The engineering of structures. Excellence in advocacy.
Advising and defending business owners and their companies in tax law, international law and business law.
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The same team designs your structures and defends them. This dual perspective — the architect and the advocate — runs through each of our six areas of practice.
Structuring & strategic advice
Building sound structures before they come under attack: tax, legal and wealth considerations designed together.
Anticipate, build, protect.
Optimising flows, transfer pricing and securing cross-border transactions.
Holding company structuring, LBOs and legal support through growth phases.
Protecting and passing on the assets of business owners and family groups.
Defence & fighting spirit in court
An offensive litigation strategy, in which deep technical expertise becomes a precision weapon.
Mastering the balance of power.
Assistance with tax and URSSAF (social security) audits, defence before the administrative courts.
Negotiate when it helps, litigate when we must.
Payment orders, commercial leases, shareholder disputes, directors’ liability.
Recovering what you are owed, defending what is yours.
Complex negotiation and mediation.
Turning a dispute into an opportunity — or defusing it before it costs you.
Expertise and agility, combined
A lawyer’s value no longer lies only in knowledge of the law, but in the speed and sharpness of their analysis: grasping what is at stake, ranking the risks, deciding.
The firm is designed as a high-performance practice: its technical command of tax and business law feeds its litigation strategy.
One firm, from the first structuring to succession.
“Every structure we build is designed to withstand an audit; every dispute we handle is conducted with the same rigour.”
The Value Enhancement Programme extends our practice: it puts the steps in order.
It is because the firm negotiates, structures and litigates all year round that our support knows exactly what a buyer will look at — and in what order.
One standard. Three guarantees.
An immediate analysis of the critical levers in your matter, from the first consultation.
For every engagement, the firm commits in writing to a response within 24 working hours.
Responsiveness is part of our written commitments.
Every analysis, every brief, every deed is produced with the rigour that earned its founder his academic and professional distinctions.
Member of the Hauts-de-Seine Bar — toque no. 1733
“Intelligence lies not in knowing the rule, but in the sharpness of its interpretation.”
In the quiet of structuring as in the tumult of the courtroom, excellence makes a twofold demand: the architect’s solidity and the advocate’s instinct.
“My approach is not limited to the law: every structure must stand up to an audit, every defence must serve a strategy.”
Listening, clarity, support
“Very good support. He took the time to understand my situation and to explain things to me clearly.”
“A very human lawyer who truly listens to his clients.”
“Beyond his unquestionable technical skills, I appreciated how well he listened and how quickly he understood what was at stake for me personally.”
“I wanted to leave a review because tax is often a complex and stressful subject, but here I found truly reassuring support.”
“One of the best services I have ever received, in any field.”
“A professional who listens, with the rigour always to find the right solution!”
“I wanted to reduce my tax burden. The first meeting was excellent: Maître Pateoueille immediately understood my issue and my tax situation.”
“An excellent lawyer who quickly grasped my tax issue and gave me a more than relevant answer.”
“At last, a tax lawyer who lives up to expectations.”
“Excellent support, with expertise I greatly appreciated.”
“Precise, professional support, suited to my needs.”
When excellence in advocacy informs the engineering of structures
We know the structures we build inside out: that is what makes us formidable defenders. Tax litigation, governance crises, strategic disputes — we take up the fight with the rigour the most significant matters demand.
Protecting your company, before the authorities as before the courts.
Tax and legal structures designed to withstand an audit as well as a due diligence — for international groups and entrepreneurs alike.
The complexity of the law, put to work for your strategy.
Your company is worth less than it should be
A buyer puts a figure on everything that rests on you. Thirteen weeks and six workstreams, led by a tax lawyer, to make your value readable, transferable and proven — to sell at the right price, or simply to gain breathing room.
The gap between the price you hope for and the price you sign is decided 18 to 24 months before the sale. Not in the negotiating room.
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92400 Courbevoie — La Défense, France