The firm’s journal

Guides and news: Company law

Company law: practical guides and legal news from the firm, newest first.

Latest in Company law

Page 4 of 24

Company law

Your French Bank Said No While You Live Abroad: Deposit the Capital, Enforce the Right to an Account and Unlock Your Kbis

WITHDRAWN BY THE AUTHOR: this page duplicated a September 2026 article on the same bank-refusal procedure and has been retired to avoid Reader confusion.

Company law

You Already Own a French House Directly: Should Your British Family Transfer It Into an SCI After Brexit — Apport Costs, Tax Traps and How to Challenge the Bill

British family already owning a French house outright: how transferring it into an SCI works after Brexit, what the apport costs in duties and capital gains tax, and how succession, yearly f …

Company law

You Live in the UK and You Are Selling Your French Second Home After Brexit: What French Capital Gains Tax, Social Charges and Paperwork Apply, and How Do You Challenge the Bill?

British resident in the UK selling a French second home after Brexit: French capital gains levy, social charges, accredited representative and how to challenge the bill.

Company law
Company law

Your French Company Director Quit While You Live Abroad: Replace the SAS President or SARL Gerant, File on the Guichet Unique and Fix the Kbis

Your SAS president or SARL gerant resigned while you live abroad. This guide explains the shareholder vote from abroad, the one-month Guichet unique filing, the legal notice and how to get a …

Company law

Your French Bank Says No While You Live Abroad: Depositing Share Capital, Unblocking Funds and Opening an Account for Your SAS or SARL

Your bank refuses the capital deposit or any account while you live abroad. This guide explains the blocked-funds certificate, registration without delay, and the Banque de France designatio …

Company law

Your French SAS Needs Cash and You Live Abroad: Fund It With a Shareholder Loan (Compte Courant), Charge Interest, and Get Repaid

Withdrawn: near-duplicate of 2026-10-01 post 2135549. Kept as draft.

Company law

Selling Your Shares in Your French SAS While Living Abroad: Price, Approval, Registration Duty and Getting Paid

You live abroad and want to sell your shares in a French SAS or SARL. This guide covers approval clauses, expert price setting, French registration duty on foreign-signed deeds, and securing …

Company law

Your French SAS Needs Fresh Cash From Abroad: Capital Increase, New Investor Entry, Dilution Maths and Kbis Proof

Your French SAS needs money from abroad and a loan is not the answer: how foreign owners vote a cash capital increase, bring in a new investor, compute dilution, file on the Guichet unique a …

Company law

Your French Company’s Capital Is Frozen and Registration Stalls While You Live Abroad: How to Recover the Funds, Restart or Exit Cleanly

Capital frozen in France and no Kbis in sight? Six-month refund routes for SARL and SAS, joint-mandate exit and clean restart, explained for founders living abroad.

Company law

You Run a French SAS From Abroad: Salary or Dividends, Costs, Withholding and Proof

Salary or dividends from your French SAS while living abroad? Social charges, 182 A and 12.8% withholding, treaty forms and proof, with worked numbers.

Company law

Your French Bank Refused to Open Your Company Account While You Live Abroad: Deposit Capital, Get the Kbis and Enforce Your Right to an Account

WITHDRAWN TO DRAFT 2026-10-07: quasi-duplicate of 2026-10-04 bank-refusal piece; kept as draft, not for publication.

Company law

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

UK resident selling a French second home? How the 19% levy, 7.5% social charges and representative rules work, and how to challenge the bill.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

Partner, member of the Paris Bar, 11 rue Margueritte, 75017 Paris. Author of the analyses published in this journal. About