France

International Tax Review is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Garden, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2025

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

France

Michel Guichard

guichard.jpg

Taj, Société d'Avocats

181 avenue Charles de Gaulle

92524 Neuilly-Sur-Seine Cedex

France

Tel: +33 1 55 61 66 72

Fax: +33 1 55 61 47 97

Email: mguichard@taj.fr

Website: www.taj.fr

Michel Guichard is a lawyer and tax partner with Taj, an international law firm, and part of the global Deloitte member firm network. He also serves as leader of the Taj indirect tax, customs and tax controversy teams.

Michel has nearly 30 years of experience in international and French VAT law. After working for 17 years in the tax legislation department of the Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Budget, where he was in charge of VAT, customs, and international tax treaties. Michel joined Arthur Andersen in 1999.

Following that role he joined Taj, where he focuses his practice on counselling French and foreign companies, advising some of the firm's largest clients.

Michel is a member of the International Fiscal Association and APTE, a non-profit organisation of EU VAT experts. He has written articles for many tax newspapers.

deloitte-250.png

Christophe Aldebert

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Elisabeth Ashworth

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Ariane Beetschen

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Gaetan Berger-Picq

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Henri Bitar

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Delphine Bouchet

Arsene Taxand

Laurent Chetcuti

Fidal Paris

Emmanuel Cotessat

EmmanuelCotessat Sté d'Avocats / Law Firm

Patrick Danis

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Aurélia de Viry

King & Spalding

Marie-Odile Duparc

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Frederic Ghidalia

ALYA Avocat

Anne Grousset

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Stéphane Henrion

PwC

Arnaud Moraine

Fidal Paris

Jean-Paul Ouaksel

Ryan

Alain Recoules

Arsene Taxand

Philippe Tournès

CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre

Thierry Vialaneix

Baker McKenzie

more across site & shared bottom lb ros

More from across our site

The climbdowns pave the way for a side-by-side deal to be concluded this week, as per the US Treasury secretary’s expectation; in other news, Taft added a 10-partner tax team
A vote to be held in 2026 could create Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, a $3.6bn giant with 3,100 lawyers across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific
Foreign companies operating in Libya face source-based taxation even without a local presence. Multinationals must understand compliance obligations, withholding risks, and treaty relief to avoid costly surprises
Hotel La Tour had argued that VAT should be recoverable as a result of proceeds being used for a taxable business activity
Tax professionals are still going to be needed, but AI will make it easier than starting from zero, EY’s global tax disputes leader Luis Coronado tells ITR
AI and assisting clients with navigating global tax reform contributed to the uptick in turnover, the firm said
In a post on X, Scott Bessent urged dissenting countries to the US/OECD side-by-side arrangement to ‘join the consensus’ to get a deal over the line
A new transatlantic firm under the name of Winston Taylor is expected to go live in May 2026 with more than 1,400 lawyers and 20 offices
As ITR’s exclusive data uncovers in-house dissatisfaction with case management, advisers cite Italy’s arcane tax rules
The new guidance is not meant to reflect a substantial change to UK law, but the requirement that tax advice is ‘likely to be correct’ imposes unrealistic expectations
Gift this article