Sylvie Djuric
Sylvie Djuric is a founding partner of LEXLOR law firm. She is admitted to the Paris Bar. Sylvie Djuric is a graduate of the Sorbonne Law School in Paris and is a member of the Paris bar. She is a member of the International Fiscal Association, French Association of Tax Lawyers (Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux) and the Association of Franco-Russian Lawyers and Jurists.
Sylvie Djuric concentrates her practice mostly in tax and corporate law, dealing particularly with tax optimization schemes, mergers and acquisitions. Before creating LEXLOR, she worked in renowned international law firms, but also gained valuable experience in the field of energy law while working in a petrol and gas company in Russia and Dubai.
In addition, she has also gained experience advising international clients in various legal fields, particularly advising on taxation issues in Eastern European and CEI countries.
Sylvie is fluent in French, English, Serbo-Croatian, and also has a good knowledge of Russian and German.
Developed areas of expertise
- Assistance in cross-border acquisitions and mergers,
- Assistance in due diligence of acquisition or vendor due diligence,
- Assistance in implementation of acquisition structures for legal and tax optimization,
- Due diligence missions regarding the acquisition of multinational companies for private equity investors and other investors,
- Assistance in private investments in France by non-residents;
- Assistance on the legal and tax implications in France of foreign institutions (trusts and foundations);
- Assistance in litigation;
- Advice in the transfer of a family-owned business and private assets to a family member: gifts, by succession, subdivision, change of matrimonial regime.
Significant experiences
- Advising a group of investors on the acquisition of a branch of a multinational company in the chemicals sector;
- Advising several French and international companies on their restructuring;
- Counsel to a Russian conglomerate within the framework of a joint venture with a French property development company;
- Advising a Russian investment fund on the sale of a liquor company to an English investment fund
Education
Graduated from the Faculty of Business Law and Taxation of the University Pantheon Sorbonne
Bar Qualification
Attorney at Law – Paris Bar
Practices
- Tax and Business Law
- Corporate Law
- Patrimonial law
- Private Equity