CMS Francis Lefebvre

Tax

Stéphane Austry joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2007 as a partner.

He leads the firm’s tax litigation and controversy practice.

He is a highly experienced litigator in tax cases. He mainly represents large companies in proceedings in domestic jurisdictions (before the Conseil d’Etat and the Constitutional Council), and before the international courts (the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights).

Stéphane Austry also advises clients on international tax issues and on the interpretation and application of tax treaties.

French, English, Japanese

Associate Professor in tax litigation, and international and European tax law, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (since 2021) Chair of the French Institute of Tax Lawyers’ (IACF) Corporate Tax committee Member of the board, International Fiscal Association (IFA); member of the Scientific Committee, French branch of the IFA Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) Member of the French association of corporate lawyers (ACE) Member of the International Tax Group and the editorial committee, International Tax Law Reports (ITLR) Appointment to the Policy committee and member of the Steering committee, Paris Europlace Former Chair of the French Institute of Tax Lawyers (IACF) (2014-2017) Former member, Council of Mandatory Contributions, La Cour des Comptes (2014-2018) Financial adviser to the Economic Mission, the French Embassy in Japan (2003-2007) Pubic reporter (Rapporteur public) to a tax chamber of the Conseil d'Etat (2000-2003) Technical Adviser to Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry) and to Christian Sautter (Budget Minister) (1997-2000) Head of the Tax Documentation Centre, Conseil d'Etat (1996-1997) Junior judge (Rapporteur), tax chamber of the Conseil d'Etat (1993-1996)

CAPA (certificate of aptitude for the legal profession) (2007) Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) (1993) DESS (Diplôme d’études approfondies, Level 7 equivalent) in banking and finance Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (1989) Graduate, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris (1987)