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Circular letter 2026/C/94 confirms that non-profit organisations and foundations subject to the legal entities tax calculate, declare and pay the withholding tax on their capital g…
Liedekerke launches a dedicated Non-Profit practice with the arrival of Antoine Druetz as Partner, together with Alix Degrez and Fantine Miroir, effective 2 November 2026.
The Delegated Regulation revising the EMIR clearing thresholds was published in the Official Journal on 21 October 2026 and applies from 10 November 2026. Linklaters outlines the n…
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According to the Court of Cassation (18 June 2026), a taxpayer without acco…
A judgment of the Ghent Enterprise Court of 5 August 2026 held an investor-…
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Recently, insolvency law was fundamentally amended in terms of reorganization procedures. The tax legislation was subsequently adapted to these new pr…
On 15 January 2024, the law on the banking oath was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The law impacts the banking sector and only applies to …
Bestuurders van vennootschappen bevinden zich in het hart van het ESG-gebeuren. Zij dragen niet alleen de verantwoordelijkheid voor de bedrijfsvoering…
Sinds kort heeft de beheersdienst van de Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen (KBO) twee nieuwe gronden ter beschikking om tot ambtshalve doorhaling van ee…
In its recently published market watch, the AFM focuses on notifications of substantial holdings and gross short positions. The AFM expands on its sup…
There is a lot coming at companies with regard to sustainability matters these days. This could also affect company directors’ responsibilities and li…
In 14 December 2023, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament agreed on a compromise text for the Corporate Sustainability Due Di…
Op 1 mei 2019 trad het nieuwe Wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen (‘WVV’) in werking. Bestaande vennootschappen en verenigingen kregen hierbij…
As already mentioned in our previous article on this subject, the concept of the transfer of a business is one of the pillars of the reform of insolve…
Following the entry into force of the new Belgian Code on Companies and Associations (BCCA) back in May 2019, all Belgian companies and non-profit org…
An undertaking in financial distress can consider judicial reorganisation as a means of restoring its financial stability. The judicial reorganisation…
The Belgian Whistleblower Act of 28 November 2022 on the protection of reporters of violations of Union or national law transposes the EU Whistleblowe…
Reform of the insolvency law from September 1, 2023 (Part 2)
In the last few months, Belgian insolvency law has come to the forefront of the news, with the recent transposition of the Directive 2019/1023 on Rest…
On 31 July 2023, The European Commission (the Commission) adopted a delegated regulation supplementing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directiv…
The EU Commission recently published a draft proposal for a new omnibus directive, aiming at reinforcing and harmonising retail investor protection ac…
In recent years, it has become more and more challenging for foreign investors to open an account with banks in Belgium, as well as in other jurisdict…
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…
Ondernemers hebben nog tot 31 december 2023 de kans om hun statuten aan te passen aan de nieuwe vennootschapswetgeving. Zoals u ongetwijfeld reeds wee…
Vorig jaar introduceerde de Europese Commissie een voorstel dat bekend staat als de Richtlijn betreffende duurzaamheidsverplichtingen van onderneminge…
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