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You Live Abroad and Want to Buy a Distressed French Company: Bidding in a Plan de Cession, Staff Transfer and What Happens If You Default

A French target in redressement or liquidation is sold by the court, not by a seller. This guide explains the plan de cession bidding rules, how judges choose the buyer, the automatic staff …

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Your French Subsidiary Cannot Pay Its Debts While You Live Abroad: Cessation des Paiements, Redressement, Liquidation and Director Liability

Your French company cannot pay its due debts and you live abroad. This guide explains the cessation des paiements cash test, the 45-day filing duty, redressement versus liquidation, and your …

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Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Voluntary Dissolution, Liquidation, Strike-Off, Debts and Tax Clearance

Dissolve and liquidate a French SAS or SARL from abroad: shareholder votes, legal notices, INPI filing, liquidator duties, creditor order, final tax returns and strike-off from the RCS.

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How to Close Your French Company While Living Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Tax on the Surplus and Creditor Risk

Dissolve first, liquidate second, file everything on the Guichet unique from abroad: the two-stage exit, the tax on the liquidation surplus with non-resident withholding, and what creditors …

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Your French Company Must Close While You Live Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Dismissals, Tax Clearance and Striking Off

How a foreign founder closes a French company from abroad: shareholder vote, Guichet unique filing, amicable liquidation, staff dismissals, final tax returns and RCS striking off.

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Your Foreign Company Owns 100% of Its French Subsidiary: Absorb It Without Liquidation (TUP), Face the 30-Day Creditor Opposition and Close From Abroad

Your foreign company owns all of its French subsidiary and wants to close it: vote a TUP transfer without liquidation, survive the 30-day creditor opposition, keep guarantees and staff in or …

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Your French Company Cannot Pay Its Bills and You Live Abroad: Cessation of Payments, Court-Ordered Liquidation and How the Foreign Director Limits Personal Risk

Your French company cannot pay salaries, suppliers or VAT and you live abroad. How courts test cessation of payments, the 45-day filing duty from abroad, and how the foreign director avoids …

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You Live Abroad and Want to Close Your French Company: Dissolution, Liquidation, Tax and Striking Off Without Flying to Paris

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Your French Company Cannot Pay Its Bills and You Live Abroad: Declare Cessation des Paiements Within 45 Days or Risk Personal Liability

Your French company cannot pay suppliers, URSSAF or staff and you run it from abroad. French law gives you 45 days from cessation des paiements to file at the greffe. Miss it and you risk pa …

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Close Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation and Radiation Without Flying to France

Solvent French company to close from London, New York or Dubai? Vote the early dissolution, run the friendly liquidation on the guichet unique, clear tax and get the radiation — with the 202 …

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Your French Company Cannot Pay Its Bills and You Live Abroad: Cessation des Paiements, Safeguard, Redressement and How to File Without Flying to France

Your French company cannot pay suppliers, URSSAF or VAT and you live abroad? How cessation des paiements is tested, when to file conciliation, safeguard or redressement, and what foreign dir …

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Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolving the SAS, Running the Liquidation and Getting Struck Off Without Flying to Paris

Your French SAS or SARL has run its course and you live abroad. How to vote the dissolution, run the liquidation, clear tax and URSSAF, and get struck off.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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