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France × Finance & Treasury

Finance & Treasury in France

Funding, cash and working capital across countries. In France, that means local law, local regulators and local practice, handled by a qualified professional who practises there.

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On request

WONE Global can find the right Finance & Treasury professional in France for you.

No WONE Global Partner holds this yet. Send us your requirement: WONE Global confirms whether a vetted Associate firm can act, tells you who it is and checks for conflicts before any work begins.

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France at a glanceWestern Europe

Paris · Tuesday 10 November

17:14

Local time

Currency
EUR
Working week
Monday – Friday
Dialling code
+33
Region
Western Europe
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What the rules say in France

Finance & Treasury, the essentials

From the France market guide: the points that matter most for finance & treasury, each with the source it was checked against.

Full guide · Source-checked research97% of statements checked against a source143 checked against an official source4 checked against a secondary sourceChecked 2026-10-19Not yet professionally reviewed

  • Safeguard proceedings (sauvegarde) are available to a company facing legal, economic or financial difficulties that is not in cessation of payments; the observation period is 6 months renewable once for up to 6 months, and the safeguard plan can last up to 10 years.

    Commercial and craft businesses go to the commercial court or, in the 12 pilot cities, the tribunal des activités économiques; liberal professions go to the judicial court or the TAE.Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18
  • Classes of affected parties must be formed in safeguard where the debtor has more than 250 employees and net turnover above EUR 20 million, or net turnover above EUR 40 million; smaller debtors can ask the court to allow classes.

    Applies to safeguard; the page sets the size criteria. How classes vote and cross-class cram-down operate was not confirmed on this page.Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18
  • A company in cessation of payments must apply for receivership (redressement judiciaire) or liquidation no later than 45 days after cessation of payments, unless a conciliation is under way; the receivership observation period can reach 18 months and the continuation plan can last up to 10 years.

    Receivership may also be requested by a creditor or the public prosecutor. Outcomes are closure, a continuation plan, a sale of all or part of the business, or liquidation.Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18
  • Conciliation is a confidential, court-supervised negotiation open to companies with existing or foreseeable difficulties that are not in cessation of payments or have been for less than 45 days; the conciliator's mission lasts up to 4 months, extendable to 5 months in total.

    An agreement can be recorded (constatation, stays confidential) or approved by judgment (homologation, which ends confidentiality as to the fact of approval).Service Public Entreprendre (DILA) · checked 2026-10-18

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Scope

What the service covers here

  1. 01Map funding and cash requirements
  2. 02Structure treasury and working-capital flows
  3. 03Review intercompany funding considerations
  4. 04Coordinate finance implementation across markets

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  • What needs to be decided before finance & treasury work starts?
  • Who is professionally responsible in each country?
  • Which other work, such as tax or employment, must happen at the same time?
  • What information and decisions are needed from the business?

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