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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 Tenant Renting a Flat in Paris After Brexit: Your Lease, Your Deposit, the Paris Rent Cap and How to Challenge Eviction or an Unreturned Deposit

British tenant renting in Paris after Brexit: lease types, rental file, deposit ceilings and refund deadlines, Paris rent caps and supplements, notice periods, eviction procedure, winter tru …

Contracts and business

Has Your Online Fashion Account Been Hacked? Your GDPR Rights in France After a Breach Notification

A threatening notification pushed through a British fashion retailer's app claims customer data was compromised. If you shop from France, here is how to verify the alert and which GDPR right …

Tax and estate

British Parents Giving Your French House to Your Children in Your Lifetime After Brexit: Donation-Partage, the 100,000-Euro Abatement and the 15-Year Clock, and How to Challenge the Bill

British parents with a French home can give it to their children now through a donation-partage, using a 100,000-euro abatement per parent per child and a 15-year reset, while managing the U …

Company law
Company law

You Live Abroad and Your French SAS Needs Cash: Shareholder Loans, Capital Increases, and Getting Your Money Back

SAS needs cash and you live abroad? Compare shareholder loans and capital increases: paperwork, reclaim rights, tax caps and director risk.

Planning and construction

British Student in France After Brexit: Visa, Work, Healthcare and Housing Aid, Plus How to Challenge a Refusal or OQTF

British student heading to France after Brexit: the long-stay visa, the student card and its 877.50 euros resources test, 964 work hours, healthcare, the July 2026 housing-aid restriction, a …

Tax and estate

British Second Home in France After Brexit: IFI Wealth Tax, How It Is Calculated, and How to Challenge the Bill

British owner living in Britain with a French holiday home above 1.3m euros on 1 January: who owes IFI, how the base and scale work, how to file from the UK, and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Pays Management Fees to Its Foreign Parent and the Tax Office Reassesses: Article 57, Proof of Real Services, Withholding Tax and How to Challenge From Abroad

Reassessed on management fees your French subsidiary pays its foreign parent? Article 57 presumption, proof of real services, withholding tax and challenge deadlines from abroad.

News

British Resident in France Faces a Personal Tax Audit After Brexit: the Reassessment Notice, Penalties and How to Challenge the Bill

A British resident in France receives an audit notice or a proposition de rectification: which audit applies, what the notice must contain, which penalties are lawful, and how to challenge t …

Contracts and business

The Labour Inspector Knocks While You Live Abroad: Entry Rights, Papers to Produce, Fines per Worker, and How to Challenge the DREETS From Abroad

A French labour inspector visits your premises while you live abroad. Entry rights, papers to produce, fines up to 4,000 euros per worker, and how to challenge the DREETS decision from abroa …

News

British ISA in France After Brexit: Why Your Tax-Free Wrapper Is Fully Taxable, How to Declare It on Form 3916, and How to Challenge the Bill

Your British ISA stays open after you move to France, but France taxes its interest, dividends and gains every year. Form 3916 routine, flat-tax computation and how to challenge a reassessme …

Insolvency

You Live Abroad and Want to Close Your French Company: Voluntary Dissolution, Liquidation, Strike-Off and the Final Tax Bills

Closing a French SAS or SARL from abroad follows a strict order: early dissolution, liquidation, strike-off, then final tax and social returns. This guide explains each step, the 60-day last …

Tax and estate

British Family SCI for a French Home After Brexit: Should You Use One, How It Is Taxed, and What Happens on Death or Dispute

Should a British family hold its French home through an SCI? Setup, running, tax on both sides, gifts of shares, and the routes for challenging a valuation or a tax bill.

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