Asset Tracing & Recovery in France
When payments stop and debtors disappear, their assets often don't. Our French lawyers use exclusive legal investigative powers to trace, freeze, and recover assets on behalf of international clients.
- Lawyer-Led Investigations
- Legally Compliant Tracing
"Their strategy is to hide. Our expertise is to find. Your right is to recover."
How I work
The Clock is Ticking. Hidden Assets Don't Stay Findable Forever.
Your unpaid invoice or judgment isn't just facing silence, it's facing a strategy. Debtors who refuse to pay are often actively concealing.
They move funds between accounts, transfer property to spouses, hide behind complex corporate structures, or sell assets for a fraction of their value.
Our French lawyers act quickly to locate, secure, and recover assets for international clients before they disappear.
Every day you wait
introduces a critical risk
You are not just chasing a debtor. You are racing against their plan to become unreachable.
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Bank accounts are drained or moved to new, unknown institutions.
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Property is legally transferred to family members or shell companies.
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Business assets are sold off, leaving an empty corporate shell.
The Ineffective Approach - Why You're Stuck
You Can't Seize What You Can't Find. We Have the Exclusive Legal Tools to Find It.
In France, true financial and asset discovery is not a matter of public record or private snooping, it's a regulated legal procedure. Here’s why common approaches fail and ours succeeds
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Generic Online Searches – Yield superficial, often outdated data with no legal standing.
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Hiring a Private Investigator – Illegal for accessing financial records in France; evidence is inadmissible in court.
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Sending Threatening Letters – Reveals your hand and prompts the debtor to hide assets faster.
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Guessing & Hoping – Leads to expensive, futile litigation against a "judgment-proof" target.
Asset Discovery in France
Our Lawyer-Led Asset Tracing The Legal Solution
In France, effective asset tracing is a power reserved for the legal system. We wield it on your behalf.
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Bailiff-Led Financial Investigations – Certified huissiers legally request bank account indicators (Recherche de Comptes Bancaires).
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National Property Registry Searches – We access the Service de la Publicité Foncière to uncover all real estate owned, anywhere in France.
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Corporate Veil Analysis – We map shareholdings, directorships, and affiliate companies to find hidden ownership of assets.
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Court-Admissible Evidence Gathering – All our findings are collected through legal channels, ready to support freezing orders and litigation.
Why You Should Trust Us
Why We Are the Asset Tracing Experts for Your Case
Discretion, Authority, and Results: Trusted by International Clients
Legal Authority to Investigate
We instruct networks of certified French bailiffs (huissiers de justice) to legally request financial and property data where the law permits, turning speculation into court-ready intelligence.
Integrated Urgent Freezing
Discovering an asset is half the battle. We can immediately file for an emergency Saisie Conservatoire to freeze bank accounts, property, or receivables, often within 24-48 hours, locking it down the moment it’s found.
Cross-Border Asset Mapping
We specialise in tracing assets within France for international clients. We connect the dots between your foreign claim and the debtor’s local French holdings.
Fraud Investigation Support
When concealment is deliberate, we gather legally binding evidence (constats) through bailiffs to prove fraudulent transfer or asset-dissipation, strengthening your position for punitive damages.
100% Confidential Process
Your investigation is conducted in absolute discretion. The debtor is unaware until we choose to act, preserving the element of surprise that is crucial for recovery.
Seamless Path to Enforcement
Our tracing team works directly with our litigation lawyers. The intelligence we gather becomes the blueprint for enforcement, creating a seamless journey from discovery to recovery.
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Our Asset Discovery & Seizure Services
The frustration of an unpaid debt turns to power with a clear asset map. Our French lawyers use legal tracing to uncover hidden bank accounts, property, and other assets—giving international clients the leverage they need to recover what is rightfully theirs.
Comprehensive Asset Search & Financial Profiling
“I have no idea what my debtor owns or if they have anything to seize in France.”
