Place personal property in a safe place.
Our business, the trust
A trust under French law (called in French « fiducie ») is defined as a contract by which a person, the settlor, transfers all or part of the property or rights that he or she owns to another person, the trustee, on condition that the latter acts for a specific purpose for the benefit of one or more beneficiaries.
A distinction is made between a security trust, which secures a debt, and a management trust, the purpose of which is to manage one or more assets in the interest of a beneficiary.
The status of fiduciary is reserved for lawyers, credit institutions, investment firms, management companies and insurance companies.
GVD Fiduciaires is registered with the Paris Bar as a fiduciary lawyer.
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GVD Avocats Fiduciaires is registered with the Paris Bar as a fiduciary lawyer. GVD Avocats Fiduciaires carries out the activity of fiduciary lawyer on an exclusive basis.
We assist our clients in the structuring of complex transactions aimed at securing a debt or protecting assets or individuals in the context of a trust.
The firm advises its clients, natural or legal persons, in all schemes aimed at setting up a trust.
The firm may act as a third-party protector on behalf of the settlor(s). It also advises settlors or beneficiaries when fiduciary documentation is offered to them by a fiduciary.
Secure your transactions, shareholders' agreements, receivables...
Settle inheritance issues
Anticipate possible dependencies
Lawyers
Laurent VERDES is an international business lawyer, registered with the Paris Bar since 2006. He previously worked as an international business lawyer in major French and foreign banks before becoming a partner at 23BOSQUET and then creating GVD Avocats Fiduciaires. He also served as a Trust Officer in Jersey, United Kingdom.
Education: Faculty of Law of Rennes.D.E.S.S Legal and Financial Engineering of the Institute of Management of Rennes (IGR).
Member of the IBA (International Bar Association) and member of the AFIDU (Association of Fiduciary Lawyers).
He is a partner at GVD Fiduciaire Lawyers.
Languages : French - English
Thierry Genieys de Giacomo is a tax lawyer, registered with the Paris Bar since 1991. He regularly advises French and foreign clients on the tax optimisation of their activities or assets and is co-founder of the firm GVD Avocats Fiduciaires.
Certificate of specialisation: tax and customs law
Former student of the Ecole Nationale des ImpôtsFormer lecturer at the University of Paris-Dauphine (taxation) Former lecturer in taxation and corporate law at the European Tax Centre
Author of the annotation and commentary of the Book of Tax Procedures in the LGDJ-Imprimerie Nationale version (1st publication September 1997)
He is a partner at GVD Fiduciaire Lawyers.
A lawyer at the Paris Bar for several years at Bersay and then at the English law firm, Charles Russell Speechlys, François-Xavier founded his firm in Vannes in 2021 with a strong ambition: to make the link between entrepreneurship and the lawyer.
In 2022, he joined forces with Etienne Galaup to found Maeker Avocats, an inter-bar company registered with the Vannes and Lorient Bars.
In 2025, François-Xavier joined GVD Avocats Fiduciaires as a partner.
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