We actively advise and assist individuals and families, entrepreneurs and executives, as well as banks, wealth managers, family offices, fiduciaries and charitable foundations facing issues related to their wealth or areas of activity.
Our lawyers handle complex cases involving cross-border issues, requiring the involvement of our two entities based in Geneva and Paris.
Our teams also work closely with other specialist groups at FBT Avocats SA to provide our clients with the best possible legal advice. In addition to their advisory role, our lawyers regularly publish articles on various areas of family property law in specialist journals.
Wealth Structuring and estate planning
- Wealth investment and structuring in a cross-border context
- Inter vivos gifts in a cross-border context
- Inheritance planning upon death
- Determination and/or choice of applicable inheritance law (professio juris)
- Comparative approach of eligible laws
- Advice on the drafting of testamentary dispositions
- Combination of matrimonial contracts, inheritance law and wills
- Dismemberment of the right of ownership in a cross-border context
- Improper usufruct agreements
- Recognition of family debts and loans
Unions (Marriage and Partnerships)
- Choice of matrimonial regime according to family, wealth and geographic context
- Drafting precautions and formal conditions in a cross-border context
- Evolution of the matrimonial regime
- Consistency of marriage contracts and inheritance law
- Non-marital unions (partnership) in a cross-border context
Philanthropy
- Assistance in setting up a philanthropic strategy in a domestic or cross-border context
Residence Transfer – Expatriation and Impatriation
- General wealth audit, warning points detection and recommendations









Announcement of the Reopening of a Tax Regularisation Unit in France
/in News, Publications Family Estate, Tax Alain Moreau, Jean-Luc Bochatay 2026 Groupe fiscal, Groupe patrimoine, News, Publications /by Yann BelliniThis initiative comes against a backdrop of increased resources to combat tax fraud and continued international transparency in relation to taxpayers’ assets.
L’équipe parisienne de FBT Avocats a été distinguée dans le Guide Gestion de Patrimoine 2026, publié par Décideurs | Leaders League
/in Media and News Family Estate, Tax Alain Moreau, Jean-Luc Bochatay, Jérôme Bissardon, Michel Abt, Stéphanie Barreira 2026 Groupe fiscal, Groupe patrimoine, Medias /by Yann BelliniNotre Étude y est reconnue pour son excellence en fiscalité du patrimoine, sa forte notoriété en assistance précontentieuse et contentieuse, ainsi que pour sa pratique réputée en Droit international privé.
The Tax Treatment of French Sociétés Civiles Immobilières (SCIs) in Switzerland
/in Media and News, News Family Estate, Tax Jean-Luc Bochatay 2026 Groupe fiscal, Groupe patrimoine, Medias, News /by Yann BelliniMany Swiss residents who own real estate in France hold such property through a French SCI.