French estate planning and wills

We offer you specialist expertise and advice on wills and estate planning in a UK/France context.

Common issues where our team can help include:

• applicable law and tax with regard to nature and location of property, habitual residence and domicile of the donors 
• French succession law and forced heirship, children and surviving spouse’s legal rights
• French and UK Inheritance tax including payment and claims under the double tax treaty of 1963
• wills and other dispositions of property upon death available
• lifetime transfers

Patrick Delas is Avocat au Barreau de Paris. His specialist work is Private International Law and includes advising on French and cross-border estate planning (Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Wealth Tax), cross-border wills and probates, and French trust reporting obligations. Patrick is a member of LEXUNION, STEP and accredited consultant to CRIDON Lyon.

Andrew Godfrey is a solicitor and qualified tax adviser who advises on a broad range of cross-border matters including succession planning, estate administration and tax advice. He is very familiar with issues involving the UK and France.

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Charges are based on our hourly rates plus administrative charges and disbursements. We’ll provide an initial estimate of your likely legal costs and will update this if your requirements or the circumstances of the work change.

The current range of hourly rates for members of the team is from £175 plus VAT to £535 plus VAT per hour.

We would be pleased to discuss your requirements free of charge and tailor an estimate for you.