Team

• Bertrand RAGER, has a long experience of advising companies in many countries operating internationally on the optimisation of their customs organisation and costs, their indirect tax charges and their level of compliance -particularly in terms of export control- and security in the management, including electronic management, of their international flows of goods and services.
• After working at E & Y and then Arthur Andersen, Bertrand was pan-European VAT and CUSTOMS Director at the Delphi Automotive Systems group.
• He is an international corporate lawyer, and is involved in consultations, audits and litigation both in France and the EMEA zone.
• Founder of Custax & Legal, he operates globally via the worldwide TTA network of independent experts in export control and customs, of which he is a member since its inception, and via a European network of VAT specialists.
• In his free time Bertrand, a music lover, reads a lot, swims, and saves time for his wife, his three children and two grandsons.

Qualifications

• Tax & Customs Lawyer since 1991,
• Master in economics (thesis on Sogo Shoshas)
• Qualified Chartered Accountant

Engagements

Member of customs think-tanks both In England and Germany, member of French SIEPS and ODASCE; Bertrand also chairs the International Commission of the FIEEC and teaches Customs law in Ireland

Languages

English, German & French

Born into a family of lawyers, Thérèse studied law at the University of Nanterre where she joined for a year the dual degree in French and Anglo-American law.

Hesitating between her family heritage and her passion for French cooking and catering, she became a student and obtained a master’s degree from the prestigious VATEL school in Lyon. After a decade of management and executive positions in various establishments.

Deciding to return to the legal sector, Thérèse joined Custax & Legal in 2022 where she completed her knowledge as EC Officer, and has now acquired the skills and operational experience as required.

Thérèse blossoms as a full member of C&L team by combining intellectual rigour, a sense of service and excellent interpersonal skills to take on each of the missions entrusted to her. As a mother of two children, Thérèse also uses organisation as a second language.

In her spare time, Thérèse enjoys sewing and cooking.

Thérèse speaks French and English.