YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE   In France there are some 600 000 professional practices, 53% of which are in health professions, 7% in legal professions and 40% in professions referred to as technical and environmental. In all, this represents 1,650, 000 salaried and non-salaried persons and a total turnover of 170 billion Euros. If you are, for example: - a doctor, - a dental surgeon, - a veterinary surgeon, - a chemist, - a physiotherapist, - a nurse, - a medical auxiliary.. please contact the “Professional Practices” department. It offers advice and defends professional practices on any legal, tax, employment, property and estate matters. The department has a team specialising in issues concerning your sector, having an in-depth knowledge of the sector’s way of thinking and operating. It has the ability to help you accomplish the tasks that are directly related to your professional practice, to help protect your interests. It also uses the expertise of some of the firm’s other departments, namely: - “Company Law – Mergers & Acquisitions”, for the formation and company secretarial work of non-trading companies and professional practices. - “Tax Law”, for efficient tax planning and in the event of a tax inspection. - “Employment Law – Social Welfare Law”, for the management of your working relations with your employees or in the event of any dispute that might result in an action before an industrial tribunal. - “Real Estate Law”, for real estate investments. - “Litigation”, for any court proceedings or dispute that might result in a lawsuit.