Business entities are considered legal entities as of the date of their registration on the Companies Registry. Therefore, until such date, companies are considered as being “under formation” and, as such, have no legal existence. However, in practice, the founders … Lire plus
Although electronic signatures have been recognised under French law since 2000 by Law n° 2000-230 of 13 March 2000 (on that subject, please see our newsletter COVID-19 Business: focus on the electronic signature), until 2019, business records had to be … Lire plus
TreasuryXpress, a leading provider of cloud-based treasury management solutions for corporations and banks around the world, joins Bottomline Technologies, a leading provider of financial technology that makes complex business payments simple, smart and secure. Our teams from Corporate, Tax law … Lire plus
Hitherto, within the framework of a merger, the acquiring company’s criminal liability for acts committed by the acquired company before the merger was always excluded based on the principle of liability for one’s own acts as provided for in article … Lire plus
With the limitation of physical meetings imposed by the fight against the propagation of the virus that causes COVID-19, electronic signatures are turning out to be an essential tool for the remote signing of contracts as well as any other … Lire plus
As announced in our Corporate newsletter of 11 June 2020, over the past few months, the French government has implemented measures in order to adapt certain rules of corporate law to the sanitary emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Ordinance … Lire plus
The French government has adopted several ordinances and decrees in order to adjust certain rules of corporate law in light of the current health emergency, which has been extended through midnight on 10 July 2020. 1. Extended deadlines For companies … Lire plus
As announced in our Corporate newsletter of October 19, 2018, the legal framework for foreign investments in France has been modified by the PACTE Law. A decree (Decree no. 2019-1590) and an order (Order ECOT1937237A) published on December 31, 2019 … Lire plus
The French law 2019-744 of July 19, 2019 (Soilihi Law) eliminated the requirement for simplified joint stock companies (SAS) to assess contributions in the form of services or know-how (apports en industrie) and, in some cases, the requirement to assess … Lire plus
The law no. 2019-744, dated July 19, 2019, on the simplification, clarification and modernization of company Law, known as the SOILIHI Law, came into effect and was published in the Journal Officiel on July 20, 2019. One of the measures … Lire plus
