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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

British Step-Parent in France After Brexit: Why Your Stepchildren Pay 60% Tax, What Your Own Children Can Reclaim, and How to Provide for Them

British step-parent in France? Stepchildren inherit nothing automatically and pay 60% tax after EUR 1,594. Wills, simple adoption and life assurance explained.

Company law

SAS vs SARL in France as a Foreign Founder Living Abroad: Costs, Control, Pay, Tax and How to Change Course

SAS or SARL for your French company when you live abroad? Compare creation, Kbis, director pay vs dividends, social charges, investor entry and exit — with official texts and the traps to av …

Property

City Hall Wants the Flat You Just Agreed to Buy: France’s Urban Pre-emption Right for Foreign Buyers

The commune can step into your French property purchase at the agreed price. How the two-month DIA clearance works and how foreign buyers contest price and legality.

News

British Driver Hurt in a Car Crash in France After Brexit: the Insurer Offer, the Fault Trap, and How to Challenge From the UK

British driver hurt in France: insurer offer deadlines, driver fault rules, guarantee fund cover and how to challenge a low offer from the UK.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Earns Money in France With No Branch or Subsidiary: Permanent Establishment, Registration and How to Challenge the Tax Bill From Abroad

A foreign company that sells, hires or stores goods in France can be taxed as a permanent establishment even with no French office. This guide explains when France can tax you, whether to ch …

Banking, insurance and consumers

Named Beneficiary of a French Assurance-Vie After Brexit: the 152,500-Euro Allowance, the Over-70 Rule, and How to Challenge the Bill

British beneficiary of a French assurance-vie? How the 152,500-euro allowance, the over-70 rule and the 20 and 31.25 per cent levy work, how to get the insurer to pay, and how to challenge t …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Is Owed Money and You Live Abroad: Unpaid Invoices, Late Penalties and Fast Court Orders From Abroad

Your French company has unpaid invoices and you live abroad. French payment caps, automatic late penalties, the 40 euro fee, injonction de payer and enforcement from abroad, explained for fo …

Property

Storm and Water Damage in Your French Flat: Who Pays and How Foreign Owners Get Fully Compensated (2026)

Water damage after a storm in your French flat? A Paris practice explains who pays — neighbour, co-ownership or insurer — and how foreign owners secure full compensation.

News

Unmarried and Buying a French House Together After Brexit: Indivision, Tontine, PACS and How the Survivor Keeps the Roof

Unmarried British couple buying in France after Brexit: who owns what in indivision, how a conventional agreement stabilises the home, and how a tontine clause, a PACS and an English will pr …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Has No French Address and You Live Abroad: Domiciliation Contract, Greffe Proof and Radiation Risk

No French office? How foreign founders give a French SAS or SARL a lawful registered address from abroad: approved domiciliation, greffe proof and mail discipline.

Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Triggers Hidden Employer Duties While You Live Abroad: Health Cover, Provident Protection, Risk File and How to Fix Fines From Abroad

Hiring your first employee in France triggers compulsory top-up health cover, death-disability protection and a written risk file. This guide covers the costs, the fines and the fixes for fo …

News

Living in France and Paid from London After Brexit: Tax, Social Security and How to Challenge the Bill When You Work Remotely for a UK Employer

British employee working remotely from France for a UK employer? French tax residence, the Article 15 salary split, URSSAF registration without a French office, and how to challenge the bill …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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