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Seven new partners appointed across key practice areas

The cohort of seven new partners brings complementary strengths in litigation, tax structuring, transfer pricing, real estate, fund finance and M&A. Together, they enhance our …

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Belgian merger control reviews impact M&A timelines

The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has, for the first time, published an overview of its merger control enforcement activities. It tells a story of how several organizational …

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Migratie griffierekeningen naar BNP Paribas Fortis

De rekeningen van de federale overheid - waaronder de griffierekeningen van de hoven en rechtbanken - migreren in het weekend van 13 en 14 december 2025 van Bpost naar BNP Paribas …

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05/12/25
Belgium: Increase of the withholding tax on dividends – Does…

Despite the recent tax measures, single-person management companies remain …

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05/12/25
Belgium: Recording working time to become mandatory for Belg…

On 27 November 2025, it was announced that the recent budgetary agreement o…

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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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Insurance distributor licence imposed by ECJ on policyholders of a collective insurance policy with optional m…

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently ruled that an entity acting as group policyholder under a collective insurance policy and offering option…

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Hacking and invoice fraud: the importance of robust internal (payment) policies!

In accordance with Belgian law, payment is valid to the creditor (i.e. the supplier) or its authorized representative. When payment is done to an unau…

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Labor and Employment Laws on Work-Life Balance and Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions in Force as …

By laws of October 7, 2022 Belgium finally transposed the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions (Directive (EU) 2019/11…

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The Labour Deal is published in the Belgian State Gazette

You can, once again, find below our checklist of the obligations and possibilities for employers based on the Labour Deal Act, together with an indica…

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Belgian temporary insolvency law measures protecting energy-intensive companies

Energy prices have soared over the last few months. Although this evolution has impacted all economic operators, energy-intensive companies are partic…

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Une première application de la mesure anti-abus à un montage de cession d’entreprise

Dans une décision récente, un juge fiscal a pour la première fois appliqué la mesure générale anti-abus à un montage de cession d’entreprise (LBO). Ce…

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Update arbeidsreglement en template arbeidsovereenkomst vereist

Als gevolg van recente wetgeving, zoals de Wet transparante en voorspelbare arbeidsvoorwaarden, de Arbeidsdeal en het in het parlement aangenomen wets…

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National strike in Belgium: a Q&A

On 9 November 2022, employees of several companies will go on strike. In other companies, employees will not be on strike, but even these companies wi…

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Durcissement du régime des RDT et impact pour les holdings patrimoniales

Le gouvernement a chargé le ministre des Finances de préparer une première série de mesures s’inscrivant dans le cadre de la « réforme fiscale plus la…

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Vanaf 23 november is asbestattest verplicht bij verkoop gebouw van voor 2001

Om de situatie betreffendfe asbest in kaart te brengen, maar ook om potentiële kopers van oude(re) gebouwen zo goed als mogelijk te informeren, heeft …

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Omzetting van de wet betreffende transparante en voorspelbare arbeidsvoorwaarden

Op 31 oktober 2022 verscheen de wet “houdende gedeeltelijke omzetting van Richtlijn (EU) 2019/1152 van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 20 juni 2…

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New European Commission proposal to make instant euro payments universally available

On October 26, 2022, the European Commission published a proposal to accelerate the rollout of instant payments for citizens and businesses holding a …

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Digital Markets Act (DMA) comes into force on 1 November 2022

The Digital Market Act (DMA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 October, and it will enter into force on 1 November. La…

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ESG litigation – the criminal angle of greenwashing?

In a market that is becoming more conscious of the environmental (and social) impact of corporate activities, businesses in a vast array of sectors ar…

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Werkweek van 4 dagen binnenkort mogelijk

De publicatie in het Belgisch Staatsblad van die wet die de uitvoering is van de “arbeidsdeal”, wordt binnenkort verwacht. Door de nieuwe wet wordt o.…

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Holding On To Diamonds Longer – Continuation Funds

Continuation funds have become one of the biggest recent global trends in private equity. In the past, they were seen in a negative light and were per…

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Precontractuele aansprakelijkheid uitdrukkelijk voorzien in het nieuwe verbintenissenrecht

Het nieuwe verbintenissenrecht geeft een wettelijke basis aan de precontractuele aansprakelijkheid. Het is dus van groot belang om de precontractuele …

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Sociale verkiezingen 2024: tijd om een strategie uit te stippelen

De volgende sociale verkiezingen worden in principe georganiseerd in 2024. Ook al lijkt dat nog veraf, toch raden wij aan om vandaag al na te denken o…

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Mandatory pre-contractual documentation in Software/App agreements

On 22 August 2022, the French speaking enterprise court of Brussels rendered a decision on the Belgian Act on mandatory pre-contractual information fo…

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Alternating weekly working regime

Amongst the various measures provided by the so-called Labour Deal to improve employees’ work-life balance, is the alternating weekly working regime. …

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