FNDP - Fédération Nationale Droit du Patrimoine

What FNDP - Fédération Nationale Droit du Patrimoine does

FNDP - Fédération Nationale Droit du Patrimoine is a French professional federation founded in 2009 and headquartered in Labège (Toulouse metropolitan area), operating with approximately 14 employees. Its core function is to structurally unite French patrimony law academia with practice: it brings together nine Master 2 programs from seven or more universities on one side, and four professional orders - the Conseil National des Barreaux (lawyers), Conseil Supérieur du Notariat (notaries), Association Nationale des Juristes de Banque (bank jurists), and Association des Juristes de l'Assurance (insurance jurists) - on the other.

The federation's flagship product is the DFJP (Diplôme Fédéral de Juriste du Patrimoine), a 190-hour federal certification that has produced 12 promotions since 2015 with reported pass rates of 94-97%. Annual DFJP intake has run at 158-178 candidates in recent cohorts (2023-2024), with a 2026 cohort of 171 candidates. Beyond the diploma, FNDP runs a Legal Committee (since 2012) producing doctrinal outputs and, since 2021, the Commission Juridique Internationale (CJI), an International Legal Committee extending the federation's scope to cross-border patrimony matters. Its publishing arm operates through JurisCampus, a SARL.

Revenue mechanics rely on a tiered membership model (€10 students, €30 individuals, €50-€1,000 corporates, €100 student associations, €2,000 founding professional orders) combined with DFJP tuition and associated events and publications. The customer base spans practicing jurists across four regulated professions, university-affiliated candidates, and student members. No outside funding rounds have been disclosed; FNDP operates as an association governed by its member institutions and orders.

Name

FNDP - Fédération Nationale Droit du Patrimoine

Legal name

Fédération Nationale Droit du Patrimoine

Website

https://fndp.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Professional Federation / Wealth Management Law Education

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAALAJ

Financial Services & Insurance (FINRA, CFP, IAR, Insurance CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Wealth management law
• Professional legal federation
• Patrimony law training
• Professional certification programs
• Legal education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Labège

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: FNDP generates primary revenue from annual membership fees across four tiers: individual academics/professionals (€30/year), students (€10/year), student associations (€100/year), and corporate/association members (€50–€1,000/year based on company size). Founding orders (Barreau de Paris, CSN) pay €2,000/year. Membership provides access to all FNDP events, publications, and member services.
2. DFJP Program Fees: Revenue from the Diplôme Fédéral de Juriste du Patrimoine (DFJP) program, a 190-hour blended training program. Students register through the federated university system and the online platform fndp.mesformations.fr. The program is co-run by FNDP and Institut Juriscampus.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FNDP is a French professional federation that unites nine Master 2 programs in patrimony law from seven universities with the four founding legal/financial professions (notaries, lawyers, bank jurists, insurance jurists). It delivers the DFJP (Diplôme Fédéral de Juriste du Patrimoine), a 190-hour federal certification combining distance learning and in-person seminars, and complements it with thematic newsletters, professional colloquia, members-only video replays, and authoritative legal opinions published by its Legal and International Legal Committees.

Product overview

FNDP operates as a professional federation in the wealth management law space, offering a portfolio of educational and advisory products centered on the Diplôme Fédéral de Juriste du Patrimoine (DFJP). The DFJP is the flagship offering — a 190-hour federal diploma program that federates nine specialty certificates from seven universities (Paris-Dauphine, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Réunion, and Orléans), combining distance learning with in-person seminars at Toulouse Capitole University. Complementing the DFJP are the Les lettres de la FNDP quarterly newsletter covering tax, insurance, and property law topics; Les colloques de la FNDP conferences; the members-only La vidéothèque de la FNDP video library; the Comite Juridique providing legal opinions on wealth management law; and the Annuaire DFJP alumni directory. The DFJP has operated since 2014 and graduated its 12th promotion in 2026 with a 97.69% pass rate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DFJP (Diplôme Fédéral de Juriste du Patrimoine): A federal diploma program in heritage law, created in 2014 by FNDP and Institut Juriscampus. A 190-hour certification program offered in partnership with nine Master 2 programs from French universities.
• Comité Juridique
• Comité Juridique International (CJI)

Products and services

• FNDP Membership
• Diplôme Fédéral de Juriste du Patrimoine (DFJP)
• Lettres de la FNDP (FNDP Newsletter)
• Colloques de la FNDP (FNDP Conferences)
• Vidéothèque de la FNDP (FNDP Video Library)
• Comité Juridique (Legal Committee Opinions)
• Comité Juridique International (International Legal Committee Opinions)
• Annuaire DFJP (DFJP Alumni Directory)

