Peter Harris’ English practice is primarily an advisory capacity in Revenue, Chancery, Commercial issues and Probate in England, and assists English clients in French legal and fiscal issues in areas of property law, succession, and trusts and usufruits. He also advises foreign clients on the tax treatment in the UK of usufructuary dismemberments and other property arrangements abroad to which they are parties.
He accepts instructions in French and in English from an international clientele. 

Peter practices in the following areas:

• Tax.
• Chancery and Commercial.
• Filiation and adoption status in France and in Britain.
• French revenue law and related legal and patrimonial issues.
• EU law, comparative and Roman law.
• Private international law and conflict of laws.

His recent work includes:

• Tax disputes: preparation and resolution with HMRC and French Tax administration.
• The use of UK structures, LPs and LLPs as investment holding vehicles for Private Equity and Fund investments in the UK and in Europe by French residents, pre and post Brexit.
• The treatment of Offshore companies owning UK property.
• The tax treatment of civil law property structures in England; usufruits. matrimonial property régimes etc., gifts and other transfers between France and the UK.
• Tax Treaties between France and the United Kingdom: Income tax, Corporation and Succession duty.
• The taxation of trusts in France and related tax declarations.