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Stéphanie Auferil

Stéphanie Auferil

High Net Worth 2026

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Arkwood
 Arkwood

Ranked in 1 practice area

Private Wealth Law

France

9 years ranked

About

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High Net Worth

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.

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Strengths

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  • She is clearly very experienced in the world of international tax and HNWIs. She is extremely well connected, and clients really love her as well.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth

  • Stéphanie Auferil is a perfect cross-border colleague.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth

  • Stéphanie is very technical, but very approachable. She's always very responsive and extremely collaborative. She's brilliant.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth

  • Stéphanie is a pleasure to work with. She combines excellent technical knowledge with gravitas and wonderful client handling skills.

    Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth

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