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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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Tax and estate

British Resident in France After Brexit: How a French Assurance-Vie Protects Your Spouse, Cuts Succession Tax and Survives a Challenge

How a French assurance-vie shelters 152,500 euros per beneficiary, protects a surviving spouse outside the succession, and what wording survives an excessive-premiums claim or a refused payo …

Contracts and business

Your French Customer Has Not Paid Your Invoice and You Live Abroad: Injonction de Payer, European Order, Late Penalties and Seizure From Abroad

French client silent past the due date? File an injonction de payer or European order from abroad, add ECB-plus-ten penalties and the 40 euro fee, then seize.

News

British Tenant in France After Brexit: Your Lease, Your Deposit and How to Stop an Eviction

Renting in France after Brexit: what your lease must contain, how to recover your deposit, notice periods, and how to challenge each eviction step.

News
News

Married to a French Spouse After Brexit: How a British Husband or Wife Becomes French by Declaration, and How to Challenge a Refusal or State Opposition

British and married to a French citizen? The declaration route to French nationality after Brexit: four-year rule, B2 French, joint interview, and how to fight a refusal or State opposition.

Contracts and business

You Missed the Deadline to Approve Your French Company’s Accounts While Living Abroad: How to Fix It, File Late and Avoid Fines

Your French company's accounts were not approved within six months and nothing was filed at the greffe. This guide explains how to hold the late meeting, file through the Guichet unique, and …

Planning and construction

Neighbour Renovation Damage in France: How Foreign Owners Stop the Works, Prove the Harm and Claim Compensation

Your French neighbour's building works are cracking your walls or blocking your light. French strict liability, the evidence file that wins, and the Paris procedure to stop the works and cla …

Contracts and business

You Repaid Yourself From the French Company Just Before Insolvency and You Live Abroad: Cancelled Repayments and How to Defend the Payment

Founder abroad repaid from the French company before insolvency: which repayments the court cancels in the period before the opening, how the cessation date is challenged, and how to defend …

Company law

Your French SAS Needs Cash and You Live Abroad: Fund It With a Shareholder Loan (Compte Courant), Charge Interest, and Get Repaid

Withdrawn: near-duplicate of 2026-10-01 post 2135549. Kept as draft.

Company law

Selling Your Shares in Your French SAS While Living Abroad: Price, Approval, Registration Duty and Getting Paid

You live abroad and want to sell your shares in a French SAS or SARL. This guide covers approval clauses, expert price setting, French registration duty on foreign-signed deeds, and securing …

Contracts and business

You Lent Money to Your French Company While Living Abroad: Shareholder Current Account Repayment, Interest and Blocked Refunds

WITHDRAWN DUPLICATE of 2026-10-02 shareholder current account guide; moved to draft pending pivot.

Contracts and business

You Must Shut Your French Branch While the Head Office Stays Abroad: Radiation, Staff, Lease, Tax and Proof

Closing a French branch from abroad: file the RCS radiation, dismiss staff lawfully, surrender the lease, file final tax returns and keep bilingual proof.

Tax and estate

Selling Your French Second Home From Britain After Brexit: the 19% Levy, the 7.5% Social-Charge Question, the Fiscal Representative You Cannot Skip, and How to Challenge the Bill

British resident selling a French holiday home after Brexit: how France computes the gain under Article 244 bis A, the 19% levy, 7.5% or 17.2% social charges, the mandatory fiscal representa …

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