Home / Our articles & publications

Our articles & publications

Legal news in Monaco


Media type
Expertise
14/03/2024
Variable compensation tools linked to business results
Remuneration is very often at the heart of the employment relationship: it can be a vector of individual motivation, encouraging the performance of the employee and therefore ultimately of the business...
14/03/2024
Towards the admissibility of unfair evidence in civil matters?
The plenary session of the French Court of Cassation recently handed down an important decision on the admissibility of unfair evidence in civil cases1. In a reversal of its case law, the Court judged...
11/03/2024
Reminder of the taxation applicable to Law 214 Trusts and foreign Trusts
The trust, legal instrument of English origin, is often used as a sustainable estate planning and assets protection tool. Although the trust system is common in Commonwealth countries, Monaco recognized...
11/03/2024
Monaco: the Anglo-Saxon style marriage contract
Marriage is an act of love, but it is also a legal commitment that can have major consequences in the event of separation. That is why it is essential to draw up a marriage contract, a key tool in wealth...
05/03/2024
Trusts in Monaco - Recent changes in reporting obligations
On 29 February 2024, Law no. 1.5591 amending in particular Law no. 214 of 27 February 1936 revising Law no. 207 of 12 July 1935 on trusts, Arrêté Ministériel no. 2024-1202 and the Ordonnance Souveraine...
26/02/2024
Cohabitation under Monegasque law
Definition Cohabitation is a de facto union, characterised by a stable and continuous life together, between two people living as a couple. Although it is a form of free union, cohabitation is not protected...
19/02/2024
The will: how to draft it?
Estate planning is often postponed. Indeed, in addition to constraints of time and availability, it is not uncommon for people to be simply reluctant to plan the aspects of their own demise. However...
15/02/2024
Retail lease agreements in Monaco - Overview
Applicable law Leases for premises in which a commercial, industrial or a craft industry is carried out are regulated by (i) the mandatory provisions of the Law n°490 of 24th November 1948 (applicable...
13/02/2024
The violation of the secrecy of correspondence necessary for the rights...
Article 341 of the Penal Code states peremptorily that the secrecy of correspondence is inviolable. In the following article, it defines violation of the secrecy of correspondence as the fact of becoming...
12/02/2024
Grandparents' visiting rights
What are the rights of grandparents regarding their grandchildren? Paragraph 4 of article 300 of the Civil Code states that: "The child's personal relations with their ascendants may not be obstructed...
09/02/2024
Resale right in Monaco
Law n°1.526 adopted on 1 July 2022 had thoroughly reformed the resale right in Monaco in order to bring it into line with European regulations and make the art market in the Principality more attractive...
06/02/2024
Gift of shares of a Monegasque SCI owning a real estate in France: risk...
The Monegasque civil company (SCI) is an excellent asset and wealth management tool, commonly used to facilitate the management and transfer of a real estate property in France. In this respect, the gift...