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The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

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14/08/25
14/08/25
Legal tech company Afriwise acquires LawExplorer and boosts regulatory intelligence in Africa

Afriwise, Africa’s fastest-growing legal-intelligence platform founded by Belgian lawyer Steven De Backer, has acquired LawExplorer, South Africa’s most established provider of reg…

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02/07/25
02/07/25
Dentons bolsters Belgian Corporate and M&A team with hire of Erwin Simons

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Corporate and M&A practice in Brussels with the recruitment of partner Erwin Simons. In this role, he will work closely with Laure…

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16/06/25
16/06/25
Dentons appoints Tom Geudens as Belgium Co-Managing Partner

Global law firm Dentons has appointed Tom Geudens to serve as Belgium Co-Managing Partner, alongside Edward Borovikov, who has led the office for the past 15 years. As Co-Managing …

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29/09/25
Profit distribution and distribution in BV/SRL and NV/SA: Im…

A company is formed for at least the objective of making profits and distri…

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18/07/25
EU Listing Act | Key Changes to the Market Abuse Regulation

On 8 October 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the Listing Ac…

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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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12/10/23
Are We Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling Yet?

Achieving gender equality in the workplace is no small feat. It requires not only equal pay for equal work (thus closing the gender pay gap; see Pay T…

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25/09/23
De deadline van 1 januari 2024 voor vennootschappen nadert

Ondernemers hebben nog tot 31 december 2023 de kans om hun statuten aan te passen aan de nieuwe vennootschapswetgeving. Zoals u ongetwijfeld reeds wee…

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22/09/23
De EU Supply Chain Act (deel 2) - De huidige status van de EU Supply Chain Act en wat we kunnen verwachten

Vorig jaar introduceerde de Europese Commissie een voorstel dat bekend staat als de Richtlijn betreffende duurzaamheidsverplichtingen van onderneminge…

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21/09/23
De EU Supply Chain Act (deel 1) - Wetgevende initiatieven binnen de EU in het kader van duurzaamheid

Vorig jaar introduceerde de Europese Commissie een voorstel dat bekend staat als de Richtlijn betreffende duurzaamheidsverplichtingen van onderneminge…

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19/09/23
Doorlichting van buitenlandse directe investeringen (BDI) verplicht vanaf 1 juli 2023

De Belgische regeling omtrent het doorlichten van buitenlandse directe investeringen is in voege sinds 1 juli 2023. Op 30 november 2022 werd een inte…

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14/09/23
Hervorming van het insolventierecht vanaf 1 september 2023

Op 20 juni 2019 heeft het Europees Parlement voor het eerst een nieuwe richtlijn aangenomen die het insolventierecht op Europees niveau harmoniseert. …

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30/08/23
Amendment to the articles of association and the abolition of management committees: the end-of-year deadline …

All companies incorporated before 1 May 2019 must amend their articles of association by 31 December 2023. Time is therefore running out to take actio…

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24/08/23
New insolvency landscape on the horizon: more options for companies to reorganise and restructure

Belgium had accumulated a significant legislative backlog within insolvency law. The European Directive 2019/1023 on restructuring had to be transpose…

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26/07/23
New payment services and financial data access package proposed by the European Commission

On 28 June 2023, the European Commission introduced a package of three proposals aimed at improving the functioning of the payment services market and…

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11/07/23
Belgium Implements the European Mobility Directive

The Belgian Mobility Law entered into force on 16 June 2023, except for certain provisions entering into effect later this year. The text amends the r…

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10/07/23
Pre-pack proceedings under Belgian law: is this a fresh start?

Belgium is finally about to transpose Directive 2019/2023 on preventive restructuring frameworks and regulated pre-pack proceedings are now accessible…

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09/07/23
Restructuring and Insolvency Newsflash - July 2023

A new insolvency law concerning the reorganisation and liquidation of companies in distress enters into force on 1 September 2023 and applies to insol…

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08/07/23
ESG: van "soft law" naar "hard law"

ESG staat voor Environmental, Social en Governance (Ecologisch, Sociaal en Governance) en verwijst naar de drie centrale elementen die aangewend worde…

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02/07/23
Belgium implements the EU mobility directive: what changes for M&A?

The Belgian law of 25 May 2023 transposing the EU Mobility Directive on cross-border conversions, mergers and (partial) demergers was published in the…

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01/07/23
The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium

The Belgian screening mechanism for foreign direct investments (FDI) will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belg…

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24/06/23
Belgian Supreme Court rules on the consequences for commercial lease agreements of the lock-downs during the C…

The Supreme Court (“Hof van Cassatie/Court of Cassation”) overruled on 26 May 2023 a decision that determined that Article 1722 (old) Civil Code (a pa…

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23/06/23
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and Financial Services

NFTs have garnered significant attention as a unique form of digital assets, representing ownership and authenticity of various digital content rangin…

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19/06/23
The Law transposing the Directive 2019/1023 on Restructuring and Insolvency finally out!

This is it ! The Directive 2019/1023 on Restructuring and Insolvency has finally been transposed into Belgian Law! On 25 May 2023, almost three years…

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18/06/23
Cross-border mergers, demergers and conversions: act transposing the European Mobility Directive adopted in Pa…

On 27 April 2023, the House of Representatives approved the act concerning cross-border mergers, demergers and conversions (Doc. No. 55/3219).

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16/06/23
Belgian law transposing the European Mobility Directive regarding cross-border mergers, demergers and conversi…

The Belgian law of 25 May 2023 implementing the EU Directive 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Dire…

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