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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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News

Your English Family Trust and Your French House After Brexit: What to Declare, What Tax You Owe and How to Challenge the Bill

Your English trust holding a French house must be declared in France. Trustee duties, annual levy, succession tax and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France From Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Trial Period and Payslip

Your French company needs its first employee. This guide covers the DPAE pre-hiring declaration, CDI vs CDD, trial period renewal, payslips and how to fix a missed formality from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed the Beneficial Owners Filing (RBE): Greffe Injunction, Fine and How a Foreign Founder Fixes It From Abroad

Missed the French RBE filing for your company? Greffe notice, injunction, strike-off and 200,000 euro fine explained, with the remote fix for foreign founders.

Planning and construction

British Resident in France After One Year After Brexit: How to Get the Four-Year Multi-Year Card and Challenge a Refusal

After one year in France on a temporary card, many British residents can claim a four-year multi-year card. Who qualifies, why visitor cards are shut out, and how to challenge a refusal afte …

Company law

Your French Subsidiary Is Running Out of Cash: How a Foreign Parent Injects Funds, Increases Capital and Gets a New Kbis From Abroad

Foreign parent rescue guide: shareholder loan vs capital increase, EGM vote from abroad, bank certificate, Guichet unique filing and new Kbis.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes You Money: How a Foreign Owner Recovers a Shareholder Loan, Charges Interest and Passes a Tax Audit

A foreign parent funded its French subsidiary by shareholder current account advance. This guide explains repayment on demand, lock-ups, deductible interest, withholding tax and audit-proof …

News

British Driving Licence in France After Brexit: Can You Still Drive, How to Exchange It and How to Challenge a Refusal

UK licence issued before or after 2021? One-year exchange deadline, ANTS file, attestation, refusal challenges and criminal defence for British residents in France.

Contracts and business

Foreign Company Opening a Branch (Succursale) in France: Registration, Kbis, Tax and Closure

Branch (succursale) in France for foreign companies: RCS registration at the greffe, Kbis, French corporate tax and VAT, hiring, manager powers binding the parent, and clean closure or conve …

Property
Property

French Bank Rejects Your English Financial LPA After Brexit: How to Get It Accepted, What the Notaire Expects and How to Challenge a Refusal

Your English property and financial affairs LPA is refused by a French bank or notaire. Registration, apostille, sworn translation, medical certificate and court visa: the acceptance route …

Company law

Your French Company Is Ready on Paper but the Bank Is Holding Your Capital: Deposit Certificate, Kbis and Release of Funds

Foreign founder wiring capital to France? How much to deposit in a SARL or SAS, how to get the deposit certificate, unblock the Kbis and release frozen funds.

News

British Citizen Becoming French After Brexit: How Naturalisation Works, What the Prefect Checks and How to Challenge a Refusal

British resident in France after Brexit? How naturalisation by decree works, what the prefect checks on language, residence and conduct, and how to challenge a refusal or two-year postponeme …

News

British Resident in France Without an S1 After Brexit: How to Join the PUMA Health System, Get Your Carte Vitale and Challenge a CPAM Refusal

British in France with no S1? How PUMA registration works, which permit counts, what to do while you wait for the carte Vitale, and how to appeal a CPAM refusal.

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