INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Stéphanie Auferil

Stéphanie Auferil

High Net Worth 2025

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About

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Practice Areas

Stéphanie advises families on all their wealth management tax matters, notably cross border.

Her expertise is particularly recognized in the following areas:

French-US strategies: she assists numerous US persons with their relocation to France or investments in France, as well as French individuals relocating or investing in the US;

Wealth planning via trusts for foreign families, notably US persons, having French connections;

Assistance to families and family businesses in their structuring, development, and estate planning in a domestic and international context.

Stéphanie won the Geoffrey Shindler award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Profession” granted by STEP in 2017 for her success in challenging the French Registry of Trusts before the French Constitutional Court in 2016

Career

Stéphanie is a founding partner of Arkwood. She was previously Principal at Baker & McKenzie in Paris, in charge of Wealth Management practice.

Chambers Review

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Chambers High Net Worth

Private Wealth Law - France

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Individual Editorial
Stéphanie Auferil regularly advises on French-US tax planning, trusts and next generation wealth planning for foreign and domestic high net worth clients.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Stéphanie has great experience and very good technique. She brings a lot of security to clients.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth
  • Stéphanie is a star in France when it comes to private client matters.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth
  • Stéphanie Auferil has very impressive knowledge of trusts and common law countries.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth

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