Transfer of registered office outside the European Union: no automatic dissolution of the French company

A French company that transfers its registered office to the United Kingdom after Brexit does not automatically lose its legal personality or automatically transfer its assets to the newly created foreign company. The Court of Cassation confirms that, in the absence of a legal framework or a bilateral agreement for cross-border transfers of registered offices, …

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De Facto Companies and International Jurisdiction: The French Supreme Court Confirms the Jurisdiction of French Courts

Jurisdiction over the dissolution of companies, even when the company is a de facto company without legal personality, falls exclusively within the courts of the Member State where the company has its registered office, as determined under private international law rules.Under French law, in the absence of a statutory seat, one must identify the “real …

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