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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.

Written by Maître Reda Kohen, member of the Paris Bar. About Maître Reda Kohen

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Contracts and business

Your French Client Does Not Pay While You Live Abroad: Formal Notice, Payment Order, Interim Provision and Enforcement

A French customer received your goods or services and stopped answering. This guide shows how to send a formal notice that starts interest running, add automatic late penalties and the 40-eu …

Planning and construction
Planning and construction

British Builder, Plumber or Electrician in France After Brexit: Getting Your Trade Recognised, Registering as an Artisan and Keeping Your Entrepreneur Card

British tradesman in France after Brexit? Trade recognition, artisan registration, entrepreneur card, tax — and how to challenge a refusal.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Needs Premises in Paris While You Live Abroad: Sign, Price and Exit a Commercial Lease Without Losing the Business

Foreign founder living abroad? Learn how to sign a Paris commercial lease, negotiate deposit and rent, and secure renewal or exit without losing your business.

Contracts and business

Buy Your Paris Business From Abroad: Take Over the Shop, the Lease and the Customers Without Inheriting the Seller’s Debts

Foreign buyer? How to acquire a French fonds de commerce from abroad: landlord consent, lease assignment, creditor oppositions, price escrow and registration duties.

Tax and estate

You Live in France and Your Parent Died in England: Probate in London, the French Worldwide Succession Return, and How to Stop the Same Estate Being Taxed Twice

Your parent died in England and you live in France: which law governs the will, when France taxes the English estate under the six-years-in-ten rule, how the 1963 treaty credit works, and ho …

Company law

British Family Selling a French Home Held in an SCI After Brexit: Share Deal or Property Deal, Tax, Approval Rights and How to Challenge the Bill

Sell your SCI shares or make the SCI sell the house? A British seller's guide to approval rights, the 5% duty, capital gains tax, the treaty and challenging the bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Needs a VAT Number While You Live Abroad: Registration, CA3 Returns and Reverse Charge

Foreign founder? When France requires a VAT number, how the SIEE registers you, how CA3 returns and reverse charge work, and which penalties to avoid.

News

British in France After Brexit: When Your Bank Refuses an Account or Closes It — Droit au Compte, Notice Rights and How to Challenge the Decision

A French bank refuses to open your account or closes it after Brexit? Droit au compte, notice periods, the six lawful closure grounds and how British residents challenge the decision.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Just Received Its First CFE Bill While You Live Abroad: Minimum Base, Domiciliation Trap and How to Challenge Before 15 December

First CFE notice for your French company while you live abroad? Minimum base, domiciliation trap, creation-year exemption and how to challenge before 15 December.

News

British and Settled in France After Brexit: Becoming French by Naturalisation or by Marriage, Keeping Your British Passport, and Challenging a Refusal

British citizen settled in France after Brexit? Compare naturalisation by decree with declaration through marriage to a French spouse, see how courts review refusals and oppositions, and how …

Company law

You Were Appointed President of a French SAS While Living Abroad: Social Security Status, Payslips, and What You Really Owe URSSAF

Non-resident president of a French SAS? Your assimilated-employee status, salary versus dividends costs, and how to face an URSSAF control from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Crossed the Auditor Thresholds While You Live Abroad: Appoint the Statutory Auditor, File and Avoid Criminal Liability

Your French SAS or SARL crossed two of the three audit thresholds while you live abroad. This guide explains when a statutory auditor (commissaire aux comptes) becomes mandatory, how minorit …

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