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Your Co-Founder Is Blocking Your French Company and You Live Abroad: Deadlock, Abuse of Majority, Forced Exclusion and How to Take Back Control

Your French business partner blocks every vote or crushes you as a minority holder while you live abroad. Abuse of majority and minority, dissolution, provisional administrator and SAS force …

Company law
Company law

SAS or SARL in France When You Live Abroad: How to Choose Your Company, Appoint the Director, Pay Tax and Fix a Wrong Choice

SAS or SARL for a foreign founder: formation from abroad, president vs gerant, social security, 25% corporate tax, and how to fix a wrong choice.

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You Were Named Gerant of a French SARL While Living Abroad: Appointment, Removal, the Family-Shares TNS Trap and How to Get Paid

Named gerant of a French SARL while living abroad? Appointment and Kbis registration, removal with or without just cause, the spouse-children majority trap for TNS vs assimile status, URSSAF …

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Your French Company Registration Was Rejected by the Greffe and You Live Abroad: Apostille, Domiciliation Proof, Capital Deposit and How to Get Your Kbis

Your French company filing was rejected and the Kbis is blocked. This guide explains the four rejection families, the fix-and-refile sequence on the Guichet unique, and how to challenge a wr …

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Divorce and the French SCI: Shares, Buyouts and Valuations for Foreign Owners

Divorcing with a French property company: who gets the shares, how the buyout price is fixed by experts, and how courts handle withdrawal, deadlock and dissolution.

Company law

Your French Company Owes You Money and You Live Abroad: How to Turn Your Shareholder Loan Into Share Capital and Get It Registered

Your French company owes you money on a shareholder current account. How a non-resident owner converts that loan into shares by offset, gets the auditor certificate, and registers the increa …

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Your French Partner Is Blocking the Company and You Live Abroad: Buyout, Abusive Votes and Dissolution for Deadlock

Blocked by your French co-shareholder while living abroad? SAS exclusion, approval and price rules, cancelling abusive votes, selling out or asking a court to dissolve for deadlock.

Company law

Your French Director Quit or Must Go While You Live Abroad: Replace a SAS President or SARL Gerant, File and Cut Liability

Foreign owner guide: remove and replace a SAS president or SARL gerant from abroad, file on the single window within one month, secure a clean Kbis and close bank, tax and URSSAF liability.

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British Family Buying a French House After Brexit: SCI, Tontine or Direct Ownership — Costs, Tax and How to Challenge

SCI, tontine clause or direct ownership for your French house? Costs, tax, succession and how to challenge deadlock, creditors or refusals after Brexit.

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You Lent Money to Your Own French Company and Live Abroad: Shareholder Loans, Interest, Repayment and Rescue When Cash Runs Short

Foreign owner funding a French SAS or SARL from abroad? How shareholder advances work, when interest is deductible, how to get repaid, and what freezes in insolvency.

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Living Abroad and Starting a Company in France: SAS or SARL, Director Social Security, Pay and How to Stay Compliant

SAS or SARL for a founder living abroad? Company choice, Kbis registration from abroad, non-resident director social security, salary vs dividends tax, with statutes and September 2025 court …

Company law

Selling Your French Second Home from Britain After Brexit: Capital Gains Tax, Social Charges and How to Challenge the Bill

British seller in France after Brexit: 19% capital gains levy, 7.5% solidarity charge with UK affiliation, representant fiscal, form 2048-IMM and how to challenge the bill.

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Maître Reda Kohen

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