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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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Property

Security Deposit Kept After You Left Your French Rental: Deadlines, the 10% Monthly Penalty and the Inventory Battle (2026 Guide for Foreign Tenants and Landlords)

Foreign tenant or landlord in France: when the security deposit must come back, what deductions survive a judge, and how the 10 percent monthly penalty works after two 2026 rulings.

Tax and estate

British Resident in France Sells London-Listed Shares After Brexit: Which Country Taxes the Gain, How Form 2074 and the Treaty Credit Work, and How to Challenge Double Tax

French-resident Briton selling UK shares: France taxes the worldwide gain, the 2008 treaty reserves ordinary listed-share gains to France, and Forms 2074, 2047 and 2042 carry the computation …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Fails While You Live Abroad: Will You Pay Its Debts, Face a Ban, and How to Protect Yourself Now

Foreign founder living abroad: when you pay your French company debts, when you face a management ban, and how to protect yourself now.

Banking, insurance and consumers

French Resident After Brexit? Selling Your UK House: French Capital Gains, UK CGT, the Treaty Credit and How to Challenge Double Tax

Living in France and selling your UK house? How French tax, British CGT and the treaty credit combine, and how to challenge double tax.

Contracts and business

You Send Your Own Staff to Work in France From Abroad: SIPSI Declaration, A1 Form, French Pay Rules, Inspections and How to Challenge Fines

Foreign employer sending staff to France? SIPSI filing, French representative, A1 cover, sector pay, inspections, fines and challenges from abroad.

News

British Freelancer in France After Brexit: Which Entrepreneur Visa, How to Register as Micro-Entrepreneur, What URSSAF and Tax You Pay, and How to Challenge a Refusal

British and self-employed in France after Brexit: the entrepreneur/profession liberale permit, micro-entrepreneur registration, URSSAF and tax, and how to challenge a refusal.

Contracts and business

You Run Your French Company From Abroad: Director Pay, TNS or Assimilated Employee Status, Dividends and URSSAF Fixes

Foreign founder running a French SAS or SARL from abroad: SAS president or SARL manager status, TNS vs assimilated employee, pay vs dividends, URSSAF control.

News

Working From France for a UK Employer After Brexit: Which Employment Law Governs Your Contract, Which Permit Authorises the Work, and How to Challenge a Sacking or a Refusal

British remote worker in France for a UK employer: which employment law governs the contract, which permit authorises the work, and how to challenge a sacking or refusal.

Contracts and business

Your French Contractor Is Really Your Employee and You Live Abroad: Requalification, the URSSAF Bill and How to Challenge It From Abroad

Your Paris contractor on monthly invoices can be requalified as your employee. What a French court decided on 16 September 2026, what the URSSAF bill looks like, and how to challenge it from …

News

British Second-Home Owners After Brexit: How the 90/180-Day Rule Really Works, When a Long-Stay Visa Frees You, and How to Challenge an Overstay OQTF or Entry Ban

British second-home owner in France? How to count your 90 days in any 180, when a long-stay visa takes you outside the count, and how to challenge an overstay OQTF or entry ban.

Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Is Not Working Out and You Live Abroad: Ending the Trial Period, Deadlines and Labour Court Risks

Foreign founder guide: how to lawfully end your first French hire's trial period from abroad, notice deadlines, renewal traps and discrimination risks.

News
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Bringing Your Spouse and Children to France After Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement Joiners, Regroupement Familial, and How to Challenge a Refusal

Your spouse and children are still in Britain? A British sponsor's guide to joining under the Withdrawal Agreement or French regroupement familial: income, housing, deadlines and how to chal …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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