Tax Law

Securing business decisions and structuring growth strategies

Tax complexity is often seen as a constraint. Properly anticipated, it can also become an opportunity to optimise the structuring of projects, transactions and strategic initiatives, strengthen competitiveness and address succession planning issues. This requires technical expertise, strategic vision and a precise understanding of the operational realities of each organisation.

In an environment marked by increasingly intensive tax audits, the proliferation of rules and reporting obligations, developments in international tax law and growing scrutiny of transfer pricing, companies, executives and investors need advisers who can act on all fronts — both proactively and in audit situations.

We advise French and international groups, investment funds, mid-sized companies, SMEs and executives on the structuring and securing of their operations, in France and internationally.

Practical advice focused on business decisions

Tax law affects every strategic decision. A poorly structured acquisition can undermine the profitability of a transaction. Succession planning addressed too late can weaken wealth built over several decades. A tax audit handled without preparation can destabilise an entire organisation. We act in both advisory and litigation matters, with a dual objective: anticipating risks before they arise and defending our clients’ interests with determination when circumstances require it.

Transactional tax, international restructurings, transfer pricing, VAT, private wealth taxation, sensitive tax procedures and criminal tax law: we design solutions calibrated to each organisation’s objectives, without compromising technical rigour.

We build direct relationships with executives and finance departments, based on candour, responsiveness and immediately actionable advice.

Areas of practice

A coordinated cross-practice approach

Tax is never practised in isolation. An M&A transaction requires immediate coordination between tax and corporate teams. An international restructuring may involve close interaction between corporate law, tax, finance and employment law. A sensitive tax dispute may have criminal law implications that go well beyond the financial stakes alone.

Our cross-practice organisation allows us to mobilise the necessary expertise without delay — corporate law, private equity, finance, real estate, commercial law, public law, employment law and intellectual property — and to handle each matter with the coherence and fluidity required by complex transactions.

With offices in Paris, Lille, Lyon and Aix-en-Provence, the firm relies on the Meritas international network to coordinate cross-border matters involving multiple jurisdictions.

Long-term client relationships

Tax issues evolve with transactions, reorganisations and regulatory reforms. Our clients need advisers who support them over time — not only during moments of crisis or one-off transactions.

We work with finance departments and executives over the long term, providing continuous monitoring of French, European and international tax developments in order to anticipate impacts, adapt structures and deliver advice that is reliable, practical and always focused on decision-making.

Our commitment as lawyers

Our commitment as lawyers means recognising that tax law touches what companies and executives have built — and therefore sometimes reaches the most sensitive aspects of both businesses and individuals.

Advising with rigour, defending with conviction and anticipating methodically: this is the approach that guides our work. We are committed to making tax complexity understandable, with the constant objective of securing our clients’ projects and strategic decisions.

Dedicated team