Assogna · Law Firm
Assogna · Law Firm
Law firm · Paris

Protecting the individual, their work, their wealth.

Tax law — Wealth and estate law — Employment law
Firm founded by Sandro Assogna · Member of the Paris Bar
Practice areas

A cross-disciplinary practice,
shaped by complex matters.

At the intersection of tax law, wealth and estate law and employment law, the firm advises individuals, executives and senior employees, artists and athletes on their most sensitive legal matters, in France and internationally.
Wealth
— I

Structuring and protecting private and business wealth

Designing a legal architecture aligned with the client's wealth and family objectives, and with the resulting tax regime, so that the structure is clear and robust enough to deliver those objectives in full tax security.

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 Mobility
— II

Expatriation tax & international mobility

Executives, senior employees, artists and athletes: exit tax, French impatriate regime, Italian non-domiciled regime, transfer of tax residency, OECD treaties.

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 International
— III

International estates & gifts

Trusts, fiducies, foreign holdings and private foundations, family companies, double tax treaties, EU Succession Regulation No 650/2012.

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 TAX
— IV

Tax audits & tax litigation — Individuals and companies

Income tax, IFI wealth tax, exceptional contributions, social charges, corporate tax, VAT, local taxes: assistance during audits, hierarchical appeals, court litigation.

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 Litigation
— V

Corporate office & director liability

Defence of directors in civil, criminal and tax liability matters: derivative claims, asset-shortfall actions, mismanagement, misuse of corporate assets.

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 Employment
— VI

Employment litigation

Unfair dismissal, discrimination, moral and sexual harassment: French employment tribunals and appellate courts.

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 Negotiation
— VII

Mutually agreed terminations and settlement agreements

Negotiation of severance packages, legal and tax structuring, settlement agreements, social security and tax treatment of payments.

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 Transfer
— VIII

Business sales and transfers

Family donation, "pacte Dutreil", family LBO, OBO, sale, post-mortem transfer: civil and tax optimisation.

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 Family
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Divorce in an international context

Negotiation, mediation and litigation: Brussels II ter and 2016/1103 regulations, spousal compensation, division of cross-border assets.

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Profile of Sandro Assogna

Member of the Paris Bar, fluent in French, Italian and English. A cross-disciplinary practice covering tax, wealth and employment law, built on ten years' experience in international firms and dedicated to personalised client service.

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International dimension

A firm that is natively cross-border.

Fluent in French, Italian and English, I work regularly on cross-border matters in collaboration with partner counsel based in Europe, the United States, Brazil, Japan and India, among others.
My membership in the International Bar Association allows me to nurture relationships with foreign colleagues, and so to secure on a bilateral basis the multi-jurisdictional implications of every matter.
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ItalyIT
United KingdomUK
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GermanyDE
MonacoMC
United StatesUS
BrazilBR
JapanJP
IndiaIN
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Practice — IX

Divorce in an international context

Supporting cross-border separations through negotiation, mediation or litigation, where significant wealth and family stakes are involved.

When an international couple separates

The divorce of a binational or expatriate couple raises legal questions distinct from a purely domestic divorce: court jurisdiction (between several potential forums), law applicable to the divorce and the matrimonial regime, recognition of decisions abroad, fate of assets held across multiple countries, taxation of inter-spousal wealth transfers.

My approach combines procedural rigour, sensitivity to wealth issues and a preference — where possible and consistent with the client’s interest — for negotiated paths: mediation, collaborative negotiation, mutual-consent divorce.

Areas covered

  • Determination of the competent court (Brussels II ter Regulation, No 2019/1111);
  • Law applicable to the divorce (Rome III Regulation, No 1259/2010) and possible election by the spouses;
  • Liquidation of the international matrimonial regime (Regulation No 2016/1103): determination of the applicable law, division of assets;
  • Spousal compensation: valuation, payment terms (capital, annuity, mixed), tax treatment (Articles 80 quater A and 199 octodecies of the French Tax Code);
  • Maintenance and cross-border support obligations (Regulation No 4/2009, Hague Convention 2007);
  • International family mediation and collaborative negotiation;
  • Contested divorce litigation: definitive breakdown of the marital bond, fault, accepted divorce;
  • Recognition and enforcement in France of foreign divorce decisions.

