocca and also teaches in the postgraduate program.

He has a PhD in International and European Tax Law (University of Bergamo) and a Master of Advanced Studies in International Tax Law (International Tax Centre – Leiden University). Stefano is an international tax partner at Deloitte (Milan office) and has practical experience in international taxation.

He has been a visiting professor at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) of Beijing on international tax treaty matters, as well as a lecturer on double tax treaty and European Union tax law matters at the International Tax Centre – Leiden University. He has also lectured on European Union tax law matters at the University of Amsterdam, and on selected European Union tax matters at the New York Law School.

Dr. Grilli was Senior Counsel to the Italian Ministry of Finance for the Italian Presidency of G20 (2020-2022) in relation to international tax matters and Senior Counsel to the Italian Ministry of Finance for the Italian Presidency of G7 (2023-2025) in relation to international tax matters.

He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism. 

He is an “independent person of standing” as per Article 9 of the Council Directive (EU) 2017/1852 of 10 October 2017 on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union.

His research interests are primarily in the areas of international tax law. Grilli has published several articles and authored numerous chapters of books in the field of domestic and international tax law. He is a co-editor of a recently published book, Annotations on the OECD Global Anti-Abuse Erosion Model Rules (Pillar 2), published by Wolters Kluwer (2024).