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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

Your French Company Must Now Send Electronic Invoices and You Live Abroad: Issue, Receive, E-Report and Challenge Fines From Abroad

Since 1 September 2026 France requires electronic invoicing between VAT businesses, with small companies following in 2027. A practical English guide for directors living abroad: calendar, e …

Tax and estate

British in France, Letting Your London Flat After Brexit: Where the Rent Is Taxed, How France Assesses It, and How to Challenge Double Tax

You live in France and let a London flat: the UK taxes the rent first under Article 6, France taxes it again worldwide and grants a capped Article 24 credit. Forms, social levies, the Versai …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Needs a Paris Address While You Live Abroad: Domiciliation, Short-Term Derogatory Lease, 9-Year Commercial Lease, Rent and How to Challenge Eviction

Foreign founder living abroad? How to fix your French company's Paris registered office, obtain the Kbis, choose between a 3-year derogatory lease and a 9-year commercial lease, and challeng …

News

British Newcomer, No French Bank Account After Brexit: How the Droit au Compte Forces a Bank to Open One, What Basic Services You Get, and How to Challenge Closure

French bank refused you an account after Brexit? How the droit au compte gets you designated a bank within a day, what basic services are guaranteed, and how to fight closure.

Company law

You Run Your French Company From Abroad: How to Pay Yourself — Salary or Dividends, SAS or SARL Rules, and How to Challenge the URSSAF Bill

SAS president or SARL manager, salary or dividends: what each pay route really costs a foreign founder in French social charges and tax, and how to check and challenge an URSSAF bill from ab …

News

British Second Home, Too Many Days in France After Brexit: How the 90/180-Day Rule Is Counted, What an Overstay Can Cost, and How to Challenge Refused Entry or an OQTF

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News

British Student in France After Brexit: Campus France, the Student Visa and Residence Permit, Work Rights, and How to Challenge a Refusal or Removal Order

British student after Brexit: Campus France clearance, the long-stay student visa, VLS-TS validation, part-time work, renewal pitfalls, and challenging a refusal or OQTF.

Insolvency

Your Foreign Company Owns 100% of Its French Subsidiary: Absorb It Without Liquidation (TUP), Face the 30-Day Creditor Opposition and Close From Abroad

Your foreign company owns all of its French subsidiary and wants to close it: vote a TUP transfer without liquidation, survive the 30-day creditor opposition, keep guarantees and staff in or …

Tax and estate

Your UK ISA in France After Brexit: Why the Tax-Free Wrapper Fails, How Each Interest, Dividend and Premium Bond Prize Is Taxed, and How to Challenge Double Tax

British ISA stops being tax-free once you live in France. Cash interest, dividends, Lifetime ISA gains and Premium Bond prizes: French tax, treaty credit, forms 2042/2047/3916, fines and cha …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Collects Customer and Employee Data While You Live Abroad: GDPR Rules, CNIL Fines and How to Challenge Them

Foreign founder running a French company from abroad? GDPR duties, CNIL controls and fines up to millions, employee monitoring rules, criminal and dismissal risks, and how to challenge each …

Tax and estate

British Parents Gifting Your French House to Your Children After Brexit: Donation-Partage, the 100,000-Euro Allowance, and How to Challenge the Tax Bill

British parents can give a French house to their children now by donation-partage before a notaire, lock in values, use the 100,000-euro allowance per parent per child, and survive Britain's …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Client Does Not Pay You and You Live Abroad: Late Penalties, Injonction de Payer, European Order and Forced Recovery

Your French client ignores your invoices while you live abroad. French law adds automatic ECB-plus-ten penalties and a 40-euro indemnity, then converts the invoice into an enforceable order …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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