Welcome to the French Law Office website!
Planning to move to France? And looking for legal information to earn your living there? You came to the right place! This website has been written to provide individuals with all the legal information to settle, live and set up a small business in France. Its aim is to explain, in your language, the complexity of the French legal system.
Commercial lease in France is regulated by the Law dated 30th September 1954 whose aim is to protect the tenants.
Regulation re capital gain tax in France has been amended recently and a new regime will come into force on 1st February 2012. It is worth taking this opportunity to expose briefly the general regime and its amendments. 
When a dispute arises between a consumer and a professional, before embarking on a prosecution, which in small dispute is inadvisable due to the sum in question, you have the option of approaching various third party organisations to try to find an amicable solution to your problem. These steps have the advantage of being free of charge. 
Anyone thinking about buying or renting a property in France or living or setting up a business in France, will need to open a bank account. 
The provisions with regard to reserved heirs in French succession law can cause considerable difficulty, specially where a couple remarry, having children from previous marriages. On the death of the first spouse, the survivor ends up owning the property together with the children of the partner’s former marriage.