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Living Abroad? How to Put Your French SAS on Hold (Mise en Sommeil) Instead of Closing It

Foreign owner abroad? Pause your French SAS with a declared mise en sommeil: Guichet Unique filing, two-year cap, surviving accounts and tax duties, and reactivation or clean closure.

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Your French SAS Has Burned Half Its Capital: How a Foreign Owner Runs a Coup d’Accordéon to Zero the Capital and Recapitalise from Abroad

Equity below half the capital in your French SAS or SARL? How a foreign owner runs a coup d'accordeon: cut to zero, re-inject cash, file, and clean the Kbis before the deadline.

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Your French Company Lost Half Its Capital: Dissolve or Rebuild, How a Foreign Owner Decides From Abroad

French equity below half the share capital forces a dissolve-or-rebuild vote within four months, published and filed, with two years to repair. Statutes, three recent rulings and a from-abro …

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SAS vs SARL vs Branch vs Subsidiary: How a Foreign Founder Chooses the Right French Vehicle

Foreign founder guide to choosing between SAS, SARL, branch and subsidiary in France: liability, director status, bank account, tax at 25 percent, VAT and exit.

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Your French Company Has a Foreign Director: What Social Charges a SAS President or SARL Manager Really Owes From Abroad

Foreign president or manager of a French company? SAS assimilated-employee vs SARL self-employed charges, registration and disputes from abroad, explained.

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Your French Bank Refuses the Share Capital Deposit Certificate: How a Foreign Founder Unblocks the Kbis From Abroad

Bank delays or refuses the capital deposit certificate and your French company cannot be registered. Deposit rules, notaire and Caisse des depots alternatives, and the six-month court action …

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Buying a French SAS From Abroad Without Inheriting Its Debts: Share Transfer, Approval, Price and Hidden Liabilities

Foreign buyer guide to taking over a French SAS from abroad: approval clause, transfer order and ledger entry, price adjustments, registration duty, IEF clearance and asset-liability guarant …

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Your Company Abroad Needs a French Presence Fast: Branch (Succursale) or SAS Subsidiary — Liability, Kbis, Bank, VAT and How a Foreign Founder Decides From Abroad

Branch or SAS subsidiary in France? A foreign-founder guide to liability, Kbis, bank, VAT, hiring and tax — with exact French statutes.

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Your French SAS Has a President Living Abroad: Assimile Salarie Status, Social Charges and How a Foreign Founder Gets Paid

President of a French SAS while living abroad: assimilated-employee status, URSSAF charges, payslips, salary vs dividends vs current account, and the court-tested mistakes to avoid.

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Your SAS President Must Go and You Live Abroad: How a Foreign Shareholder Revokes, Files and Updates the Kbis

Foreign majority shareholder? Remove the president of your French SAS from abroad: articles of association, vote, single-portal filing, new Kbis and damages defence.

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Your French Subsidiary Is Running Out of Cash: How a Foreign Parent Injects Funds, Increases Capital and Gets a New Kbis From Abroad

Foreign parent rescue guide: shareholder loan vs capital increase, EGM vote from abroad, bank certificate, Guichet unique filing and new Kbis.

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Your French Company Is Ready on Paper but the Bank Is Holding Your Capital: Deposit Certificate, Kbis and Release of Funds

Foreign founder wiring capital to France? How much to deposit in a SARL or SAS, how to get the deposit certificate, unblock the Kbis and release frozen funds.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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