Securing the tax stakes of divorce

A poorly anticipated divorce may trigger unexpected taxation of wealth transfers: capital gains tax on the sale or allocation of real estate, registration duties on cash adjustments, taxation of spousal compensation depending on payment terms, IFI wealth-tax consequences. I work in close cooperation with family lawyers and foreign tax specialists to anticipate and neutralise these risks.

Favouring negotiated paths

Experience shows that a negotiated or mediated divorce is, in most cases, more favourable than contested divorce: better preservation of the relationship between spouses (essential where children are involved), control over costs, confidentiality, speed, and predictability of outcome. I systematically favour this approach when consistent with the client’s interest.

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Practice — VIII

Business sales and transfers

Preparing, negotiating and securing the transfer of a family or wealth business, in all its legal and tax dimensions.

A defining moment in an entrepreneur's life

Business transfer — whether by sale, by gift to heirs or upon death — is the culmination of an entrepreneurial path. It engages both the continuity of the business and the wealth and family balance of the seller. A poorly anticipated transaction may lead to prohibitive taxation, lasting family conflict and, at times, the weakening of the business itself.

My role is to structure the transaction upstream, optimise its tax cost within a fully secure framework, and cover all of its legal aspects.

Areas covered

  • Sale of the business: pre-sale audit, legal structuring, tax treatment of the capital gain (holding-period reductions, retiring-director regime, Article 150-0 D ter of the French Tax Code);
  • Contribution-and-sale and tax deferral (Article 150-0 B ter of the French Tax Code), economic reinvestment, security against the abuse-of-law doctrine;
  • Family Owner Buy-Out (OBO) and wealth LBO: capital restructuring, financing, tax treatment of debt interest;
  • Family donation with cash adjustment, multi-generational gifting (Article 1078-4 of the French Civil Code), pre-sale gifting;
  • “Pacte Dutreil” inheritance regime (Article 787 B of the French Tax Code): engineering of the collective holding undertaking, identification of the active director role, handling of corporate events;
  • Transfer upon death: succession settlement, division of shares, valuation, succession tax returns;
  • Operational coordination with notaries, accountants, M&A bankers, family officers and foreign counsel.

Optimising without weakening the transfer

A successful transfer is one that withstands a subsequent tax audit. The French tax administration pays particular attention to compliance with holding undertakings, the reality of the active director role, the valuation of transferred shares and the qualification of holdings as active. I document each step rigorously and prevent any potential reclassification under the abuse-of-law doctrine (Articles L. 64 and L. 64 A of the French Tax Procedure Code) or fraud-on-the-law principles.

A cross-border approach on the France-Italy axis

When the seller or beneficiaries reside in Italy, or when the business holds Italian assets, the transfer raises specific issues: combined application of the France-Italy tax treaty of 5 October 1989, qualification of shareholdings under Italian inheritance and gift tax rules, interaction with the Italian non-domiciled regime. My binational expertise allows me to anticipate and neutralise risks of double taxation.

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Practice — VII

Mutually agreed terminations and settlement agreements

Negotiating, securing and optimising negotiated exits from employment contracts.

Negotiated termination: a path to favour

The French individual mutually agreed termination, collective mutually agreed termination and post-termination settlement agreement are often the most efficient solutions to end an employment relationship while preserving the interests of both parties. They require, however, a full mastery of the legal, tax and social-security parameters that govern the security and optimisation of the arrangement.

My role is to lead the negotiation with a clear objective, formalise robust agreements, and secure their tax and social-security treatment.

Areas covered

  • Negotiation of the specific severance under the mutually agreed termination, beyond the legal or contractual minimum;
  • Calculation and securing of payments: statutory severance, contractual severance, supra-statutory severance;
  • Tax treatment of payments (Article 80 duodecies of the French Tax Code): exemptions, caps, fractional taxation;
  • Social-security treatment of payments: CSG/CRDS, employer-specific levy, contribution-exemption thresholds;
  • Drafting of settlement agreements (Articles 2044 et seq. of the French Civil Code): legal qualifications, substantive and formal requirements;
  • Reciprocal concessions and sensitive clauses: non-competition, non-disparagement, confidentiality, claw-back clauses;
  • Articulation with mutually agreed termination, negotiated resignation, retirement, mandatory retirement;
  • Specific cases: directors holding both an employment contract and a corporate office, expatriate or seconded employees, protected employees.

