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The law firm Amstel & Seine was founded in 2015 and specializes in international business law and real estate issues with a special focus on commercial exchanges between the Benelux and France.
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17 March 2025
The French commercial agent / commercial representative
Many companies that are eyeing the French market will call upon a commercial agent (agent commercial), also known as a commercial representative, in France. The commercial agent will look for customers or suppliers on behalf of the company and can negotiate and in some cases sign contracts on behalf of the company (the principal). This can […]
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28 January 2025
Advances and loans to French companies: limitations to be aware of
Background Unlike many countries, a banking monopoly continues to exist in France. This banking monopoly has two sides. On the one hand, only a bank is allowed to extend credit on a regular basis; on the other hand, only a bank is allowed to receive funds from third parties on a regular basis. Providing credit […]
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12 December 2024
Risks of abruptly terminating established commercial relations
Under French law, commercial partners are not always free to immediately sever a commercial relationship. French law prohibits the “abrupt termination of established commercial relations,” known in French as a “rupture brutale de relations commerciales établies”. The party that abruptly severs a commercial relationship may thus be liable to compensate its former partner for the […]
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