International Succession Network (ISN) is the first international network of notaries working together as a team to advise private individuals, family offices, financial institutions and law firms on succession issues and practices.
Our founding members are based in France, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy, and acting together with local contacts in other locations when necessary, are able to assist in most countries across the globe.
In the United Kingdom and the USA, in accordance with common law practice, our partners are specialised lawyers rather than notaries. As a team, they offer an unparalleled source of knowledge and experience in this subject.
OUR NETWORK
OUR SPECIALIZATIONS
Lifetime planning
Drafting of local and international wills
Set up of family trusts
Investment policies
Lifetime donations
Succession pacts
Matrimonial regimes
After death
Succession procedures – with and without a will
Assistance to disgruntled heirs
Disputes regarding the formal and substantive validity of wills
Assistance to beneficiaries of investment policies
RECENT ARTICLES
TAXES AND INSURANCE
Usufruct arrangements and their UK tax implications: a tax efficient estate planning tool for British individuals with foreign assets?
Usufruct arrangements do not exist under English law, but their creation and existence can, depending on the circumstances, give rise to tax and legal implications which should be considered when determining if they are an appropriate estate planning tool. The creation of a usufruct arrangement by a British individual (UK [...]
EUROPEAN SUCCESSIONS REGULATION
Do joint tenancies provide a means to avoid forced heirship claims in cross-border succession cases?
Introduction Whether a family home or a second home, it is not uncommon for non-UK domiciled individuals to co-own UK property with, for example, their spouse. Where such property is co-owned as joint tenants, a potential issue may arise where the right of survivorship (which provides for the property to [...]
SUCCESSION IN THE WORLD
Do joint tenancies provide a means to avoid forced heirship claims in cross-border succession cases?
Introduction Whether a family home or a second home, it is not uncommon for non-UK domiciled individuals to co-own UK property with, for example, their spouse. Where such property is co-owned as joint tenants, a potential issue may arise where the right of survivorship (which provides for the property to [...]
TRUST
Using trusts for succession purposes
The trust is currently the most modern tool for succession planning in Italy, including for the generational transfer of a company. Revenue Agency Circular 34/2022 confirms that the trust is extraordinarily advantageous from a tax point of view. When owning assets in several countries, it is important to assess the [...]
FAMILY AND COHABITATION
Marital unions
In France, there are several types of marital unions: - Free union an informal union (that does not confer inheritance rights) - The civil solidarity pact or PACS, which is a registered partnership (that confer very few rights in the inheritance) - And marriage. They all are available to same-sex [...]