Chris Hannetel is a partner at INLO Avocats specialising in corporate law (venture capital) and taxation.
After practising as a lawyer with Chammas & Marcheteau for four years, he joined INLO Avocats in January 2021. Chris Hannetel is also head of our Marseille office, which he opened in June 2022.
His main area of practice involves assisting clients with venture capital transactions (capital raising), setting up management packages (in particular business creator share subscription warrants (BSPCE)), structuring directors’ remuneration and assets, corporate restructuring (partial contributions of assets, mergers, disposals, etc.) and tax litigation.
Chris holds an LLM in International Taxation and a Master’s degree in Tax Law from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is currently a lecturer at HEC Paris.
An accomplished pianist, he is happy to take off his tax hat for a jam session with any musicians who cross his path.
- French
- English
Professional experience
- 6 months with Taj
- 4 and a half years with Chammas & Marcheteau
- Joined INLO Avocats in January 2021
Education
- Master’s degree in Tax Law, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- L.L.M International Business Taxation, Tilburg Law School
- Bar School, Bar exam 2016
Associations & Networks
- Member of the Institute of Lawyers and Tax Advisers (IACF)
- Lecturer at HEC business school
Publications
- Maddyness: “BSPCE and taxation: what is this new appeal won before the State Council?” 31 January 2024
- Webinar: “Executive remuneration: tips for optimisation”, 24 April 2024, with Ekomind
- Maddyness: “The State Council once again rules in favour of BSPCE holders”, 6 June 2024
References
Taxation
- Tax assistance to a real estate services group in the spin-off of its activities
- Tax assistance to Celsius and its founders in connection with the sale of the company to the listed Spanish group Making Science
- Tax assistance to the partners of a company specialising in digital technology as part of an Owner Buy Out (OBO)
- Tax assistance with the structuring of a property acquisition by an innovation financing group
- Assistance to a pharmaceutical group in structuring its Chief Executive’s management package
- Internal tax restructuring of an IT group (apport-attribution)
- Disputes relating to the application of VAT in the case of doctor replacements in a professional limited liability company (SELARL) of radiologists
- Litigation relating to the tax treatment of sui generis management packages in the context of the 2018 “blank year” (“année blanche”)
- Applications for tax approval of deficit transfers in connection with mergers and partial transfers of assets
Corporate law (venture capital)
- Assistance to the company Masteos in its successive capital raising operations (+40 million euros)
- Implementation of a BSPCE plan for around one hundred employees of a financial software publishing group
- Implementation of a BSPCE plan for around fifty employees of a property services group
- Restructuring of an architects’ professional partnership (SCP) as part of its transformation into a simplified joint stock company (SAS) and the departure of certain founding partners
