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Your French Subsidiary Has Lost Half Its Capital: How a Foreign Parent Recapitalises, Reduces or Dissolves Before the Deadline

Equity below half the share capital starts a four-month clock in France. A foreign parent's guide to recapitalising, reducing capital or dissolving, with filings, deadlines and parent-liabil …

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Majority Manager of a French SARL Living Abroad: Self-Employed Status, Social Charges and How a Foreign Founder Gets Paid

Majority manager of a French SARL living abroad? Self-employed status, minimum social charges even at zero pay, tax residence and how to contest the URSSAF bill.

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Foreign Founder Named President of a French SAS: Salary, Social Charges or Dividends?

Named president of your French SAS? Salary or no salary, what French social charges cost, when dividends are lawful, and how to remove a president from abroad.

Company law

Your French Bank Refused Your Company Account: How a Foreign Founder Forces Opening, Unblocks Capital and Gets the Kbis

Your French bank refused to open your company account and your capital is stuck without a Kbis. Here is how a foreign founder forces opening through the Banque de France, passes compliance c …

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Company law

How Can a Foreign Shareholder Remove the President of a French SAS From Abroad? Revocation Rules, Damages Risk and the Kbis Update

A foreign shareholder can remove the president of a French SAS without living in France. This guide explains the statutes-first rule confirmed by the Cour de cassation in July 2025, the dama …

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SAS vs SARL vs Branch vs Subsidiary in France: How a Foreign Founder Chooses the Right Vehicle and Registers It

Foreign founder hesitating between a SAS, a SARL, a branch or a subsidiary in France? Decision method on liability, tax and exits, Guichet unique filing, Kbis, VAT, bank account and first-ye …

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Your French Partner Blocks Your SAS Share Sale: Approval, Preemption and How a Foreign Shareholder Exits and Gets Paid

Your French partners refuse your share buyer or exercise preemption. Approval, buyback deadlines, expert price and annulment routes for a foreign shareholder exit.

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You Lent Money to Your Own French Company and Cannot Get It Back: How a Foreign Shareholder Recovers a Blocked Shareholder Loan (Compte Courant)

Foreign shareholder advance blocked in your French company? Repayment on demand, freezing votes, court recovery, insolvency declaration and tax limits explained with exact texts and recent r …

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Your SAS President Just Resigned — or Has to Go: How a Foreign Owner Appoints a New President, Files From Abroad and Unblocks the Bank

How a foreign owner changes the president of a French SAS from abroad: statutes, shareholder vote, legal notice, Guichet unique filing, new Kbis and bank update.

Company law

Your Foreign Parent Wired Cash to Your French Company: How to Document the Shareholder Loan, Deduct the Interest and Get Repaid

Your foreign parent funded the French subsidiary with a shareholder advance and now repayment stalls or the SIE disallows the interest. This guide explains the on-demand repayment rule, the …

Company law
Company law

Your French Subsidiary Has Lost Half Its Capital: How a Foreign Parent Recapitalizes, Files and Contests Dissolution

Your French subsidiary lost half its capital? A foreign parent's guide to the 4-month dissolution vote, recapitalization from abroad and contesting dissolution.

Company law

The Bank Refuses Your Local Manager’s Signature: How a Foreign President Delegates Powers in a French SAS or SARL

When the bank or a landlord refuses the local manager's signature, a foreign président of a French SAS can appoint a directeur général on the Kbis or issue a limited power of attorney. Here …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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