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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 seat,” […]

Dismissing a director in a french SAS: statutory rules and extra-statutory personal commitments of the partners

  The Court of Cassation has clarified in two rulings the limits and links between statutory provisions and extra-statutory commitments regarding the dismissal of directors in french SAS companies. In SAS companies, the articles of association cannot be circumvented – but the partners may enter into additional commitments outside the articles of association and outside […]