Kohen Avocats, commercial lease in Bobigny
Commercial lease lawyer in Bobigny: notice, renewal, eviction
Notice to quit, renewal, eviction compensation, unpaid rent, uncapping of the rent: as a commercial lease lawyer in Bobigny, the firm advises and defends landlords and commercial tenants across the whole statutory regime governing commercial leases. The choice of lawyer is yours, whatever their bar.
Prompt, confidential response. In business, time is an asset: the earlier counsel steps in, the more options remain open, negotiation included.
Commercial lease · Bobigny
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The commercial lease in Bobigny, explained
Company law · Paris 17th arr.
What a commercial lease lawyer does in Bobigny
- Paris Bar
- Commercial leases
- Firm in Paris 17th arr.
Lawyer at the Paris Bar — commercial leases and business tenancy litigation.
Business law is played out on two fronts. First, the amicable stage: formal notice, negotiation, settlement agreement. Most commercial disputes are resolved before any hearing when they are taken up early. Then the judge: in Bobigny, the commercial court (tribunal de commerce) of Bobigny, 1-13 rue Michel de l'Hospital, hears disputes between traders and those involving commercial companies (Article L. 721-3 of the French Commercial Code, or Code de commerce); disputes over the commercial lease statute fall mostly to the judicial court of Bobigny, 173 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier. No rule requires you to choose a local lawyer. Confidential first conversation on +33 6 46 60 58 22.
Send what you have, even if incomplete: the firm will prioritise and complete the file with you. In an emergency, call +33 6 46 60 58 22.
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Notice and renewal
A lease ends only by notice to quit given six months in advance by extrajudicial instrument, or by a request for renewal (Article L. 145-9): every term date needs preparing.
Eviction compensation
Refusing renewal has a price: the compensation covers the market value of the business, including removal and reinstallation costs (Article L. 145-14).
Rent and termination clause
Unpaid rent, revision, uncapping of the rent: the termination clause takes effect only one month after an unsuccessful formal demand to pay, and the judge may suspend its effects (Article L. 145-41).
Key points
Business litigation: your courts, one method
Address, contacts, appeals: practical points of reference.
- Disputes between traders and commercial companies: commercial court of Bobigny, 1-13 rue Michel de l'Hospital, 93000 Bobigny (Article L. 721-3).
- Commercial lease statute: judicial court of Bobigny, 173 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 93000 Bobigny, tel. 01 48 95 13 93, for most of these disputes.
- Appeals against judgments go to the Paris court of appeal, 8 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, within one month (Article 538 of the Code of Civil Procedure).
- In urgent cases, the president rules in urgent application proceedings: an interim payment where the debt is not seriously disputable, protective measures in the event of a manifest disturbance (Articles 872 and 873 of the Code of Civil Procedure before the commercial court, Articles 834 and 835 before the judicial court).
The firm, based in rue Margueritte in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, advises and defends company directors, traders and companies in Bobigny; where the law requires a local lawyer to act on the file, it arranges this with a colleague from the relevant jurisdiction. What matters is command of the subject and availability, from the first appointment through to the hearing.
Commercial leases
The commercial lease: the statute that protects the business
Nine years, renewal, compensated eviction: a public-policy statute with daunting time limits.
Position A
During the lease
- Minimum term of nine years, with the tenant entitled to give notice at each three-year break, six months in advance (Article L. 145-4).
- Unpaid rent: the termination clause takes effect only one month after a formal demand to pay has gone unanswered (Article L. 145-41).
- Change of permitted use, subletting, assignment of the lease: each operation is subject to its own conditions, and is prepared in writing.
Position B
At expiry
- The lease ends only by notice to quit given six months in advance by extrajudicial act, or by a request for renewal (Article L. 145-9).
- Refusal of renewal: save for exceptions, the landlord owes eviction compensation, the market value of the business (Article L. 145-14).
- Warning: all actions under the statute are subject to a two-year limitation period (Article L. 145-60), and challenging a notice to quit seldom allows delay.
The reflex: date every notice to quit, every formal demand, every request. In a commercial lease, the two-year limitation period and the six-month time limits govern everything.