Quantifiable outcome

• 97.69% DFJP pass rate in 2026 (12th promotion, 169/171 students)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Université Paris-DauphinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université Paris-Dauphine is one of the seven federated universities whose Master 2 programs form the academic backbone of FNDP. Professor Sophie Schiller (agrégée des facultés de droit) is the Directrice of the Master 2 Droit des affaires and Master Ingénierie juridique et fiscale du dirigeant at Paris-Dauphine and serves as Présidente of FNDP.
• Université RennescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université de Rennes is a federated university within FNDP. Professor Renaud Mortier (agrégé de droit privé) is the Director of the Master 2 Ingénierie Sociétaire et Patrimoniale (M2ISP) and serves as Président of FNDP.
• Université Toulouse CapitolecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université Toulouse Capitole hosts the annual DFJP closing week (exams and seminars) and is the academic home of several Master 2 programs within FNDP. Nicolas Esplan (Docteur en droit, Dirigeant fondateur of Juriscampus) is the Director of the Master 2 Droit du Patrimoine at Toulouse.
• Université BordeauxcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université de Bordeaux is a federated university. Professor Eric Fongaro directs the Master 2 Gestion du patrimoine privé and serves as Co-Président of the Comité Juridique International.
• Université MontpelliercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université de Montpellier is a federated university with two Master 2 programs (Droit et Fiscalité du Patrimoine) co-directed by David Boulaud (Maître de conférences) and Cécile Lisanti (Professeur des Universités).
• Université StrasbourgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université de Strasbourg is a federated university within FNDP, contributing its Master 2 Droit du patrimoine students to the DFJP program.
• Université d'OrléanscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université d'Orléans is a federated university. Sabrina Le Normand-Caillère directs the Master 2 Droit des affaires et fiscalité, and Damien Peytavin directs the Master 2 Droit et ingénierie patrimoniale.
• Université de la RéunionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Université de la Réunion participates in FNDP through Céline Kuhn, Maître de conférences HDR, who directs the Master 2 Droit du patrimoine.
• Institut JuriscampuscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Institut Juriscampus (juriscampus.fr) is the co-creator and operator of the DFJP program alongside FNDP. It operates the DFJP training platform (fndp.mesformations.fr) and the FNDP website. It is a SARL (capital €1,000) registered in Labège, co-founded and co-managed by Nicolas Esplan and Alexandre Lesault.
• Barreau de Paris (Paris Bar Association)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009The Barreau de Paris represents the avocat profession within FNDP's four founding professions. It is a founding institutional member paying €2,000/year. FNDP's Comité Juridique includes Paris-based fiscal attorneys and produces opinions relevant to practicing lawyers.
• Conseil Supérieur du Notariat (CSN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009The Conseil Supérieur du Notariat (CSN) represents the notarial profession within FNDP as a founding institutional member (€2,000/year). CSN is represented on the FNDP Comité Juridique and the CNUE by Céline Chwartz. The CSN's Institut d'Études juridiques (IEJ) is referenced as a professional body active within FNDP.
• Association Nationale des Juristes de Banques (ANJB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009ANJB is the founding professional association representing bank jurists within FNDP. It is a logo-level partner and contributor to FNDP's legal committees.
• Association des Juristes d'Assurance et de Réassurance (AJAR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009AJAR is the founding professional association representing insurance jurists within FNDP. Philippe Luttmann (Secrétaire général of AJAR) serves on the FNDP Comité Juridique. AJAR is a logo-level partner.
• LexisNexisminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2009LexisNexis is a logo-level partner of FNDP, appearing in the partners section of the FNDP website. It is a legal information and research solutions provider that supports the FNDP community.
• DroitPatrimoineminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2009DroitPatrimoine (droit-patrimoine.fr) is a logo-level partner of FNDP. It is a French legal information platform focused on patrimony law, aligned with FNDP's professional community.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners): International professional membership body for practitioners in trust, estate, and wealth planning, operating a federation model very similar to FNDP's with chapters in France. Comparable because STEP addresses the same wealth-management professional audience and offers credentialing, publications, and conferences analogous to FNDP's DFJP, newsletters, and colloques.

Others

• Institut Juriscampus: Co-developer and operator of the DFJP program alongside FNDP, and publisher of the FNDP website. Listed as a peer because it is an enabling/operational partner that runs the same training platform and shares faculty, but it is not a competitive federation — rather a closely linked operator within the FNDP ecosystem.
• AFG (Association Française de la Gestion financière): French trade association representing asset and portfolio management professionals. Comparable as an adjacent French professional federation serving the broader financial-services ecosystem, but with a portfolio-management rather than patrimony-law focus.
• AGEFI Actifs: French financial industry publication covering wealth management and asset management, in which FNDP's Comité Juridique publishes opinion summaries. Comparable as a thematic adjacent player in the French patrimony/wealth information ecosystem rather than as a direct competitor.
• LexisNexis France: Legal-information and research-services provider, listed as a logo-level partner of FNDP. Comparable as an enabling ecosystem participant serving the same legal professional audience with research tools that complement FNDP's training and publication offerings, rather than as a competing federation.

Emerging players

• ESLSCA Business School (Patrimoine et Gestion de Patrimoine): French private business school offering specialized programs in patrimoine/gestion de patrimoine and wealth management. Comparable as a competing provider of professional education in the same niche subject area, though smaller and less institutionalized than the FNDP-led DFJP track.
• INSEEC / OMNES Education (MS Gestion de Patrimoine): Private French higher-education group offering specialized master's programs in wealth management and patrimoine. Comparable because it targets the same Master 2-equivalent candidate pool for patrimoine education, providing alternative credentialing routes that compete for the same student segment.

Broad incumbents

• ESSEC Executive Education (Patrimoine / Gestion Privée): Major French grande école offering executive programs covering patrimoine and wealth management. Comparable as an established continuing-education incumbent competing for the same corporate-sponsored professional audience, though with broader program scope.
• Paris-Dauphine Formation Continue (Dauphine Executive Education): University-affiliated continuing education arm of Université Paris-Dauphine, one of FNDP's seven federated universities. Comparable because it offers competing executive programs in wealth management, taxation, and finance, and serves the same Paris-based professional audience, but as part of a broader executive-education portfolio.
• HEC Paris Executive Education (Gestion de Patrimoine): Top French grande école with executive-education offerings in wealth management and private banking. Comparable as a broader incumbent in continuing professional education for senior wealth-management practitioners, but with a wider luxury/finance curriculum and premium positioning relative to FNDP's practitioner-focused DFJP.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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