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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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Aantal nieuwe vennootschappen in de lift, oprichters gemiddeld 6 jaar jonger

In de periode van 1 mei 2022 tot 30 april 2023 werden er in ons land 40.813 nieuwe vennootschappen opgericht. Het gaat om een stijging met +2,7% in vergelijking met een jaar eerder…

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Adapt Law se lance

Noémie Smet, Bertrand Margraff et Isabelle Gerzat ont l’immense plaisir d’annoncer la création du cabinet d’avocats Adapt Law.

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15/05/24
Shareholder consent required for transfer of significant ass…

On 27 March 2024, Belgian Parliament adopted the law in respect of digitali…

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19/04/24
Instant Payments Regulation Published in the Official Journa…

In a previous e-zine, we discussed a Commission proposal (the Proposal) to …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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MiCAR and FTR published in the Official Journal

In 2020, in order to support the digital transition and create an innovation-friendly regulatory framework for financial services, the EU proposed a D…

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Adapt Law se lance

Noémie Smet, Bertrand Margraff et Isabelle Gerzat ont l’immense plaisir d’annoncer la création du cabinet d’avocats Adapt Law.

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New regime for distance contracts for financial services

On 6 June 2023, the European Parliament and Council agreed upon the new directive concerning financial services contracts concluded at a distance (i.e…

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Retail Investment Package: the European Commission wants retail investors to take full advantage of capital ma…

It is no secret that the level of retail participation in EU capital markets remains low compared with other advanced economies, especially the US. In…

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New Belgian national convergence plan for the development of artificial intelligence

On 28 October 2022, the Council of Ministers approved the national convergence plan for the development of artificial intelligence (“Convergence Plan”…

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Sustainability in practice – legal insight and best practices

In this first edition of our ESG Series, we cover a range of topics that are crucial for today’s businesses. From sustainable M&A and finance to m…

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Proposal for a Directive to prevent misuse of shell entities (ATAD 3) and the amendments proposed by the Europ…

In mid-January 2023, the European Parliament approved the European Commission’s draft directive to prevent misuse of shell entities for tax purposes (…

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Les mentions légales sur vos réseaux sociaux d’entreprise

Si vous gérez une entreprise, vous savez certainement que, plusieurs mentions légales doivent être légalement indiquées sur votre site Internet.

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Application of the DLT Pilot Regime

As part of its Digital Finance Package introduced on 24 September 2020, the European Commission proposed a pilot regime for market infrastructures bas…

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All Belgian Articles of Association Must Be in Line With the New Belgian Companies and Associations Code Befor…

The articles of association of all Belgian companies and non-profit associations must be in line with the new Belgian Companies and Associations Code …

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Belgium levels restrictive conditions on the commercialisation of virtual coins among consumers

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Laattijdige betaling kan flinke kater opleveren: nalatigheidsinteresten zijn historisch hoog

De wetgever is op 1 januari 2023 overgegaan tot de gebruikelijke aanpassing van de geldende interestvoeten (zie hier). Onder invloed van de inflatie, …

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Basisbankdienst voor ondernemingen - belangrijke update

Dans un article précédent, nous avions signalé qu'un service bancaire de base pour les entreprises était possible en vertu d'une loi de 2020. Toutefoi…

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Legitimate interest and access to the UBO-register

Following the recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Belgian legislator introduced on 17 February 2023 new provisions…

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Ongoing innovation of the Belgian insolvency law : change of the current law and a new proposal for a European…

nsolvency law in Belgium will be subject to a lot of change, through the transposition of two consecutive directives of the European Union and the imp…

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