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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

France Supermarket Cold-Chain Cyberattack: Foreign Owners’ Guide to Commercial Leases, Rent and Insurance

Hundreds of French supermarket fridges were hacked on 12 October 2026. A practical English-language guide for foreign owners of leased retail premises: emergency steps, landlord duties, rent …

News

British Visitor in a French Hospital After Brexit: Your GHIC, the Bill You Pay Upfront and How to Get the Money Back

Fell ill on holiday in France? Your GHIC covers medically necessary care at French tariffs, but you pay first and claim back from the local CPAM. Tariffs, flat-rate charges, the S2 rule for …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes You Money and You Live Abroad: Turn Your Shareholder Loan Into Shares Instead of Chasing Repayment

Foreign founder guide to converting your shareholder advance into French SAS or SARL shares by offsetting your claim: when conversion beats repayment and the certified procedure from abroad.

News
News

British in France After the Supermarket Fridge Hack: Spoiled Food, Refunds and Food-Poisoning Claims After Brexit

Hackers pushed French supermarket fridge temperatures to 50C. A British resident's guide to refunds, RappelConso recalls and food-poisoning claims in France.

Company law

Your French SAS Voted Dividends While You Live Abroad: Withholding Tax, Treaty Relief and How to Recover Overpaid Tax

Your French SAS voted dividends and you live abroad? French withholding rates, treaty cuts, filing deadlines and how to reclaim overpaid tax.

News

France Supermarket Fridge Hack: The Independent Store Owner Facing Destroyed Stock — Insurance, Network Duties and Criminal Claims

Hackers pushed connected fridges toward 50C in hundreds of French supermarkets. For the independent store operator left with destroyed stock: insurance notifications, evidence, franchise-net …

Leases and renting

Selling or Repossessing Your Tenanted Flat in France as a Foreign Owner: Conge pour Vente, Conge pour Reprise and the Traps That Void Them

Foreign owner of a tenanted French flat? A notice to sell counts as an offer the tenant can take up, a notice to move in must be genuine on the day it is served, and tenants over 65 may bloc …

News
News

Getting Married in France from the UK After Brexit: the Self-Declaration, the Bans and How to Challenge a Refusal

British couples marrying in France need a self-declaration, not a CNI: commune rules, bans, ceremony, property regime and how to challenge a refusal.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Missed the Filing Deadline for Your French Company’s Annual Accounts While Living Abroad: Fines, Court Orders and How to Fix It

Your French SAS or SARL never filed its annual accounts and you run it from abroad. Six-month approval and one-to-two-month filing deadlines, fifth-class fines, court injunctions at 80 to 10 …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Is Moving While You Run It From Abroad: Transfer the Registered Office, Secure the Kbis and Survive the Greffe

Your French SAS or SARL is changing address while you live abroad. Who votes the transfer, where the new seat can sit, how to publish and file within one month, and why the old address keeps …

News

British Second Home in France After Brexit: Property Tax, Council Tax and the Surcharge — What You Owe and How to Challenge the Bill

British second home in France: how taxe fonciere and the second-home council tax are calculated, the 60 percent surcharge zones including Paris, and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Want to Sell Your Shares in Your French Company: Approval, Transfer, Registration Duty and Tax

A foreign owner selling SAS or SARL shares must clear any approval clause in the bylaws, transfer title by book entry, register the deed within one month and check French tax on the gain — e …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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