BENSAID Avocats is a French and Swiss tax firm founded in 2016, with offices in Paris, Geneva, Marseille, Cannes and Lisbon. Four partners lead four practices, supported by a team of around twenty lawyers, tax specialists and of counsel admitted to the Paris and Geneva bars.
The firm's indirect tax practice is led by partner François Ouairy. It covers French VAT and registration duties in full: VAT on real estate transactions (new buildings under article 257 of the French tax code, the option to tax, the margin scheme applied by dealers in land and buildings), the construction and resale undertakings of articles 1594-0 G and 1115 that reduce transfer duties to a fixed fee, the para-hotel regime applied to short-term rentals, VAT on works of art and collectibles, input VAT recovery, VAT fixed establishments of foreign companies in France, and the audits, assessments and litigation that follow from all of these.
Alongside indirect tax, the firm advises on real estate and private wealth taxation, international relocation (tax residence, exit tax, treaty relief, mutual administrative assistance), the transfer of family businesses under the Dutreil regime, trusts and the French fiducie, art and collection taxation, and structured and secured financing.
François Ouairy has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Tax Law since 2026. The firm is also ranked by Leaders League and Décideurs in private wealth taxation, real estate taxation and tax disputes.
