Mathieu LE TACON is co-head of the «Wealth law & taxation» department.
He has developed recognized expertise in asset taxation and taxation of family-run companies:
- taxation of restructuring operations (contributions and disposal transactions, mergers, transfers of all assets and liabilities, founding and activation of French and foreign holding companies, active or inactive)
- taxation of company transfers (LBOs, OBOs, etc.)
- organization and optimization of asset transfers (implementation of DUTREIL agreements, manual donations of corporate securities, separation, quasi-usufruct agreements, etc.)
- optimization of asset tax situations (in view of income and/or wealth tax)
- family governance
- organization and management of overseas domicile transfers
- structure of French assets held by non-residents
- production and management of tax declarations (income tax, wealth tax/property wealth)
- adjustment of overseas assets and tax situations in a criminal context
- assistance in the settlement of complex/conflicting estates
- assistance in complex criminal proceedings relating to personal tax issues
- assistance with tax inspections and tax litigation (applications for authorization, transactions, etc.).
He works primarily for entrepreneurs, directors, family shareholders and family-run companies.
He speaks English fluently.
Mathieu LE TACON graduated from TOULOUSE I University, where he gained a DEA postgraduate qualification in Business Law and a DESS postgraduate qualification in Tax Law.
He practiced within the law firms FIDAL (International Division – PARIS) and PDGB (PARIS) for eight years before joining DELSOL Avocats in January 2011.
Since 2023, Mathieu LE TACON is designated Leading individual in the Tax : Private clients category by Legal 500. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2020 in “Tax Law” (Best Lawyers, in partnership with Les Echos). Mathieu LE TACON was elected as one of the Lawyers of the Year 2022 in «Tax litigation» and «Wealth law» by Le Monde du Droit (Palmarès du Droit 2022). It was also singled out by the Ficade Group (Leaders League Décideurs) as one of the ‘100 who are making heritage 2025’ (7th edition of the Grand Forum du Patrimoine).
He works regularly with major titles in the tax (Ingénierie du Patrimoine, Droit Fiscal, etc.), mainstream and economic press. He has also contributed to the publication of several books, most recently the tax section of Réglementation automobile” (L’argus de l’assurance, 2017/2018).
Mathieu LE TACON contributed to the Encyclopédie par Doctrine (2024) on the territoriality of income tax, social security contributions and corporation tax.
He participates in seminars on taxation and lectures in taxation within the postgraduate law programme of TOULOUSE I University.
Mathieu LE TACON is a member of the IACF (Institute of Tax Lawyers).
