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What does the DGCCRF check? What penalties apply to misleading practices and price display, and how do you prepare? The guide for business owners in 2026.
Non-solicitation, non-compete, confidentiality agreement: how to tell them apart, draft them to be enforceable, and know your remedies.
Protect your brand, logo and creations through INPI filing, NDAs and rights transfer, and understand the accounting treatment of intangible assets.
Professionals or consumers: distinct terms regimes, pre-contractual information, right of withdrawal, payment terms, unfair clauses and DGCCRF risks in 2026.
The six clauses that truly protect a commercial contract (liability, termination, penalties, ownership) and the pitfalls to avoid in 2026.
A monolingual French accountant is not a neutral choice for a foreign-born director: impatriate regime under-claimed, board minutes misread, board pack ignored. What a genuinely bilingual French practice actually changes in 2026.
Before the first round, co-founders must lock in vesting, decision-making rules and exit mechanics. Without an agreement, a co-founder divorce destroys the company at the next due diligence.
Dates, exhibitors, practical tips and key questions to ask franchisors: the complete guide for preparing your visit to the Paris Franchise Show 2026 and evaluating the best franchise opportunities.
Paris hosts one of Europe's strongest startup ecosystems — Station F, Bpifrance, deep tech accelerators. But building a startup here requires structural decisions from day one: legal entity, BSPCE warrants, JEI qualification, R&D tax credits, cap table design. This guide covers the key financial and accounting decisions for founders launching or accelerating a startup in Paris in 2026.
Shareholder disagreement, abuse of majority, abuse of minority, deadlocked AGM: which sequence of legal, tax and operational actions should you trigger in less than 30 days to protect a French company without paralysing it? The chartered accountant's playbook.
A practical 2026 guide to the 15 vital French shareholders agreement clauses, adapted to startups, SMEs, SCIs and buy-outs with legal, tax and financial angles.
You have been running an SME for ten, fifteen or twenty years. You have built something solid. And now a nagging question crosses your mind...
A sponsorship offer can accelerate the acquisition, provided it is clear, traceable and legally clean.
The BSA AIR accelerates early-stage fundraising without fixing a valuation — but demands precise documentation and careful tax analysis. Advantages, real risks and 2026 tax treatment by a French chartered accountant.
How to build a director's professional image in 2026: LinkedIn, public speaking, financial transparency, ESG positioning, personal brand. 7 concrete levers with a prioritised action table — for SME directors, founders, and independent professionals operating in France.
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