As previously reported, the French Finance Law for 2025 was definitively adopted in parliament on 6 February 2025. Among other things, the Finance Law provides for an increase in the rate of financial transactions tax from 0.3% to 0.4%. The tax is levied on the acquisition of securities issued by French companies whose market capitalization exceeded one billion euros as on 1 December of the previous year (list for 2025). The increase in the rate will apply to acquisitions made from the first…