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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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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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Private Equity Side Letters – Harmless Paper or Silent Power…

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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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Beyond all distances: E-democracy in today's companies

As of 1 January 2012, shareholders of listed companies will obtain more rights as a consequence of the transposition of the EU Shareholders’ Rights Di…

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New legislation on shareholders' rights - implications for non-listed companies

On 20 December 2010, the Belgian Government ratified the new Act on the exercise of shareholders' rights in listed companies (the Act), which provides…

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Aandeelhouder, waar blijf je? Wat betekent de Wet Aandeelhoudersrechten voor niet-genoteerde vennootschappen?

Op 20 december 2010 bekrachtigde de Koning de wet betreffende de uitoefening van bepaalde rechten van aandeelhouders van genoteerde vennootschappen (h…

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REFORM OF THE BELGIAN FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY STRUCTURE -I NTRODUCTION OF THE “TWIN PEAKS” MODEL IN BELGIUM

On 1 April 2011, the Royal Decree of 3 March 2011 regarding the evolution of the supervisory architecture of the financial sector ("Koninklijk besluit…

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New shareholders rights law

On 18 April 2011, the bill concerning the exercise of certain rights by shareholders in listed companies, adopted on 20 December 2010 (hereinafter the…

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What can your company achieve by the acquisition of its own shares?

Recently the rules regarding the acquisition by a company of its own shares were eased. This facilitation forms part of a series of measures, mainly t…

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End of the bank secrecy?

The law recently approved by the Parliament (on 23 March) enlarges the number of cases in which the tax authorities would be authorized to request inf…

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Harsh liability of directors of companies facing difficulties

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal of Mons reiterates the rigour of the principle embodied in article 633 of the Belgian Companies Code and the …

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Bankruptcy of a co-contractor: what about the on-going contracts ?

According to the Court of Cassation, a bankruptcy receiver could, for the benefit of the liquidation, terminate the contracts entered into by the bank…

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Reform of the Belgian regulatory landscape

On 1 April 2011, Belgian financial supervision shall be significantly reformed as a result of the decision of the Belgian government to introduce a so…

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STORI : regulated information on publicly listed companies finally centralized and readily available

The CBFA implemented a central storage of regulated information on publicly listed companies.

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Extension of the guarantee scheme in the Flemish Region

In 2009, as a result of the financial crisis, the Flemish region introduced a new guarantee scheme (“waarborgregeling”) for small, medium and large bu…

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Compliance Officer Now Required in Non-financial Sectors

The Third Anti-money Laundering Directive (Directive 2005/60/EC of 26 October 2005) was implemented in Belgian law by the Act of 18 January 2010 (the …

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Update on the Shareholders' Rights Bill

Implementation of the Shareholders' Rights Directive in Belgium seems to be a never-ending process. We summarised the implementing legislation (the "S…

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The Shareholders' Rights Bill

On 25 November 2010, the Belgian House of Representatives adopted the Bill on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies (the …

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Mergers and divisions for non-profit organisations

Due to radical changes in the relevant legislation, non-profit organisations (“NPO”s) now benefit from various provisions in terms of sectoral mergers…

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Higher filing charges for enterprises

As from the 1st January 2011 all enterprises have to pay higher costs for filing their annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium. These new fi…

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The physical presence at a meeting of your corporation, a necessity?

Is it required that the directors or the shareholders of a corporation need to be physically present at its registered office  in order to validl…

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Réforme du paysage du contrôle financier

Dans notre numéro d’avril dernier, nous vous informions de la volonté des pouvoirs politiques et des autorités de contrôle de réorganiser le secteur d…

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Retail bond issues in Belgium : new CBFA guidelines and fast track prospectus approval

On 21 December 2010, the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (“CBFA”) published two notices regarding public offerings of corporate bonds in Bel…

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