Pascale Cano > FBT Attorneys-at-Law > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

FBT Attorneys-at-Law
4 AVENUE HOCHE
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Patrimonial Family Law Group

Position

Pascale Cano is a member of the Tax group of FBT Avocats. She has extensive experience in family estate law and private international law. After twelve years of practice in a notary’s office in Paris, she joined a prominent single-Family Office to devote herself for another twelve years to assisting the family members – established in various jurisdictions and with increasing geographic mobility – on family, marital and patrimonial-related legal and tax issues, in both domestic and cross-border contexts.

Pascale Cano joined FBT in January 2018 as Head of its family estate law group. In close synergy with our Geneva office, she advises individuals on family estate law matters, with a particular focus on cross-border issues. She is especially involved in ways and means of structuring and holding assets, as well as estate planning, through the recommendation of holding and transmission schemes (options and evolution of matrimonial regime, union/disunion, gifts inter vivos and wills, holding structures, philanthropic approaches).

Career

Since 2018 – Lawyer, FBT Avocats SA, Paris
2005-2017 – Jurist, Mobilis Family Office, Roubaix
1993-2005 – KL Associés, Notaries, Paris
1993-1994 – Assistant Lecturer in Inheritence Law, University of Paris II Panthéon Assas

Languages

French, German, English

Memberships

EPSG (Estate Planning Skill Group) Paris-Lille-Bruxelles

Education

1996 – Master’s degree in Notary, University of Paris II Panthéon Assas
1993 – Post graduate in Notarial Law, University of Paris II Panthéon Assas
1992 – Diploma, Centre Supérieur d’Etudes Notariales, Paris
1992 – Master’s degree in Law, University of Paris II Panthéon Assas

Lawyer Rankings

Switzerland > Private client

In addition to advising high-net worth individuals and families, FBT Attorneys-at-Law caters to a broad range of clients, including trustees, banking institutions, asset managers, and charitable foundations. The team has experience advising on inheritance disputes, private banking, and international successions, among other matters. Jean-Luc Bochatay is a tax expert who frequently handles cross-border matters. Located in Paris, Pascale Cano focusses on estate planning and other family-related mandates.