We are the only leading Franco-Swiss law firm in business and tax law to provide Swiss, French and international clients with a powerful and recognized platform of integrated expertise of nearly 150 lawyers.
Our team has more than 20 years of experience in Franco-Swiss matters and transactions with corporate clients, financial institutions and business families.
For their operations in the European Union or in Africa, our team of ten lawyers, admitted to the Geneva and Paris Bars, is authorized to offer its expertise to its clients in Switzerland as well as in France and Luxembourg. We assist industrial and service companies, banks, funds, investors and law firms.
In Switzerland, our structure is integrated with that of the Luxembourg office to offer a unique platform of expertise for corporate and tax structuring as well as for collective and private investments under Luxembourg law.
M&A AND CORPORATE LAW
- Mergers and acquisitions of listed and unlisted companies
- Stock exchange law
- Corporate restructuring
- Private equity transactions
- Joint ventures
- Assistance to Swiss and French companies in their mutual activities and investments, from the strategic thinking stage to the structuring of operations
- External growth strategies, inbound and outbound, and transaction structuring
- Shareholder disputes
- Corporate law
TAX LAW
- Structuring of mergers & acquisitions ("inbound" and "outbound") for industrial, financial and real estate groups;
- Tax structuring of Swiss and European investment funds;
- "Management packages for French and Swiss groups, particularly in an international context;
- Wealth tax for HNWI and UHNWI clients and key family shareholders;
- Tax residency issues for companies and individuals (including lump sum taxation);
- Assistance in tax audits or litigation.
BANKING AND FINANCE LAW
- Drafting and negotiating contracts for credit institutions and investment companies
- Internal procedures and guidelines
- Optional and mandatory reporting to the Money Laundering Reporting Office (MROS)
- Compliance monitoring plans / compliance support
- Remuneration policies
- Compliance assistance to banking groups
- Provisional measures, receiverships and exequatur
- Litigation on financial products and their distribution
- Business process outsourcing (BPO) litigation
PROPERTY LAW
- Legal and fiscal strategy of the estate, advice on acquisition schemes, structuring of financing;
- Family governance before and after intergenerational transmission, both in a professional and private context;
- Inheritance law and transmission of assets, in particular for families located in several jurisdictions (France, European Union, Switzerland, "BRICS");
- Amicable or judicial settlement of inheritance disputes in an international context;
- Application and implementation of existing preferential regimes for the transfer of assets (Dutreil pact).
INVESTMENT FUNDS
- Structuring and registration of Swiss and European investment funds;
- FINMA authorisation for the distribution of foreign collective investment schemes;
- Mandatory publications under Swiss law;
- Delegated management in Switzerland/advisor status of a management company in the EU;
- FINMA authorisations for the activities of custodian bank, collective investment manager, representative office, payment service and distributor.
CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS
- Cross-border issues in urban planning ;
- Structuring of public/private partnerships ;
- Definition and implementation of investment operations on behalf of property developers.
Rankings – The Legal 500 EMEA 2022
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Paris, Casablanca, Kyiv, Geneva
Tax alert – Jeantet Suisse – February 2021
Geneva
«L’étude couteau Suisse pour la France et l’Europe»
Managing partner of the Geneva study, Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron discusses the tax and investment issues between Switzerland, France and the European Union. Admitted to the Geneva and Paris Bars, he has a privileged vision and expertise in the dynamics of Franco-Swiss business.
Genève, Paris
Luxembourg Vs Switzerland : which is the best base country to invest in the UE
Interview Lawyer monthly, décembre 2018
Geneva | TAX
Breakfast – Conference “Attractivité Suisse” co-hosted with GGBa and Mazars Switzerland
Monday the 3rd of December 2018 – 8:30-10:30 am See attached invitation
Paris, Geneva | TAX
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron to participate at the cocktail-conference “La France : une destination attractive pour vos affaires” organised by CCI France Suisse – 27 November 2018
Speech by Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron following the theme of “New tax and labor law measures implemented by the government” at the cocktail-conference “La France : une destination attractive pour vos affaires” organised by CCI France Suisse. Program attached.
Genève | TAX
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron and Tristan Berthouzoz quoted in Taxnotes
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron and Tristan Berthouzoz quoted in Taxnotes: “Government Consults on Law Banning Bearer Shares” January, 22th, 2018 Please find attached the article
Geneva | TAX
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron and Patrick Thiebart speakers during the conference: “Attractivité France” organised by CCIFS in Zurich
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron and Patrick Thiebart speakers during the conference: “Attractivité France” organised by CCIFS in Zurich. 28th November 2017 in Zurich. Program attached
Paris, Genève
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron speaker during the conference “La France et ses expatriés fiscaux : les nouveaux défis” organised by Academy & Finance
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron speaker during the conference “La France et ses expatriés fiscaux : les nouveaux défis” organised by Academy & Finance on : ” Cas des redressements fiscaux notifiés par l’administration fiscale française aux forfaitaires suisses ” November, 14, 2017 in Geneva Program attached
Geneva
Le nouvel environnement français favorable aux investisseurs
L’Agefi, 07/11/2017
Geneva | BANKING AND FINANCIAL REGULATION | TAX
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron and Patrick Thiebart speakers during the conference “Attractivité France” organised by CCIFS in Geneva
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron and Patrick Thiebart speakers during the conference “Attractivité France” organised by CCIFS. 31th October 2017 in Geneva. Presentation attached
Geneva
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron during conferences “Les réformes fiscales du Président Macron” organised by AGEFI
Patrice Lefèvre-Péaron during conferences “Les réformes fiscales du Président Macron” organised by AGEFI Octobre, 5th in Geneva and October, 12th in Luxembourg Programs attached
Geneva