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Registry fees, beneficial owners, legal notice, support: the real budget for setting up a French company in 2026, line by line, beyond the headline 0 € offers. Clear ranges by structure (SAS, SASU, SARL, EURL) and by scenario.
The complete procedure to set up a multi-shareholder SAS in France in 2026: articles of association, shareholder clauses, capital deposit, legal notice, single window, real costs and timelines.
Home address, domiciliation company, coworking, business incubator or your own offices: compare the 5 registered office options (cost, image, flexibility, constraints) to choose well in 2026.
Public articles binding on third parties, or a confidential shareholders' agreement sanctioned by damages: where to place each clause when you set up with partners. Allocation grid, enforceability rule and watch points, from a chartered accountancy firm.
At start-up, keep the VAT base exemption or opt for VAT to recover input VAT on your launch investments: the costed trade-off, 2026 thresholds, the opt-out procedure and the pitfalls to avoid depending on your activity.
Launching a venture with one partner? Joint ownership, SARL and SAS are not interchangeable: governance, social security status and deadlock risk differ. Here is how we help two co-founders choose the structure, split the capital and protect the relationship from day one.
Before signing the purchase of a company, acquisition due diligence uncovers hidden liabilities and calibrates the representations and warranties. Here is our accounting, tax, employment and legal checklist, plus the 2026 watch points we most often see stall a closing.
SCOP status, cooperative governance, non-distributable reserves and favourable taxation: the 2026 guide to creating a SCOP or a SCIC, from our chartered accountancy firm.
Tag along lets a shareholder join a sale on the same terms; drag along forces the others to sell. Here is their role, their drafting and what is at stake in a sale and a fundraising.
Understanding the APE and NAF codes at incorporation: their real scope, their link with the applicable collective agreement, how to correct an error, and the transition to NAF 2025.
Contributing know-how instead of cash: what an industry contribution changes for the share capital, the shares, voting rights and the drafting of your articles of association.
Subsidiary, branch or liaison office to set up abroad in 2026: legal autonomy, permanent establishment, taxation, risk and cost compared.
Pre-emption (priority repurchase right) and lock-up (temporary ban on selling, 10 years maximum) are often confused. How to tell them apart, when to combine them, and how to avoid the void-clause trap in your SAS bylaws.
Amending the business purpose is a bylaws change: shareholder vote, legal notice and INPI filing. Anticipate the four key impacts: APE code, professional liability insurance, commercial lease and regulated permits.
Who decides a registered-office transfer in France (manager, president or shareholders), how to amend the bylaws, how many legal notices by court district, how to file with INPI and what to budget in 2026.
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