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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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Company law

Your French Bank Refused to Open Your Company Account While You Live Abroad: Deposit Capital, Get the Kbis and Enforce Your Right to an Account

WITHDRAWN TO DRAFT 2026-10-07: quasi-duplicate of 2026-10-04 bank-refusal piece; kept as draft, not for publication.

News

British Settled in France After Brexit: Bringing Your Spouse and Children Through Regroupement Familial, and Challenging a Refusal or OQTF

British resident in France after Brexit? How regroupement familial and the vie privee et familiale card bring your spouse and children over, what proofs the prefect demands, and how to chall …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Bills French Clients While You Live Abroad: E-Invoicing Deadlines, Approved Platforms, E-Reporting and Fines

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices and large and mid-size companies must already issue them: calendar, approved platforms, e-reporting and fines for …

Leases and renting

Taking Back Your French Flat: Foreign Landlord’s Notice to Vacate to Sell or Repossess

Six-month notice, three lawful motives, tenant pre-emption and fraud challenges: the 2026 guide for foreign landlords recovering a French let property.

Contracts and business

Your French Filing Was Rejected Over a Foreign Document: Apostille, Legalisation, Certified Translation and Kbis From Abroad

Greffe rejected your filing over a foreign paper? Apostille or legalisation, sworn translation and power of attorney: the exact stamps that unblock your Kbis, bank account and court case fro …

Insolvency

Dissolution to Radiation: TUP, Final Filing and the Creditor Deadlines That Outlive the Company

Struck off does not mean dead: how foreign owners dissolve, liquidate and creditor-proof a SAS or SARL from abroad.

News

British Freelancer in France After Brexit: the Entrepreneur Card, Micro-Entrepreneur Tax and Social Charges, and How to Challenge a Refusal

British consultant or contractor moving to France? The entrepreneur/profession libérale card, the viability opinion, micro-entrepreneur registration, 2026 tax and social-charge rates, health …

Company law
Company law

UK Resident Selling Your French Second Home After Brexit: Capital Gains Tax, Social Charges and How to Challenge the Bill

UK resident selling a French second home? How the 19% levy, 7.5% social charges and representative rules work, and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Has No Business and You Live Abroad: How to Put It to Sleep (Mise en Sommeil), Stop the Bills and Restart or Close Before the Two-Year Deadline

No activity but still paying bills? How a foreign founder puts a French SAS or SARL to sleep from abroad, what it costs, and how to restart or close before the two-year strike-off deadline.

Property
Property

Your French Tenant Has Left and the Flat Is Damaged: What a Foreign Landlord May Keep From the Deposit — and How to Prove It

Keys back, flat damaged, deposit in hand: the foreign landlord's complete method for justifying deductions from a French security deposit — inventories, invoices, wear and tear, deadlines an …

Company law

Your French SAS Needs More Cash and You Live Abroad: Increase Capital, Prove the Transfer and Keep Control

Living abroad and injecting cash into your French SAS or SARL? Vote the increase, protect preferential rights, certify the funds and register the new capital.

News

British Driving Licence in France After Brexit: Which UK Licence Still Works, the One-Year Exchange Deadline, and How to Challenge a Refusal or a Fine

British licence in France after Brexit: pre-2021 licences stay recognised while valid, post-2020 licences must be exchanged within one year. Penalties, ANTS procedure and how to challenge a …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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