Dott. Daniele Zanella
Dottore Commercialista (Italian chartered accountant & tax advisor) | Revisore Legale (Italian statutory auditor)
Daniele Zanella has worked in tax, corporate and business advisory since 2005.
A graduate in Economics and Business from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, he is a Dottore Commercialista and Revisore Legale (Italian statutory auditor), auditor of local public entities and debt-crisis composition professional at the OCC of the ODCEC of Milan.
He gained the first part of his experience at leading tax and corporate advisory firms in Milan, working with companies and groups in large-scale retail, real estate, manufacturing and services.
Over the years he has extended his activity from taxation to finance and business strategy: financial planning, management control, CFO advisory, corporate and extraordinary transactions, real estate, startups and international development.
He has served as director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, liquidator, statutory board member, auditor, CFO and temporary manager.
In 2016 he founded TZ Partners, focused on the internationalization of Italian companies, following development projects in North America and Asia and corporate transactions in the United Arab Emirates.
In 2020 he founded Blackstone Advisor to take this evolution one step further: from compliance management to advisory on the decisions that shape the future of the business and its wealth.
- 01Degree in Economics and Business — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
- 02Dottore Commercialista — Italian chartered accountant and tax advisor
- 03Revisore Legale — statutory auditor registered in Italy
- 04Revisore degli Enti Locali — auditor of Italian local public entities
- 05Gestore della Crisi da Sovraindebitamento — debt-crisis composition professional at the OCC of the ODCEC of Milan
A method grounded in reality
First the people and the context. Then the business, the wealth and the numbers. Finally the objective.
Understanding where we are, identifying what works and what needs to change, measuring risks and resources, building scenarios and turning them into a concrete path.
Taxation remains an essential foundation, but it is read together with finance, strategy and corporate structure. Because a technically correct solution is not necessarily the best solution.
Independence before consensus
The advisor's task is not to confirm a decision that has already been made.
An investment must be sustainable. A corporate structure must have a rationale. A growth project must hold even when assumptions become less favourable.
When the numbers and the analysis indicate otherwise, it must be said. Even when it means saying no.
Looking ahead to decide today
Artificial intelligence, automation, new markets and economic transformations are changing the way businesses and professionals work, invest and compete.
The question is: what could become reality in five or ten years?
From there, we return to the present to understand what is already changing and which decisions are worth starting to take today. The goal is not to predict the future. It is to arrive prepared.
Technology where possible. Judgment where necessary.
Repetitive activities will be increasingly automated.
The professional's value will shift towards what requires experience and judgment: interpreting data, connecting information, assessing risk, building strategies and supporting decisions.
It is on this vision that Blackstone Advisor is building its advisory model.
Protect. Grow. Build.
First protect what has been built. Then create the conditions to grow.
Business, wealth and family are not separate worlds. Blackstone Advisor was created to keep them together: bringing order to complexity, anticipating risks and opportunities and supporting entrepreneurs and families in the decisions that matter.
Protect what you have built. Understand what is changing. Decide what to build next.