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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 Says No While You Live Abroad: Capital Deposit, Blocked Funds and the Right to an Account

Foreign founder blocked by a French bank refusal: how to deposit share capital from abroad, obtain the certificate, secure the Kbis and use the statutory right to an account.

Company law

British Family Already Owns Its French House Through an SCI After Brexit: Running It Year by Year, Selling or Giving Shares, Leaving, and Challenging a Refusal or a Tax Bill

Your British family already holds its French house in an SCI. How to run it year by year, file its French taxes, move shares between generations, leave the company, and challenge a refusal o …

Insolvency

Your French Company Must Close While You Live Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Dismissals, Tax Clearance and Striking Off

How a foreign founder closes a French company from abroad: shareholder vote, Guichet unique filing, amicable liquidation, staff dismissals, final tax returns and RCS striking off.

Company law

You Run Your French SAS From Abroad: Director Pay, French Social Charges, Health Cover and How to Challenge the Bill

Foreign director of a French SAS or SARL living abroad: director pay, French social charges, health cover and how to challenge a URSSAF reassessment.

News

British Healthcare in France After Brexit: How PUMA, the S1 and Your Carte Vitale Work, What You Pay, and How to Challenge a Refusal

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Contracts and business

Your First French Employee Commits Misconduct While You Manage From Abroad: Warnings, Suspension, Disciplinary Dismissal and Labour Court Defence

First French employee guilty of misconduct? Sanctions, protective suspension, two-month rule, dismissal procedure and labour court risks for foreign employers.

News

British Second Home and the 90-Day Rule After Brexit: Counting Your Schengen Days, What an Overstay Costs, and How to Stay Longer or Challenge an Order

British second-home owners in France are limited to 90 days in any 180 in Schengen. This guide explains how the rolling count works, how stamps and the EES prove it, what an overstay risks …

Tax and estate

British UK-Resident Landlord Letting a French House After Brexit: Where the Rent Is Taxed, How Micro and Reel Work, and How to Challenge the Bill

UK-resident British owner letting a French house long-term: France taxes first under Articles 14, 164 B and 197 A, unfurnished micro-foncier or reel versus furnished micro-BIC or reel, 17.2% …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Its First Corporate Tax From Abroad: 25% Rate, Instalments, Form 2065, CFE and How to Fix Late Payment

Foreign founder guide: French corporation tax at 25%, quarterly instalments, return 2065, loss carry-forward, CFE and how to challenge a bill from abroad.

Tax and estate
Tax and estate

British in France Receiving UK Dividends After Brexit: How France Taxes Them, How the Treaty Credit Works, and How to Challenge the Bill

French-resident Brits pay French tax on UK dividends from the first euro. This guide compares the 12.8% flat charge with the progressive scale and its 40% allowance, explains the treaty cred …

Company law

Your French Bank Refuses the Company Account or Freezes the Capital and You Live Abroad: Deposit Certificate, Right to an Account and Release of Funds

Your bank in France refuses to open your company account or keeps your share capital blocked while you live abroad. This guide explains the deposit certificate, the Banque de France designat …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Now Handle Electronic Invoices: the 1 September 2026 Reform, Approved Platforms, E-Reporting and Fines

Since 1 September 2026 your French company must receive e-invoices via an approved platform. Calendar, e-reporting, fines and steps from abroad.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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