The firm acts across the whole statutory regime of commercial leases:
- Notice and renewal
- Eviction compensation
- Rent and service charges
- Uncapping of the rent
- Assignment of the lease
- Subletting
Rent and eviction
Rent, eviction, termination: the battles of the lease
The real financial stakes of the statutory regime — each with its own procedure and time limits.
Rent step
Revision and uncapping of the rent
The renewed rent is open to debate: capping, grounds for uncapping, rental value — an expert-led dispute where every document counts.
Eviction step
Valuing the compensation
Value of the business, leasehold right, reinstallation costs, commercial disruption: eviction compensation is built on an expert valuation (Article L. 145-14).
Termination step
The termination clause
One month after an unsuccessful formal demand to pay, the termination clause takes effect — but the judge may grant time to pay and suspend its effects (Article L. 145-41).
Subletting step
Assignment and subletting
Assigning the lease with the business, subletting, changing the permitted use: operations allowed on strict conditions — the landlord's written consent should be sought in advance.
The ordinary commercial limitation period is five years (Article L. 110-4 of the Commercial Code); for commercial leases, two years. Dating the starting point precisely is often half the case.
Timeline
From dispute to court: how it unfolds
The typical stages of a business case handled by the firm in Bobigny.
The dispute
Unpaid invoice, terminated contract, blocking shareholder: date the facts and gather contracts, emails and accounting documents from day one.
The consultation
Analysis of the contracts, time limits and evidence; quantification of the debt or the loss; choice of route: negotiation, urgent application, payment order or full proceedings on the merits.
Formal notice
A lawyer's letter, precise and quantified, resolves many commercial disputes; it fixes the parties' positions and prepares the court stage if it proves necessary.
The writ of summons
Failing agreement, the case is brought before the judicial court of Bobigny, 173 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier — and by urgent application where urgency or obviousness allows (Articles 834 and 835 of the Code of Civil Procedure).
The hearing and the decision
Submissions, accounting documents, an expert assessment if needed: each claim is quantified and proved, interest and costs included.
The appeal
The judgment may be appealed within one month to the Paris court of appeal, 8 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris (Article 538 of the Code of Civil Procedure); provisional enforcement applies as of right.
Preparing your case
The documents to gather
The checklist that carries weight, in negotiation as before the judge.
- The contracts: general terms of sale, purchase orders, commercial lease, articles of association and shareholders' agreements.
- Invoices, account statements, payment schedules, acknowledgements of debt.
- Formal notices and replies, decisive emails, minutes of meetings.
- Minutes of general meetings and board meetings, management reports, annual accounts.
- Kbis extracts, deeds of transfer, warranty and indemnity agreements, pledges.
- Reports by a court commissioner (commissaire de justice), amicable expert reports, accounting correspondence.
Verified reference points, Commercial Code and Civil Code
The rules of the game, in black and white.
The time limits that govern the statutory regime of commercial leases — those the firm asserts in Bobigny, with the text in support.
3 years
The tenant's three-yearly notice to quit, Article L. 145-4 of the Commercial Code
The commercial tenant may give notice to quit at the end of each three-year period, at least six months in advance.
9 years
The commercial lease, Article L. 145-4 of the Commercial Code
The term of a commercial lease may not be less than nine years, with the tenant entitled to give notice at each three-year break.
6 months
Notice to quit and renewal, Article L. 145-9 of the Commercial Code
A commercial lease ends only by notice to quit given six months in advance by extrajudicial document, or by a request for renewal.
2 years
Actions under the lease statute, Article L. 145-60 of the Commercial Code
All actions brought under the commercial lease statute are subject to a two-year limitation period, and challenging a notice to quit cannot wait.
1 month
The termination clause, Article L. 145-41 of the Commercial Code
The termination clause takes effect only one month after a formal demand that has remained unsuccessful; the judge may suspend its effects.
Official source. Articles L. 145-4, L. 145-9, L. 145-14, L. 145-41 and L. 145-60 of the Commercial Code
These reference points, set by law, apply in Bobigny as everywhere in France. Their application is built case by case, document by document.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions: commercial lease
Can a Paris lawyer handle my commercial lease in Bobigny?