Optimising without risk of reclassification

Subsequent litigation on a settlement almost always relies on the absence of effective reciprocal concessions or on the reclassification of the cause of termination (e.g. resignation reclassified as constructive dismissal, or mutually agreed termination reclassified as disguised dismissal). I focus on the legal robustness of the settlement to ensure it withstands subsequent challenges before employment tribunals, social-security authorities (URSSAF) and tax authorities.

The specific case of directors and officers

The exit of a director who combines an employment contract and a corporate office raises specific issues: distinction between payments attached to the employment contract and to the corporate office, tax treatment of “golden parachutes” (Articles 80 duodecies and 39 of the French Tax Code), social-security treatment, approval by corporate bodies. I systematically secure such operations in coordination with governance advisers and corporate lawyers.

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Practice — VI

Employment litigation

Defending employees and executives before French employment tribunals: dismissal, discrimination, harassment.

An approach centred on the individual

Employment litigation often involves humanly difficult situations: loss of employment, attacks on dignity, abrupt career disruption. My first duty as a lawyer is to listen, welcome and understand the situation in all its complexity — human and legal — before building with the client a tailored strategy.

I represent employees (senior employees, executives, expatriates) and, occasionally, employers, always favouring an early strategic analysis and the search for an amicable solution where it serves the client’s interest.

Areas covered

  • Unfair dismissal: challenge of the personal or disciplinary ground, compensation under the French dismissal scale (“Macron scale”, Article L. 1235-3 of the French Labour Code);
  • Economic dismissal: procedural compliance, selection criteria, employment safeguard plan (PSE);
  • Dismissal for serious or gross misconduct: challenge of the qualification, reclassification as unfair dismissal;
  • Discrimination at work (Article L. 1132-1 of the French Labour Code): gender, origin, age, disability, health status, pregnancy, union activity, sexual orientation;
  • Moral harassment (Article L. 1152-1 of the French Labour Code) and sexual harassment (Article L. 1153-1);
  • Unequal treatment and pay disparity (the “equal pay for equal work” principle);
  • Unpaid overtime, irregular day-rate arrangements, undeclared work;
  • International employment contracts: applicable law (Rome I Regulation, No 593/2008), competent court, secondment.

A systematic interplay with tax stakes

Termination payments, supplementary pension benefits, profit-sharing, BSPCE, stock options, free shares: the end of an employment contract triggers tax consequences that are often decisive. My cross-disciplinary expertise in employment and tax law allows me to optimise the overall consequences of termination, avoid unintended tax losses, and secure the treatment of payments under Article 80 duodecies of the French Tax Code.

Expatriate employees and international employment contracts

International employment contracts (secondment, expatriation, multi-jurisdiction performance contracts) raise specific issues: applicable law, competent court, interaction of social security regimes, taxation of termination payments. My experience in international firms and within the IBA allows me to coordinate effectively with relevant foreign counsel.

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Practice — V

Corporate office & director liability

Defending directors exposed to civil, tax or criminal claims, and securing the exercise of their corporate office.

A claim may arise at any time

Today’s directors — managers of SARLs, presidents of SAS, CEOs of SAs, board members — face a wide range of potential liabilities: derivative actions brought by shareholders, asset-shortfall claims initiated by court-appointed administrators, criminal proceedings (misuse of corporate assets, fraudulent bankruptcy, false accounts), and tax reassessments that may trigger personal joint and several liability (Article L. 267 of the French Tax Procedure Code).

Such actions may arise long after the office has ended. Anticipating risk, securing the exercise of the office and, where necessary, organising a methodical defence are all reasons that justify the involvement of a specialised lawyer.

Areas covered

  • Preventive audit of the risks attached to the corporate office: review of delegation of powers, governance rules, related-party transactions;
  • Defence in derivative or shareholder actions for mismanagement;
  • Asset-shortfall claims (Article L. 651-2 of the French Commercial Code), brought by court-appointed administrators or public prosecutors;
  • Joint and several tax liability of directors (Article L. 267 of the French Tax Procedure Code) for unpaid corporate taxes;
  • White-collar criminal litigation: misuse of corporate assets, fraudulent bankruptcy, false accounts, tax fraud and money laundering;
  • Negotiation of the terms of office termination, severance and settlement agreements;
  • Activation of D&O insurance: policy review, claim notification, litigation management.

