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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

British S1 Healthcare in France After Brexit: Registering at the CPAM, Using Your GHIC, and Challenging a Refusal or a CSM Bill

British state pensioner with an S1, or early retiree without one? How to register your S1 at the CPAM, use your GHIC for travel, enter PUMA cover, and challenge a refusal or a CSM levy with …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Receives Electronic Invoices Since 1 September 2026 While You Live Abroad: Platforms, New Mentions, Fines and Court Proof

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices through an approved platform, even when its owner lives abroad. Calendar, platform setup from abroad, new SIREN m …

News

Sacked in France as a British Employee After Brexit: Your Contract, Dismissal Procedure and How to Challenge It

Hired in France after Brexit and facing the sack? French law governs your contract, payslip and dismissal. Procedure, severance, Macron scale and how to challenge before the prud'hommes.

Company law

Your French Bank Says No While You Live Abroad: Depositing Share Capital, Unblocking Funds and Opening an Account for Your SAS or SARL

Your bank refuses the capital deposit or any account while you live abroad. This guide explains the blocked-funds certificate, registration without delay, and the Banque de France designatio …

Tax and estate

Giving Your French House to Your Children After Brexit: Donation, Donation-Partage and the Tax Bill — and How to Challenge It

You live in France and want to give your French house to your children now. This guide explains the notarial deed, the donation-partage, the 100,000 euro allowance and how to challenge the t …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Moves Office While You Live Abroad: Transfer the Registered Office, Update the Kbis and Protect Your Contracts

Moving your French company registered office from abroad: vote the transfer, file on the Guichet unique, get the new Kbis and update contracts, tax and payroll.

Tax and estate

France’s IFI Real Estate Wealth Tax for Foreign and Non-Resident Owners: Threshold, Valuation, Filing and Challenges

Foreign owner of French property above 1.3M euros net? IFI threshold, valuation, debts, filing from abroad and how to challenge an assessment.

Contracts and business

You Run Your French Company From Abroad: Director Social Security in France — TNS or Assimile Salarie, What You Pay and How to Affiliate

Appointed president of a French SAS or manager of a SARL while living abroad? Your corporate title decides whether you join the general regime as an assimile salarie or the self-employed reg …

News

My English Will Leaves My French House to My Spouse: Will France Honour It After Brexit?

British in France after Brexit: which law governs your French house, whether your English will can choose English law, how the children's forced share is calculated, and how to make the will …

Tax and estate

British Owners Face France’s Wealth Tax (IFI) After Brexit: Who Pays, How the Bill Is Worked Out, and How to Challenge It

British owner with French property over 1.3m euros? Who pays France's IFI wealth tax after Brexit, how the bill is calculated, and how to challenge it.

Contracts and business

Your French Company and VAT While You Live Abroad: Get the Number, Charge the Right Rate, File From Afar and Fix Mistakes

Your French company is registered but the VAT number has not arrived, customers challenge your invoices and returns pile up. This guide shows foreign owners how to get the number, charge the …

Property

Buying French Property in Split Ownership: Usufruit and Nue-Propriete — A Foreign Buyer’s Legal Guide

Bare ownership in France sells at a deep discount while a usufructuary keeps the use. Price scale, deed, works, charges, taxes and exit traps for foreign buyers.

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