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CMS Pasquier Ciulla Marquet Pastor Svara & Gazo
VILLA DES CIGOGNES
17 RUE LOUIS AUREGLIA, BP 450
98012 MONACO
Monaco

Work Department

Private Clients

Position

Avocat Associé | Partner

Career

Raphaëlle Svara is a Partner at CMS Monaco and  co-head of the Private Clients team.

She acts for natural persons, family offices, trusts and foreign private entities in general, advising and representing them before both civil and criminal courts in Monaco. She specialises in family law, private international law and estate planning and personal tax law.

Raphaëlle’s practice focuses on national and international divorces and successions, wealth planning in private international law matters, legal protection of adults and minors, patrimonial organization.

Her other area of expertise is private tax law, in which she supervises all the patrimonial tax issues.

Prior to joining the firm in 2016 she worked at law firms in Paris, São Paolo and Monaco, and at the UN.

Languages

• French
• English
• Portuguese
• Italian

Memberships

• STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)
• IBA (International Bar Association)

Education

• Certificate in Foundations, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (2017)
• Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Private Wealth Advising, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (2017)
• Monaco Bar (2016)
• Diploma in Brazilian tax law, Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributários of São Paolo (2013)
• Master’s degree in Private Law, la Sorbonne (2013)
• Master‘s degree in Business, Neoma Business School Reims (2013)

Lawyer Rankings

Monaco > Private client > Private client - Law firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Raphaëlle SvaraCMS Pasquier Ciulla Marquet Pastor Svara & Gazo

According to many, CMS Pasquier Ciulla Marquet Pastor Svara & Gazo is ‘the best firm in Monaco for ultra-high-net-worth private client matters’. The team is particularly recognised for its expertise in private international law, with Géraldine Gazo widely regarded as an authority in the area — she notably assisted with the drafting of the Monegasque private international law code of 2017. Co-founding partner Christine Pasquier-Ciulla is also a go-to specialist in private international law and is additionally recommended for family law, and trusts and estates issues. Up-and-coming partner Raphaëlle Svara maintains a full-service private client practice, with niche expertise in the legal protection of adults and minors. Counsel Regina Griciuc provides specialist support.