A strategic and discreet approach

Every director-liability matter requires confidentiality, method and forward planning. I work in close coordination with criminal lawyers, accountants, statutory auditors and insurance advisers, to build a coherent and global strategy.

Anticipating risk through prevention

Experience shows that a substantial share of litigation can be avoided through rigorous prevention: careful drafting of delegations, traceability of decisions, framing of intra-group transactions, formalisation of governance choices. I offer my director clients a tailored preventive support, indispensable in contexts of growth, sale or distress.

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Practice — IV

Tax audits & tax litigation

Assisting individuals and companies at every stage of a tax audit, and defending their interests before administrative, civil and criminal courts.

An expertise serving taxpayers facing the tax authorities

Tax audits have become more systematic and technical: data mining cross-referencing, automatic exchange of information (DAC, FATCA, CRS), tougher penalties for unreported foreign holdings. From the moment they receive an audit notice or a reassessment proposal, individuals and companies need rigorous counsel to preserve their rights.

My work covers the entire audit, from the initial review through to litigation before the supreme courts.

Individuals: income tax, IFI wealth tax, exceptional contributions, social charges

  • Personal tax audit (ESFP): assistance during the audit, written observations, hierarchical appeals;
  • Accounting audits (BIC, BNC, BA) and reassessment of categorical income;
  • IFI wealth-tax litigation: tax base, professional exemptions, foreign-held assets, deductible debt;
  • Exceptional contribution on high incomes (CEHR) and differential contribution (CDHR);
  • Social charges on wealth income, challenges based on EU case law (the De Ruyter line of judgments);
  • Challenges to reassessments based on abuse of tax law (Article L. 64 of the French Tax Procedure Code), mini-abuse of tax law (Article L. 64 A) or lack of economic substance;
  • Voluntary disclosure of foreign accounts, undeclared assets, undeclared income.

Companies: corporate tax, VAT, local taxes

  • External tax audits and accounting audits;
  • Corporate-tax reassessments: deductibility of expenses, intra-group profit shifting, transfer pricing (Articles 57 and 238 A of the French Tax Code);
  • VAT litigation: deductibility, territoriality, carousel fraud, intra-EU triangular operations;
  • French local taxes (CFE, CVAE, real-estate tax) and other local levies;
  • Complex tax litigation involving cross-border transactions.

A global strategy for tax litigation

Audit phase, taxpayer observations, hierarchical appeals, referral to a departmental commission (CDIDTCA) or to the National Commission (CCRAD), and where necessary administrative court, court of administrative appeal and Conseil d’État (or civil court for registration duties, IFI wealth tax and residual ISF wealth tax): at every stage, I define with the client a clear strategy, grounded in a rigorous reading of statute, administrative doctrine and the most recent case law.

Criminal tax litigation: tax fraud and money laundering

Since the law of 23 October 2018 and the abolition of the so-called “verrou de Bercy”, criminal proceedings for tax fraud (Article 1741 of the French Tax Code) and for the laundering of tax fraud have multiplied. These matters call for close coordination with a criminal lawyer and an integrated strategy linking administrative and criminal litigation. I work regularly with a network of trusted criminal-law colleagues.

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Practice — III

International estates & gifts

Anticipating and resolving cross-border estates and gifts, including foreign wealth structures: trusts, foundations, holdings, fiducies.

The challenge of international wealth

When the deceased’s residence, the heirs’ nationality and the location of assets span several jurisdictions, the estate becomes highly technical. Add to this the foreign-law structures — revocable or irrevocable trusts, Liechtenstein or Panama private foundations, Luxembourg family companies, fiducies — whose civil and tax qualification under French law raises complex and evolving questions.

My work is to anticipate, structure and resolve these situations, in close cooperation with the relevant notaries, family officers and foreign counsel.

