BKP international
Foreign clients, international families, companies setting up in France or investing abroad: from Versailles and Paris, the firm works every day with colleagues around the world.
BKP & Associés handles cross-border matters in family, corporate and real estate law. The firm has been a member of IGAL, an international network of law and accounting firms, for more than 20 years, and Pascal Koerfer is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL).
What we do for international clients
- Divorce, children and estates involving several countries
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in France
- Setting up foreign companies in France: entity, commercial lease, employment contracts
- Real estate investment in France by non-residents
- Coordination with lawyers and accountants abroad
Working languages
French, English, Spanish and German.
International families and private international law
A divorce between spouses of different nationalities, a child living in a different country from one parent, an estate with assets in France and abroad: the first question is always which court has jurisdiction and which law applies. That choice is often available, and it can change the outcome. Pascal Koerfer, a Fellow of the IAFL, and Camille Vincent handle these matters with specialist colleagues in the country concerned.
- International divorce: jurisdiction (Brussels II ter Regulation), applicable law (Rome III Regulation), matrimonial property (Regulation 2016/1103)
- Children: residence, cross-border contact, wrongful removal (1980 Hague Convention)
- Maintenance and its recovery abroad (Regulation 4/2009)
- International estates: applicable law and European Certificate of Succession (Regulation 650/2012)
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in France (exequatur)
- Marriage contracts and agreements between spouses with an international dimension
Your lawyers for international family matters
Foreign companies and investors
Foreign companies setting up in France, French groups contracting abroad, non-resident investors: the firm handles the French legal side and, through IGAL, coordinates lawyers and accountants in the other countries involved.
- Setting up in France: choice of structure (subsidiary, branch), articles of association, shareholders' agreements
- International commercial contracts: distribution, agency, terms and conditions, governing law and jurisdiction clauses
- Commercial leases and property acquisitions for foreign retailers and investors
- French employment law for foreign employers: contracts, posting of workers, terminations
- Cross-border debt recovery and disputes, European order for payment
- Company sales and transactions between France and other countries
Your lawyers for foreign companies
How we work
- From the first meeting, we identify the competent court, the applicable law and what can be chosen.
- We bring in the right correspondent abroad, from IGAL or the IAFL, and coordinate both sets of proceedings.
- You have a single point of contact, reporting to you in French, English or Spanish.
Working languages
French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
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International private law
Cross-border divorce, children and estates, recognition of foreign judgments, with a network in 29 countries.
International divorce
Spouses of different nationalities or living abroad: jurisdiction, applicable law and matrimonial property.
International estates
Assets in several countries, heirs abroad, choice of law.
Recognition of foreign judgments
Recognition and enforcement in France of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.