Valérie Farez

Partner

Valérie Farez specializes in tax law, more particularly in the taxation of assets and executives. She also assists company groups in the management of their domestic and cross-border tax issues, particularly in the context of their daily tax management and reorganization.

Ms Farez assists corporate executives in the implementation of legal compensation or profit-sharing tools (French and foreign shareholding plans) as well as in international mobility issues. She also advises her clients on the tax structuring of their professional and private assets, both in terms of acquisition and transmission, asset analysis with respect to real estate wealth tax and estate planning. She also advises trustees on French tax regulations relating to trusts.

Valérie Farez also assists her clients who are subject to tax audits, who wish to regularize a tax situation or to file claims.

Education and background

Valérie Farez holds a postgraduate degree in corporate taxation (Paris IX - Dauphine). She started her career at Landwell (2003-2006), then Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés (2006-2009) and Nove 7 (2009-2012) before joining the Anglo-Saxon law firms Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (2012-2015), Herbert Smith Freehills, where she became Of-Counsel (2015-2019), and then Pinsent Masons as a Legal Director (2019-2021)