Areas covered

  • Application of EU Succession Regulation No 650/2012 and applicable bilateral treaties (notably France-Italy, France-United States, France-United Kingdom);
  • Determination of the applicable succession law and election of the “professio juris” (Article 22 of Regulation 650/2012);
  • Trusts (revocable, irrevocable, discretionary, fixed): French tax qualification, declaration under Article 1649 AB of the French Tax Code, tax treatment of distributions and of the death event;
  • Foreign private foundations (Liechtenstein, Panama, Netherlands, Curaçao): tax transparency, qualification under Article 123 bis of the French Tax Code;
  • Family companies and international wealth holdings: interposition, economic substance, applicable tax treaties;
  • French fiducies (Articles 2011 et seq. of the French Civil Code) and equivalent foreign structures;
  • Settlement of binational estates: coordination with French and foreign notaries, succession tax returns, tax payment in each jurisdiction;
  • Cross-border gifting strategies and forward succession planning for international families.

A specialist on the France-Italy axis

Since the 2025 Italian tax reform, Italy has become a privileged ground for international succession planning, notably through the non-domiciled regime (flat tax on foreign-source income) and the optional advance payment of inheritance and gift tax on transfers from a trust. I have published reference analyses on these topics in the Ingénierie Patrimoniale journal (Editions JFA) and in dialogue with my Italian colleagues.

Trusts and foreign structures: French qualification and taxation

The French tax qualification of a foreign trust or private foundation governs the treatment of all related operations: declaration with the French tax authorities, annual taxation, treatment of distributions, succession consequences. The administrative doctrine BOI-PAT-IFI-20-20-30, the Conseil d’État ruling of 25 May 2018, and the constant evolution of administrative practice call for an up-to-date expertise.

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Practice — II

Expatriation tax & international mobility

Advising executives, senior employees, artists and athletes on tax residency transfers and cross-border mobility.

International mobility requires an anticipated tax strategy

Transferring tax residency, accepting an assignment abroad, structuring an international activity: these decisions carry tax consequences that are often underestimated. The determination of tax residency (Article 4 B of the French Tax Code, Article 4 of the OECD Model Convention), the application of exit tax (Article 167 bis of the French Tax Code), specific exemptions (the French impatriate regime, the Italian non-domiciled regime) and bilateral tax treaties are all parameters whose mastery determines the tax security of the mobile taxpayer.

My ten years of experience at Deloitte Société d’Avocats, in the Individual Tax and International Mobility department, allow me to anticipate and secure these operations for executives, senior employees, artists and athletes.

Areas covered

  • Tax residency audit (Article 4 B of the French Tax Code, Article 4 of the OECD Model Convention);
  • Inbound and outbound tax residency transfers: analysis, documentation, security under domestic and treaty rules;
  • Exit tax (Article 167 bis of the French Tax Code): reporting, payment deferral (automatic or elective), events triggering forfeiture, relief at the end of the deferral period;
  • French impatriate regime (Article 155 B of the French Tax Code): impatriation premium, exemption of foreign-source income, application period, eligibility conditions;
  • Italian non-domiciled regime (Article 24-bis TUIR): flat tax on foreign-source income, eligibility, interaction with the France-Italy treaty;
  • Bilateral tax treaties: clause-by-clause analysis and application (residence, employment income, dividends, interest, royalties, capital gains);
  • Executive mobility: management packages, stock options, BSPCE, free shares (AGA) in cross-border settings (Article 163 bis H of the French Tax Code);
  • Specific tax rules for artists and athletes: Article 17 of the OECD Model Convention, French withholding taxes, treatment by the State of residence;
  • Secondment, expatriation, international payroll: interplay between employment law and tax law, social security (Regulation No 883/2004, bilateral agreements).

The France-Italy axis, a preferred ground

The France-Italy tax treaty of 5 October 1989, and its recent interpretations by the Italian Court of Cassation and the Conseil d’État, offer a rich and at times treacherous framework. Tax residency, treaty tax credits, treatment of pensions, management packages of binational executives are among the topics on which I have published analyses in leading legal journals (Ingénierie Patrimoniale, Editions JFA Juristes & Fiscalistes Associés).

A dedicated expertise for artists and athletes

International artists and athletes face specific issues: high and highly-taxable income, constant geographic mobility, image rights, exploitation through interposed companies (Articles 155 A and 123 bis of the French Tax Code), withholding taxes in France and abroad. My experience in international firms has allowed me to advise such profiles on a regular basis, in coordination with their agents and dedicated counsel.

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Practice — I

Structuring and protecting private and business wealth

Designing a durable, tax-efficient legal architecture, tailored to each client’s family and professional situation.

