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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In recent years, the Belgian Parliament has codified substantial parts of Belgian economic legislation into a new Code of Economic Law. This …
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Belgian Insolvency law mainly consists of two separate regimes: bankruptcy (Belgian Bankruptcy Act of 8 August 1997) and judicial reorganisation (Belg…
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The sources of Belgian securities law are relatively widespread. These sources include several federal acts and royal decrees, as well as specific reg…
Read MoreA Royal Decree of 3 April 2015 (published on 13 April) lays down the rules for taxpayers that are required to declare foreign bank accounts in their i…
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On 20 May 2015, after a three-year legislative process, a recast version of the European Insolvency Regulation (EIR) was adopted. For the most part, i…
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The substantial risk associated with the expansion and enhanced enforcement of trade controls has a direct impact on due diligence in cross-border M&a…
Read MoreOn 5 March 2015, the Walloon Government adopted an Executive Act (published in the Belgian Gazette on 16 March 2015), which obliges enterprises to sor…
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Financial assistance (in the context of a company acquisition) has, in principle, been allowed since 2009. However, some conditions provided by the la…
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Tot voor kort nam de Raad van State - terecht - aan dat er geen verplichting bestaat om offertes met abnormale eenheidsprijzen onregelmatig te verklar…
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Le 1er novembre 2014, est entrée en vigueur une nouvelle réglementation destinée à régir l'activité de planification financière. L'objectif de cette r…
Read MoreIn order to secure the protection of judicial reorganization, the debtor needs to attach to the petition for judicial reorganization a certain number …
Read MoreIn a judgment of 27 June 2014, published in December 2014, the Supreme Court specified the extent to which the mandate of a director should be pursued…
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Imagine: a few years ago, you were a director of a company. Because of differences of opinion about the policy being implemented, you resigned. T…
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Volgens de Wet van 31 januari 2009 betreffende de continuïteit van de ondernemingen (WCO) kan de debiteur twee types van minnelijk akkoord afsluiten1 …
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Those with experience of negotiating share or asset purchase agreements will know that the negotiation of "representations and warranties" and "specif…
Read MoreFrom 1 September 2014 to 13 January 2015, all 16 Belgian SICAFIs switched to the new regime of Regulated Real Estate Companies (B-REIT) introduced by …
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On 19 November 2014, the Court of Appeal of Brussels ("the Court") issued an interim judgment ordering the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") to gr…
Read MoreIn order to reinforce creditors' protection, the law of 25 April 2014 has amended the requirements for liquidating a company in one single deed. The l…
Read MoreThe Royal Decree of 25 April 2014 ("RD") makes it possible for individuals to electronically file company amendment acts and to register the company d…
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Les titres qui n'avaient pas encore fait l'objet d'une conversion de plein droit ou à l'initiative de leurs titulaires au 1er janvier 2014 ont en prin…
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