Best Lawyers in France for Tax Law
Practice Area Overview
A tax lawyer helps a company or a private individual to evaluate the tax implications of their business decisions, and to choose the most tax-efficient solutions to achieve the taxpayer’s objectives. The client is reassured by the knowledge that they are in compliance not only with the letter of the law, but also - and this is a specific feature of tax law – with the spirit of the law. This is because a taxpayer who does not comply with the aim of tax legislation may breach anti-avoidance provisions (known in French as ‘abuse of law’ provisions). A tax lawyer will review and advise on taxation or double taxation paid by a taxpayer, sometimes unknowingly in the course of international transactions.
A tax lawyer will defend companies or private individuals against a determination by a revenue authority that tax deductions are either not legally funded, or that the tax paid does not reflect the true economic position of the taxpayer. That may involve the tax lawyer either seeking an agreement with the revenue authority or defending a case in a contested hearing before the courts. Such a defence will challenge the legal basis of the tax adjustment, as well as challenging the procedural fairness of the assessment and determination by the revenue authority.
Finally, a tax lawyer must defend his client against civil penalties that are often broadly imposed without consideration of the individual circumstances of a taxpayer, or against criminal offences frequently filed by the revenue authority against taxpayers. In this regard, a tax lawyer must therefore also be a criminal lawyer.
L’avocat en droit fiscal aide l’entreprise ou le particulier à déterminer les conséquences fiscales de ses décisions et à choisir la voie la moins imposée pour atteindre ses objectifs. Il lui apporte la sécurité de savoir qu’il est en conformité non seulement avec la lettre de la loi mais en outre – et ceci est une spécificité du droit fiscal – avec l’esprit de la législation, que le contribuable doit assimiler sous peine de commettre un abus de droit. Il s’attache à détecter les surimpositions ou les double-impositions que l’entreprise subit sans en avoir conscience ou bien sans parvenir à les éliminer, notamment en matière de transactions internationales. Il défend les entreprises et les particuliers face aux redressements qui ne sont pas fondés en droit, ou bien qui sont contraires à la logique économique. Pour cela l’avocat recherche soit un accord amiable avec l’administration, soit une victoire contentieuse devant le juge de l’impôt. Il ne se borne pas à contester le bien-fondé des redressements, mais il audite la régularité des opérations de contrôle et fait valoir toute irrégularité de procédure. Enfin il doit défendre son client contre les sanctions administratives que l’administration applique trop systématiquement, et contre les plaintes pénales que l’administration fiscale dépose de plus en plus fréquemment contre les contribuables : l’avocat en droit fiscal doit par conséquent être également un avocat pénaliste.
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Jean-Christophe Amy practises in mergers & acquisitions and corporate law. He has also developed an expertise in corporate taxation. He assists French and international groups, listed or not, for their corporate finance operations, such as acquisitions, divestitures or joint-ventures. He also advises his clients for the structuring and the implementation of complex group reorganizations. His practice covers notably health and life sciences, renewable energies, food & beverage and comm...
Florence Bilger is partner in the Tax department of our Paris office. She focuses her practice on the tax aspects of investments, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. Florence has experience representing French and international clients in their inbound investments and restructuring transactions. She also advises French clients in the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including structuring transactions, conducting due diligence, and handling post-acquisition advice and litigat...
Xavier DELSOL is the founder and co-head of the Non-Profit Organizations Department. He has developed recognized expertise in both advisory work and litigation in : taxation of associations and non-profit organizations organization, management and restructuring of associations and non-profit organizations collective worship law tourism law sports law culture law education law patronage and sponsorship. He works primarily for associations, foundations, endowment funds, mutual structures, profe...
Edouard’s practice focuses on corporate taxation, both domestic and international, and tax litigation. He is mostly involved in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions as well as in the resolution of complex tax issues for his clients (tax planning, reorganizations, financing, international development). He also assists executives in personal tax matters as well as groups and institutions in their non-profit activities. Edouard has significant experience in the healthcare and new...
Partner of BG2V since 2017 - Member of the Paris Bar since 2001 Experience : BG2V, Redlink, Nixon Peadbody, Taylor Wessing France, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre. Education : DESS in Notarial Law, University of Caen, DESS in Tax and Commercial Law, University of Caen. Practice areas : Jean-Sébastien assists French and international groups in the media, new technologies and property sectors in managing their tax issues, as well as senior executives in organizing their assets and tra...
