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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 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 …

Tax and estate

British Family SCI for a French House After Brexit: Shares, Tax, Succession, Divorce and How to Challenge a Refusal or the Bill

British family SCI for a French house after Brexit: creating the company, tax while holding, succession and divorce, selling shares or the house, and challenging refusals and tax bills.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax While You Live Abroad: 25% Rate, Advances, Filing, Losses and Penalties

Foreign owner guide to French corporate tax: 25% rate, quarterly advances, annual return, loss carryforward and carry-back, and late-payment penalties.

News

British Settled in France After Brexit: French Citizenship by Decree After Five Years, Proving Integration, and Challenging a Refusal or Adjournment

British residents now reaching five years in France can apply for citizenship by decree. This guide explains the residence, language and civic tests, and how to challenge a refusal or adjour …

Co-ownership and neighbours

Challenging a French Co-ownership Meeting Vote: the Two-Month Deadline Every Foreign Owner Must Know

A Paris meeting just voted major works on your flat. Only dissenting or absent owners may sue, within two months of the minutes, and the clock runs even if you never collect the letter. Proc …

Company law

You Live Abroad and Want to Sell Your Shares in Your French Company: SAS and SARL Approvals, Price, Tax and Registration

You live abroad and want to sell your SAS shares or SARL units: buyer approval, price and expert valuation, registration duty, non-resident tax and company filing, step by step.

News

Your English Will and Your French House After Brexit: Choosing English Law, Facing the French Forced Share, and Challenging a Blockage

British owner with a French house? How habitual residence and an English-law choice under the EU Succession Regulation interact with the French forced share for children, and how your family …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

French VAT for Foreign Companies Run from Abroad: Registration, Thresholds, Returns and Penalties

You sell to France while living abroad: SIEE registration, turnover thresholds, CA3 and CA12 returns, VAT refunds and penalties.

Tax and estate

British State Pension in France After Brexit: Where It Is Taxed, How to Declare It, and How to Challenge CSG and Double Tax

British State Pension as a French resident is taxable only in France under Article 18 of the 2008 treaty. How to declare it, claim the 10% deduction, avoid CSG errors with an S1, and challen …

Tax and estate

British LMNP Owner Sells the French Furnished Flat After Brexit: Private or Professional Gain, Article 151 Septies, and How to Challenge the Bill

You let your French flat furnished as LMNP and now you are selling. France taxes the gain first under domestic law preserved by the treaty, your LMNP or LMP status selects the private or pro …

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France While Living Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Trial Period, Payslips, DSN and Health Cover

Foreign founder hiring a first employee in France from abroad: DPAE deadline, contract, trial period, payslips, DSN, health cover, costs and penalties.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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