As an attorney-agent for real estate transactions (AMTI), Maître Vincent Vialard can take on a sale or purchase mandate and act at every stage of the transaction.
Buying, selling or letting a property involves large sums and has lasting tax consequences (capital gains, registration duties, IFI real estate wealth tax, ownership structure). Lawyers may act as real estate transaction agents, within the framework of the French Bar’s national rules of professional conduct (Règlement intérieur national, RIN); the firm does so alongside its legal and tax practice.
As an attorney-agent for real estate transactions (AMTI), Maître Vincent Vialard is authorized to act as a real estate intermediary while bringing stronger legal and tax certainty. This dual role allows him to lead negotiations, draft the documents and optimize the tax treatment of each transaction.
Expertise
The firm can take on a sale mandate or a purchase mandate and act directly in the client’s interest.
The aim: to protect your interests with a legal and tax approach from the very first step.
The attorney-agent leads the negotiation, taking the legal and tax consequences of the transaction into account from the outset.
Real estate documents are a frequent source of disputes and unwelcome tax surprises.
This is where a lawyer adds real value over a mere intermediary.
The attorney-agent for real estate transactions can also handle leases.
Every real estate transaction has tax consequences (income tax, IFI, capital gains, registration duties).
An attorney-agent is a lawyer who receives a written mandate from a client to sell, buy, search for or let a property. Article 6.3 of the RIN allows a lawyer to act as a real estate transaction agent, after notifying the Bar (Ordre des avocats) under article 6.4. According to the National Bar Council (Conseil national des barreaux, CNB), this mandate is ancillary to the lawyer’s practice and follows on from prior legal advice: the lawyer handles the transaction because he or she is already advising the client on the situation behind it (inheritance, separation, business succession, relocation abroad, restructuring of assets).
From the office at 9 allées François Verdier in Toulouse, Maître Vincent Vialard handles sales, purchases, property search mandates and lettings, for owners in Toulouse as well as clients based abroad. Each mandate covers a specific transaction: the lawyer can neither settle nor bind the client through an offer without the client’s specific written authorization (RIN, article 6.2). When the sale raises a particular tax issue, it is dealt with in the same file, for example VAT on the margin when land is sold or the taxation of an SCI subject to corporate income tax.
Legal and tax expertise: the tax consequences (capital gains, registration duties, IFI) and estate implications (SCI, split ownership between usufruct and bare ownership, transfer to the next generation) are taken into account from the first review of the file.
Professional liability: the lawyer is covered by the professional liability insurance arranged through the Bar.
Analysis in context: each transaction is reviewed in light of the client’s situation (family, business, investment, relocation abroad).
Reasoned negotiation: each offer is analyzed from a legal and tax standpoint before it is made or accepted.
Bilingual French/English: ideal for expatriates and foreign investors in France.
VV Avocat acts as real estate transaction agent for clients who want the negotiation, the documents and the tax analysis handled by a single legal adviser.
A real estate agent puts buyers and sellers in touch. An attorney-agent adds legal and tax expertise, secures the contracts and anticipates risks.
The notary is the public officer who authenticates the final deed of sale. The attorney-agent steps in earlier and alongside the notary, on the negotiation, the drafting of the preliminary agreements and the tax analysis of the transaction. The two professions complement each other and act at different stages.
Yes. The attorney-agent can take on a search mandate and identify properties that match your criteria, while making sure the transaction is legally sound.
Fees are transparent and set out in a fee agreement signed with you before any work begins. They cover the negotiation, the drafting of the documents and the tax analysis of the transaction.
Yes. Whether you are in France or abroad, we can handle the entire transaction, working with the notaries and the other parties involved.
