Relocating to France Virtual Summit Hosted By Relocation Expert Tracy Leonetti
Relocating to France Virtual Summit
Welcome to the Replay Page
Your vision is our mission!
The Relocating to France Virtual Summit was a great success. Thank you to all for participating. Here are all the replays with each panelist, just in case you missed a slot or if you missed the event, you can watch them at your leisure.
Below in the Bio section are all the contact details and of course further down, details of our charity and the LBS Serenity Club. A big thank you to everyone for their help with this event.
Tracy Leonetti
Relocation Expert, Founder LBS
Vision, Mission & Preparation
9 – 9.30 am
Mike Marsden
Senior Partner, Blevins Franks
Wealth Management on the Move
10 – 10.30 am
Ensuring you get your answers to questions related to moving to France from a financial perspective. How will Brexit affect your financial planning and what action should be taken before your departure? All of this and more with Mike Marsden.
Fabienne Atkin
Associate Solicitor, Ashtons Legal Trading as Heslop & Platt
The Buying Process
11 – 11.30 am
The buying process can be confusing but as it is a very important process, Fabienne Atkin breaks it down into bite size portions and answers your questions related to this process.
Tracy Leonetti
Relocation Expert, Founder LBS
Immigration and Brexit
12 – 12.30 pm
Brexit is just around the corner and many questions still prevail. Tracy Leonetti answers as many questions as possible. What does a ‘legal resident’ really mean and what are my options if I arrive after 31st December 2020. How does the 90/180 rule work for third country nationals? All this and more.
Antonia Beauvoisin
Kidoo Land
Cultural, Social Integration
2 – 2.30 pm
Download the D.R.E.A.M. Handout HereTracy Leonetti
Relocation Expert, Founder LBS
15.00 – 15.30
Tracy Leonetti explains how to access the healthcare system and why getting your social security number should be the objective. How will Brexit affect your S1 entitlements is another subject covered during this information packed session.
Pippa Maille
Elysfx
Money Movement
16h00 – 16h30
Never has it been so important as now to get your money movement organised. Pippa Maile explains the importance of having a good rapport with yçur currency advisor and that even if you are transferring small amounts of money, currency experts will always save you money.
Mike Marsden
Blevins Franks
Tax in France
17h00 – 17h30
Tax is never a popular subject but one that is important to listen to. What are the tax dates, brackets and how will Brexit affect your tax situation in France.
Tracy Leonetti & Panelists
Grand Finale
18h00 – 18h30
Find out more about the Expert Panel
LBS Relocation Expert
Preparing your footprint for Brexit, Immigration and Healthcare Access
Born and raised in Hull, Yorkshire, England, Tracy resisted the urge to travel and began her professional career in the civil service; however, it soon became apparent that life had more to offer. After travelling to various countries, Tracy Leonetti settled in France in the beautiful and romantic Cote d’Azur, where she studied a business degree at the CERAM Business School in Sophia Antipolis.
The transition to her ‘dream’ life in France was challenging as was navigating the French bureaucracy and this was her key motivation behind the creation of her relocation business Language & Business Services (LBS) in 2012.LBS has the objective of helping people who are looking for a seamless transition to their new homes in France. Known as ‘The French Connector’ and the go to person for moving, living & business in France, Tracy has made it her mission to provide the most current and up to date information, resources & support to enhance the speed her customers access the French system, find their ideal property and live their dream life in France.
In 2015 Tracy created the LBS Serenity membership Club which ensures that her members get excellent service via bespoke serenity relocation packages for their first year in France.
Tracy Leonetti is a mother of 2, a self-grown entrepreneur and is passionate about helping others follow their true dreams by taking a step by step approach to life and to business. Co-author of the #1 Best Seller the Pay It Forward Series – Notes to my Younger self, Tracy Leonetti believes in sharing life experiences to motivate and inspire others to make a difference in their lives and others.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Website: https://www.lbsinfrance.com
Email: tracy@lbsinfrance.com
Blevins Franks
Wealth Management on the Move
Mike Marsden is a Chartered Accountant, Trust and Estate Practitioner with Blevins Franks.
Mike provides Blevins Franks clients with advice which focuses on Wealth Management and Tax Mitigation. He has over 40 years’ experience within the UK Financial Services sector.
His expertise is focused on ‘Anglo-French’ pensions, investments and tax planning solutions.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Website: https://www.blevinsfranks.com
Phone: 04 93 00 17 80
The Buying Process in France
Fabienne is a French national and a qualified Solicitor. Fabienne studied law in France and moved to the UK where she gained a MA in Business Law and completed her Legal Practice Course. Fabienne qualified as a Solicitor of England & Wales 10 years ago and has extensive knowledge and experience of French law.
