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18/12/10

Change of control clause... or not?

Intuitu Personae Agreements with continuing performance of rights and duties: Assignment- but no Change of Control- clause?

17/12/10

Do the banks lend again to the real estate sector? Yes, but…

The transactional real estate sector awakes slowly after the banking crisis. It is true, the banks lend again, but still timorously. They require from…

17/12/10

Pledge over shares… certain practical issues…

A pledge over shares benefits from favourable enforcement rules pursuant to the law of 15 December 2004 on financial securities. Practical issues can,…

17/12/10

The credit receiver: a person necessarily under supervision

Recent case law of the Court of Appeal of Mons emphasizes the active supervisory role that the banker, as credit provider, has to play in its dealings…

17/12/10

Alternative funds – A new beginning

After more than a year of intense negotiation and political manoeuvring, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the “AIFMD”) was finally …

17/12/10

Money Laundering prevention and harassment : the two faces of the law

Belgian banks do not give their clients a break in the matter of obtaining the required information in their battle against money laundering. Clients …

16/12/10

Domain name grabber loses 10,200 domain names in a legal battle

After legal proceedings that lasted several years, the Brussels Court of Appeal ruled that a Chinese domain name grabber must release 10,200 .eu domai…

16/12/10

ECJ completes its jurisprudence on comparative advertising

Pursuant to the guidelines issued in its previous decisions , the European Court of Justice states that comparative advertising on foodstuff is also a…

16/12/10

Europe opens an investigation into Google

The European Commission decided on 30 November 2010 to start formal proceedings against Google, accused of abusing its a dominant position in online s…

16/12/10

EU fails to reach an agreement over single patent

The European Union has failed to end the linguistic battle that has delayed the launch of a single European patent.

16/12/10

Sabam is qualified as a merchant

The President of the First Instance Court of Brussels qualifies Sabam as a merchant in the framework of cease and desist proceedings based on an infri…

13/12/10

Commercial court states that an employer may not oblige a job candidate to provide a certificate of good condu…

Requesting potential employees to provide a certificate of good conduct has been a long-standing practice for many Belgian employers.

09/12/10

Cross-border mergers: new rules on the notification of the foreign companies register

On 10 September 2010, new rules on the notification of the foreign companies register in the case of a cross-border merger were adopted by means of a …

09/12/10

Shareholders' Rights Directive finally implemented in Belgium

Shareholder participation in corporate life is a prerequisite for good corporate governance. It is thus essential to strengthen shareholder protection…

09/12/10

Rules and recent case law on part-time work

In order to discourage Belgian companies from hiring part-time employees but letting them work on a full-time basis and only paying social security co…

09/12/10

The European Union Patent: the ship has sailed

Since acceding to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2010, Belgium has diligently tried to advance the European Union ("EU"…

09/12/10

Extension of the Miranda Warning to the EU: a revolution in (Belgian) criminal procedure

Criminal law could be considered an unlikely area of interest for business lawyers. However, over the course of the past decade, criminal sanctions ha…

09/12/10

Current business: the powers and limitations on the powers of an outgoing government

Over the last few years, it has not been easy to form a government in Belgium. For instance, it took 194 days to form a government after the June 2007…

08/12/10

L’arrêt Heineken : (quelles) conséquences pour la Belgique?

La Cour de justice des communautés européennes a dû se prononcer sur la question de savoir s'il était nécessaire, en cas de transfert d'entreprise que…

08/12/10

Cadres, soyez flexibles !

L'acte équipollent à rupture ou « impliciet ontslag » en néerlandais, est un mode de rupture du contrat de travail. Pour qu'il y ait acte équipollent …

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New European rules on consumer credit transposed into Belgian law

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White collar and investigations partner Isabelle De Smedt joins Dentons’ Litigation practice in…

15/07/26

15/07/26

European Union: New UBO Rules Come into Force

17/07/26

The three-times-rent rule holds: Council of State clarifies …

16/07/26

New notification obligation for automatic renewals also affe…

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18/12/10

Change of control clause... or not?

17/12/10

Do the banks lend again to the real estate sector? Yes, but…

17/12/10

Pledge over shares… certain practical issues…

17/12/10

The credit receiver: a person necessarily under supervision

17/12/10

Alternative funds – A new beginning

17/12/10

Money Laundering prevention and harassment : the two faces of the law

16/12/10

Domain name grabber loses 10,200 domain names in a legal battle

16/12/10

ECJ completes its jurisprudence on comparative advertising

16/12/10

Europe opens an investigation into Google

16/12/10

EU fails to reach an agreement over single patent

16/12/10

Sabam is qualified as a merchant

13/12/10

Commercial court states that an employer may not oblige a job candidate to provide a certificate of good condu…

09/12/10

Cross-border mergers: new rules on the notification of the foreign companies register

09/12/10

Shareholders' Rights Directive finally implemented in Belgium

09/12/10

Rules and recent case law on part-time work

09/12/10

The European Union Patent: the ship has sailed

09/12/10

Extension of the Miranda Warning to the EU: a revolution in (Belgian) criminal procedure

09/12/10

Current business: the powers and limitations on the powers of an outgoing government

08/12/10

L’arrêt Heineken : (quelles) conséquences pour la Belgique?

08/12/10

Cadres, soyez flexibles !