Maximilien Dechamps

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Maximilien Dechamps advises companies and individuals on the management and optimization of their assets, both in France and internationally. He also provides guidance during tax audits or disputes and assists clients in their interactions with tax authorities.
His expertise covers legal and tax support for businesses, structuring intra-group operations, and assisting individuals with their reporting obligations (income tax, wealth tax, etc.), including in international contexts.
A graduate of Sciences Po Strasbourg with a Master’s degree in Public Law from the University of Strasbourg, Maximilien is fluent in French, English, and German. His professional experience, including work in law firms, the Strasbourg Administrative Court, and the Banque de France, enables him to deliver clear, effective, and tailored solutions to complex tax issues.

Experience

2025 : EQA Avocats, taw lawyer
2024 – 2025 : FBT Avocats SA, tax lawyer
2023 – 2024 : Chaumont Quéré & Associés, tax lawyer
2023 : Degroux Brugère, tax intern
2022 : Orange SA, tax intern
2021 – 2022 : CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats, tax intern
2021 : KPMG Avocats, tax intern
2020 : Strasbourg Administrative Court, litigation Officer
2019 : Banque de France, financial analyst
2018 : Conseil d’État, tax intern
2017 : EY Société d’Avocats, tax intern
2016 : Generali, financial analyst intern
2015 : Crédit Agricole Alsace-Vosges,  accounting control intern

Education

2022 – 2023 : ERAGE (École Régionale des Avocats du Grand Est)
2018 – 2019 : University of Strasbourg – Master 2 in General Public Law (Valedictorian)
2013 – 2018 : Sciences Po Strasbourg – Public Affairs

Certificates

2024 : INSEAD – Certificate in “M&A Success Strategies”

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

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

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

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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