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Articles of 16 September 2026

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Contracts and business

Foreign Company Renting Its First Office or Shop in France: 3-6-9 Lease, Deposit, Rent Reviews and How to Renew or Leave From Abroad

First office or shop in France as a foreign company: 3-6-9 lease vs short lease, deposit and charges, rent indexation and uncapping, renewal and six-month notice, with Paris specifics.

Property

Buying Off-Plan in France (VEFA): The Foreign Buyer’s Legal Guide to Reservations, Delays and Defects

VEFA off-plan purchases in France: reservation contracts, capped stage payments, late-delivery remedies, and the one-year and ten-year defect guarantees foreign buyers must know.

News

My French Tenant Has Stopped Paying Rent After Brexit: What a British Landlord Must Serve, How Eviction Works and How to Challenge Delay

Your French tenant has stopped paying rent. A British landlord's guide to the six-week payment order, court eviction, winter truce and recovering arrears.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France From Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Trial Period and True Cost Before Day One

Foreign founder hiring a first employee in France? DPAE filing window, day-one pack, CDI vs CDD, trial-period durations and renewal traps, and the true cost before signing.

News

My British Husband or Wife Has Just Died in Our French House After Brexit: Can I Stay, What the One-Year Free Right and the Lifelong Right Are Worth, and How to Challenge Eviction or a Tax Bill

British surviving spouse in France: the free first year in the home, the lifelong habitation right to claim within one year, ownership choices, spousal tax exemption and how to challenge evi …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Just Got a Tax Audit Notice: Verification, Reassessment and How a Foreign Owner Contests From Abroad

French tax audit of a foreign-owned company: audit notice, on-site verification, rectification proposal, interest and penalties, and how to contest each step from abroad.

News

British Early Retiree in France After Brexit: Join PUMA, Check Your CSM Bill and Challenge a CPAM Refusal

Inactive British early retiree in France? How PUMA affiliation works after Brexit, when an S1 applies, how the CSM bill is computed and how to challenge a CPAM refusal or URSSAF assessment w …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Firing an Employee in France as a Foreign Employer: Dismissal Procedure, Severance Cost and How to Survive a Labour Court Challenge From Abroad

Foreign owner of a French company parting with an employee? Preliminary meeting, dismissal letter, severance calculation, notice pay and prudhommes defence — the full procedure explained fro …

Banking, insurance and consumers
Banking, insurance and consumers

British Resident in France With a French Assurance-Vie After Brexit: Name Your Beneficiaries, Use the €152,500 Allowance and Challenge a Refusal or a Tax Bill

British resident in France after Brexit? How your assurance-vie names beneficiaries, how the €152,500 allowance and 20% levy work, and how to challenge an insurer delay or a tax bill.

News

Your UK Public-Sector Pension Is on Your French Tax Bill After Brexit? Why a Government-Service Pension Is Taxable Only in Britain — and How to Challenge the French Charge

British public-sector pension taxed in France after Brexit? Article 19 of the France-UK treaty reserves government-service pensions to UK tax. Declare it right, claim the credit, challenge t …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Never Declared Its Beneficial Owner: Court Order, 200000-Euro Fine and How a Foreign Owner Fixes It From Abroad

Foreign owner of a French SAS or SARL with no beneficial-owner filing? Injunction, daily fines and a 200000-euro penalty: what French law says and how to regularise from abroad.

Insolvency
Insolvency

Your French SASU Has One Corporate Shareholder and You Want Out: Closing by Universal Transfer (TUP) Without Liquidation

Foreign parent owning 100 percent of a French SASU or EURL can close it by universal asset transfer (TUP) with no liquidator: 30-day creditor opposition, BODACC publication, final corporate …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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