With extensive experience, Henri-Nicolas Fleurance has built a solid reputation within the legal services market in the restructuring of French and international groups, taking into account legal, tax, labour and refinancing issues.Senior corporate officers appreciate Henri-Nicolas Fleurance’ comprehensive expertise (mergers and acquisitions, labour and tax aspects), along with his extensive and diversified experience, providing immediate, cutting-edge advice in the selection and implem...
Mathieu LE TACON is co-head of the « Wealth law & taxation » department. He has developed recognized expertise in asset taxation and taxation of family-run companies : taxation of restructuring operations (mergers, transfers of all assets and liabilities, founding and activation of French and foreign holding companies, active or inactive) taxation of company transfers (LBOs, OBOs, etc.) organization and optimization of asset transfers (implementation of DUTREIL agreements, man...
Eglantine Lioret specializes in tax law, more specifically in transactional tax, in both advisory and litigation matters. She advises French and foreign clients on their domestic and cross-border issues, within the framework of the structuring of their acquisitions and the reorganization of their assets. With specific expertise in the tax structuring of investment vehicles in Europe, Eglantine Lioret has developed a specific expertise in the real estate sector. Eglantine Lioret also assists c...
Known for his expertise in international taxation and transfer pricing, Cyril Maucour advises and represents a French and international client base comprising entrepreneurs, growing companies, startups, SMEs and large groups operating in various sectors such as industry, technology, fashion, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy. He provides guidance and support to French companies in their international expansion, offering specific expertise on foreign tax regimes. He assists foreign groups ...
Julien MONSENEGO is partner and co-head of the « Corporate taxation » department. He advises French and foreign companies on their domestic and international investments, strategic decisions, and day-to-day operations for more than twenty years. He has significant experience in establishing policies and documentation for transfer pricing and cross-border tax structures, R&D and intangible assets (patent and software revenues, CIR) taxation as well as sub-plan of stock-options ...
Thomas has a diversified practice that emphasizes matters in international and domestic taxation, with special experience in advising private equity funds and managers with their leveraged buyouts and in capital development transaction as well as companies on their growth strategies or reorganizations. Over the years, Thomas Pulcini earned the trust of many leading players in private equity across Europe, advising them in major mid-market LBO transactions with a nexus to France.
Vincent Schmitt’s area of practice covers tax advice and tax litigation regarding both corporate and individual clients. He is mainly involved in international operations (including transfer pricing) and complex corporate structuring, domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions. He also advises international families with their investments in France or abroad and for international private tax planning. His practice area also covers all aspects of French tax litigation (defence fo...
With more than 30 years of experience, Laetitia Squercioni is specialized in tax law. She has regularly been dealing with matters involving the tax management of the income and personal assets of private individuals (French or foreign) and taxation of companies, providing advice and assistance on litigation. Laetitia gets regularly involved in providing assistance to individuals (managers or company officers notably) to deal with their tax issues (wealth tax, inheritance tax issues in interna...
Frédéric SUBRA is co-head of the LYON office’s "Wealth law & taxation" and "Corporate taxation" Departments. Alongside standard services in tax law (repeat advisory work and litigation management), he has developed recognized expertise in : taxation linked to mergers and acquisitions and more generally to company restructurings and transfers taxation of groups of companies, tax consolidation, global consolidation tax audits during closures of accounts or acquisitions, ...
Founding Partner of BG2V since 2010 - Member of the Paris Bar since 2002 Experience : BG2V, Franklin, Deloitte & Touche Legal ad Taw, Tax Management of the Crédit Lyonnais. Education : DESS of International Taxation, University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, Higher Institute of Interpreting and Translation. Practice areas : Jean-Marc specializes in corporate taxation, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs, transaction taxation, property taxation and executive taxation. He als...
Christophe Vezinhet joined CMS Francis Lefebvre's tax department in 2000, specializing in direct taxation, including real estate taxation, corporate and local authority taxation, taxation of restructuring and development operations, advice on adapting structures, and tax litigation and assistance in monitoring audit operations. He holds a master's degree in business law from the University of Cergy-Pontoise (1998) and a postgraduate diploma in business law (DESS de juriste d'affaires / DJCE) ...
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