Founded in 1965 by Pierre CASAGRANDE, our company now has three partners and a working team of 30 professionals divided in two companies :

> CASAGRANDE & PARTNERS : consultancy firm and accountancy office registered at "Ordre des Experts Comptables".

> MOORE STEPHENS CASAGRANDE : auditing company registered at "Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes".

Our two branches at Cannes-Le Cannet and Grasse, assist more than 400 clients from private to brokerage firms.
We cover assignments all over the national territory and work with partners in 64 countries thanks to the international network MOORE STEPHENS of which we became a member in 2001.
Our different consultancy services work together to reduce delays and to meet the specific requirements of each individual client.

Our company‚s objectives are to join together men and women, who share the same values of service and specialist knowledge to provide our clients with specific answers to their individual needs whatever they may be.

We have created different teams of highly qualified consultants who have become real experts in their subjects.

This policy of specialisation allows us today to assist our clients in the
overall economic and legal domains and mainly :

financial, taxation, judicial, social and inheritance.

> We aim to offer you a full service providing coherent and comprehensive advice in respect of each problem.

> To reach the best result we can make use of lawyers, independent experts and members of our network whenever needed.

> By continuous training of our specialists and constantly following changes in the law, we aim to ensure the respect of legislation and the search for the best long-term solutions.

> Bernard CASAGRANDE/ Partner (aged 40) :

Originally from Cannes, Bernard studied accountancy at Nice university (IAE) where he obtained a masters degree in accountancy (MSTCF) in 1988. At the same time he had a professional sports career in snowboarding in which he became champion of France in 1989.
He joined Casagrande & Partners in 1989 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1996.
Chartered accountant in various subjects, he leads consultant assignments to company managers, from the planning of the project through to the operational stage. He is involved in a number of assignments advising companies in judicial and financial matters as well as acquisitions and mergers.
His specialist skills cover taxation, social advice (profit sharing and salary savings), inheritance management and acquisition assessment.

EMAIL : bcasagrande@ms-casagrande.com

> Patrick AUMERAS/ Partner (aged 49) :

He qualified for a masters degree in economics at Nice university (1978) and became a chartered accountant in 1985.
He started his career at "Frinault" in 1979, secondment in Canada (1982 - 1984) in Toronto, then became computer audit area manager for „Frinault‰ from 1984 to 1988. From 1989 he expanded his business into the public sector. He became partner in 1990.
Between 1990 and 1993, general director of a group of small and medium sized firms in the Benelux. In 1993 he opened a firm in the public sector in Paris, an accountant and audit specialist in the cinema and audio-visual sector.
In addition to being a chartered accountant and auditor, his special skills cover management and information systems, public sector and financial audit advising.
He has been a senior partner of Casagrande & Partners since 2000.

EMAIL : paumeras@ms-casagrande.com

> Jean Charles ACCIAIOLI (aged 37) :

Holder of a management masters degree from the university of Toulon since 1990, and a qualified chartered accountant since 1999.
He has worked for Casagrande & Partners since 2001.
He specialises in auditing, consolidation and merger of company groups as well as financial aspects of groups.
He also provides wide experience in judicial matters and company finances (this was the subject for his report for his degree in accountancy). He also supervises the management control of our company.

EMAIL : jcacciaioli@ms-casagrande.com

> Sylvie THOMAS (aged 28) :

Qualified from a superior commercial school (EDHEC), then completed a bachelor of law degree. She joined Andersen Paris in 2001 as a junior auditor.
She completed her tax specialisation by obtaining a tax strategy masters degree and joined Casagrande and Partners in 2003. She is involved as a main adviser in assignments in the following areas :
• tax planning for firms and private individuals
• judicial and tax engineering

EMAIL : sthomas@ms-casagrande.com

> Anne BERNARD (aged 37) :

Holder of the title of accountant and tax system masters degree (MSTCF), she has great experience in various disciplines of accountancy due to her 10 years as a chartered accountant trainee.
Very involved in advising on implementation of trust and company structures, she uses her specialisation with a high national patrimonial management diploma.
She joined the consultant sector of our firm in 2001 with assignments to assist company managers in the professional development and inheritance knowledge and their investment and forwarding projects.
Her specialist skills mainly cover :
• social and income tax status advice for company managers
• inheritance audit
• protection of partners and heirs
• company transfers
• studies of solutions for tax exempting
• global tax optimisation
She is equally able to be involved in advisory assignments, preparing provisional and budgetary reports and company reconstruction.

EMAIL : abernard@ms-casagrande.com

> Caroline CAVELLIER (aged 35) :

She joined the business in 1989 in a general capacity, and has progressively become involved in many disciplines: taxation, management control and benefits.
She became a chartered accountant in 1998 and specialised in benefits consultancy. She broadened her knowledge by obtaining a social law and human resource management degree in 2002. She also has the title of „support adviser‰ for the conversion to a 35 hour week as directed by the department Work and Employment.
At the moment, she supervises the benefits sector of our firm assisted by three other advisers. Her specific skills cover full employee management, protection of management benefits, personal consultancy in benefits management, optimisation of remuneration systems and legal advice in the case of disputes.

EMAIL : ccavellier@ms-casagrande.com