Eglantine Lioret specializes in tax law, more specifically in transactional tax, in both advisory and litigation matters.

She advises French and foreign clients on their domestic and cross-border issues, within the framework of the structuring of their acquisitions and the reorganization of their assets. With specific expertise in the tax structuring of investment vehicles in Europe, Eglantine Lioret has developed a specific expertise in the real estate sector.

Eglantine Lioret also assists companies subject to tax audits in the definition of their defense strategy and claims.

She also teaches tax law at the Paris Bar School.

Eglantine started at Lefèvre Pelletier & Associés (2001-2010), before joining the English law firms Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (2010-2015), Herbert Smith Freehills (2015-2019) and Pinsent Masons (2019-2021) as a partner, where she was in charge of the tax department in Paris, and more recently the French independent law firm Desfilis (2021-2026).

Recognition

• Chambers & Partners France (Band 6)
• Legal 500 EMEA – Tax (Band 5)
• Legal 500 « lawyer of the future » – Real estate tax
• Décideurs – Transactionnal tax and estate planning (Band 2 – Excellent) – Tax litigation and International Corporate tax (Band 3 – « Forte notoriété»)
• Option Droit & Affaires – Tax

Other areas of involvement

• Member of the IACF (Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux – Institute of Tax Attorneys and Legal Counsel)
• Membre of the A3F (Association Française des Femmes Fiscalistes – French Association of Women Tax Lawyers)
• Membre of the IFA (International Fiscal Association) and the IBA (International Bar Association)
• Teaching at the Paris Bar Training School

Areas of expertise

• Transaction tax
• Tax structuring
• Real estate taxation
• Business succession planning
• Tax litigation
• Transfer Pricing
• Outsourced tax management
• International Tax

Education

• Certificate of Aptitude to the Legal Profession (CAPA) – 2001
• Certificate of Specialisation in tax and customs laws – 2005
• LLM in Business Law and Taxation – (Paris Pantheon Assas University 2)

Languages

• French
• English