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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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30/10/17
How to run a company in 2017: Buysse Code III

The newly-updated Buysse Code reviews the powers of the board of directors and the tasks that the chairman of the board of directors must assume in or…

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30/10/17
Transparency Register – Overview of Foreign Reporting Requirements

Among other measures designed to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, the 4th Money Laundering Directive requires the EU member states to …

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18/10/17
New Protection for Whistleblowers under Financial Law

Until recently, persons blowing the whistle on breaches of financial legislation were not protected under Belgian law. Consequently, the decision to r…

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17/10/17
Conflicts-of-interest in Belgian Companies

In the Belgian legal order, there are few rules governing conflicts-of-interest between a company and its employees, independent service providers and…

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27/07/17
New Companies Code in the works

On 20 July 2017 the Council of Ministers approved a legislative proposal regarding a new Companies Code [1]. The current Companies Code was last revie…

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14/07/17
New Belgian Insolvency Code Voted in Parliament

Yesterday, the House of Representatives has adopted a bill containing an entirely new Insolvency Code. As already indicated in our newsletter of …

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06/07/17
Introduction of UBO-registers in Benelux running late

On 26 June 2017 the deadline has passed for the implementation of the European directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the …

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30/06/17
New Legislative Framework for Judicial Liquidation of Companies

On 4 May 2017, the federal Parliament adopted a new law (Wet tot wijziging van diverse wetten met het oog op de aanvulling van de gerechtelijke ontbin…

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30/06/17
The Insolvency Regulation Recast – 5 key changes

In view of this, Stibbe sets out and analyzes the five key changes of this Regulation Recast: (i) the scope of the legislation is broadened to cover p…

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29/06/17
Un Nouveau Code De Bonne Gouvernance Pour Les Societes Non Cotees

Une troisième édition du Code Buysse (Code Buysse III) a été publiée en mai 2017. Ce Code n’a pas de valeur contraignante, mais il a l’ambition d…

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25/06/17
The Insolvency Regulation Recast - 5 key changes

As from today, the Insolvency Regulation Recast (EU) 2015/848 will apply to insolvency proceedings commenced on or after this date. In …

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17/06/17
Break Costs: Ruling By The Court Of Cassation

In a judgment dated 24 November 2016, the Court of Cassation ruled on the limitation of break costs that banks can claim in the case of early repaymen…

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15/06/17
The Belgian register of ultimate beneficial owners is on its way

On 31 March 2017, the Belgian Government approved a preliminary draft act aimed at transposing the provisions of the fourth European Anti-Money Launde…

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15/06/17
LE REGISTRE BELGE DES BÉNÉFICIAIRES EFFECTIFS EN VOIE DE RÉALISATION

Le gouvernement a approuvé, le 31 mars 2017, un avant-projet de loi de transposition des dispositions de la quatrième directive européenne anti-blanch…

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13/06/17
Dissolution judiciaire plus efficace pour les sociétés fantômes

A compter de ce 12 juin, des procédures de dissolution plus efficaces entrent en vigueur pour les sociétés fantômes, qui ne sont pas/plus actives et l…

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01/06/17
Annulation d’une cession d’actions : comment régler les restitutions ? Arrêt de la Cour de cassatio…

L’annulation d’un contrat, puisqu’elle est rétroactive, implique que les parties soient autant que faire se peut replacées dans la même situation que …

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28/05/17
Modernisation and codification of the legislation regarding insolvency

Recently, the Belgian federal government introduced a new draft law on the reform of the Bankruptcy Act and the Law regarding the Continuity…

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17/05/17
Nieuw Code Buysse III: een leidraad voor niet-beursgenoteerde ondernemingen

Op 17 mei 2017 werd de Code Buysse III publiek voorgesteld. De eerste versie van de Code Buysse voor niet-beursgenoteerde ondernemingen dateert van 20…

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11/05/17
Le sort des créances de l’Administration fiscale en cas de réorganisation judiciaire suivie d’une faillite

Par son arrêt n° 47/2017 du 27 avril 2017, la Cour constitutionnelle a répondu à deux questions préjudicielles relatives au sort des créances de l’Adm…

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01/05/17
La procedure de faillite se modernise (enfin)

Les multiples réformes menées par le Ministre de la Justice Koen Geens se traduisent également dans les procédures d’insolvabilité. Avant la réforme a…

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