Yes. Lease audits, notices to quit and renewal negotiations know no bar boundaries; the firm handles its cases in Bobigny from start to finish.
Before the judicial court of Bobigny, where the law requires representation by a local lawyer, the firm arranges this with a colleague from the court's jurisdiction.
The firm, based rue Margueritte in Paris 17th, acts for landlords and commercial tenants alike in Bobigny.
How do I give notice to quit or request renewal of my lease?
A commercial lease ends only by notice to quit given six months in advance by extrajudicial instrument, or by a request for renewal (Article L. 145-9 of the Commercial Code).
The commercial tenant may also give notice to quit at the end of each three-year period, six months in advance (Article L. 145-4).
A notice that is badly drafted or wrongly dated backfires on its author: every document must be prepared down to the calendar.
My landlord refuses to renew: am I entitled to compensation?
Yes, subject to the exceptions provided by law: eviction compensation makes good the loss of the evicted tenant and includes in particular the market value of the business and removal and reinstallation costs (Article L. 145-14).
The notice must state that the tenant has two years to apply to the court (Article L. 145-9).
The firm calculates the compensation on the documents and expert evidence, then negotiates or argues it.
Unpaid rent: what can the landlord do, and what does the tenant risk?
The termination clause takes effect only one month after a formal demand to pay that has remained unsuccessful, which must state this period on pain of nullity (Article L. 145-41).
The judge may grant time to pay and suspend the effects of the clause, on conditions — in particular resumption of payment of the current rent.
For the landlord, speed and form are everything; for the tenant, negotiating a payment schedule is done before the hearing.
Which court hears commercial lease disputes in Bobigny?
Disputes over the statutory regime fall mainly to the judicial court of Bobigny, 173 avenue Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 93000 Bobigny — telephone 01 48 95 13 93; the renewed rent falls to the commercial rent judge.
Purely commercial disputes between the parties may fall to the commercial court of Bobigny (Article L. 721-3).
Appeals go to the Paris court of appeal, 8 boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, within one month.
Can I challenge the new rent proposed?
Yes: the rent under the renewed lease is in principle capped, and uncapping requires specific grounds — a notable change in the local factors of commercial value, the characteristics of the premises or the obligations of the parties.
The discussion turns on rental value, supported by documents and expert evidence.
Mind the time limit: actions under the statutory regime are subject to a two-year limitation period (Article L. 145-60).
Can I assign my lease or sublet?
Assignment of the lease with the business is in principle possible despite any clause to the contrary; subletting, by contrast, is prohibited unless the landlord agrees.
Each operation requires compliance with the formalities set by the lease — approval, the landlord's participation, notification.
The firm secures the deed and obtains the authorisations before signature.
What is a change of permitted use?
It is a change of activity on the premises: partial (related or complementary activities) on simple notification, or full (a different activity) on authorisation.
The procedure is formalistic and the landlord may raise serious grounds against it: every step is documented.
A successful change of use adds value to the business; a failed one exposes the tenant to termination.
What can the firm do in an emergency?
Facing a formal demand to pay: one month to react before the termination clause takes effect (Article L. 145-41) — time to pay and suspension are argued before the court.
Applying to the president of the court by urgent application for any urgent measure: interim payment, restoration, manifestly unlawful disturbance (Articles 834 and 835 of the Code of Civil Procedure).
In an emergency, call directly: the first consultation serves to secure the position, then to build the case.
What are the fees for a commercial lease case in Bobigny?
Fees are set out in a written agreement, in accordance with Article 10 of the Law of 31 December 1971: before committing, the client knows what the assignment covers and what it costs.
The firm favours a fixed fee per stage: lease audit, notice to quit or renewal, negotiation, proceedings, appeal.
A quote is prepared after the situation has been reviewed. First conversation on +33 6 46 60 58 22.
Sources and related pages
Official texts and related pages
The sources for this page and the firm's related areas of practice.
Further reading
Page updated on 7 August 2026.
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