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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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Insolvency

Your French Liquidation Turned Against You and You Live Abroad: Refused Accounts, Faulty Liquidator, Blocked Strike-Off and How to Fight Back

Your French liquidation is stuck from abroad: refuse the quitus, sue a faulty liquidator, force the accounts through the court and get struck off cleanly.

News

British Second-Home Owner Burgled in France After Brexit: How to File the Police Complaint, Meet the Insurer Deadline and Challenge a Refused Claim

Burgled at your French second home? How to file the plainte, meet the two-day insurer deadline and challenge a refused claim after Brexit.

Company law

Your French Company’s Equity Fell Below Half Its Capital and You Live Abroad: the 4-Month Vote, Recapitalise or Dissolve, and How to Fix the Kbis From Abroad

Equity below half the capital in your French SAS or SARL? The 4-month dissolution vote, the 2-year repair window, cash increases from abroad, and how to avoid personal liability.

News

British Couple Divorcing When One of You Lives in France After Brexit: Which Court, Which Law, and How to Protect the French House, the Pension and the Children

British spouses split between France and England after Brexit: which court to file in, which law the French judge applies, and how to protect the French house, pensions and children — with c …

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Want to Close Your French Company: Dissolution, Debts, Tax Clearance and How to Strike It Off From Abroad

WITHDRAWN: duplicate of existing closing-company guides. Kept as draft.

Co-ownership and neighbours

British Second-Home Owner in a French Copropriété After Brexit: Your Charges Bill, the Airbnb Ban Vote, and How to Challenge Them

British second-home owner in a French copropriété after Brexit: how your charges are calculated, how to challenge the bill, and how to fight the two-thirds Airbnb-ban vote — with the Le Meur …

Contracts and business

Your French Customer Just Went Bust: How a Foreign Supplier Declares Its Claim, Reclaims Goods and Gets Paid From Abroad

Your French customer is in redressement or liquidation judiciaire and you are abroad. Declare your claim within four months, reclaim your goods within three, and challenge rejections without …

News
News

British Parent Settled in France After Brexit: Bringing Your Children Through Regroupement Familial or Vie Privee et Familiale, and How to Challenge a Refusal

British parent in France after Brexit? How regroupement familial works for your children, when vie privee et familiale applies, and how to challenge a prefect refusal within the deadlines.

Banking, insurance and consumers
Banking, insurance and consumers

Your French Bank Is Closing Your Company Account While You Live Abroad: Notice, Rescue Transfers and the Banque de France Right-to-Account Fix

Your French bank is closing your company account while you live abroad. Notice rights, 60-day credit rule, rescue plan for payroll URSSAF and VAT, and the Banque de France right-to-account f …

Property

Buying French Property at Auction: Judicial Sales, the Ten-Day Surenchère and the No-Warranty Trap

Court auctions can discount French property, but the ten-day overbid, resale at the defaulter's risk and no hidden-defects warranty punish unprepared foreign bidders.

News

British Driver Injured in a Car Accident in France After Brexit: Badinter Compensation, Insurer Deadlines and How to Challenge a Low Offer

British driver injured in France after Brexit: Badinter bodily-injury compensation, insurer offer deadlines, the guarantee fund for hit-and-run or uninsured drivers, and how to challenge a r …

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Hires in France Without a Subsidiary: URSSAF Registration, French Contract, Payslip and How to Fix Penalties From Abroad

Hire your first employee in France without creating a subsidiary: TFE registration, DPAE, French contract, payslip, contributions, and how to challenge URSSAF reassessments from abroad.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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