French Wills
From Our French-qualified notaire
Simplify and Streamline the
Succession Process
A will is a key element of succession planning and ensuring the right people inherit your assets after your passing. Inheritance can be complex; however, properly distributing your estate can be made far more straightforward with a will. At France Tax Law, our team of French law specialists can assist with a range of services relating to French wills.
Whether you reside in France or have property there, a French will may be necessary to manage your assets' succession properly. Having a French will be drawn up by a French solicitor or receiving professional advice when creating a will can also simplify and streamline the succession process. This can help relinquish some stress for your beneficiaries during an already emotional and challenging time.
French Will Law Experts
France Tax Law's team has over two decades of notarial industry experience, including many years abroad. Specialising in French and European law, our expert team is equipped to advise you on succession planning for your French assets.
France Tax Law are experts in French wills and can guide you through the process, factoring in potential cross-border inheritance. We understand inheritance jurisdictions and can navigate both French and British laws to ensure the intended heirs receive your assets. We have years of experience delivering first-rate legal services whilst liaising between the UK and France. We can work with clients living abroad and other French legal professionals from our UK office in London.
French Wills and Estate Planning
We can provide several French and holographic will services based on years of industry experience and specialised French will and inheritance law knowledge.
Drawing on years of industry experience and specialised French will and inheritance law knowledge, we can provide several French wills and holographic will services.
We can assist with your succession planning. Before determining how you wish for an estate to be distributed after your death, it is important that you fully understand the full ramifications of your intended succession plan. Our team can guide you through this and work with you to find an optimal solution. We understand both French and UK inheritance tax laws and can advise how this may affect your beneficiaries. We can also advise on matters of cross-border inheritance and how this may impact your estate and heirs.
French Wills and Holographic
and Will Services
In addition to our estate planning services, we also offer French wills and holographic wills services to establish how you wish for your estate to be shared after your passing.
Firstly, it is important to determine the appropriate way to establish your succession plan. Our French wills experts guide the best way to leave your assets to your heirs. In France, there are several ways you can do this, including; testaments (French wills), donation entre vifs (a gift to a child or family member), and donation-partage (distribution of assets to family members). We can walk you through each, how they differ, and why you may wish to use one over the other.
Once we have established how you wish for your estate to be distributed (and the consequences of these decisions), we can assist in creating a valid French will. Whether we, ourselves, draw up your will or you create a holographic will (a will written and signed by yourself), we can ensure it is legally valid for total peace of mind.
Enquire About Our
French Wills Services
If you have French assets and want to ensure they are inherited by the indeed beneficiary, speak to one of our French wills experts. A team member can assess your situation and advise on the appropriate next steps for creating and implementing your succession plan and the management of your estate. To learn more about how France Tax Law can help with your French will, call us on 020 8115 7914.
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French Will Writing FAQs
Do France Tax Law Offer Other Services?
Yes. At France Tax Law, we use our extensive knowledge of various areas of UK and French law to assist our clients. We can advise on other succession-related matters, such as cross-border inheritance and help you relocate, purchase property abroad, and much more.
Is It Difficult To Move To France?
The process of relocating to France can be complicated. You will have to move not only yourself but your assets. And many areas that previously fell under UK law may now be impacted by French law and require updating (such as acquiring a French will). However, do not let this deter you. There are many fantastic reasons to relocate to France, and the process is far easier with an expert team of French law experts by your side.
Which Areas Do France Tax Law French Wills Cover?
As French Law Experts, we work in France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the principality of Monaco. We can assist with will writing (and many other services) for relocations to these regions.
Learn More About French Wills
The France Tax Law team are here to assist you with your relocation and all related areas of french succession, property and tax law. And to make the process even easier, we have written some helpful articles about relocating to France and the different areas of law we cover.
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