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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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Banking, insurance and consumers

You Live Abroad and Want to Buy a Business in France: Fonds de Commerce or Shares, Creditors, Staff and How to Close the Deal Safely

Foreign buyer guide: asset deal or share deal in France, creditor opposition, escrow, lease, staff transfer, approval and price warranty, handled from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Wants to Hire a Freelancer While You Live Abroad: Reclassification, URSSAF Back-Charges and the Safe Contract

Hiring a freelancer for your French company while living abroad risks reclassification as employment. A Paris lawyer explains the court test, URSSAF controls and three safe hiring routes.

News

Summoned by OFII After Brexit? Your CIR Integration Contract, French Tests and How to Challenge a Residence Refusal as a British Resident in France

British newcomer summoned by OFII? What the one-year CIR integration contract requires, the 80% civic exam and A2 French test since 2026, and how to challenge a multi-year card refusal or OQ …

News

British Employee Sacked in France After Brexit: Is Your Dismissal Letter Valid, What Pay Are You Owed, and How to Challenge

Sacked in France as a British employee? How to check your dismissal letter, compute notice and severance, and challenge unfair dismissal before the labour court.

Contracts and business

Your French Company and Mandatory E-Invoicing Since September 2026: Receive, Issue, Report Foreign Sales and Avoid Fines

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive e-invoices. A foreign owner's guide to platforms, e-reporting, fines and VAT deduction.

News

British Resident in France Handed a Tax Reassessment After Brexit: Proposition de Rectification, 30-Day Reply and How to Challenge the Bill

Hit with a French proposition de rectification as a British resident? Deadlines, reply tactics, commission, formal claim and court remedies explained.

Company law
Company law

SAS or SARL in France When You Live Abroad: How to Choose Your Company, Appoint the Director, Pay Tax and Fix a Wrong Choice

SAS or SARL for a foreign founder: formation from abroad, president vs gerant, social security, 25% corporate tax, and how to fix a wrong choice.

News

British Retiree in France After Brexit: the 9.1% Social Charge on Your UK Pension, the S1 Exemption and How to Claim It Back

Your UK pension is docked up to 9.1% CSG, CRDS and Casa in France — but a registered S1 normally cancels the charge. Rates, proof bundle, 31 December deadline and refund claim explained.

Company law

You Were Named Gerant of a French SARL While Living Abroad: Appointment, Removal, the Family-Shares TNS Trap and How to Get Paid

Named gerant of a French SARL while living abroad? Appointment and Kbis registration, removal with or without just cause, the spouse-children majority trap for TNS vs assimile status, URSSAF …

News

British With a French Job Offer After Brexit: Work Permit, Carte de Sejour Salarie, and How to Challenge a Refusal

Hired in France after Brexit? Your employer needs a work authorisation, you need a salarie residence card. Refusals, deadlines and remedies explained.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Wants Business in France Without a Subsidiary: Branch (Succursale) vs Liaison Office, Registration, Tax and How to Close or Convert

Branch or liaison office in France? Registration on the guichet unique, corporate tax, VAT, payroll, closure and conversion to a subsidiary, for foreign owners.

News

British Getting Married in France After Brexit: Mairie Papers, Bans, Interview and How to Challenge a Refusal

British citizen marrying in France after Brexit: which mairie, which papers with apostille and sworn translation, how the bans and interview work, and how to challenge an opposition before t …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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