Private Wealth Law
2 Ranked Lawyers
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Axtead
High Net Worth 2026
Rankings
Leading firm in High Net Worth 2026
Ranked Department
Ranked Department
Ranked Individuals
Ranked Individuals
Top figures
7
Lawyers
2
Partners
2025
Established Year
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Overview
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Axtead is a boutique tax and private wealth law firm based in Paris, founded in 2025 by Arnaud Tailfer and Arnault Devis. The firm advises entrepreneurs, executives and family groups on complex tax, wealth structuring and succession matters, combining technical excellence with a discreet, partner-led approach. Axtead is known for its dual expertise in wealth structuring and high-stakes tax litigation, and has quickly become one of the largest private wealth boutiques in Paris.
Industry sectors (7)
- Family offices
- Private equity
- Real estate
- Listed companies
- Banking & wealth management
- Luxury & art market
- Industrial groups
Capabilities (9)
- Entrepreneurs & family groups
- Family businesses
- Trusts
- Change of tax residency
- Real estate investment & wealth
- Tax audits & litigation
- Executive & employee compensation
- International tax situations
- Estate planning & international successions
Clients (6)
- Leading family-owned industrial & real estate group
- Executive relocating to Morocco – cross-border exit tax
- Head of a diversified operating & wealth-holding group
- French entrepreneur – international relocation & residency
- French spouses – multimillion-euro tax reassessment defence
- Multi-generational family business – Dutreil structuring
Key people
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Arnaud Tailfer
Founding Partner
Arnault Devis
Founding Partner
Stéphanie Sebbagh
Counsel
Aurore Pintureau
Associate
Juliette Dépinay
Associate
Alix Morand
Associate
Hélène de Lachaux
Associate
Work & experience
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Axtead advises on intergenerational transmission (Dutreil pacts, donations), family business governance, cross-border mobility and exit tax, high-stakes tax litigation and controversy, executive compensation and private equity investments. Clients include heirs of major French family fortunes, executives of listed groups and private equity leaders. Since its 2025 launch, the team has grown to seven lawyers supported by a legal assistant, with true gender parity among partners and associates.
Notable work
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Intergenerational restructuring of a family industrial group
2025OngoingParis, France
Multi-stage restructuring securing intergenerational transmission of a major French family industrial group.
Cross-border relocation and exit tax planning
2025CompletedFrance, Morocco
Secured non-resident status and optimised exit tax for an executive relocating to Morocco under the tax treaty.
Defence in a landmark €55m inheritance tax dispute
2025OngoingParis, France
Successfully defended heirs of a prominent French family against a €55m tax reassessment alleging abuse of law.
Ranked Offices at Axtead
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Ranked Departments at Axtead (1)
Ranked Individuals at Axtead (2)
France
Arnaud Tailfer
Head of Private Wealth Law
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Arnault Devis
Head of Private Wealth Law
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Top figures
7
Lawyers
2
Partners
2025
Established Year
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