A full-scope investigation including bank account indicators, real estate ownership reports, corporate shareholding and directorship checks, and a professional solvency analysis.
A confidential, actionable intelligence report mapping all potentially attachable assets, with a clear strategy for recovery. Knowledge to decide whether to litigate, negotiate, or close the file.
Targeted Real Estate & Bank Account Tracing
“I need definitive proof of specific assets, like a French bank account or property, before I proceed.”
Pinpoint tracing. We conduct national property registry searches or bailiff-coordinated bank account identification to confirm the existence and details of key assets.
Certainty. You gain verified, legally obtained information on the most valuable and liquid targets for seizure, removing all guesswork.
Pre-Enforcement Asset Freezing (Saisie Conservatoire)
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Problem "I've identified assets, but I'm months away from a court judgment. I need to secure them now."
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We Provide Emergency legal action. We prepare and file petitions for urgent protective measures to freeze bank accounts, receivables, commercial income, or real estate before a final judgment.
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Your Outcome Assets are legally immobilized the moment they are located. This prevents dissipation and creates immense pressure, often leading to immediate settlement.
Fraud Investigation & Evidence Support
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Problem "I suspect bad faith, that they are actively hiding, lying about, or fraudulently transferring assets."
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We Provide A legal forensic review. We assess fraud indicators, coordinate bailiffs to preserve digital and physical evidence (constats), and trace sequences of transactions to uncover hidden transfers.
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Your Outcome Court-admissible evidence of malfeasance, transforming your claim from a debt recovery into a powerful case for damages and punitive legal costs.
Our Asset Recovery Protocol -
The Four-Phase Operation
A Methodical Blueprint from Clue to Cash Recovery.
Intelligence Gathering
You instruct us. We deploy legal tools, bailiff requests, registry searches, corporate analysis, to map the debtor’s French asset landscape. You receive a confidential report.
Immediate Legal Action
Upon your instruction, we execute. This is typically an urgent Saisie Conservatoire to freeze the identified assets, securing your claim against time and debtor action.
Target Identification & Strategy
We analyse the findings with you, identifying the most recoverable, valuable, or liquid assets. We recommend the optimal enforcement path: immediate freeze, negotiation, or litigation.
Enforcement & Recovery Execution
With assets secured, we convert the freeze into recovery. This means enforcing a judgment through seizure, forcing a sale, or leveraging the frozen asset to negotiate a full and final settlement.
Read success stories from our case studies
They were in your position. Now, they have closure and recovered funds. Discover how our legal authority and strategic action delivered real results for clients worldwide.
Navigating Recovery? Start Here for Trusted Answers.
You need certainty, not more confusion. Our FAQs cut through the complexity, providing the trusted, straightforward information you need to proceed with confidence.
Absolutely, when done correctly. French law provides specific, authorized channels for lawyers and bailiffs to gather asset information for debt recovery purposes. Our methods are 100% legally compliant and the evidence we gather is admissible in court.
No. The preliminary tracing and intelligence phase is completely confidential and conducted through official legal channels. The debtor is only notified if and when we take a public action, such as filing a freezing order.
Then you have saved a small amount to avoid a large loss. Our report will provide a professional opinion that the debtor is likely "judgment-proof" in France. This intelligence allows you to avoid the far greater cost of futile litigation and write off the debt confidently.
A comprehensive asset profile is typically delivered within 5-10 business days. When urgency is critical, we can prioritize and expedite. Urgent asset freezing can be achieved in 24-48 hours in appropriate circumstances.
Yes. Our mandate is to locate assets within France. The origin of the debt is irrelevant. We regularly trace French assets for clients with judgments, arbitration awards, or unpaid invoices from the UK, US, Asia, and across the globe.
Stop Guessing. Start Finding
Initiate a confidential asset trace today. Within days, you will have a clear, legally-sound map of your recovery potential in France. Eliminate the unknown.