Anticipation

I assist and advise individuals in setting up long-term tax and civil planning.
Matrimonial planning in either a domestic or international environment
  • Planning and optimization of non-marital unions (civil partnerships and cohabitation):
    • Drafting of civil partnership and cohabitation agreements.
    • Anticipating the consequences of a separation and liquidating projections.
  • Planning and optimization of marital unions:
    • Help in drawing up a prenuptial /postnuptial agreement.
    • Anticipating the consequences of a separation and liquidating projections.
  • Optimization of the marital union regarding professional assets (protection of private assets against professional creditors).
Estate planning and anticipation in a national or international context
  • Transmission of private assets:
    • Strategies based on transfer by gift:
      • Simple or sharing gifts.
      • Gradual gifts, residual gifts, transgenerational gifts.
    • Strategies of transmission through life insurance.
    • Strategies of transmission through trusts, foundations and other entities.
    • Strategies based on the division of property rights or the creation of special property rights.
    • Transmission strategies based on the creation of asset management companies.
  • Transmission of professional assets in a family context:
    • Strategies based on contribution-assignment.
    • Strategies based on gift before sale.
    • Strategies based on the French “Pacte Dutreil”.
    • Strategies based on split-ownership.
    • Strategies based on a leverage (LBO, OBO, etc.).
  • Assistance in the settlement of estates:
    • Determination or choice of the applicable civil law (“professio juris”).
    • Assistance in the drafting of gift, will, affidavit of donative intent, etc.
    • Assistance in drafting personal and health directives.
    • Assistance in drafting durable power of attorney.
    • Anticipation and settlement of disputes between heirs:
      • Assistance in the implementation of estate settlements.
      • Assistance in the devolution operations.
      • Drafting of joint ownership and life-interest agreements.
      • Closing and settlement of financial assets.
      • Payment of estate taxes (fractional and/or deferred).
Personal and wealth protection
  • Assistance in choosing and implementing anticipated protectives measures for capable adults (e.g. durable power of attorney).
  • Assistance to choose and implement protectives measures for vulnerable adults (e.g. family authorization, judicial protection, curatorship, etc.).