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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

Your Guichet Unique Filing Was Rejected While You Live Abroad: Fix the Rejection, File Again and Get Your Kbis Without Flying to France

Guichet unique rejected your French company filing from abroad? Fix each defect, refile, protect pre-registration acts, then handle RBE, bank, VAT and invoices.

News

Your British Child Got Into a French University After Brexit: Student Visa, Residence Permit, Healthcare, Housing and Part-Time Work — and How to Challenge a Refusal

British student admitted in France after Brexit: visa before departure, residence permit, health cover, housing aid, work rights and how to challenge a refusal.

News

Your Baby Was Born in France After Brexit: Is Your British Child French, What Papers to Get Now, and How to Challenge a Refusal

British parents, French maternity ward: is your baby French or British, which papers to get first, and how to challenge a refusal.

Insolvency

You Live Abroad and Want to Close Your French Company: Vote the Dissolution, Run the Liquidation and Strike the Company Off

Dissolve, liquidate and strike off your French SAS or SARL from abroad: remote vote, single-portal filing, creditor order, closure and last taxes.

News

British Army Veteran Retired in France After Brexit: Your Service Pension, Your Injury Award, and How to Stop France Taxing What Belongs to the United Kingdom

British veterans in France: the AFPS service pension stays taxable only in the United Kingdom under Article 19, qualifying injury awards are exempt in both States, and France must cancel its …

Contracts and business

Your First French Employee Is Declared Unfit for Work While You Live Abroad: Redeployment Search, Dismissal and the Double Severance Trap

The occupational doctor has declared your first French employee unfit for their job. This guide explains the redeployment search, the one-month salary trap, the dismissal procedure and the d …

Co-ownership and neighbours
Co-ownership and neighbours

Unauthorised Works in a French Copropriété: Demolition, Regularisation and Defence — A 2026 Guide for Foreign Owners

Works affecting common parts need a co-ownership vote. Three Court of Cassation rulings explain demolition, ratification and time limits for foreign owners.

Contracts and business

You Hired a Freelancer in France While Living Abroad: When Your Contractor Becomes Your Employee, What URSSAF Bills and How to Respond

Your French freelancer may legally be your employee. Subordination test, URSSAF reassessment, labour court back pay and how foreign founders respond from abroad.

Tax and estate

British Parents Giving Your French House to Your Children After Brexit: Donation-Partage, Keeping the Usufruit, Gift Tax and How to Challenge the Bill

British parents can give their French house to the children by donation-partage, keep the lifelong usufruit, cut gift tax with the age scale and the 100,000-euro allowance, and challenge unf …

Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Must Part Ways With Your French Employee: Mutual Separation, Homologation and the Price of a Clean Exit

Your French employee must go and you live abroad. How the mutual separation works: meetings, minimum payout, 15-day withdrawal, homologation, and what a challenge costs.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

My French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing While I Live Abroad: September Deadlines, Approved Platform and Penalties

WITHDRAWN AS DUPLICATE of 2026-10-06 e-invoicing article. Draft only.

News

British Couple in France After Brexit: Where to Divorce, Which Law Applies and How to Enforce the Decree

British couple living in France facing divorce after Brexit: French or English court first, which law applies under Article 309, and how an English decree is recognised or challenged in Fran …

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