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ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES EUROPE
F R A N C E
F R A N C E
François Hellio
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Paris
France
Tel: (33) 1 47 38 40 62
Email: francois.hellio@cms-fl.com
Website: www.cms.law
Lionel Lenczner
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Paris
France
Tel: (33) 1 47 38 41 66
Email: lionel.lenczner@cms-fl.com
Website: www.cms.law
François Hellio joined CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats in 1990. From
1993 to 1998 is worked at the Berlin office of the firm and became a
partner in 2001. From 2009 to 2012, he was a member of the firm’s
Advisory board. He is specialised in tax matters in connection with
international and domestic acquisitions and restructurings, and also in
transfer pricing. He is currently a co-ordinator of the CMS Franco-
German desk.
François is a regular author of various articles about international
taxation in French and international publications (German or Swiss
notably). Examples include: co-author of the French tax part of a book
published in Germany on international aspects of the Societas
Europaea (SE), Jannott/Frodermann (CF Müller-Verlag, 2014); coauthor
of the France dedicated chapter of Mennel-Förster, a reference
work on international taxation in Germany (NWB-Verlag, 2012).
He teaches at the Universities of Strasbourg and Vienna (LLM of
international taxation). François studied at the French business school
HEC (1988) and graduated at the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne in
Paris (1992).
A French native, François is fluent in English and German.
Lionel joined the firm in 1989, and was co-opted as Equity Partner in
1997.
He is part of the firm’s tax department, where he is an expert in direct
taxes. As such, he manages mainly files in the following subject
matters: taxation of national and international mergers and
acquisitions, restructurings; tax integration structures, real estate
taxation and taxation of financial products (banking and insurance
sectors). He also deals with litigious matters.
Lionel is an active member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux
(IACF) and Association Française des Avocats Conseils d’Entreprises
(ACE).
He regulary writes articles on tax law. ( in Droit Fiscal) He has, for
example, participated to the Mémento Groupes de sociétés 2018-2019,
published by Editions Francis Lefebvre.
He holds a postgraduate degree in Tax Law (Paris II, 1980). He is a
Lecturer in Tax at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).
A French native, Lionel is also fluent in English.
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