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Articles of 18 October 2026

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Divorcing in France With a UK Pension Pot After Brexit: Pension Sharing Orders, Prestation Compensatoire and the Tax Bill

British couple divorcing in France? A French judge cannot split your UK pension fund, but must value it for the prestation compensatoire. This guide explains where to file after Brexit, how …

Contracts and business

You Direct Your French Company From Abroad: Social Regime, URSSAF Bill and Salary vs Dividends

Appointed president of a French SAS or manager of a SARL while living abroad, you face French social charges. This guide maps the assimilated-employee and self-employed regimes, the salary-v …

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British Widow in France After Brexit: Claiming the Pension de Réversion, the Widow’s Allowance and Your Right to Stay in the Family Home

British widow in France? How to claim the pension de réversion and widow's allowance, keep the family home, and challenge a refusal after Brexit.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Is Signing a Paris Office Lease From Abroad: 3-6-9 Terms, Deposit, Rent Reviews and Exit

Signing a French office lease from abroad? How the 3-6-9 commercial lease works, what to negotiate on deposit and charges, how rent revisions operate, and how to renew or exit, with the offi …

Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Is Not Working Out: Rupture Conventionnelle Cost, Homologation and Pitfalls for Employers Abroad

Your first hire in France is not working out and you live abroad. How a rupture conventionnelle works, what it costs, how homologation runs, and the rulings that annul careless files.

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British Citizen Applying for French Nationality After Brexit: Naturalisation, Marriage Declaration, Dual Citizenship and Challenging a Refusal

British in France after Brexit? Naturalisation after five years or declaration after four years of marriage to a French citizen, keeping your UK passport, and challenging a refusal or adjour …

Company law

Depositing Your French Company’s Share Capital From Abroad: Blocked Funds, the 8-Day Deposit, Release After Registration, and the 5-Year Clock

How to deposit your French company cash capital from abroad: authorised holders, the 8-day rule, the blocked-funds certificate, release on registration, and the 5-year deadline for the balan …

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British Retiree in France After Brexit: Joining the French Health System Through PUMA or an S1, Paying for Care and Challenging a CPAM Refusal

PUMA or S1? How a British retiree joins the French health system, what it pays, and how to challenge a CPAM refusal within the deadlines.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

French Bank Says No to Your Company Account — or Freezes It — While You Live Abroad: Right-to-Account Rescue, the 60-Day Notice Rule and How to Unblock

Your French company bank account refused or frozen while you live abroad? The droit au compte procedure forces a designation within one business day, and any brutal credit cut without sixty …

Company law

SAS, SARL or Single-Member Company in France: How a Foreign Founder Living Abroad Chooses the Right Vehicle

SAS or SARL for your French company when you live abroad? Capital, director pay and social charges, share transfers, annual accounts and minority protection compared with the exact statutes …

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Hurt in a Road Accident in France After Brexit: How a British Victim Is Paid Under French Rules, Answers the Insurer’s Offer and Challenges a Refusal

British driver, cyclist or pedestrian hurt on a French road after Brexit: who pays, the insurer's three-month and eight-month offer deadlines, and how to challenge a refusal or a low offer.

Tax and estate

British Citizen Dies in France After Brexit: Death Certificate, Funeral or Repatriation to the UK, and Opening the Succession

A British citizen dies in France: how the family registers the death, authorises burial or cremation within fourteen days, obtains the prefecture permit to repatriate the body, settles the s …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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