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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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Company law

Your Foreign Company Enters France While You Live Abroad: Branch or SAS Subsidiary, Registration, Tax, VAT and Director Liability

Branch or French SAS subsidiary? Registration at the greffe, corporate tax and VAT, director pay and social charges, and personal liability risks for founders living abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Contractor Is Reclassified as Your Employee While You Live Abroad: Hidden Labour, URSSAF Reassessment and How to Challenge From Abroad

Your French freelancer may legally be your employee. How courts detect disguised employment, what URSSAF reassessment costs, and how to challenge it from abroad within 30 days, 2 months and …

News

Your English Will and Your French House After Brexit: Choice of Law, the Forced Heirship Reserve, and How Your Children Can Challenge

British owner with a French house? Your English will may not control it. Choice of English law, the forced heirship reserve, the 2021 compensatory levy and how to challenge.

News

Your UK Licence in France After Brexit: When ANTS Exchange Is Compulsory, What the One-Year Deadline Really Means, and How to Challenge a Refusal

Pre-2021 UK licence recognised while valid, post-2021 licence exchangeable for one year only: ANTS procedure, refusal remedies and criminal defence for British residents in France.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Bank Account Was Frozen or Closed and You Live Abroad: Unblock the Funds and Keep the Business Running

Your French company account was frozen or closed while you live abroad. Identify the mechanism, meet the deadlines and unblock the funds.

Tax and estate

British Family, French House in a SCI After Brexit: Holding the Shares, Passing Them On, and Challenging the Tax Bill

British family holding a French house through a SCI after Brexit: how the shares work, what tax applies each year, who inherits on death, and how to challenge a refusal or a double bill.

Banking, insurance and consumers

You Closed Your French Company From Abroad and a Creditor Just Reappeared: Why Radiation Does Not End Claims and How to Respond Without Flying to France

Radiation does not kill pending claims against your French company. How a founder living abroad answers a post-closure demand, gives the company a voice again and closes the file for good.

News

Just Moved to France from the UK After Brexit: Your First French Tax Return (Forms 2042, 2047 and 3916), the Treaty Tie-Breaker, and How to Challenge Double Tax

British newcomer to France? File your first French tax return on paper (2042, 2047, 3916), split the arrival year, claim the treaty credit and challenge double tax.

Contracts and business

Your French Employee Is Off Sick or Expecting a Child While You Live Abroad: Pay, Replacement and the Dismissal Ban

Your French employee is on sick leave or pregnant while you live abroad. Salary top-up, IJSS certificates, lawful replacement and the maternity dismissal ban, step by step.

News

My Ex Took Our Child to France — or Will Not Send Them Back to the UK: Custody, Return Orders and How to Challenge After Brexit

Your ex took your child to France or keeps them in the UK? Hague return, custody and relocation rules after Brexit — and how to challenge.

Contracts and business

Your French Employee’s Job Must Disappear and You Live Abroad: Economic Dismissal, CSP Offer and Labour Court Defence

Foreign founder guide: run an individual economic dismissal in France from abroad, offer the CSP professional security contract, document reclassification, and price the twelve-month labour …

News

You Won in London, They Live in France After Brexit: Enforcing Your English Money Judgment, Hague 2019 and How to Seize French Assets

Your English money judgment has no force in France until a French court grants exequatur. This guide explains the post-Brexit routes, the Hague 2019 shortcut since July 2025 and how to freez …

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