BNY Mellon promotes Operational Taxes specialist, Mariano Giralt, to Head of Global Tax Services

BNY Mellon has promoted Mariano Giralt from Head of Tax Services for EMEA to Global Head. Mariano is based in the London office and has been with the bank for over 4 years. He was previously an Exec Director at JP Morgan Chase and before that a tax lawyer with the law firm Cuatrecasas in Barcelona.

His role involves tax product strategy and development, project management, sales, market intelligence and risk management and acting as a primary contact for clients’ tax requests. He covers the following businesses: Global Custody, Fund Administration Services, Transfer Agency, Trustee & Depositary and Alternative Investments.

Main Tax Projects and responsibilities:

•Tax analysis at investors level:
Investor Tax Reporting: German Tax Reporting, Austrian Tax Reporting services, EUSD.
US Tax Reporting: Cost Basis (1099), FATCA, 1042

•Tax analysis at investment vehicle level:
Luxembourg FCPs, SICAVs and SICARs, Irish CCFs, PLCs, Unit Trusts, UK Limited Partnerships, OEICs, PFPVs, US Funds, Special Funds.
Fund pooling vehicles (tax transparent entities), offshore structures, REITs structures

•Tax analysis at investment level:
Tax market intelligence, tax efficiency, tax relief at source and via reclamation of investments and application of double tax treaties and European Court of Justice tax reclaim services.
Capital Gain Tax computations and Fin 48
Financial Transaction Taxes