French inheritance

We offer specialist, bilingual expertise to clients who require advice on wills and estate planning in a French law context.

Common issues where our team can help include:

• Where there are assets in France, particularly where there is immovable property
• French succession law and its impact on other issues such as legal reserve and rights for spouses
• French inheritance tax
• Wills in French holographic form
• Changes in matrimonial property law/French marriage contracts
• Transfer of ownership by way of sale or gift as a succession planning tool
• Domicile for succession purposes

Our team

Our team is dual-qualified and has the expertise to advise on both English and French law. We belong to the relevant professional associations including the Barreau de Paris, Barreau de Bordeaux, Franco-British Lawyers Society, the French Chamber of Commerce and STEP UK and STEP France (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).