Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2025 
Adea Meidani is a Paris tax lawyer and co-founder of Overshield Avocats.
She advises individuals, families and companies on domestic and international tax. Her work covers wealth and estate planning, real estate restructuring and refinancing, cross-border transactions, and transfers of domicile or corporate seat. She also handles inheritance disputes and settlement agreements that involve several jurisdictions.
Adea has extensive experience of the French tax treatment of foreign trusts with a French connection.
She started her career in London, then joined the Paris office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. She went on to spend 13 years at CMS Francis Lefebvre, before co-founding Overshield Avocats in 2023.
She has written widely on trusts and estate planning topics, France-UK matters, real estate restructuring, cross-border gifts and charitable giving and the taxation of art.
She is a member of the IACF, IFA, IBA and STEP. She is fluent in French, English and Italian, and has professional proficiency in German.
