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Didier De Vliegher joins Jones Day’s Real Estate Practice in the Brussels office

The global law firm Jones Day announced today that Didier De Vliegher has joined the Firm as of counsel in its Real Estate Practice, based in Jones Day’s Brussels Office.

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Simont Braun Welcomes Maïka Bernaerts as counsel, Enhancing Corporate M&A Expertise

Simont Braun, a leading Belgian independent law firm based in Brussels, is pleased to announce the arrival of Maïka Bernaerts as counsel in the Corporate M&A department.

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Ne manquez pas les Universités d'été d'AVOCATS.BE – Inscrivez-vous aujourd'hui

Nous sommes ravis de constater votre enthousiasme pour la 8ème édition des Universités d’été qui aura lieu les 20 et 21 août 2024 au magnifique Château-ferme de Courrière. Avec déj…

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Updated Thresholds for qualification as Small or Micro-Under…

Small and micro-undertakings benefit from several exemptions. To be classif…

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The Belgian FDI screening mechanism marks its first year

One year after the introduction of Belgium's foreign direct investment (FDI…

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Each day we publish several articles written by legal and tax specialists from law firms, notaries offices, the legal departments from payroll agencies and tax consultants.

It is the perfect way for lawyers at the Bar, in-house counsel, barristers, solicitors, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and any other legal professional with an interest in Belgian and European law to keep informed of new legislative initiatives, case law, legal doctrine and all other legal developments on the Belgian legal scene!

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New Measures on Automatic Striking-off From The Register of Legal Entities at the Crossroads Enterprise Databa…

New measures have been introduced against dormant companies to fight both social and tax fraud and avoid such companies being used to conduct illicit …

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Better Protection of Consumers and More Competences for FSMA

The Laws of 30 and 31 July 2013 increasing the protection of purchasers of financial products and services and broadening the competences of the finan…

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Royal Decree further implementing the Prospectus and Transparency directives

Yesterday (october 9th), a royal decree was published in the Belgian State Gazette which, in short, amends and further specifies the rules r…

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Audit Committees – More Liability for Directors?

The Act of 17 December 2008 makes it compulsory for some types of companies to set up an audit committee, whereas, in the past, this was only highly r…

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NautaDutilh submits reaction to EU consultation paper on the control of minority shareholdings

This summer, the European Commission (Commission) issued a consultation paper on two proposals to reform the EU merger control system.

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Belgium updates its legislation on collective investment schemes

This Finance E-bulletin discusses some key novel concepts that were recently introduced by Belgian Lawmakers, Regulators and NYSE Euronext. It covers(…

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The Belgian Prospectus Act has been amended

Key provisions of the Amending Directive transposed into Belgian Law by the Amending Act When transposing the Amending Directive and thus modifying th…

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The law on the continuity of undertakings will shortly be amended: what about the social aspects of the reorga…

The draft law amending several legal provisions governing the continuity of undertakings will also have a social impact. Firstly, CBA no. 102 of 5 Oct…

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The Continuity of Enterprises Act has been modified

On 1 August 2013, a law modifying the Law on the Continuity of Enterprises of 31 January 2009 (hereinafter the Law) entered into force. Three years af…

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Entry Into Force of Amendments to Law on Continuity of Enterprises

The Law of 27 May 2013 amending various laws relating to the continuity of enterprises (Wet tot wijziging van verschillende wetgevingen inzake de cont…

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Belgium: The Twin Peaks II Reform

On 30 July 2013 the Belgian Parliament passed new legislation (the "Act") to improve the protection of users of financial products and services and th…

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Amended Prospectus Act

On 6 August 2013, the Act of 17 July 2013 (1) (the Amending Act) was published in the Belgian Official Journal. The Amending Act transposes Directive …

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Belgium: amendments to the Prospectus Act and to the Prospectus Regulation

The Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") and the Prospectus Regulation No 809/2004 (the "Prospectus Regulation") were amended …

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Credit rating agencies: the saga continues for better protection of the financial markets’ stability and inves…

This short article will highlight significant and major improvements to Regulation 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies, as amended from time to time (…

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The Banking Law is 20 years old

The Banking Law was adopted 20 years ago and is a founding regulation of the financial sector. The Law never stopped evolving over the course of the i…

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Financial regulation is in a constant shape of evolution

We thought appropriate to provide a general overview of the progress status (with very brief summary) of five significant regulations: MiFID II, AIFMD…

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SEPA : that’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for Europe

The purpose of SEPA is to facilitate payments inside the Eurozone so that they are as simple as national payments. Several changes will thus be brough…

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MANAGEMENTVENNOOTSCHAP EN VASTGOED

Een van de vaak gestelde vragen is of de managementvennootschap als juridische structuur nog nuttig (lees: ‘fiscaal voordelig’) is om een vastgoed (bv…

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Optimization of interest due on the current account

When a manager/shareholder borrows money from his company, this is normally accounted for as a receivable in current account of the latter (debit a…

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Notification duty in case of cash payments exceeding EUR 5,000

The anti money laundering act of 11 January 1993, which limited the payments in cash for the purchase of goods to EUR 15,000, was restricted considera…

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