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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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Co-ownership and neighbours

Challenging a French Co-ownership Meeting Decision: The Two-Month Deadline Foreign Owners Keep Missing

A co-owner challenged a 2022 meeting decision after collecting the registered letter late. In April 2026 the Cour de cassation ruled the two-month deadline runs from first presentation of th …

News

British Caught Drink- or Drug-Driving in France After Brexit: Roadside Tests, Licence Suspension, Criminal Court — and How to Challenge It All

Stopped for drink- or drug-driving in France? French limits are far lower than in England, police can take your licence on the spot, and the prefect can ban you for a year before trial. A 3 …

Contracts and business

Your French Company’s First-Year Legal Calendar When You Live Abroad: Accounts, VAT, Payroll, CFE and How to Never Miss a Deadline

Foreign owner of a French company? Your complete first-year legal calendar in English: approving and filing accounts, corporate tax, VAT, payroll DSN, beneficial owners and CFE, with the exa …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax and You Live Abroad: 25% IS, Instalments, CFE and How to Pay and Challenge From Abroad

French corporate tax for foreign owners: 25% IS, four instalments, CFE by 15 December, penalties, and how to pay and challenge from abroad.

Banking, insurance and consumers

British Resident in France Selling Your UK House After Brexit: UK Capital Gains Tax, French Tax and the Treaty Credit — and How to Challenge Double Tax

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News

British and Applying for French Citizenship After Brexit: Five Years’ Residence, B2 French and How to Challenge a Refusal

British in France after Brexit: who can apply for French citizenship, the five-year residence rule, the B2 French test, and how to appeal a refusal.

Company law
Company law

Your Co-Founder Is Blocking Your French Company and You Live Abroad: Deadlock, Abuse of Majority, Forced Exclusion and How to Take Back Control

Your French business partner blocks every vote or crushes you as a minority holder while you live abroad. Abuse of majority and minority, dissolution, provisional administrator and SAS force …

News

British and Going Freelance in France After Brexit: Entrepreneur Card, Micro-Entrepreneur Tax and How to Challenge a Refusal

British freelancer in France after Brexit: entrepreneur visa and card, micro-entrepreneur tax and charges, and how to challenge a refusal.

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British and Going Freelance in France After Brexit: Entrepreneur Card, Micro-Entrepreneur Tax and How to Challenge a Refusal

British freelancer in France after Brexit: entrepreneur visa and card, micro-entrepreneur tax and charges, and how to challenge a refusal.

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Must Change the President or Move the Registered Office of Your French Company: Resolutions, Guichet Unique Filing, Legal Notice and a Clean Kbis

Foreign owner guide to replacing the SAS president or SARL manager and moving the registered office: majorities, legal notices, Guichet unique filing within one month, and the case law that …

News

British Divorcing in France After Brexit: Do You Keep Your Withdrawal Agreement Card, What Happens to Your Children, and How to Challenge a Refusal or Removal Order

Divorcing in France as a British resident? Your Withdrawal Agreement card usually survives, retention rules protect derived rights, schooling shields children, and refusals can be challenged …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Want to Buy Into a French Strategic Company: IEF Authorization, Conditions, Fines and How to Challenge a Refusal

Foreign buyer of a French strategic company? IEF prior authorization, 30+45 day review, conditions, fines up to twice the deal value, and how to challenge a refusal from abroad.

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