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Viardot Guillaume
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Guillaume Viardot

Languages
  • French
  • English
  • German
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Guillaume Viardot deals with VAT matters, other indirect taxes and salary taxes, in all business sectors, for private companies as well as for non-profit organisations and public entities, supporting them with operations in France, within and outside the European Union, assisting them in their dealings with the French tax authorities (tax audits and individual or collective rulings) and representing them before national and European jurisdictions (the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights).

His practice focuses mainly on litigation and on VAT and salary taxes issues for holding companies.

Guillaume joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in January 2009.

Relevant experience

  • Lecturer on VAT and salary taxes in holding companies at the University of Orléans and at the University Paris Dauphine (Master 221)
  • Lecturer on courses entitled "VAT management" and "VAT and salary taxes in holding companies", offered in partnership with the University of Paris Dauphine and Francis Lefebvre Formation (vocational training institute), as part of a university degree in Business and Group Taxation
  • Lecturer on intra-community VAT on the Master's course (DJCE) at the University of Caen
  • Lecturer in VAT at the Universitiy of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne
  • Delivery of vocational training and technical seminars at Lefebvre Dalloz

Publications

  • Co-author of the publication "Les Holdings" published by Editions Francis Lefebvre

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Hauts-de-Seine Bar Council
  • President of the ACE (French Association of Corporate Legal Advisors)

Education

  • CAPA (post-graduate legal qualification required to practise as a solicitor or barrister in France), EFB Bar School, Paris (2007)
  • Post-graduate degree in Mergers & Acquisitions and Financing, University of Evry Val d’Essonne - Paris-Saclay (2007)
  • Post-graduate degree in Tax, Corporate Law, Business Consultancy and Management, INSEEC Business School, Paris (2007)
  • Post graduate degree in Company Law and Taxation, University of Orléans (2006)

Further reading

  • Secteur du transport de passagers : précisions sur le régime de TVA des biens fournis à bord

  • Réforme de la TVA du e‑commerce

Insights by Guillaume

Electronic invoicing and transmission of transactions data to the tax authorities

20 Feb 2025 4 min read

Electronic invoicing: What does the reform entail?

17 Oct 2024 13 min read

Glossary of electronic invoicing

08 Jul 2022 8 min read
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