French Commercial Property Law
Buy and Sell Commercial Property In France
Commercial property purchases can be expensive with significant tax implications. Therefore, you must enlist the help of professionals to assist in the process and avoid costly errors.
Buying commercial property in France can be even more complicated than than at home. Navigating UK and French property, business, and tax laws requires in-depth knowledge and experience. To ensure that your purchase of French commercial property runs smoothly, you need a trusted team of French commercial property law experts.
Our French Commercial Property Team
France Tax Law's French commercial property team has 20 years of industry experience. Our notarial industry experience spans law offices in Monaco, the Luxembourg banking industry, and notaires' offices. We are a dedicated team of law professionals, including a French-qualified notaire with a deep knowledge of UK and French business and property law.
How Our French Property Law Team Can Help You
Whether you are buying or selling commercial property in France, we can help you. Drawing on years of French business and property law experience, we can advise you throughout the process.
Our comprehensive approach covers all areas of selling or buying commercial property in France, including setting up an SCI, commercial leases, and leaseback agreements. We look at the whole picture, ensuring you understand the implications of your French property transactions. We consider taxes, succession goals, estate planning, and more to optimise your financial position.
We make communication key throughout the process and work with industry professionals in the UK and France, including French qualified notaires and estate agents, on your behalf, ensuring a streamlined process.
Buy Commercial Property in France with an SCI
Utilising a Société Civile Immobilière (SCI) when purchasing commercial property in France can yield significant fiscal advantages. At France Tax Law, we assist our clients in setting up SCIs in France, ensuring you optimise your financial positions throughout the transaction. By structuring business property holdings through an SCI, clients can offset mortgage payments against rental income, potentially reducing or eliminating income tax liabilities. This arrangement also allows for mutual tax benefits, as rental payments to the SCI can reduce the business's tax liability.
Our team specialises in navigating French property and corporate laws, ensuring that the formation and operation of the SCI align with clients' specific objectives and comply with regulatory standards.
French Commercial Leases
France Tax Law specialises in providing legal assistance for French commercial leases, ensuring clients confidently navigate the complexities of lease regulations. Our expert team is dedicated to safeguarding the interests by offering comprehensive guidance on lease terms, renewals, potential compensation and more.
French Leaseback Arrangements
Looking to free up capital? Leaseback agreements - selling your commercial property to rent it back could be the perfect solution for your business. We guide clients through the intricacies of French leaseback arrangements, ensuring optimal financial outcomes and legal compliance. We are experts in structuring leaseback agreements, allowing clients to benefit from tax incentives while navigating the complexities of French VAT regulations. With a commitment to detail and legal precision, our team ensures that clients receive tailored advice, making leaseback arrangements a viable and beneficial option for their specific circumstances.
Find the Right French Property Solution for You
France Tax Law can assist with all of the above property buying, selling, and leasing solutions, and we can also use our years of experience to help decide the best approach for you and your business. We are committed to creating effective and financially optimal solutions for your French property transactions.
More Than French Property Law...
Our specialist French law professionals have experience in many areas of French law. This allows us to offer a more holistic service and take into account broader considerations and implications of any commercial French property purchase or sale. Our team are experts in French tax law, French property law and French business law. We combine our expertise to assist with commercial property transactions and ensure optimised estate planning and smoother business operations. When you buy or sell property in France with France Tax Law, you get a comprehensive look into the tax implications and more, so you can make the best decision for you and your business.
Speak With A French Property Law Expert
For impeccable legal assistance with buying and selling commercial property in France, speak with our trusted team. We are here to help you. Navigate the complexities of commercial property and business law in France with a French-qualified notaire. Call us on 020 8115 7914 to learn more.
More From Our French Property Law Expert
We provide a range of French property law services for both commercial and residential transactions. You can learn more about our full range of property services through the links below.
Buying and Selling Commercial Property In France FAQs
In addition to our vast array of services, we can also make recommendations for other industry professionals providing related services. We can help you find the right team in the UK or in France, including notaries, insurers, and accountants.
There are no special restrictions to foreign buyers investing in French property, with the exception of agricultural use properties. You must first receive the appropriate authorisation from the local Prefect. Some sensitive activities will also require approval from the Ministry of Economics.
Yes. We specialise in French corporate law and can help you establish a business in France, expand an existing business into France and much more. For more details, read the “Setting Up A Business In France” section of our Business In France page.
For more information on French property law and answers to your questions, visit our blog. We have many valuable and insightful resources covering commercial and residential French property topics such as tax, cross-border succession, and relocating to France. Here are some recommended reads to begin with:
Yes, UK businesses can buy property in France. For a tax-optimised solution, consider one of the French business structures tailored to property management. There are several business types, such as SCIs, that can be utilised to buy, manage, and sell property in France effectively.