From determining your matrimonial property regime during a real estate acquisition to organizing your estate in an international context, Angle Droit Notaires helps you navigate the complexities of international civil and tax treaties.

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From determining your matrimonial property regime during a real estate acquisition to organizing your estate in an international context, Angle Droit Notaires guides you through the complexities of international civil and tax conventions and treaties.

As one of the firm's partners holds dual French-Italian citizenship and speaks Italian, our office is fully equipped to support citizens of both countries, as well as anyone with ties to them.

An increasing number of families and investors are living or developing projects across multiple countries. Binational marriages, international successions, property acquisitions abroad or by foreigners in France, French citizens moving abroad... These situations raise complex questions regarding applicable law and taxation. At Angle Droit Notaires, we put our expertise in private international law to work for your projects, with a particular focus on relations between France and Italy. Our role: anticipate conflicts of law, harmonize your choices, and secure your decisions within a cross-border framework.

Before any move abroad, consulting your notary is essential: European regulations determine the law applicable to your matrimonial regime, a divorce, or an estate. Anticipating and choosing, rather than simply letting things happen, remains the best approach.

Examples of services

The areas in which we operate are, for example, the following:

  • * Estate planning (drafting a will that complies with multiple jurisdictions to prevent disputes among heirs, drafting deeds of gift in an international context).
  • * Settlement of international estates involving assets located both in France and abroad, and analysis of tax treaties concluded with France.
  • * Analysis of matrimonial property regimes, custom prenuptial or postnuptial agreements, and formal declarations of applicable law.
  • * Assistance for foreign investors in acquiring real estate in France.
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    Frequently Asked Questions

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    I am going to live abroad, is it useful to see my notary first?

    European regulations determine the law applicable to a divorce or an inheritance, even if one does not make a marriage contract. It is better to know this before and to choose rather than to suffer.

    I am Italian, resident in Italy. I have assets in France and Italy, one of my children is an Italian resident, the other French. Being in Italy, does my country's tax law apply?

    Not always because sometimes there are tax treaties between countries. This is the case between France and Italy when it comes to gift and inheritance tax. It is important to know how to analyze them because the material is very technical. Moreover, in the absence of agreements there may be a risk of double taxation.

    Do I need to write a specific will if I have assets abroad?

    It is obvious that we must question the law applicable to these assets and choose the drafting of a will adapted to the form and content that will be recognized in this country if necessary.

    Do I have to declare in France the donation made of a property abroad?

    Whether in good faith or in bad faith (not seen or taken) the question is not asked and the process is even less carried out when there is an obligation. In addition to knowledge of the law, let us not forget that our age makes the exchange of information between countries more and more effective.