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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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Contracts and business

You Lent Money to Your French Company and Live Abroad: Shareholder Current Account Interest, Repayment and How to Get Your Money Back

Foreign founder guide: fund your French SAS or SARL by shareholder current account from abroad, charge lawful interest, handle French tax, and get repaid through formal notice, order-for-pay …

News
News

Studying in France After Brexit: How a British Student Gets Health Cover, Registers with the CPAM, and Challenges a Refusal

British student heading to France after Brexit? Student GHIC or CPAM registration via etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr, the documents and residence test, and how to challenge a refusal within the …

Co-ownership and neighbours

Challenging a French Co-ownership Meeting Vote: the Two-Month Deadline, Standing and Court Review for Foreign Owners

Your Paris building voted costly works or a new charges split and you disagree? Only dissenting or absent co-owners may sue, within two months of notification of the minutes, a deadline the …

Tax and estate

British Family SCI for a French Home After Brexit: How to Buy and Hold Through an SCI, What Tax and Succession Really Cost, and How to Challenge a Blockage

British family buying a French house after Brexit through an SCI: how the company is formed and run, how rents, sales and wealth are taxed, what happens to the shares on death, and how to ch …

Contracts and business

You Must Dismiss Your First French Employee While You Live Abroad: Cause, Procedure, Severance and Court Defence

Your first French hire is not working out and you live abroad. Real and serious cause, dismissal procedure, severance pay and labour court defence after the trial period.

Banking, insurance and consumers

Living in France, Selling Your UK Home After Brexit: French Capital Gains Tax, the UK 60-Day Bill, the Treaty Credit and How to Challenge Double Taxation

French resident selling your UK house after Brexit? French worldwide tax, the UK 60-day return at 18 or 24 percent, the 2008 treaty credit and how to challenge a double bill.

Company law

Your French SAS Has a Foreign President Living Abroad: Director Status, French Social Security, Pay and Tax

Foreign president or manager of a French SAS or SARL living abroad: assimilated-employee vs independent status, payroll, dividends and how to survive a URSSAF audit.

News

Hired in France After Brexit: How a British Employee Gets the Salarié Card, the Work-Authorisation Trap, and How to Challenge a Refusal or an OQTF

British citizen hired on a French contract after Brexit: which visa and salarie card you need, how the employer work-authorisation request is decided, and how to challenge a refusal or an OQ …

Leases and renting

Your French Company Rents Premises While You Live Abroad: 3/6/9 Commercial Lease, Deposit, Rent Revision, Renewal and Eviction Defence

Foreign founder renting an office, shop or warehouse in France from abroad: signing the 9-year commercial lease, deposit and charges, rent revision, early exit, renewal and eviction compensa …

Property
Property

Your Paris Flat Is Smaller Than the Deed Says: the Loi Carrez Price-Cut Claim Foreign Buyers Must File Within One Year

Your Paris flat measures less than the deed states. French Carrez law gives foreign buyers a strict proportional price cut if the shortfall exceeds 5 percent, but the claim must be filed wit …

News

British Pension Transfers to France After Brexit: Moving Your SIPP to a QROPS, Paying French Tax, and Challenging the Bill

French-resident Britons can still move a SIPP or workplace pension to a QROPS after Brexit, but London may take 25% on exit and France taxes the pension under Articles 79, 158 and 163 bis pl …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax While You Live Abroad: IS Rate, Instalments, Loss Carryforward and How to Challenge the Bill

French corporate tax (IS) for foreign founders: 25% rate, 15% small-company slice, four instalments, loss carryforward and carryback traps, penalties and how to challenge a bill from abroad.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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