FISCAREA

What FISCAREA does

Fiscarea is a Nantes-based French law firm organized as a SELARL (Société d'Exercice Libéral à Responsabilité Limitée), founded in 2007 by Laurent Savarin — a former inspecteur des impôts who spent 15 years inside the Direction Générale des Finances Publiques, including a decade at the DVNI specializing in transfer pricing — as the first independent tax-only law firm in Nantes. The firm is structured as a 5-person boutique (founding partner, associate partner Laurane Lambert, associate Tifenn Plouhinec, apprentice Kélio Fleurant, and office manager Florence Marsaud) and offers a comprehensive suite of tax services organized into four pillars: optimization (corporate, patrimonial, collectivités/associations), tax security (audit, rescrit, miscellaneous procedures), litigation (contrôle fiscal defense, réclamation, contentieux up to Conseil d'État/Cour de Cassation), and international taxation (transfer pricing, tax domicile, permanent establishment, customs/VAT).

The firm operates a hybrid revenue model combining pay-as-you-go consultations (€300–400 HT for a 90-minute initial session), time-based hourly billing with detailed timesheets, fixed-fee engagements for defined-scope work (written consultations, audit assistance, patrimony analysis), monthly/annual subscriptions for ongoing tax accompaniment, and result-based fees capped at 5% of amounts at stake plus a 15% success fee for litigation. Go-to-market is sales-led and entirely direct via the Nantes office at 15 rue Crébillon, supported by a content-marketing engine (website, LinkedIn, periodic newsletters, EDAGO training sessions, IACF professional events, and academic symposia with the University of Nantes).

Customer segmentation is horizontal and diversified: business executives and enterprises, wealthy individuals requiring patrimonial planning, local authorities and public entities, non-profits/mutuelles, and internationally exposed companies requiring transfer pricing or permanent-establishment advice. Service delivery is exclusively human-led, with no proprietary technology platform, software product, or API offering — the underlying technology is professional expertise codified through institutional knowledge of French tax-administration procedure and case law. Recognized in 2023 by Décideurs Magazine with 'Forte Notoriété' in the Prix de Transfert category (upgraded from 'Pratique Réputée' in 2019 and 2020), the firm claims quantified client outcomes including an average 80% reduction in reassessed amounts and 75% of redressements abandoned.

Name

FISCAREA

Legal name

Fiscarea SELARL

Website

https://fiscarea.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fiscarea is a Nantes-based French boutique law firm (SELARL) exclusively dedicated to tax law, serving businesses, executives, wealthy individuals, local authorities, and non-profits across advisory, compliance, and litigation matters. Founded in 2007 by a former DGFiP tax inspector, it specializes in transfer pricing, international tax, and tax litigation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tax Law Services

NAICS

Other Legal Services (54119), Other Accounting Services (541219)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Tax Advisory & Compliance (BPAHABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Tax Law (BPAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Tax advisory services
• Tax litigation
• Transfer pricing
• Wealth tax planning
• Corporate taxation

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Legal Services - Time-based Billing: Hourly rate billing for tax advisory, litigation, and representation services. Rates vary by complexity, subject matter, and seniority of attorney. Timesheets tracked in billing system with detailed invoices.
2. Fixed Fee Services: Forfait (fixed fee) arrangements for well-defined missions such as written consultations, tax audit assistance, patrimony analysis, and declaration preparation.
3. Subscription/Retainer Services: Monthly or annual subscription arrangements for clients requiring regular tax accompaniment, including fiscal monitoring, periodic reviews, and privileged access to consultations.
4. Result-Based Fees: Combined structure with fee cap at 5% of amounts at stake plus 15% success fee on achieved reductions for tax litigation matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fiscarea is a tax-only law firm providing advisory and litigation services to businesses, executives, individuals, and local authorities across corporate taxation, wealth/patrimonial taxation, international tax (including transfer pricing), and tax dispute representation before administrative courts. The firm combines tax optimization, tax security procedures (audits, rulings, regularizations), and full-scope tax litigation (audit defense, claims, appeals through Conseil d'État and Cour de Cassation).

