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31/10/25
31/10/25
Universités d’hiver 2026 - les inscriptions sont ouvertes

Après le succès des Universités d’été, AVOCATS.BE vous présente sa première édition hivernale : une journée de formation et de réflexion, le 21 janvier 2026, au Château de Courrièr…

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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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12/11/25
Waarom een arbitragebeding opnemen in uw algemene voorwaarde…

Een gerechtelijke procedure kan soms langdurig, onzeker, prijzig en lastig …

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11/11/25
Simplified side stream mergers – new law clears hurdles for …

On 16 June 2023, the ‘simplified side stream merger’ (vereenvoudigde zuster…

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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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14/07/18
Tip 7: Vlot(ter) bedrijf overdragen met behoud van macht en inkomsten!

-  De nieuwe Belgische vennootschapswetgeving zal de overdracht van een bedrijf vlotter maken. -  U kan de meerderheid van uw aandelen over…

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13/07/18
Virtual Currencies: No longer a Game without Frontiers

On 19 April 2018, the European Parliament adopted the proposal for the fifth Anti-money Laundering (AML) Directive, which will make a number of change…

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12/07/18
How to limit the liability risk for fan club founders? Time to park the bus!

In times of FIFA World Cup madness, David and Maxime have launched the idea of founding their own fan club named "Nacer '94 - the redeemer", in honour…

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12/07/18
De fresh start voor een ondernemer na een faillissement: you win some or you learn some

Het is (helaas) een onoverkomelijke realiteit dat faillissementen meer en meer voorkomen. In de eerste helft van 2017 gingen bijvoorbeeld al 5.256 bed…

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09/07/18
NautaDutilh / New Belgian Company Code

The NautaDutilh videos of the Belgian Code of Companies & Associations are an excellent example of co-creation, collaboration and teamwork within …

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05/07/18
Het nieuwe wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen zet eindsprint in

Het nieuwe wetboek van vennootschappen en verenigingen (afgekort, het “WVV”) beoogt het vennootschaps-en verenigingsrecht moderner, eenvoudiger en coh…

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03/07/18
Tip 4:Een jaarlijks aandachtspunt: de tijdige goedkeuring en neerlegging van de jaarrekening

TIP 4 Kernpunten -  De jaarrekening moet tijdig ter goedkeuring worden voorgelegd aan de algemene vergadering en neergelegd bij de Nationale Ba…

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02/07/18
The Reform of Company Law

The revision of the Company Code forms part of a major overhaul of Belgian corporate law. Since the Middle Ages, merchants (and companies with a comme…

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21/06/18
Financial Sector & Services Supervision: Still Evolving as Quickly as 15 Years Ago

The Act of 2 August 2002 on the supervision of the financial sector and financial services (“Loi relative à la surveillance du secteur financier et au…

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20/06/18
EU temporary measures on CFDs and binary options

On 22 May 2018, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) adopted two decisions implementing temporary product intervention measures.&nbs…

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18/06/18
Help, I'm a director! New rules coming for directors´ and officers´ liability

You work at a company that is undergoing rapid international growth. One day headquarters asks for your help on expanding the Belgian activities. What…

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18/06/18
Home stretch for new Companies and Associations Code: 10 important innovations

On 25 May 2018, the Federal Council of Ministers approved at the second reading the draft Companies and Associations Code proposed by Minister of Just…

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11/06/18
Reform of the Companies Code, a major step has been taken

The long-awaited reform of the Belgian Companies Code has recently taken a giant step forward: a text is finally available.

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05/06/18
Final countdown towards the new Code of companies and associations

On  June 4, the draft new Code of companies and associations was submitted to the Parliament for discussion and approval, after receivi…

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23/05/18
Vanaf boekjaar 2017 remuneratieverslag vereist in alle vennootschappen die door de overheid worden gecontrolee…

Verstopt in de wet van 3 september 2017 betreffende niet-financiële informatie werd aan door de overheid of publiekrechtelijke rechtspersonen gecontro…

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14/05/18
Wet inzake Taks op effectenrekeningen : wat moet ik weten?

De taks op effectenrekeningen werd vorige zomer aangekondigd en heeft sindsdien veel inkt doen vloeien. In een publicatie van 5 oktober 2017 hadden we…

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09/05/18
European proposal for cross-border transactions and online company establishment

On 25 April 2018, the European Commission published two proposals for directives: a proposal to make it easier for companies to merge, divide and tran…

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04/05/18
Belangrijke wijzigingen met betrekking tot de aansprakelijkheid van bestuurders in geval van faillissement

Op 1 mei 2018 treedt het Boek XX “Insolventie van ondernemingen” van het Wetboek van Economisch Recht (WER) in werking, dat van toepassing zal zijn op…

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03/05/18
Entry into Force of the New Belgian Insolvency Code

Over the past few years, the Belgian legislature has consolidated various pieces of legislation regulating businesses into a single instrument: the Co…

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02/05/18
Boek XX WER over insolventie is in werking getreden

Op 1 mei 2018 is Boek XX van het Wetboek van Economisch Recht in werking getreden. Daarmee is een ware revolutie in het insolventierech…

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