A holistic wealth-engineering approach

Organising private or business wealth is not a matter of one-off tax optimisation. It requires a combined analysis of civil law, corporate law, tax law and — for international wealth — private international law. I assist individuals, business owners and families in designing a coherent legal architecture, capable of protecting assets, organising their transmission and anticipating the contingencies of personal and professional life.

Areas covered

  • Comprehensive wealth audit: real estate, financial, business and other assets, held in France and abroad;
  • Choice and revision of matrimonial regime (community, separation of property, deferred community), including in cross-border situations;
  • Creation and operation of wealth and operating holdings, French civil real estate companies (SCI), portfolio companies;
  • Bare-ownership/usufruct structures, gifts with reserved usufruct, quasi-usufruct;
  • “Pacte Dutreil” inheritance regime (Article 787 B of the French Tax Code): structuring of the collective holding undertaking, active management, securing the regime against tax audits;
  • Life insurance and capitalisation strategies, in France and Luxembourg;
  • Protection of the surviving spouse: inter-spousal gifts, lasting power of attorney, post-mortem mandate;
  • Cross-border investments: compatibility with the tax regimes of each relevant jurisdiction and with bilateral tax treaties.

An expertise particularly suited to binational situations

My France-Italy background and international network allow me to address wealth held across multiple jurisdictions. I coordinate the work of foreign advisers (lawyers, notaries, private bankers, family officers) to ensure consistency of the wealth structure on an international scale, applying EU regulations (No 650/2012 on successions, No 2016/1103 on matrimonial regimes) and bilateral tax treaties.

Why work with a tax lawyer to structure your wealth

A tax lawyer brings a threefold value compared to other wealth advisers: legal security in light of the abuse-of-law and mini-abuse-of-law doctrines (Articles L. 64 and L. 64 A of the French Tax Procedure Code), defence in the event of a subsequent audit, and coordination with all other professionals (notary, accountant, wealth manager, private banker).

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Sandro Assogna

Member of the Paris Bar, I place cross-disciplinary legal practice at the service of one conviction: protecting the rights and interests of the individual, by shedding light on complexity through the search for solutions.

A path

My professional path was built step by step, at the crossroads of several legal traditions. My initial training, enriched between Bocconi University in Milan and the Sorbonne, laid the foundations for a practice oriented towards taxation, wealth and the international dimension of the law.

My early years of practice were spent in international firms in Italy, before I joined Deloitte Société d’Avocats in Paris, where I worked for a decade in the Individual Tax and International Mobility department. A field that lies, by its very nature, at the crossroads of personal tax law, wealth law, employment law and social security — and which calls precisely for that cross-disciplinary reading that defines my practice.

At the end of 2022, I founded my own firm, designed in my image: independent, demanding, deeply committed to personalised client service.

Cross-disciplinary practice as a method

The singularity of a legal situation rarely reveals itself within a single branch of the law. An executive structuring his business wealth, a senior employee negotiating his exit, a family transferring international wealth, an individual moving his tax residency, an artist or athlete securing the taxation of international income: each of these matters reads simultaneously through the lens of tax law, wealth law, employment law — and often private international law.

This ability to analyse a question through two or three legal angles at once has accompanied me from my very first matters. It is now the heart of my method: deciphering complexity, identifying the often invisible interactions between applicable regimes, and building solutions secure in all their dimensions.

An inherently international practice

Fluent in French, Italian and English, I work regularly on cross-border matters. My network of partner counsel allows me to coordinate in real time the multi-jurisdictional implications of every matter — in Europe, the United States, Brazil, Japan and India, among others.

This international practice is not an additional service: it is consubstantial with the way I practise law, inherited from my years in international firms and nourished daily by the diversity of situations encountered.

An ongoing commitment: training and network

The demands of the legal profession require continuous training, monitoring and exchange with peers. I have chosen to embed this commitment in time, through my membership of several leading institutions:

  • IACF — Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux: the leading French association of tax lawyers, which shapes the professional doctrine of the field.
  • AUREP — Association Universitaire de Recherche et d’Enseignement sur le Patrimoine: a leading academic centre in wealth engineering, bringing together academics and practitioners around research, continuing education and analysis of developments in wealth law.
  • IBA — International Bar Association: the leading global organisation of lawyers, which supports my international network and provides ongoing monitoring of developments in cross-border law.
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