French Property Solicitors
Our international legal firm offers comprehensive French property-related services, leveraging our team’s fluency in French and extensive experience in the French legal and property landscape. We provide expert assistance for buyers and sellers, covering everything from pre-purchase advice and contract negotiations to inheritance planning and probate matters.
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We have fluent French speakers, some of whom also have a number of years’ experience of living and working in France and of dealing with French property and related matters, property professionals and French Notaries and lawyers.
Our French property-related services are flexible and can be tailored to meet your individual requirements. They include:
Property related for buyers and sellers:
- Instructing Estate Agents/reviewing and advising on mandates for sale
- Pre-purchase advice
- Comprehensive Written Reports on sale and purchase contracts
- Negotiating and amending sale and purchase contracts
- Reviewing and reporting on Transfers (acte de vente) (prepared by the Notaire)
- Arranging and witnessing powers of attorney (with or without the Apostille)
- French ‘plus value tax’ and social security surcharge (capital gains tax), appointing fiscal guarantors
- Registering charges on French property
- Transfer of property following divorce or buying out co-owners
Inheritance related:
- Structuring a purchase
- Post-purchase inheritance advice
- Advising in relation to marriage contracts, SCI’s and PACS
- Inheritance advice and Wills
- Tax advice (gift tax and inheritance tax) in the context of French resident and French non-resident UK nationals
Probate related:
- Administration of Estates with French assets
- Affidavits of English law (for Notaires)
- Affidavits of French Law (for UK Grant of Probate)
Non-legal:
We also have a number of partners and contacts in France and the UK including English speaking French Accountants, Estate Agents and French-based avocats (for contentious matters).
International Legal Services
We offer a range of international services at the highest level of quality and professionalism.
Our multilingual solicitors can assist clients based in the UK with their overseas property, succession and estate planning affairs. We can also support international clients with business and personal interests in the UK. Our international legal services are flexible and can be tailored to meet your individual requirements.
Our services are tailored to meet individual needs, encompassing property transactions, inheritance structuring, tax advice, and estate administration. With a network of trusted partners in both France and the UK, we ensure seamless handling of all aspects of French property ownership, from legal intricacies to practical considerations, making us your ideal partner for navigating the complexities of French property law and transactions.
Why choose Mayo Wynne Baxter's legal services
We offer expert conveyancing services to guide you through the complexities of selling and buying your home. Our experienced team offers comprehensive support and clear guidance, ensuring a smooth and stress-free transaction providing support and expertise every step of the way.
- We can make buying a home stress-free and sell your home smoothly
- Expert conveyancing team with in-depth industry knowledge
- Clear and stress-free guidance throughout the process
- Direct access to property records meaning we can expedite the selling and buying process and minimise stress
French Property FAQs
Our client service team, are specifically trained to help you through the enquiry process and provide all the information you will need. Our client service team are able to give cost estimates immediately to you, including any disbursements payable in relation to your matter. This means that you will have all the necessary information to hand, in order to make an informed choice as to whether to instruct us.
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What to expect when you contact us
- Once you have completed the contact form or called us, our client service team will call you back, to ask a few questions including your preferred method of contact. This information is then passed directly to the Legal Adviser who will be working for you. Once you are happy to proceed we will gather all the relevant information and your file will be opened almost immediately so we can start work.
- A member of the Client Service Team will keep in contact with you on a regular basis throughout your transaction, to make sure you and them are satisfied with the progress of your matter. There is no additional charge to you for their involvement.
- We are here to assist you and ensure everything proceeds as smoothly as possible. You will have direct contact details for the client service team, who you can contact at any point during your matter.
Our aim is to make the process as easy and uncomplicated as possible for you.
Jessica Partridge 
Grant Parker