Home / People / Philippe Gosset
Portrait ofGosset Philippe

Philippe Gosset

Partner

Contact
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Cedex
France
Languages French, English

Philippe Gosset joined the tax department of CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2012.

Philippe advises private banks, managers and shareholders on wealth and income tax matters. He also assists companies and investment funds on the tax aspects of transactions (mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and corporate restructurings) and management incentive plans.

Philippe has written numerous articles, regularly speaks at conferences on French tax law and gives lectures at the business school HEC, the University of Paris-Dauphine and the University of Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Philippe has been named one of the top 10 most influential wealth tax lawyers in France in 2023 by Business Today magazine.

more less

High Net Worth 2023: Private Wealth Law

Chambers High Net Worth 2023

Philippe Gosset has considerable experience advising fund and company managers on tax structuring and financial planning. "Philippe is a top tax lawyer," explains a market insider, who adds: "He has extensive knowledge and a very strategic point of view. It is a pleasure to work with him." Another impressed source enthuses: "He knows how to adapt his advice to the client. He is quite creative."

Chambers : band 3

Private Wealth Law

Leaders League 2023 : Private Wealth Law

Relevant experience

  • Lecturer on Master's degree courses at the HEC business school in Paris and the University of Paris – Dauphine
  • Bredin Prat (2008 - 2012)
  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas (2010 - 2011)
  • Lecturer University Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne, Master 2 Droit des affaires et fiscalité (depuis 2019)
  • Lecturer HEC Paris, MS Entrepreneurs – Levée de fonds & croissance rapide : aspects fiscaux (depuis 2016)
  • Lecturer University Paris-Dauphine, Master 225 Finance d’entreprise - Fiscalité des transactions et des restructurations (depuis 2011)
more less

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of IACF (French Institute of Tax Lawyers)
  • Member of the Hauts-de-Seine Bar
  • Admitted to the Paris Bar (2008)
more less

Publications

more less

Education

  • Master's degree in Corporate Law and Taxation, University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (2007)
  • Master's degree, Institute of Political Studies (IEP), Lille (2005)
more less

Feed

21/01/2019
International Private Equity Market (IPEM) 2020
From 28 to 30 January 2020, more than 1,600 key players in Private Equity are expected in Cannes for 3 days of networking, connection with each other, exchanges and business meetings. Discover our private...
23/03/2018
BSPCE Galion kit dedicated to start-ups: CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats contributes...
On Wednesday 21 March 2018, the Galion Project, a think tank of fast-growing entrepreneurs in French Tech, launched a new tool for start-ups: the BSPCE Galion kit. With the launch, the Galion Project...
21/07/2017
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises Ekkio Capital on the sale of Amatsigroup...
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre assisted the Ekkio Capital fund and other sellers on tax and HR aspects of the sale of Amatsigroup to Eurofins. Amatsigroup, a specialist in analysis and formulation of drugs...
15/02/2017
LBO of Extruflex: CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises sellers and management
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advised the sellers and management of Extruflex Group in the new LBO on the Group, which the management organised with the 'Initiative et Finance' and 'A Plus Finance' funds...
28/10/2016
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises FFDM share holders in the disposal...
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre was legal counsel for the majority shareholders of FFDM in the sale of their majority stake in the company capital to the Tivoly group. This acquisition is part of Tivoly's...
03/02/2016
Sale of the Hotel Alexandrine Opéra: CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises...
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre was the advisor to a private investor assisted by Huchet-Demorge for the business acquisition of the Hotel Alexandrine Opéra from a family of hoteliers. The hotel, located...
10/11/2015
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, counsel for Chequers Partenaires and Honotel...
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre was counsel for Chequers Partenaires and Honotel Développement for the transfer of a portfolio of 7 hotels on 30 October to a fund managed by Swiss Life REIM (France). For...
15/10/2015
Pinot de Villechenon & Associés and CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, counsel...
Pinot de Villechenon & Associés and CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre were, respectively, Corporate and tax advisers for the Netapsys Group for its merger with the Sodifrance Group. The transaction will help...
12/10/2015
Transfer of the Kyriad Hotel in Clichy: CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises...
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre was counsel for a private industrial, assisted by Jones Lang LaSalle, for the acquisition of the property and business of the Kyriad Hotel in Clichy by a hotel operator. The...
30/04/2015
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises Interflora’s management on the sale...
After four years in the fold of the Chevrillon and HLD groups, the Lyon-based specialist in delivering Interflora flowers, with over €150 M of revenue, is due to join LFPI and Montefiore Investment...
18/09/2014
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises Syntrus Achmea in Grosvenor deal
22/01/2014
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advises 21 Centrale Partners on the acquisition...
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre advised 21 Centrale Partners in the context of the acquisition of Synerlab, one of the leading French pharmaceutical manufacturers, from Ardian which plans to reinvest in it...