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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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Your French Company Is Flagged for a Missing Beneficial Owner Declaration While You Live Abroad: RBE Filing, Greffe Orders, Fines and How to Fix It From Abroad
Living abroad with a French SAS or SARL flagged for a missing RBE beneficial owner declaration? Greffe three-month notice, strike-off risk, 200,000 euro fine, and how to fix the filing from …
Your French Company Cannot Pay Its Bills and You Live Abroad: Cessation des Paiements, the 45-Day Filing Duty and Director Liability
Your French company has run out of cash and you live abroad. French law gives you 45 days from cessation des paiements to file for insolvency, and late filing exposes you personally to short …
News
British Inheritance Tax on a French Estate After Brexit: Rates, Allowances, the Twelve-Month Filing Deadline and Challenging the Bill
British estate with French assets after Brexit: when France taxes, how double tax with Britain is relieved, what heirs pay, filing deadlines and how to challenge the bill.
Bought Direct in France and the Estate Agent Still Wants EUR 150,000: Commission Traps and Defences for Foreign Buyers
After the Cour de cassation ordered direct buyers to pay a bypassed Antibes agent EUR 150,000 in May 2026, this guide explains when foreign buyers must pay an agent they never hired and when …
Fake ETIAS Websites Targeting Britons Before France Trips After Brexit: Getting Your Money Back, Protecting Your Passport Data and Filing the French Complaint
More than 150 copycat sites sell ETIAS authorisations that do not exist yet. A British traveller's guide to the real timetable, the French fraud and misleading-practices offences, the bank r …
Hire a Non-EU Citizen for Your French Company While Living Abroad: Work Permit, Delays, Fines and Fixes
Hire a non-EU worker for your French company from abroad: ANEF work permit, DPAE file, employer tax, illegal-work fines, 3-month back-pay and 2-month appeals.
Vote Your French SAS Resolutions From Abroad: Video Meetings, Written Votes and Minutes That Survive a Challenge
Sole shareholder or several partners: how to adopt French SAS resolutions from abroad with video meetings, written consultations and minutes that survive a challenge, with quorum, majority a …
Refused a French Bank Account After Brexit? The Droit au Compte, the Banque de France Designation and How to Challenge a Closure
British resident refused a French bank account after Brexit? Droit au compte, Banque de France designation in one working day, three-day opening, two-month closure notice and the cases that …
British Landlord in France After Brexit: Unpaid Rent, Notice to Quit and Eviction — Getting Your Property Back Within the Rules
Your French tenant has stopped paying, or you want the property back to sell or repossess. This guide explains the six-week demand, court delays, the winter truce, the six-month notice to qu …
Contracts and business
Your French Company Owes Corporation Tax and You Live Abroad: Instalments, Balance, Loss Relief and Penalties
Four instalments, a 15 May balance, loss relief and automatic penalties: how a foreign-based owner pays French corporation tax on time.
Company law
Your French Bank Says No to a Corporate Account While You Live Abroad: Capital Deposit, Right to an Account and Kbis From Abroad
Your French bank refuses a corporate account and your capital sits blocked while you live abroad. This guide explains why banks decline non-resident founders, how to deposit capital with a b …
British Divorce in France After Brexit: Which Court Can Hear It, Which Law Applies, and Whether England Will Recognise It
British and living in France? How French courts take jurisdiction after Brexit, which of the four divorce routes to choose, which law governs, and how to secure recognition in England.
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