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Among the ways an employee can end an employment contract is a little-known procedure: termination for just cause. It also exists in French law on a principle similar to Portuguese law. Known in France as “prise d’acte de rupture du contrat de travail”, it allows an employee in either country to terminate…
My firm is regularly contacted by Portuguese citizens who are French tax residents and face tax adjustments and fines for failing to report bank accounts opened in Portugal. The French tax authorities appear to be conducting a campaign to check declarations, or their absence, concerning accounts held by…
For several months, the firm has been contacted by Portuguese people who are French tax residents facing reassessments because they did not report bank accounts opened in Portugal.
My Bordeaux office regularly advises French or Portuguese clients living in France who are in dispute with sellers and estate agents refusing to return money paid for a Portuguese property purchase that did not proceed. The final deed may remain unsigned for many reasons: refusal to sign a preliminary…
