Jean-François DEFUDES

Partner

Jean-François DEFUDES

Practice areas

Corporate taxation

Jean-François DEFUDES is partner and co-head of the “Corporate taxation” department.

He assists his clients, French and international groups, with their everyday tax matters, including planning or managing tax liabilities, strategy implementation, tax inspections and digitization projects. He has developed solid expertise in making tax digital and provides support during e-tax audits, the generation and validation of accounting entry records, the tax configuration of information systems and the introduction of electronic billing.

His expertise also covers the management and launch of projects delivering both legal and technological solutions.

Following some fifteen years within the tax authority, where he worked with inspection teams and at the Ministry of Finance, Jean-François joined the International Division of the law firm Fidal in 2008 before moving to Taj in early 2020. He joined DELSOL Avocats in February 2022.

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DELSOL Avocats advised iXO Private Equity in the context of the sale of its stake in EXSTO Group

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