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België and VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 hebben wij samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland & Wales, Schotlan…

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Liberius welcomes Ana Jankov as new partner

Liberius is proud to welcome Ana Jankov as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in privacy, data protection and emerging digital regulation.

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ABILWAYS Belgium devient SKOLAE Training

ABILWAYS Belgium annonce son changement d’identité et devient SKOLAE Training. Cette évolution s’inscrit dans le cadre du rapprochement d’ABILWAYS et de M2I, donnant naissance à SK…

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22/10/25
Simplifying Rules for Listed Companies

Belgium proposes a draft law to simplify disclosure, marketing, and meeting…

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20/10/25
EU Cybersecurity Month: Protecting your business from invest…

EU Cybersecurity Month is an annual awareness campaign held every October t…

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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 Privacy Commission Urges Facebook to Improve Compliance

On 13 May 2015, the Belgian Privacy Commission (Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer/Commission de la protection de la vie pr…

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Acquisition through a joint venture: have you thought of the competition law aspects ?

Real estate investments are increasingly being channelled through joint ventures. Although this can be a helpful investment structure, joint venture a…

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Outplacement et statut unique: pas de discrimination selon la Cour constitutionnelle

Dans son arrêt du 25 juin 2015, la Cour constitutionnelle a eu à traiter d’un recours en annulation introduit notamment à l’encontre des dispositions …

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TAXE - A Fundamental Shift in Ruling Practice?

The LuxLeaks financial scandal, which entailed disclosure by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists of tax rulings, galvanized publ…

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Tenants in distress

Belgian Insolvency law mainly consists of two separate regimes: bankruptcy (Belgian Bankruptcy Act of 8 August 1997) and judicial reorganisation (Belg…

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Sterfhuisclausule: fiscaal dood en bijna begraven

Het gebruik van een zogenaamde “sterfhuisclausule” is al enkele jaren een doorn in het oog van de fiscus. De sterfhuisclausule is een huwelijksve…

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EU Commission's Skyteam decision confirms room for Efficiency Defense

On 29 June 2015, the Commission published a summary of its decision to clear a joint venture between Air France/KLM, Alitalia and Delta Airlines …

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The confidentiality of documents held by the Council of State

Companies can no longer rely on documents (containing information about their prices) that they considered to be confidential remaining as such under …

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Sociale verkiezingen 2016: de nieuwe wet is er!

De nieuwe wet betreffende de volgende sociale verkiezingen is verschenen in het Belgisch Staatsblad van 22 juni 2015.  De wet brengt zeer weinig …

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Belgian Competition Authority Closes Investigation into Electrabel’s Pricing Policy

On 11 May 2015, the College of Competition Prosecutors (Auditoraat / Auditorat) of the Belgian Competition Authority (Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit…

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The Securities Litigation Review

The sources of Belgian securities law are relatively widespread. These sources include several federal acts and royal decrees, as well as specific reg…

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Index Jump and Salary Freeze

At the end of last month two acts on wage indexation and the salary freeze, respectively, were published in the Belgian State Gazette. These measures …

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The European Commission opens a formal anti-trust investigation into Amazon’s e-book distribution arrangements…

On 11 June 2015, the European Commission opened a formal anti-trust investigation into Amazon’s e-book distribution arrangements. The investigation fo…

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Nieuwe EU Richtlijn in de maak die moet zorgen voor betere bescherming van bedrijfsgeheimen

Hoe bescherm je als ondernemer een idee, een concept, een productiemethode?  Hoe bescherm je bedrijfsgeheimen die je niet publiek wil maken door …

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General Court reduced Pacific Fruit's fine for "single, repeated infringement"

On 16 June 2015, the General Court ("GC") reduced a fine on Pacific Fruit in a case concerning alleged collusion with Chiquita on banana pri…

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VAT in Belgium – Overview key changes

The Belgian VAT landscape, in recent months, has once again seen a number of important changes. While most of these changes are particularly relevant …

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Elektronisch communiceren en contracteren: een volwaardig alternatief?

De traditionele communicatiemiddelen worden steeds vaker vervangen door e-mail, sms en andere vormen van elektronische communicatie. Ook overeenkomste…

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Brussels Commercial Court rejects Belgium’s damages claim against the lifts and escalators cartel members

On 24 April 2015, the Dutch-speaking Commercial Court of Brussels dismissed a claim for damages filed by the Belgian State, the Buildings Public Autho…

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Betaald educatief verlof 2014-2015: bedrag van de terugbetaling voor Brussel en Vlaanderen

Voor het schooljaar 2014-2015 hebben het Vlaamse gewest en Brussel beslist om het maximumbedrag van de terugbetaling te behouden op 22,08 EUR per uur.…

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Developments in data privacy in Belgium

These days, data privacy is a hot topic in Belgium. In the past few weeks, some major developments have taken place.

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