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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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Insolvency

Your French Company Cannot Pay Its Bills and You Live Abroad: Cessation des Paiements, Safeguard, Redressement and How to File Without Flying to France

Your French company cannot pay suppliers, URSSAF or VAT and you live abroad? How cessation des paiements is tested, when to file conciliation, safeguard or redressement, and what foreign dir …

Leases and renting

British Tenant in France After Brexit: Getting Your Deposit Back, Fighting Deductions, and Stopping an Eviction

British tenant in France? How the one-month and two-month deposit refund rules, the automatic 10% monthly penalty, and the defences against a notice to quit or an arrears eviction work after …

Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Just Sued You and You Live Abroad: Answer the Labour Court Summons, Win Conciliation and Cap Damages

Sued by your first French hire from abroad? Conciliation hearing, Macron damages scale, twelve-month time bar, and how to defend without flying to France.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its Annual Accounts Filing and You Live Abroad: Greffe Injunction, Daily Fines and How to Fix It From Abroad

DRAFT - quasi-duplicate of 2026-09-15 accounts article, depublished pending pivot.

Property

Tenant Stopped Paying Rent in France: Eviction Step by Step for Foreign Landlords

Unpaid rent in a French rental? A step-by-step eviction guide for foreign landlords: commandement de payer, court hearing, payment schedules, winter truce and police enforcement, with key Co …

News

Both Countries Claim You After Your Move from Britain to France: the Dual Tax Residence Tie-Breaker, the French Bill and How to Challenge It

Just settled in France from Britain and both HMRC and the French tax office claim you? How Article 4B, the 19 June 2008 treaty tie-breaker and the Article 24 credit decide your case, and how …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Froze Your Shareholder Advance and You Live Abroad: Lift the Freeze, Recover the Money and Fix the Tax

Your shareholder advance is frozen in your French company and you live abroad: challenge the blocking clause, recover the funds, fix deductible interest and survive the audit.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Lent Money to Your French Company While Living Abroad: Get Repaid, Charge Interest and Survive a Tax Audit

Foreign shareholder advance to a French company: demand repayment from abroad, handle the blocking clause, charge deductible interest and survive a tax audit.

Tax and estate
Tax and estate

British Pension in France After Brexit: the 25% Tax-Free Lump Sum France Still Taxes, the Crown Pensions France Cannot Tax, and How to Challenge the Bill

UK tax-free lump sum taxed in France, SIPP and State Pension declaration, 7.5% flat levy, Crown pensions exempt under Article 19, Article 24 credit and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing While You Live Abroad: Approved Platforms, Factur-X Deadlines, E-Reporting and Fines

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive e-invoices; large firms must issue them and SMEs follow in 2027. Approved platforms, Factur-X formats, e-reporting, ten-year archivin …

Tax and estate
Tax and estate

British Family Trust and France After Brexit: Declaring It, Paying IFI on It, Passing It On, and Challenging the Bill

Your Jersey or Guernsey family trust does not cross the Channel invisibly: France taxes the settlor or deemed-settlor beneficiary, charges annual IFI, fines silent trustees 20,000 euros, and …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Is Not Working Out and You Live Abroad: End the Trial, Dismiss Lawfully, Pay Severance and Prove Everything

First French hire failing while you live abroad: check trial validity, end the trial with correct notice, run the dismissal procedure remotely, pay severance and survive the labour court wit …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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