Our expertise

CBV Avocats has developed a strong pratice in tax law which allows it to understand and to deal with various French and international tax issues.

The law firm provides a range of legal services notably in areas such as:

Assets management

CBV Avocats provides assistance to its clients regarding the legal structuring of their assets to ensure solutions tailored to meet their needs and requirements as well as the benefit of the most favorable tax treatment.

Tax reporting

CBV Avocats regularly assists its clients in the fulfillment of their French tax reporting obligations (e.g. income tax, real estate wealth tax, specific trusts reporting…).

Employee savings plan

CBV Avocats provides assistance to its clients notably concerning the drafting and the follow-up of the employee share ownership plans such as free shares and stock options plans. The law firm has acquired a significant expertise of the various issues related to the set up of such incentive plans from both employer and employees/corporate officers standpoints (e.g. drafting of the plan, sub-plans or addenda, tax and social reporting obligations, employer/employees tax guides…).

Financial taxation

CBV Avocats has developed an in-depth knowledge of the taxation of financial instruments and derivatives as well as investment funds. The law firm has also advised some of its clients regarding crypto-assets (e.g. Bitcoins, Ethereum, Ripple…) and fund raising through the blockchain technology (i.e. Initial Coin Offering – ICO) tax issues.

Real estate taxation

CBV Avocats provides assistance to its clients for the structuring of the financing and acquisition of real estate assets located in France and abroad.

Corporate tax

CBV Avocats advises its clients on the tax issues resulting from a merger, an acquisition, the transfer of a company or an internal restructuring. For tax risks prevention purposes, the law firm regularly reviews companies financial reports and accounting methods and drafts tax rulings requests.

Tax litigation

CBV Avocats assists its clients, legal entity or natural person, in all stages of their tax audit and/or litigation, as from the first meeting with the French tax administration to the French court proceedings.

Tax criminal law

CBV Avocats ensures the defense of its clients for tax offences charges.

Since Law cannot be reduced to tax issues, we have developed a cross-disciplinary expertise particularly in business law (e.g. corporate law, banking and finance law, commercial lease law …), sports law and contract law.

CBV Avocats has also a in-depth knowledge of the remuneration policies’ issues relating to the corporate officers (Afep-Medef code etc.) and the risk takers (UCITS V, AIFM, CRD IV etc.).

For the fields of law beyond our remit, we have at our disposal various partnerships that allow us to direct our clients towards experts capable of answering their needs and expectations.