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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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News

Working in France After Brexit as a British Citizen: Work Authorisation, the Salarié Permit and Challenging a Refusal

British citizens need an employer-backed autorisation de travail before any salaried work in France, then a matching carte de séjour. This guide explains the application, the salarié and tra …

Contracts and business

How to Pay Yourself From Your French Company While Living Abroad: Salary, Dividends, Pay Slips and Social Security

SAS president or SARL manager, salary or dividends: the two legal channels for taking money out of your French company while living abroad, with pay slips, DSN, votes and treaty withholding …

Property

Expropriated in France: Challenging the Public-Utility Declaration and Fighting for Full Compensation — A Foreign Owner’s Guide

Your French property is inside an expropriation perimeter: how to challenge the declaration of public utility within two months and secure full compensation for direct, material and certain …

Tax and estate

British in France as UK Pensions Enter Inheritance Tax: French Succession Duty, Double Exposure and How to Challenge the Bill

From 6 April 2027 UK pension pots enter Inheritance Tax. A Briton domiciled in France faces French succession duty too. Duties, allowances and how to challenge.

Contracts and business

Your French Bank Refuses the Company Account While You Live Abroad: Deposit, Droit au Compte and Kbis

Bank refused your French company account as a non-resident founder? Capital deposit, droit au compte via Banque de France, and Kbis explained.

News

UK Travel Firm Collapse With Your France Trip Booked: Package Refunds, Repatriation and Challenging a Refusal

Your France trip was booked through a British travel firm that has collapsed. This guide explains the French package guarantee that refunds your payments and brings you home, the steps to ta …

Contracts and business

Your French Customer Does Not Pay While You Live Abroad: Formal Notice, Payment Order and Enforcement for Your French Invoices

French client ignoring your invoice while you live abroad? Deadlines, ECB-plus-ten penalties, formal notice, payment order and seizure, step by step.

News
News

British Divorce in France After Brexit: Which Court Hears Your Case, Which Law Applies and How to Challenge the Decision

British and divorcing in France after Brexit? French courts, English law options, children, money and how to challenge the decision, explained.

Company law
Company law

SAS or SARL in France as a Foreign Founder Living Abroad: Social Regime, Cost and Control

SAS or SARL for a founder living abroad? Social regime, cost when unpaid, control from a distance and registration without flying in, with the exact legal texts.

Property

VEFA Handover Day in France: Delivery, Reservations and the One-Year Repair Warranty — A Foreign Buyer’s Guide

Collecting the keys to a French off-plan home starts strict legal clocks. This guide explains delivery versus acceptance of works, reservations, holding back the final 5 percent, and the one …

News

Fingerprints at the French Border After Brexit: the EU Entry/Exit System, Refused Entry and How to Challenge It

British travellers now give fingerprints and a photograph at the French border under the EU Entry/Exit System. What is stored, how the 90-day clock works, and how to challenge a refusal of e …

Tax and estate

Your Foreign Company Already Operates in France Without a French Entity: Permanent Establishment, Back Taxes and How to Regularize From Abroad

No French company, no Kbis, no tax returns — yet France may tax your warehouse, salesperson or agent as a permanent establishment. Orefa case law, the 40-80 percent bill, and how to regulari …

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