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YARDS’ Private Clients & Family Businesses team advises individuals, families and entrepreneurs on the full spectrum of legal and tax matters in France and across borders.
The practice handles income tax, exit tax and wealth tax (IFI) compliance, trust reporting, and asset-holding company obligations, as well as succession planning, family business transmission (including under the Dutreil regime), governance agreements, and family pacts.
The team supports company sales and restructurings (LBOs, OBOs, donation-sales, reinvestments under Article 150-0 B ter), relocation and international taxation, and the design of executives’ remuneration and incentive schemes. It also advises on real estate, private equity, start-ups, vineyards, crypto-assets, art and philanthropy.
Clients include high-net-worth individuals, family businesses, non-residents investing in France, and executives with complex compensation packages, often involving cross-border elements. YARDS regularly collaborates with family offices, private banks, accountants and foreign counsel.
Recent highlights include recognition in Le Figaro’s 2025 ranking of leading tax law firms and in Legal 500 EMEA 2025 for M&A/Private Equity, as well as hosting conferences on directors’ taxation.
The team’s specialisations lie in complex French tax regimes, international mobility, trusts and foundations, family governance, and alternative assets, with a distinctive ability to integrate legal, tax and transactional expertise.