Our training courses

AMS Law Firm offers practical, focused legal training sessions in English designed for real estate professionals operating in the French market. Our programs are built around real-world challenges and aim to strengthen your working knowledge of lease law, rental property management, and co-ownership (copropriété) regulations.

Whether you're a property manager, real estate agent, in-house counsel our training will provide you with immediately applicable legal tools.

Sessions are available on-site (within your organisation or at our offices in Lyon) or online, and can be fully tailored to your team’s operational needs and level of experience.

Leases

Commercial Leases

Legal requirements for validity, duration, and renewal
Rent setting and revision mechanisms
Allocation of charges and property-related taxes
Termination, partial change of use (déspécialisation), and eviction compensation
Disputes and litigation involving commercial leases

Residential Leases (1989 Law)

Types of leases: unfurnished, furnished, mobility lease
Key clauses: rent, charges, security deposit, repairs
Coliving and joint tenancy regulations
Rent control and indexation (IRL)
Termination and notice: mutual agreement, legal termination, forfeiture clause
Eviction procedures and tenant protections

Rental property management

Management mandates: scope, obligations, and legal liability
Landlord–tenant relationship: rights and duties of each party
Compliance monitoring: safety, habitability standards, mandatory diagnostics
Handling rent arrears and amicable recovery procedures
Security deposits and check-in/check-out inspections
Unpaid rent insurance (GLI), property damage claims, and loss reporting
GDPR compliance in property management activities
Professional liability of property managers and agents
Landlord–tenant disputes: non-payment, damage, refusal to vacate

Co-ownership Law (Copropriété)

Legal framework: 1965 Law, 1967 Decree, ELAN reform
Structure and governance of the co-ownership (syndicat) and the property manager (syndic)
Notice and conduct of general meetings (assemblées générales)
Applicable voting majorities and challenges to resolutions
Procedural rules for works approved in AG (excluding technical aspects)
Allocation of charges and recovery of unpaid fees
Neighbourhood disturbances and conflict resolution within co-ownerships
Liability of the managing agent (syndic) and the co-owners’ association (conseil syndical)
Horizontal co-ownerships and ASLs (Associations Syndicales Libres): legal specificities
Professional civil liability of the managing agent
Disputes between co-owners and the managing agent

Our training courses

Commercial Leases

Residential Leases (1989 Law)

Legal framework: 1965 Law, 1967 Decree, ELAN reform