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Your 50/50 French Company Is Deadlocked While You Live Abroad: Tie-Break, Buyout, Exclusion and Dissolution

Your fifty-fifty French company is blocked and you live abroad. This guide explains how to prove abuse of equality, force a tie-break in court, impose a buyout or exclusion in a SAS, and obt …

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Your French Company Lost Half Its Capital While You Live Abroad: Recapitalise, Reduce or Dissolve Without Personal Liability

Equity below half the share capital starts a four-month vote and a two-year repair clock. How foreign shareholders recapitalise, reduce or close cleanly from abroad.

Company law
Company law

Foreign Founder Choosing Between SAS, SARL, Branch and Subsidiary in France: Liability, Tax, Registration and How to Fix a Wrong Choice From Abroad

SAS, SARL, French subsidiary or branch: what each vehicle really costs a foreign founder in liability, tax and control, how to register from abroad and get the Kbis, and how to fix the wrong …

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Your French Company Owes You Money While You Live Abroad: Turn the Shareholder Loan Into Capital by Set-Off, Certificate and Filing

You live abroad and your French SAS or SARL owes you money: when converting the shareholder advance into capital beats repayment, and how to vote, certify and file from abroad.

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Your French Bank Says No While You Live Abroad: Capital Deposit, Blocked Funds and the Right to an Account

Foreign founder blocked by a French bank refusal: how to deposit share capital from abroad, obtain the certificate, secure the Kbis and use the statutory right to an account.

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British Family Already Owns Its French House Through an SCI After Brexit: Running It Year by Year, Selling or Giving Shares, Leaving, and Challenging a Refusal or a Tax Bill

Your British family already holds its French house in an SCI. How to run it year by year, file its French taxes, move shares between generations, leave the company, and challenge a refusal o …

Company law

You Run Your French SAS From Abroad: Director Pay, French Social Charges, Health Cover and How to Challenge the Bill

Foreign director of a French SAS or SARL living abroad: director pay, French social charges, health cover and how to challenge a URSSAF reassessment.

Company law

Your French Bank Refuses the Company Account or Freezes the Capital and You Live Abroad: Deposit Certificate, Right to an Account and Release of Funds

Your bank in France refuses to open your company account or keeps your share capital blocked while you live abroad. This guide explains the deposit certificate, the Banque de France designat …

Company law

Your French Subsidiary Has Lost Half Its Share Capital: Recapitalise, Reduce Capital or Dissolve From Abroad

Equity below half the share capital forces a shareholder vote within four months and a cure within two years. A practical English guide for foreign parents: detection, cash injection, loan w …

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Alone in France From Abroad: SASU or EURL for the Foreign Solo Founder — Register, Get Your Kbis and Pay Yourself

Solo founder living abroad? Compare SASU and EURL on capital, Kbis registration, social charges and tax, register from another country, and fix bank refusals or governance fights.

Company law

Open a Company in France From Abroad: SAS, SARL, Subsidiary or Branch (Succursale)?

Foreign founder guide: choose between SAS, SARL, subsidiary and branch in France, register on the guichet unique, get the Kbis, open the bank account, handle VAT and hire the first employee …

Company law
Company law

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

UK resident selling a French second home? France takes 19% plus 7.5% social charges at signing, Britain taxes the gain again with a foreign tax credit. Exemptions, notaire steps and remedies …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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