Cassandra Gimbert

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Cassandra Gimbert is an attorney registered with the Paris and the New York bars. She works in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and tax departments of EQA Avocats. 
Her legal practice encompasses corporate law and the tax and legal structuring of both French and foreign groups of companies.

She assists business leaders within the day-to-day legal queries entailed by their business, the structuring and the financing of their activity. She also advises clients on external growth, fund raising and transmission of ownership.

Her work extends to corporate governance and management incentive plans such a management packages.
She also advises individuals on structuring and transmitting their personal and professional assets. 

For what relates to tax, she also assists individuals to meet their annual filing obligations.

Experience

2020 – 2021: Sagasser Selas,  lawyer
since 2021: EQA Avocats, associate

Education

Master Degree in International and Comparative Law, University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3
LL.M, Louisiana State University, USA
New York Bar
EFB, Paris Bar

Languages

  • French
  • English

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EU General Court Rules for the First Time on Damages Claims After the Annulment of Sanctions

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A Judicial Storm Looms: How the Central Bank Can Challenge the Confiscation of Reserves in the EU

In one week, European Union leaders could approve proposals by the European Commission to “pledge as collateral” Russia’s immobilized sovereign reserves for a “reparations loan” to Ukraine. The vast majority of the Russian Central Bank’s (RCB) assets are located in Belgium (Euroclear), whose Prime Minister has repeatedly warned that transferring these assets for Ukraine’s benefit… Continue reading A Judicial Storm Looms: How the Central Bank Can Challenge the Confiscation of Reserves in the EU

Harmonisation and Clarification of the EU Sanctions Regime: Insertion of the Concepts of “Ownership” and “Control”

Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014, concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, natural or legal persons designated in Annex I to that Regulation are subject to the freezing of all funds and economic resources belonging to them. It is also… Continue reading Harmonisation and Clarification of the EU Sanctions Regime: Insertion of the Concepts of “Ownership” and “Control”

Political communication on tax matters, first lesson: Present as exceptional what is meant to become structural.

Nearly fifteen years ago, the 2012 Finance Act introduced an apparently temporary tax, the Exceptional Contribution on High Incomes (CEHR), conceived “in a context of reducing public deficits and restoring our public finances,” intended “to request an exceptional effort from the wealthiest taxpayers.”¹