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Japan Business Network (JBN) - France

　

PwC France has more than 4,700 professional staff members across 13 offices who are well-qualified to represent the interests of both French and international clients.

PwC France develops tailor-made approaches for our clients in the form of audit, accounting and consulting solutions including tax and legal services through PwC Société d’Avocats, another PwC member firm in France, with a focus on industry sectors.

PwC France has formed a network of French and Japanese professionals who are committed to serving you better in both France and Japan. We can help you set up and successfully develop your business in France.

Introduction of Japanese Business Services

Our Major Services

Our team offers a wide range of services tailored to your needs across different lines of service:

Assurance

  • Financial statement audits and state audit certification report
  • Internal control audits, compliance and regulation
  • Various certification services
  • SAS 70 reporting
  • Comfort letters
  • Advice on financial reporting based on IFRS
  • Advice on J-SOX - support services in accordance with internal control procedures
  • Internal controls - support according to local rules and practices
  • Initial public offering (IPO) support
  • Financial reporting advisory and security support (cybersecurity and data protection, IT risk support)
  • Data analytics and data governance
  • Updates on accounting rules and regulations

Tax

  • Assistance for tax audits and litigation
  • Structured financing
  • Property tax
  • International tax services
  • Wealth and personal tax advisory including personal income tax filing
  • Mergers and acquisitions, due diligence
  • Corporate tax advisory
  • Global mobility
  • Transfer pricing and base erosion and profit sharing (BEPS)
  • Indirect taxes: Value-added tax (VAT) and customs

Legal

  • Corporate and commercial law (compliance and governance)
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Immigration law, labour law and social security compliance
  • Corporate secretarial services
  • Legal support for financial services and financial regulations
  • Real estate
  • Dispute resolution
  • Competition law
  • Intellectual property and IT-related support (digital legal audits and data privacy)
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Insurance
  • Public law and environment
  • Insolvency and business turnaround

Consulting

  • Market entry research and strategy development
  • Financial reporting optimisation
  • Cash flow management
  • Advice on supply chain management
  • Human resource management
  • Business process optimisation
  • IT system strategy and development and IT support
  • Advice on performance improvement and cost reduction
  • Forensic services (support on disputes, prevention of economic crimes, etc.)
  • Digital services
  • Workforce transformation support
  • Data & AI transformation support
  • ERP implementation & migration support

Advisory

  • M&A lead advisory
  • Advice on M&A strategy and target selection
  • Financial modelling and valuation
  • Due diligence support (financial, legal, commercial, operational, HR, labor, ESG)
  • Advice on business restructuring
  • Advice on real estate transaction
  • Post merger integration
  • Organisational restructuring
  • Growth strategy formulation support
  • Portfolio strategy & assessment support

Accounting and payroll

PwC Entreprises offers the following services adapted to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs):

Services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs):

  • Services for entrepreneurs
  • Chartered accountancy
  • Statutory audits
  • SME advisory

Outsourcing of financial and accounting services

  • Interim accounting services
  • Total or partial outsourcing of accounting services
  • Outsourcing of payroll services and HR management
  • Compliance with tax and accounting obligations of foreign subsidiaries

France JBN Members

Territory Leader

Bernard Borrely
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Employment Law

Kazuna Inomata
Director, Attorney-at-Law

Tax/ Legal

PwC Société d’Avocats

Franck David
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, International Tax

Eric Hickel
Partner, Legal

Stéphane Henrion
Of Counsel, Attorney-at-Law, VAT

Helene Struve
Senior Manager, Attorney-at-Law, Corporate Law, M&A

Assurance

PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit

Matthieu Moussy
Partner, Assurance

Xavier Crepon
Partner, Assurance

Paul Le Nail
Partner, Assurance

Bachir-Hani Bacha
Partner, Assurance

Zineb El Maanni
Partner, Financial Instruments Expert

Deals

PricewaterhouseCoopers M&A and Advisory

Jonathan Le Henry
Partner, Strategy&

Claudia Foley
Partner, Deals

Antoine Grenier
Partner, Corporate Finance

Vladislava Lovkova
Partner, Strategy&

Matthieu Audibert
Senior Manager, Corporate Finance

Alexandre Sancan
Associate, Consulting

Enterprises

PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC Entreprises

Nicolas Gattaut
Partner, PwC Entreprises

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