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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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New counsel at ebl-redsky

ebl redsky appoints Thomas Sion as Counsel.

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Affluo breidt uit met een nieuwe partner en vestiging in Hasselt

Met veel enthousiasme verwelkomde Affluo op 1 september een nieuwe partner. Erwin Jennen is een ervaren advocaat en tevens erkend bemiddelaar in het ondernemingsrecht met een bijzo…

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Updated guidelines on Belgian FDI Screening

The Cooperation Agreement of 30 November 2022 establishing a foreign direct…

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Recent changes to the Belgian Code of Companies and Associat…

The “Law of 27 March 2024 on the digitisation of justice and miscellaneous …

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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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The UBO register - The current state of affairs

The law of 18 September 2017 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and limi…

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Criminal liability of legal persons undergoing change

 law of 11 July 2018 amends Articles 5 and 7bis of the Criminal Code with regard to the criminal liability of legal persons. The amendments, whic…

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Belgian Entities Required to Disclose their UBOs before 30 November 2018

This newsletter gives a brief overview of the practical aspects of a new obligation for Belgian entities to gather information about their ultimate be…

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The upcoming UBO register : summary of the obligations of Belgian companies

As a result of the implementation of the 4th (and already, in part, 5th) EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive(s) into Belgian law, companies incorp…

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Burgerlijke maatschap wordt onderneming: bijkomende administratieve verplichtingen!

Recent werd in het insolventierecht en in het ondernemingsrecht een nieuw en moderner, maar ook ruimer ondernemingsbegrip geïntroduceerd Het…

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How to govern your company properly?

European societies have been influenced by traditions from the United States for decades. The fascination for basketball, Halloween and black Friday h…

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Tip 7: Vlot(ter) bedrijf overdragen met behoud van macht en inkomsten!

-  De nieuwe Belgische vennootschapswetgeving zal de overdracht van een bedrijf vlotter maken. -  U kan de meerderheid van uw aandelen over…

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Virtual Currencies: No longer a Game without Frontiers

On 19 April 2018, the European Parliament adopted the proposal for the fifth Anti-money Laundering (AML) Directive, which will make a number of change…

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How to limit the liability risk for fan club founders? Time to park the bus!

In times of FIFA World Cup madness, David and Maxime have launched the idea of founding their own fan club named "Nacer '94 - the redeemer", in honour…

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De fresh start voor een ondernemer na een faillissement: you win some or you learn some

Het is (helaas) een onoverkomelijke realiteit dat faillissementen meer en meer voorkomen. In de eerste helft van 2017 gingen bijvoorbeeld al 5.256 bed…

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NautaDutilh / New Belgian Company Code

The NautaDutilh videos of the Belgian Code of Companies & Associations are an excellent example of co-creation, collaboration and teamwork within …

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Het nieuwe wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen zet eindsprint in

Het nieuwe wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen (afgekort, het “WVV”) beoogt het vennootschaps-en verenigingsrecht moderner, eenvoudiger en coh…

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Tip 4:Een jaarlijks aandachtspunt: de tijdige goedkeuring en neerlegging van de jaarrekening

TIP 4 Kernpunten -  De jaarrekening moet tijdig ter goedkeuring worden voorgelegd aan de algemene vergadering en neergelegd bij de Nationale Ba…

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The Reform of Company Law

The revision of the Company Code forms part of a major overhaul of Belgian corporate law. Since the Middle Ages, merchants (and companies with a comme…

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Financial Sector & Services Supervision: Still Evolving as Quickly as 15 Years Ago

The Act of 2 August 2002 on the supervision of the financial sector and financial services (“Loi relative à la surveillance du secteur financier et au…

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EU temporary measures on CFDs and binary options

On 22 May 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) adopted two decisions implementing temporary product intervention measures.&nbs…

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Help, I'm a director! New rules coming for directors´ and officers´ liability

You work at a company that is undergoing rapid international growth. One day headquarters asks for your help on expanding the Belgian activities. What…

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Home stretch for new Companies and Associations Code: 10 important innovations

On 25 May 2018, the Federal Council of Ministers approved at the second reading the draft Companies and Associations Code proposed by Minister of Just…

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Reform of the Companies Code, a major step has been taken

The long-awaited reform of the Belgian Companies Code has recently taken a giant step forward: a text is finally available.

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Final countdown towards the new Code of companies and associations

On  June 4, the draft new Code of companies and associations was submitted to the Parliament for discussion and approval, after receivi…

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