🔒

Company Dissolution & Liquidation

Streamlined Corporate Winding-Up in France

About this service

Closing a company in France requires rigorous adherence to statutory procedures. We oversee the amicable dissolution and liquidation of all business structures, ensuring total compliance with commercial courts and tax authorities. We prepare shareholder resolutions, publish legal notices, and secure deregistration.

Our Strengths

✓ Final liquidation balance sheet
✓ Statutory legal notice publications
✓ Registry deregistration certificate
✓ Tax clearance filings

Interested in this service?

Request Information

Challenges We Solve

If you relate to these challenges, our expertise is built to guide and safeguard you.

⚠️

Confusion around the mandatory legal phases required to properly close a French entity.

⚠️

Risk of tax or social audits if formal closing procedures are neglected.

⚠️

Difficulty in drafting formal Extraordinary and Ordinary General Meeting minutes.

⚠️

Urgent need to deregister a dormant entity to stop recurring corporate fees and taxes.

Our Advisory Process

A structured, proven methodology to secure every stage of your procedure.

Situation Audit

Financial and balance-sheet audit to confirm solvent status (amicable dissolution is only viable without cessation of payments).

Dissolution

Drafting of Extraordinary General Meeting minutes, liquidator appointment, and first legal publication.

Liquidation

Asset realization, creditor settlement, and preparation of final liquidation closing accounts.

Deregistration

Filing the final dossier with the Commercial Court registry and issuance of the radiation Kbis.

Frequently Asked Questions

Dissolution is the formal legal decision to terminate operations (voted by shareholders). Liquidation is the operational phase that follows: assets are sold and liabilities settled before final deregistration from the corporate registry.

An amicable dissolution is only permissible if the company is capable of satisfying all liabilities. If debts exceed assets and the company cannot pay, insolvency proceedings (judicial liquidation) must be initiated through the Commercial Court.

A straightforward amicable closing generally spans 1 to 2 months if the entity has clear books. French company law allows a maximum statutory period of 3 years to conclude the liquidation.

Yes. For small and medium-sized enterprises, the managing director or president is typically appointed as the amicable liquidator by the shareholders.

Mandatory third-party costs include two legal announcements (dissolution and liquidation) and commercial registry filing fees. Our professional advisory fees are quoted upfront and encompass full procedural management.