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Contracts and business

French Company Name Dispute: Which Court Should a Foreign Founder Use When a Trademark Is Involved?

How foreign founders should distinguish company-name, commercial-name and trademark claims, choose the right French court and preserve evidence.

Contracts and business

Putting a French Company Into Dormancy: What a Foreign Founder Must Do (Mise en Sommeil Explained)

How a foreign founder can validly place a French SAS or SARL into dormancy (mise en sommeil): the RNE declaration, the accounts, tax and CFE obligations that survive, the two-year strike-off …

Contracts and business

French Company Tax Losses: Carry-Forward, Carry-Back and the €1 Million Limit for a Foreign Founder

How a foreign founder can document and use a French company tax loss: carry-forward limits, carry-back, evidence, groups and restructuring risks.

Contracts and business

First French Corporate Tax Instalment After Incorporation: When Is the First Payment Due for a Foreign Founder?

A practical legal calendar for foreign founders: the first French corporate tax instalment, the first balance, closing dates, forms 2065, 2571 and 2572, payment errors and correction steps.

Contracts and business

French Tax Audit: What If Your Foreign-Owned Company Cannot Produce a Compliant FEC?

A practical legal route for foreign-owned companies facing a French tax audit without a compliant FEC: deadlines, reconstruction, penalties and objections.

Contracts and business

French Company Hit by an URSSAF Audit Adjustment: How to Challenge the Observation Letter Before Recovery

How a foreign-owned French company can challenge an URSSAF adjustment: protect the 30-day observation-letter deadline, test the calculation, prepare the evidence and preserve the CRA appeal.

Contracts and business

Can a French Company Hire Its First Employee Before Receiving Its SIRET Number?

A practical legal guide for foreign founders hiring in France while the company establishment SIRET is still pending, covering the DPAE, URSSAF, payroll and evidence.

Contracts and business

Can a French Commercial Lease Impose an Automatic Fixed Rent Increase on a Foreign-Owned Company?

A 2026 French Supreme Court ruling rejects an unlimited automatic rent increase in a commercial lease. Learn how foreign-owned companies can audit, challenge and document overpaid rent.

Contracts and business

French Company Share Transfer to a Foreign Buyer: Approval, Registration Duty and INPI Filing

Buying shares in a French company from abroad requires more than a signed agreement. This guide explains approval rules, title evidence, French registration duty, ownership records and INPI …

Contracts and business

When Does a Foreign Investor Need France’s IEF Clearance Before Acquiring a French Company?

France’s IEF clearance can be required before a foreign investor acquires control of a sensitive French company. Learn the investor, transaction, sector, filing and closing tests.

Contracts and business

French Beneficial Owner Filing Conflicts With a Bank: What a Foreign Company Must Do Before RCS Radiation

A bank ownership divergence can put a French company on a radiation clock. This evidence-led workflow helps foreign companies correct the RBE before the risk escalates.

Contracts and business

French Corporate Tax Return Form 2065 Rejected Electronically: How a Foreign Founder Corrects the Filing

A rejected French Form 2065 can leave a foreign-owned company late even when it has no revenue. Learn how to diagnose the error, resubmit the tax package and prove regularisation.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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