About Lexunion International

Lexunion International : Origins and values

Founded in 2002 as a non-profit association under Belgian law, LEXUNION (formerly Groupe International Patrimoine & Entreprise) brings together independent legal, wealth planning and tax advice professionals based in Europe, who work regularly with numerous correspondents in the U.S., the Middle East, Africa, South America and Asia.
LEXUNION is a multi-professional organisation which brings together the expertise of notaries, lawyers and tax experts.

The LEXUNION network currently comprises around one hundred notary offices and law firms in 8 countries, and is seeking to expand progressively in line with very strict selection criteria.
LEXUNION is managed by an international board of directors, which is renewed every two years by the assembly of delegates.

The official languages of LEXUNION are English and French.

LEXUNION’s actions and services are built around four watchwords:

LEXUNION members are professionals who are recognised locally for their expertise and ethical conduct. Besides their national legal and tax expertise, they are experienced in handling matters with an international dimension. As members of regulated professions subject to disciplinary rules, LEXUNION members are particularly committed to their ethics, independence and respect for professional secrecy.

By joining LEXUNION, professionals agree to adhere to an exacting code under which they promise to deal with information requests and matters raised by other network members both promptly and efficiently.

Trust is paramount within LEXUNION. Our members forge strong ties thus creating the best possible conditions for working together to serve clients.

LEXUNION encourages exchange of know-how and best practices between members during regular work meetings and annual conferences on a specific legal and tax theme.

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Organisation of Lexunion International

Assembly of Delegates

The assembly of delegates is made up of representatives from all of the networks and offices/firms that are individual members of LEXUNION. It meets every year to determine the group’s policies and to scrutinise the actions of the Board of Directors.

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The Board of Directors currently consists of 10 members from different countries.

The Executive Committee has the following composition:
Chairman: Julien Schlaeppi
1st Vice-Chairman: Eric Jacobs
Treasurer: Eric Jacobs
Secretary: Marie Larivière

The Board has the following members:

Julien Schlaeppi, swisNot (CH)
Eric Jacobs, Actalys (BE)
Jeroen Beijsens, DKT Notarissen (NL)
Rogério Fernandes Ferreira, RFF Lawyers (PT)
Andrew Godfrey, Russell-Cooke (UK)
Juan Pedro Hoya, Lexunion España (ES)
Pascal Julien Saint-Amand, Althémis (FR)
Manfred Richter, Alpmann Fröhlich (DE)
Philippe Mauler, swisNot (CH)
Federico Tassinari, InSignum (IT)

Marie Larivière

Director/Manager

Marie Larivière is lawyer in Madrid, Spain, and initially headed up the Spanish network Lexunion España from its creation in 2007 until the end of 2012, when she gradually took over the management of the international network.

She is in charge of coordinating the group’s scientific work, administration and financial management, as well as the network’s internal and external communications, including the publication of the contents on the website and Social Medias.

Marie Larivière speaks French, Spanish and English and has been the Director/Manager of Lexunion since 1 January 2013.

+34 66 59 59 935
marie.lariviere@lexunion.com
Paseo de la Castellana 79, 7ª planta
28046 Madrid (España)
www.lexunion.com

Pascal Julien Saint-Amand

Chairman

Pascal JULIEN SAINT-AMAND is a partner Civil Law notary in Paris and Chairman of the Althémis Group.

Doctor of French and European law, after a career as a tax lawyer, he joined in 1993 the notarial profession to which he had a long family tradition. He has developed a high level expertise in wealth management, and in particular in estate planning for company directors.

He writes on these subjects in numerous books published by Éditions Francis Lefebvre: Pactes d’actionnaires et engagements Dutreil, Mémentos Patrimoine et Droit de la Famille, Les holdings, Stock-options et attributions gratuites d’actions.
He is a lecturer at Paris Dauphine University and the ESCP Business School. He is a member of the FNDP legal committee.

He speaks French and English and has been a member of the Board of Directors of LEXUNION since its creation in 2002. He is the Chairman of Lexunion since September 2022. This is his second term as Chairman (from 2009 to 2011).

+33 (0)1 44 01 25 17
pjsa@paris.notaires.fr
79 rue Jouffroy d’abbans
75017 Paris (France)
www.althemis.fr

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