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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.

Written by Maître Reda Kohen, member of the Paris Bar. About Maître Reda Kohen

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Retiring to France After Brexit on a Visitor Visa: the Income Bar, the No-Work Rule, and How to Challenge a Refusal

British retiree moving to France after Brexit: the visitor visa income threshold, health insurance and no-work rule, ANEF validation, yearly renewal, and how to challenge a refusal via the C …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax and You Live Abroad: 25% IS, Quarterly Instalments, CFE and How to Challenge the Bill

Foreign founder? Your French company pays 25% corporate tax in quarterly instalments plus the CFE local tax. How the bill is computed, when to pay from abroad, and how to challenge it.

Company law

Selling Your French Second Home from Britain After Brexit: Capital Gains, the Accredited Representative, and How to Challenge the Bill

WITHDRAWN: near-duplicate of two prior desk-britannique publications (2026-09-26, 2026-09-27); kept as draft to end cannibalisation.

Contracts and business

Your French Client Never Paid the Invoice and You Live Abroad: Formal Demand, Payment Order and Enforcement

Unpaid French invoice while you live abroad: what the formal demand must contain, how the paper-based payment order works, and how to enforce against the debtor without travelling to France.

Tax and estate

British Family, French House After Brexit: Should You Put It in an SCI, How to Run It From the UK, and How to Challenge a Blocked Exit or an Unfair Tax Bill

Should a British family hold its French house through a family SCI? Setup from the UK, exits and disputes, IR versus IS tax, passing shares to children, and how to challenge refusals and tax …

Contracts and business

Your French Employee Must Leave and You Live Abroad: Mutual Termination, Payment Calculation and DREETS Approval Without a Court Case

Foreign founder guide to France mutual termination: meetings from abroad, minimum payment calculation, 15-day withdrawal, DREETS approval, payslips, DSN and labour court risks.

Tax and estate

Giving Your French House to Your Children While Keeping the Right to Live in It After Brexit: Retained Usufruct, French Gift Tax and Challenging the Bill

Give your French house to your children and keep the usufruct: deeds, age discount, allowances, the 15-year clock and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

You Direct a French Company From Abroad: Director Social Security, TNS vs Assimilated Status, URSSAF Bills and How to Challenge

Foreign founder directing a French SAS or SARL from abroad: TNS or assimilated-employee status, what you pay with zero salary, health cover, secondment and how to challenge a URSSAF bill.

News

British in France After Brexit: How to Become French by Naturalisation – Residence, Language and Challenging a Refusal

British residents can become French by decree after five years, passing a B1 language and assimilation test. Residence, prefecture interview, marriage declaration and challenging refusals ex …

Contracts and business

Your French Company and VAT While You Live Abroad: Registration, Thresholds, Invoices, Returns and Corrections

French VAT for foreign founders: registration, exemption thresholds, compliant invoices, CA3 and CA12 returns, refunds, penalties and corrections handled from abroad.

Co-ownership and neighbours

France’s 10-Year Works Plan (PPPT) and Copropriété Special Assessments: A Foreign Owner’s Guide to Paying, Challenging and Negotiating

Your syndic announces an 18,000 euro bill under the ten-year works plan. How the French PPPT works, how your share is computed, and how to challenge the vote within two months or spread the …

News

Your Baby Was Born in France to British Parents After Brexit: Is Your Child French, British or Both, and How to Secure Both Passports

Baby born in France to British parents? French nationality at birth, British by descent, the declaration route before 18, automatic acquisition at 18, CNF proof and both passports explained.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

Partner, member of the Paris Bar, 11 rue Margueritte, 75017 Paris. Author of the analyses published in this journal. About