Alves Fernandes Avocats

About Alves Fernandes Avocats

Founded by André Fernandes, a French-Brazilian lawyer admitted to both the Paris and Brazilian bars, Alves Fernandes Avocats is a Paris firm built around the France-Brazil corridor. Its team of French and Brazilian-trained lawyers works in Portuguese, French, English and Spanish, and the website is published in all four languages. Brazilian companies arriving in France and Europe are a core client group: the firm advises on the legal form, incorporates the company and drafts the founding instruments, and explains how a French company can be set up and managed from abroad. Its tax practice covers tax residence, double taxation under the France-Brazil treaty, the impatriate regime for people settling in France, exit taxation and recurring reporting obligations in both countries. Alongside these services it handles immigration and residence permits, international contracts, customs and EU-Mercosur trade questions, cross-border wealth and succession planning, international litigation and sports law.

Services

Company formation in France and Europe for foreign founders: choice of legal form, incorporation, drafting of founding instruments, domiciliation and representation questions for non-resident managers. International tax planning, tax residence and treaty analysis, impatriate regime and exit tax, recurring tax reporting obligations in France and Brazil, tax regularisation. Visas, residence permits and corporate mobility. International contracts, foreign investment advice, customs and import taxation, cross-border succession structures.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✕ Accounting and bookkeeping: not listed
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✕ VAT: not listed
• ✕ Payroll: not listed
• ✕ Audit: not listed
• ✕ Bank account assistance: not listed
• ✓ Residency and visas: offered
• ✕ Corporate secretarial: not listed
• ✕ Virtual office: not listed

Licences and registrations

• Paris Bar (CNBF 133067)
• Brazilian Bar (OAB/MG)

As declared by the firm. Check a licence with the regulator before you rely on it.

Published prices

• Expatriation consultation EUR 300 incl. VAT

As published by the firm. Prices change; the firm's quote is what counts.