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French law in practice

Practical guides to French property and business law for readers dealing with French notaries, landlords, companies or courts from abroad, and analysis of current legal news.

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Contracts and business

Franchising Your Foreign Brand Into France From Abroad: the Loi Doubin File, the 20-Day DIP, and How to Sign a Contract That Survives

Foreign brand entering France without a subsidiary: Loi Doubin disclosure, 20-day DIP contents and proof, forecast case law, vehicle choice, and clean renewal or exit.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Recruits Its First Salespeople in France: Employee, Commercial Agent or Distributor

Foreign company recruiting its first salespeople in France: employee, commercial agent or distributor compared on costs, contracts, requalification risk and termination bills.

News
News

British Resident Facing an ESFP Tax Review Over UK Income in France After Brexit: Detection, 30-Day Reply, Time Bars and Tribunal Challenge

Flagged for a French personal tax review over British income? How the fisc detects it, how to answer within 30 days, the 3 and 10-year time bars, and the tribunal challenge.

Tax and estate

Your NHS, Teachers’ or Civil Service Pension in France After Brexit: Taxed in Britain Under Article 19, Declared in France — and How to Challenge Double Tax

British retired public servant in France? Your NHS, Teachers', civil service, police or forces pension stays taxable in the UK under Article 19. Declare it, claim the treaty credit, handle s …

Contracts and business

Your First Hire in France Is Not Working and You Live Abroad: Dismissing Legally, Paying Severance and Surviving the Prudhommes

First French hire not working out? A foreign founder's guide to lawful dismissal in France: procedure, rupture conventionnelle, severance math, Macron scale and the 12-month deadline.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Shop, Office or Warehouse From Abroad: Signing the 3-6-9 Commercial Lease, Paying the Right Rent and Surviving Renewal or Eviction

Foreign founder renting business premises in France? How the 9-year 3-6-9 lease works, how renewal rent is capped, and how to claim eviction compensation from abroad.

Tax and estate
Tax and estate

British Second-Home Owner in France After Brexit: Why You Still Get a Taxe d’Habitation Bill, How the 60% Surcharge Works, and How to Challenge It

Your French holiday home still pays housing tax after the main-home abolition — and in tense zones a 5% to 60% surcharge. The exact articles, the three reliefs and the 31 December deadline.

News

British Tenant Renting in France After Brexit: Getting Your Deposit Back, Forcing Repairs and Defeating an Eviction

Renting in France after Brexit as a British tenant: how to recover your deposit with the 10% monthly penalty, force your landlord to repair, test a notice to leave, and stop an eviction for …

Contracts and business

Your French Distributor Is Failing You and You Run the Business From Abroad: Ending the Contract, Recovering Stock and Money, and Avoiding Requalification as a Commercial Agent

Foreign supplier with a failing French distributor? Written notice scaled to the relationship, serious-breach exit, stock recovery via retention of title, and how to defeat requalification a …

News

British Worker Losing Your Job in France After Brexit: Rupture Conventionnelle, Claiming Chômage with Your UK Years, and How to Challenge a Refusal

Sacked or signing a rupture conventionnelle in France? A British worker's guide to keeping benefit rights, adding UK years via the U1/PDU1, France Travail deadlines, and how to challenge a r …

Company law

Your French Company Capital Is Blocked After Registration and You Live Abroad: Releasing Funds With the Kbis, Completing Unpaid Capital and Avoiding Withdrawal Liability

Share capital blocked in France while you live abroad? How to deposit from another country, release funds with the Kbis, complete unpaid capital and avoid liability.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Bought a French Company From Abroad and Hidden Debts Surface: Triggering the Warranty, Proving the Loss and Suing Before the Deadline

Bought a French SAS or SARL from abroad and discovered pre-closing debts? How the garantie d'actif et de passif works, what kills claims, and how to get paid.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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