Fabienne advises clients and professionals on the French legal system and on how to avoid its pitfalls. Her areas of expertise include French conveyancing, French property law, French inheritance law and tax including cross-border estate planning advice and preparation of French Wills. Fabienne regularly provide seminars and publishes articles for French specialised press.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Direct: +44 (0)113 393 1939
Kidoo Land
Cultural, social and language integration
Antonia Beauvoisin Brown .. British mum to 2 bilingual teenagers, living in the countryside in the Sunny South of France in what seems to be an eternal renovation project. In 2005 I relocated for the 3rd time and hopefully last time to France … 15 years later I’m still here so things are looking good.
Moving abroad is challenging and I have real life high and low experiences to draw on and share with you. In fact I have done it in 3 different ways having moved here first as a single person, the second time with a partner who stayed in the UK and the 3rd time relocating lock stock and barrel with my husband and two small children. So I can really understand many perspectives and now understand what worked and what could have been done better.
In 2007 I set up my local bricks and mortar business KidooLand “The Little English School” now operating in 3 towns on the French Riviera. This has allowed me over the last 13 years to meet over 6,000 French children and their families and hear first hand what life is like on the Côte d’Azur. Alongside this for the International community I run a dynamic Facebook community Cote d’Azur Living with over 11,000 members and see hourly the trials and tribulations faced by people living, visiting and relocating here. Having one foot in each camp has really allowed me to create a bridge between the expat and French locals and hopefully draw these communities together.
The Riviera Firefly podcast is where I pull these two worlds together via interviews with local biz owners who share their journey and how they make the most of living here in the South of France. Our key focus being how to relocate, integrate, run a business and make the most of your new life in France.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: https://www.kidooland.com
Email: antonia@kidooland.com
Elysfx
Currency Planning
Pippa Maile has been an expat for over 20 years both living and working in all regions of France.She first arrived with her 8 year old daughter choosing to live in the beautiful Lot Valley near Cahors in the Midi Pyrenees where she worked in Real Estate and in Foreign Exchange. After the birth of her two Sons the family relocated to Cote d’Azur where Pippa worked to establish a well known currency company within the French marketplace.
With the experience that she has gained and the opportunities now available within this type of industry she has opened her own boutique Currency Company www.elysfx.com tailored to clients buying and selling their properties, moving their pensions or salaries or helping business when making their international transfers. There is a team of dealers to speak to, registration is easy, an online platform to make transfers easy and accessible for the client and someone available by email or phone 7 days a week.
Pippa has first hand experience of dealing with the French bureaucracy with her own needs in buying and renting properties, transferring salaries and talking to 1000s of clients transferring for a multitude of reasons on a daily basis and advises anyone moving to France to contact the experts, everyone’s case is different and needs to be assessed individually so experience is the key, what’s good for one person may not work for another
Putting your money in place when relocatingWhen moving its easy to overlook some of the factors which can be critical when purchasing or renting a property of your dreams.
I will be covering why it’s best to get a currency company in place ,why it’s important to understand the markets and what are the pointers for currency movements and why this is essential before looking for a property.or for people supporting family members in other countries, Payments of salaries, mortgages and pensions.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: pippa@elysrelocation.com
Phone: fr: +33637155404
Shine the light on our charity: l’Enfant Bleu
I am passionate above helping children who have suffered or who are suffering still due to difficult situations at home or handicaps. If you have read my Pay It Forward Series-Notes to my Younger self book, you will know why! This France based charity L’enfant bleu has helped and is continuing to help 1000’s of children during the Covid pandemic. The pandemic has created huge challenges for everyone, but no one is talking about the children who are enduring circumstances beyond their control. LBS is hugely grateful for these expert panelists who are giving their time and expertise to this summit in order to create awareness around this wonderful cause.
Some key facts to help you decide to support this charity.
Did you know that during the confinement due to Covid in France, there was:
- an 80% increase in family violence (children & women)
- The emergency number 119 for children in danger received a record 15,000 calls in comparison to its 8,000 calls
- 968 files were treated during confinement period compared to around 900 files usually over a year
- The association L’enfant bleu created a blue character in Fortnite which allowed them to have 1,300 contacts of which many of them were situation of extreme urgence
So please, get some expert information and help the children’s charity.
If you would like more help with Relocating to France, join the Serenity Club
LBS has years of experience helping people like yourself with their smooth transition to their dream life in France.
The aim of LBS Relocation Services is to ensure a smooth transition by enhancing the speed you access the French administration system saving your time, energy and ultimately money. If you would like more information about our Serenity Club, join our waitlist here.
Tracy Leonetti