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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

You Invoice a French Client From Abroad: Who Pays French VAT, When Reverse Charge Applies and How to Invoice Without Registering

A foreign supplier generally invoices a French business client without French VAT while the client self-accounts. Rules, invoice wording, construction cases and penalties.

News

Is My UK Pension Taxable in France? State and Private Pensions Under Article 18 and How to Challenge Double Tax After Brexit

British retiree in France? Your State, occupational and personal pensions are taxable in France under Article 18 of the 2008 treaty. How the credit works, how to stop UK withholding, and how …

News

Offered a Rupture Conventionnelle in France After Brexit: How a British Employee Negotiates Severance, Keeps Benefits and Protects Their Residence

A British employee's guide to the French negotiated exit: severance floor and calculation, interviews and approval, France Travail benefits, residence renewal and court remedies.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Just Received Its First CFE Bill While You Live Abroad: Pay Before 15 December, Cut It Down or Contest It

First CFE notice in your French company tax account while you live abroad? Who pays, first-year exemption, minimum base, 15 December deadline and how to claim or contest from abroad.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Filing Was Rejected While You Live Abroad: Apostille, Legalisation, Sworn Translation and How to File Again

Greffe rejected your French company file from abroad? Apostille or legalisation, sworn translation order and clean refiling explained.

News

British Retiree Settling in France After Brexit: the Long-Stay Visitor Visa, Resources, Health Insurance, Renewal and Challenging a Refusal

Retiring to France after Brexit means the visitor route: own resources at SMIC level, full health insurance, no work, ANEF renewal, and a two-month court challenge if the prefecture refuses.

News

Married in England, Living in France After Brexit: Which Matrimonial Property Regime Owns Your French House — and How to Change It

British couple in France after Brexit: which law governs your marriage property, what community or separation means for your French house, and how to designate a law or change regime by nota …

Company law
Company law

You Run Your French SAS From Abroad: President Status, Social Security Bill and the Pay-vs-Dividends Choice

President of a French SAS while living abroad: assimilated-employee status, French social charges on pay, no unemployment cover, and when dividends beat salary.

News

Divorcing in France After Brexit: How British Residents End Their Marriage, Settle the Money, and Get England to Recognise It

British residents divorce in France under French law: no-judge or judicial routes, the compensatory payment, children and the house, plus the recognition trap awaiting no-judge divorces in E …

Company law

Your French SAS President Quit or Has to Go While You Live Abroad: Revoke, Appoint, File on the Guichet Unique and Update Kbis, BODACC and Bank

Your SAS president resigned or must be removed while you run the company from abroad. Revoke and appoint under your articles, file on the Guichet Unique within one month, and update Kbis, BO …

News
News

Your Baby Was Born in France and You Are British: Birth Certificate, British Passport, French Nationality at 13, 16 and 18, and How to Challenge a Refusal After Brexit

British parents, French-born baby: declaring the birth in five days, getting the British passport, claiming French nationality at 13, 16 or 18, and challenging a refusal.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your First French Hire While You Run the Company From Abroad: DPAE Deadline, Payroll Setup and Proof File

Hiring your first employee in France from abroad: file the DPAE before day one, keep the staff register, run DSN payroll with payslips and mandatory health cover, and hold the proof file an …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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