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CMS has welcomed a new partner in its corporate and M&A practice in Brussels

CMS is pleased to announce that Philippe Hendrickx will join the Firm as a Partner as of 1 October 2024. Philippe specialises in corporate law, in particular mergers and acquisitio…

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Monard strengthens its Insolvency and Restructuring team

Monard law welcomes a new member to its Insolvency and Restructuring team. Jente Dengler has joined the firm as of October 1, 2024.

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Changement important concernant l’assujettissement à la loi anti-blanchiment des avocats qui ex…

Le Bâtonnier de l’Ordre néerlandais du Barreau de Bruxelles a récemment interrogé la CTIF sur l’éventuel assujettissement d’un avocat qui agit, pour une personne protégée, via un m…

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06/12/24
Directors can be held personally liable

Zoals in het eerste gedeelte van onze artikelenreeks over de afschaffing va…

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18/10/24
Private Equity Side Letters – Harmless Paper or Silent Power…

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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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Tailor made reorganisation plans?

We already discussed the possibility to preview a differentiated treatment of different categories of creditors in a reorganization plan, in so far as…

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Law concerning the continuity of enterprises: The tax administration strikes back illegally

More than one year after the coming into force of the law on the continuity of enterprises (LCE), the tax administration still seems unwilling to acce…

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Possibility of expropriation of financial institutions that place the financial stability of the country at ri…

From now on, the government can sell parts of the assets of financial institutions whose behaviour places the financial stability of the country at ri…

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Bank resolution funds: An application of the polluter pays principle to the financial sector

Among the measures in place to prevent a new crisis, Europe notably focuses on the bank resolution funds. The idea is simple: institutions responsible…

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The Belgian ‘Limited’ ready to go

To answer the growing concerns of new and young entrepreneurs, a new type of private limited liability company has recently been introduced under Be…

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La SPRL Starter

Par une loi du 12 janvier 2010 modifiant le Code des sociétés et prévoyant des modalités de la société privée à responsabilité limitée « Starter » (M.…

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First social jurisprudence on the law regarding the Continuity of Undertakings

In the case of a judicial restructuring procedure, the Labour Court can refuse to approve a transfer of undertakings if the transferee does not guaran…

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Rol van de rechter bij de toekenning van de gerechtelijke reorganisatie: passief of actief?

In tegenstelling tot de rol van de rechter in het kader van het gerechtelijk akkoord, is de appreciatiebevoegdheid van de rechtbank voor de opening va…

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New Notification Obligation in Private Companies

The summer holidays are fast approaching, and we hope you'll be able to get away for a while to relax and enjoy this special time of year. However, be…

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New Developments on the S-BVBA/SPRL

In the March issue of Brussels to the Point, we discussed the Act of 12 January 2010 (the "Act") creating a new variant on the BVBA/SPRL, the so-…

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Recovery Measures on the Way

In light of the ongoing financial crisis and the difficulty of imposing adequate measures on financial institutions, the Belgian government submi…

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Timely preparation, submission and filing of annual accounts

The managing body of Belgian companies (“companies limited by shares, private limited liability companies, cooperative companies ") is obliged to pr…

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De lasthebber ad hoc en het faillissement van de vennootschap

Wanneer een vennootschap samen met haar vertegenwoordiger strafrechtelijk wordt vervolgd, luidt de wettelijke regeling (art. 2 V.T.Sv.) dat de bevoegd…

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New Belgian Notification Duties For Significant Participations In Non Listed Public Limited Liability Companie…

By Act of 18 January 2010 a new Article 515 bis was introduced in the Belgian Companies Code (the “BCC”) which imposes a notification duty on sharehol…

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Companies facing financial difficulties : duty of deciding

In a decision of 4 December 2008, the Court of Appeal of Brussels repeated the principles of directors’ liability in the event of unreasonable conti…

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Should aid be granted to firms in difficulty?

A study of hypothetical scenarios relating to the restructuring of state aid was published on behalf of the European Commission.

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Law concerning the continuity of enterprises : companies facing financial difficulties 1 – tax administration …

The courts underline that the participation , in the general interest, of the tax administration in the recovery of companies was a part of the obje…

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New Belgian law on corporate governance

On 18 March 2010, the Senate approved the new Corporate Governance Act, which had already been approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The new Act will b…

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A new variant on the BVBA/SPRL

The Belgian House of Representatives recently passed the Act of 12 January 2010 creating a new variant on the so-called starter BVBA/SPRL or S-BVBA/SP…

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Update on the new disclosure obligation for payments to tax havens and on bank secrecy

The fight against tax fraud is gaining increasing attention worldwide, and Belgium is no exception. To this end, a number of new measures have been an…

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