Small and micro-undertakings benefit from several exemptions. To be classif…
One year after the introduction of Belgium's foreign direct investment (FDI…
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An important modification in the field of Belgian corporate law is now on track and it also concerns non-profit associations and foundations (hereinaf…
Read MoreDoor de wet van 21 december 2017 werd de wet van 21 december 2013 betreffende diverse bepalingen inzake de financiering voor klein en m…
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A Portuguese court (Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa) has referred the first preliminary ruling request on Directive 2014/104 (“the EU Damages D…
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In a judgment of 9 January 2018, the Supreme Court clarified the conditions for criminal liability resulting from the late filing for bankruptcy set f…
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The term ICO stands for ‘Initial Coin Offering’, a rather obvious reference to IPOs (‘Initial Public Offering’). Like IPOs, ICOs can be described as a…
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On 14 February 2018, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) published a Recommendation addressed to the European Securities and Markets Aut…
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An important reform of our corporate law is being prepared. The reason for this is that corporate law has become extremely complicated due to numerous…
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Nu het voorontwerp voor een nieuw Wetboek Vennootschappen en Verenigingen de laatste rechte lijn nadert, krijgen we stilaan zicht op de voornaamste he…
Read MoreThe reform of security interests over movable assets finally took effect on 1 January 2018. The original law dated 11 July 2013 (the “Law”) was meant …
Read MoreA new Law dated 21 December 2017 amends the Belgian Law relating to the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises ( the “SME Financing Law”).
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The European Parliament and the European Council have reached a political agreement on the fifth anti-money laundering Directive. Several measures rel…
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De omstandigheden voor KMO’s die een financiering willen afsluiten worden binnenkort gunstiger. Zo zullen ze kunnen rekenen op grotere transparantie e…
Read MoreMet de wet van 19 oktober 2015 houdende wijziging van het burgerlijk procesrecht en houdende diverse bepalingen inzake justitie werd, in de artikelen …
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Today(the 9th of November 2017), the Belgian Act amending the Act of 12 May 2014 on regulated real estate companies (the “Reviewed REITs Act”) was pub…
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This section of our M&A road book briefly describes the main sources and developments of financing of the majority of the Belgian M&…
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On 5 October 2017, the bill amending the Regulated Real Estate Companies Act of 12 May 2014 (“GVV-wet”) was approved by the Chamber of Repre…
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Door de wet van 11 augustus 2017 houdende invoeging van het boek XX, “Insolventie van ondernemingen”, in het Wetboek van economisch recht (WER) kent B…
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The newly-updated Buysse Code reviews the powers of the board of directors and the tasks that the chairman of the board of directors must assume in or…
Read MoreAmong other measures designed to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, the 4th Money Laundering Directive requires the EU member states to …
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Until recently, persons blowing the whistle on breaches of financial legislation were not protected under Belgian law. Consequently, the decision to r…
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