French Law Consultancy
French Law in Plain English
We help British clients with assets in France, whether you live in the UK, France or elsewhere.
Our clients trust us to help with Wills, inheritance tax planning, and lifetime gifts to ensure your estate passes to your loved ones, navigating the often misunderstood inheritance tax consequences.
We also help to calmly sort things out when a loved one passes away. We help to liaise with banks, agents and Notaires in France to help recover assets, sell property or transfer ownership to the beneficiaries.
Get in touch with us to for a free initial consultation.
Baby Dylan with his French Papy aged 98
Wills
Let us help make sure your estate is easy to manage, and passes to your loved ones.
Inheritance Tax
With careful planning we can help minimise your French inheritance tax.
Inheriting an Estate
Calm, clear, compassionate and practical assistance, and full liaison with the Notaire.
Reassurance to ensure a smooth property sale and to get your money to you, even for property in complicated estates.
We can arrange and explain French procurations, allowing you to sign in the UK without having to travel to France.
Experts in helping to arrange the various legal documents needed by French banks and Notaires, often for a sale or inheritance.
“… recommendations from clients and professionals generate most of our work.”
- John Kitching, Director
John Kitching is trusted as the go-to French law specialist for many Solicitors, Notaries Public, and French Notaires, and is recommended by his loyal and happy client base.
John is also a regular legal columnist for the French Expat newspaper Connexion France, and was awarded Distinction in the STEP Advanced Certificate in Cross Border Estates.