INTERNATIONAL: LEXUNION NEWSLETTER N°35

Pascal JULIEN SAINT-AMAND is a partner Civil Law notary in Paris and Chairman of the Althémis Group.

Doctor of French and European law, after a career as a tax lawyer, he joined in 1993 the notarial profession to which he had a long family tradition. He has developed a high level expertise in wealth management, and in particular in estate planning for company directors.

He writes on these subjects in numerous books published by Éditions Francis Lefebvre: Pactes d’actionnaires et engagements Dutreil, Mémentos Patrimoine et Droit de la Famille, Les holdings, Stock-options et attributions gratuites d’actions.
He is a lecturer at Paris Dauphine University and the ESCP Business School. He is a member of the FNDP legal committee.

Bertrand SAVOURÉ is a partner Civil Law notary in Paris and Vice-Chairman of the Althémis Group.

He specialises in inheritance planning, the transfer of private estates and the transfer of businesses, within a distinctly international context. He regularly covers these issues at conferences or through articles in specialised journals.
He is scientific co-director of the Revue Fiscale du Patrimoine published by LexisNexis.

He has exercised a number of activities within his profession and in particular he chaired the Interdepartmental Chamber of Notaries of Paris until September 2020.

He was also general rapporteur of the 108th congress of notaries in France on the subject of estate planning in 2012, and he is a member of the Institute of Legal Studies of the Conseil Supérieur du Notariat.

Frank THIÉRY is a partner Civil Law notary at Le Vésinet.

He joined the notarial profession after completing his training specialising in Legal and Tax Advice offered to companies and entrepreneurs (DJCE). He oversees the Company Law Department of the Althémis Group.

He is a lecturer at the ESCP Business School and is often involved in interprofessional training.

Muriel CARPON is a partner Civil Law notary in Paris.

With a dual degree in notarial law and wealth management, she specializes in wealth management advice for families -particularly in the areas of inheritance, matrimonial property regimes, divorce and estate panning- as well as business transfers.

She is co-author of a book on estate engineering in a Franco-Belgian context published by Éditions Larcier. She also writes studies for the Ingénierie du Patrimoine collection published by LexisNexis, for Lamy Patrimoine, and contributes to the Mémento Patrimoine for Éditions Francis Lefebvre.

Guillaume LIGET is a partner Civil Law notary at Le Vésinet.

He specialises in real estate issues, in particular the structuring of acquisitions and transfer support.

Sophie GONSARD is a partner Civil Law notary at Le Vésinet.

She joined the Althémis Group after having spent many years in charge of the engineering division of a wealth management consultancy company. She now oversees the Estate, Family and Estate department.

She co-writes several chapters of the Heritage and Family Law Mementos, as well as the book Assurance-vie by Éditions Francis Lefebvre.

She is a lecturer in the Master in Wealth Management at the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas.

Frédéric AUMONT is a partner Civil Law notary at Lyon.

He is a recognized specialist in wealth management and international law, he is the author of numerous articles and lectures on these topics.

He is the former President of the Rhône Notaries’ Chamber and won the award for the best wealth manager.

Hasina RAKOTONDRAIBE is a partner Civil Law notary at Paris.

She specializes in family law. She assists families at every stage of their lives, in particular during a union, divorce, estate planning and transmission of assets. She also assists her clients in the acquisition and transfer of real estate assets, where she brings her expertise for the audit, the structuring and the finalization of the deal.

She graduated from the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne and was awarded the Jean-Louis Magnan prize for her paper on the reform of gifts and bequests.

Matthieu LEDUC is a Civil Law notary in Aix en Provence.

In his professional career, he quickly specialised in supporting company directors. For this, he joined the specialized department for business and tax and later the professional estate planning department of the Althémis Group. His dual expertise is his passion and allows him to develop an advisory dimension in the context of his work.

Victor ANTIN is a partner Civil Law notary at Lyon.

He has gained his experience within the Althémis Group. He advices company directors offering them a global vision for the transmission of their private and professional assets.

He graduated from the DJCE (specialised business law program) in Lyon.