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Your French Company Needs More Capital and You Live Abroad: How a Foreign Shareholder Increases Capital, Defends Pre-emption Rights and Files From Abroad

Foreign shareholder guide to increasing capital in a French SAS or SARL from abroad: cash subscription, bank certificate, in-kind valuation, DPS rights and annulment actions.

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Your French Company Needs Cash and You Live Abroad: How a Foreign Shareholder Funds an SAS or SARL With a Current-Account Loan, Charges Interest and Gets Repaid

WITHDRAWN: near-duplicate of 2026-09-17 shareholder current-account guide; kept as draft pending pivot.

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Your French Company’s President or Gerant Has to Go? How a Foreign Owner Removes, Replaces and Shields Himself From Personal Liability From Abroad

How a foreign owner removes and replaces the president of a SAS or the gerant of a SARL from abroad, updates the Kbis, and defends against personal liability for company debts.

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Your French Company Lost Half Its Share Capital: Recapitalize or Dissolve From Abroad

Equity below half the capital forces a four-month shareholder vote in France. Deadlines, filings, 2026 court rulings and how foreign owners fix it from abroad.

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Selling Your Shares in a French Company From Abroad: SAS and SARL Approval, Price, Tax and How to Close the File

Foreign owner selling SAS shares or SARL parts from abroad: approval clauses, refusal buyout, expert price, registration duties, non-resident capital gains tax and closing formalities.

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Trapped in Your French Company as a Foreign Shareholder: Deadlock, Forced Exclusion and How to Exit From Abroad

Foreign shareholder blocked in a French SAS or SARL? Abuse of majority, deadlock, forced exclusion and buyout price: how to contest and exit from abroad.

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You Live Abroad and Run a French Company: Do You Owe French Social Charges as President or Gerant?

Non-resident president of a SAS or gerant of a SARL: which French social security scheme applies, when residence abroad exempts you from double charges, and how to contest an URSSAF bill.

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British Owner Selling a French Second Home After Brexit: How Your Capital Gains Bill Is Calculated, When the Treaty Spares Double Tax, and How to Challenge It

British owner selling a French second home after Brexit: how the 19% capital-gains bill plus social levies is calculated, why a UK-based vendor needs a tax representative over 150,000 euros …

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SAS vs SARL in France: How a Foreign Founder Chooses, Registers and Runs a Company From Abroad

SAS, SARL or branch? A foreign founder's guide to choosing, registering and running a French company from abroad.

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Your French Branch Is Holding You Back? How a Foreign Company Converts a Succursale into an SAS Subsidiary or Closes It from Abroad

Branch or SAS subsidiary in France? How a foreign company converts its succursale into a filiale, transfers staff and contracts, or shuts the branch down cleanly from abroad.

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British Family SCI in France After Brexit: Holding the Holiday Home, Passing Shares to Children and Challenging the Tax Bill

British parents holding a French house through an SCI after Brexit: how the company works, how shares pass to children under French forced-heirship and English wills, what tax applies, and h …

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Selling Your French House as a British Owner After Brexit: Capital Gains Tax, Surtax and How to Challenge the Bill

British owner selling a French house after Brexit? France taxes the gain first, Britain second with a credit. Allowances, 19 per cent levy, surtax, lost EU reliefs and how to challenge.

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