Product overview

FISCAREA is a law firm exclusively dedicated to tax law, operating under a single unified brand offering comprehensive tax advisory and litigation services. The firm provides a full spectrum of tax services including tax optimization, international taxation, transfer pricing, tax audits, fiscal rulings, and tax litigation across all court levels. Services are organized into practice areas covering corporate taxation, patrimonial/wealth taxation, local authorities and associations taxation, and various specialized tax services including customs/VAT, tax domicile, and permanent establishment advisory. The firm is headquartered in Nantes, France, and positions itself as a specialist tax law firm with expertise in both domestic and international tax matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% reduction on average in reassessments for clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EDAGO (Ecole des Avocats du Grand Ouest)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Regional lawyer training institution. Fiscarea attorneys deliver expert training sessions on tax topics including Pacte Dutreil, intra-group taxation, and business transmission optimization. Training sessions held in Nantes and remote via Zoom during pandemic.
• IACF (Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux)coreOthers · 1 January 2019Professional association of tax lawyers with over 1500 members across France. Laurent Savarin serves as IACF administrator for Grand West region. IACF organizes annual conferences on topics including patrimony, VAT, customs law. Fiscarea actively participates in IACF professional development and networking events.
• France 3 Pays de la LoireminorOthersRegional television broadcaster. Master Laurent Savarin appeared on 'Ensemble c'est mieux!' program discussing tax withholding (prélèvement à la source) with journalist Ahlam NOUSSAIR.
• Institut de recherche en droit privé - Faculté de Droit NantesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research institute at University of Nantes. Fiscarea participated in February 2020 symposium on 'Reciprocal influences between tax and liability' in partnership with Droit et Patrimoine magazine.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Arsene Taxand: Paris-based independent French tax law firm and founding member of the Taxand global tax network. Arsene is a tax-only specialist boutique with comparable focus on transfer pricing, international tax, and tax controversy — the closest peer to Fiscarea's specialist-boutique positioning.
• Lacourte Raquin Tatar: Independent Paris-based tax law boutique specializing in corporate tax, transfer pricing, and tax litigation. Comparable to Fiscarea as a focused tax-only firm serving enterprise clients with cross-border and contentious matters.
• Vogel & Vogel (Taxando): Former Paris-based tax boutique now operating as Taxando; historically focused exclusively on French and international tax advisory and litigation. Comparable tax-only specialist model with stronger brand recognition than Fiscarea.
• Daher Avocats: French tax and corporate law boutique with deep tax controversy and international tax practices. Similar specialist positioning and clientele (corporates, HNW individuals) make it a directly comparable tax boutique peer.

Broad incumbents

• Fidal: Largest independent French law firm with a nationally distributed tax practice covering corporate, personal, and international tax. Fidal is a broader incumbent against which Fiscarea competes on specialist focus and boutique service, particularly in the West of France.
• Bredin Prat: Major Paris-headquartered French law firm with a leading tax practice covering M&A tax, transfer pricing, and tax controversy. Competes for complex mandates where Fiscarea also plays but offers a much broader corporate/M&A platform.
• EY Société d'Avocats: Big-Four-affiliated law firm with a large French tax practice spanning corporate tax, international tax, and transfer pricing. Several Fiscarea alumni worked at EY, and EY is a direct competitor for larger French tax mandates.
• August Debouzy: Paris-based business law firm with a significant tax department (August Debouzy Tax). Competes with Fiscarea for complex tax advisory and contentious matters but as part of a wider practice portfolio.
• TAJ (Deloitte Société d'Avocats): French member firm of the Deloitte legal network, historically known as TAJ. Competes with Fiscarea on tax advisory and litigation but with the breadth and international reach of the Deloitte platform; several Fiscarea lawyers previously worked there.
• Deloitte Société d'Avocats: Big-Four-affiliated law firm with extensive French tax, legal, and transfer pricing practices. Comparable international tax and TP capabilities to Fiscarea, with significantly greater resources and global network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fiscarea

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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