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The perfect place for any legal or tax professional to keep abreast of everything that’s happening on the Belgian legal scene

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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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05/05/25
05/05/25
Promotions at Clifford Chance Brussels

Clifford Chance announces the promotion of 31 partners to the global partnership, and four new Senior Counsel and forty new Counsel appointments across our European offices, 8 of w…

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19/11/24
19/11/24
Liberius welcomes new EU Competition and Trade Law Partner in Brussels

Liberius is thrilled to announce the arrival of David Henry as a Partner in its Brussels-based EU, Competition & Trade Practice. David, a member of the Brussels Bar and a quali…

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01/10/25
Shrinkflation – are brands and supermarkets required to info…

As inflation continues to exert pressure on retail prices, brands and super…

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19/09/25
Arbitration: final destination or simple stopover?

Imagine ... One of your business partners claims that your company is abus…

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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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27/09/23
Priorities of the Belgian Competition Authority for 2023

The Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) adopted on 30 May 2023 its annual communication setting out its policy priorities for the current year. …

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17/09/23
How to Meet the New Notification Obligations Under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation

As from October 2023, companies receiving financial contributions from third countries will have to report these to the European Commission when engag…

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12/09/23
The Belgian Competition Authority has declared itself competent to examine mergers and acquisitions between ho…

A lot of uncertainty has existed about the requirement for hospitals to notify M&A transactions to the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”). On 2…

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08/09/23
New rules on consumer debt collection in belgium

Are you a company facing unpaid consumer invoices? What are you allowed to do in light of the new Belgian consumer debt collection rules? As of when d…

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05/09/23
Zijn uw retributiereglementen reeds consumentenbescherming-proof?

Met ingang van 1 september 2023 treedt het boek XIX "Schulden van de consument" in het Wetboek van economisch recht in werking. De bepalingen van dit …

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01/09/23
D-Day voor de minnelijke invordering bij consumenten: ontdek hier hoe uw onderneming zich conformeert aan het …

Op vandaag treedt het nieuwe boek XIX van het Wetboek Economisch Recht getiteld “Minnelijke schulden van de Consument” in werking. Een onderneming zal…

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17/08/23
Colour shifting risks: cartel fines for alleged indirect info exchange upheld

Companies should be wary of the novel approach taken by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange. A Dutch and a Belg…

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31/07/23
Belgian Competition Authority confirms use of data rooms in merger cases

What’s Cooking? (formerly Ter Beke) announced in October 2021 its plan to acquire Imperial Meat Products VOF, the Belgian and Dutch subsidiary of the …

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27/07/23
Competition Newsflash - July 2023

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 (FSR) adopted on 14 December 2022 aims to address the distortions caused by foreign subsidies to the E…

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21/07/23
Deposit for returnable containers - part of the selling price or not?

In a recent case, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) had to consider whether the ‘selling price’ under EU consumer protection rules should include …

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17/07/23
Artificial intelligence and (product) liability

In the age of artificial intelligence (“AI”), many legal questions arise around the compensation for damage caused by defective products. For example,…

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03/07/23
New rules for consumer debt collection starting Sept. 1, 2023

The Act of May 4, 2023, inserting Book XIX "Consumer Debts" into the Belgian Economic Code, B.S. May 23, 2023 aims to update the rules on amicable col…

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01/07/23
The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium

The Belgian screening mechanism for foreign direct investments (FDI) will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belg…

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30/06/23
Key changes in Belgian advertising rules: What you need to know if you are active in food, automotive or deter…

Three new or updated advertising codes recently came into force in Belgium, covering food, automotive and detergents sectors in order to face notably …

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27/06/23
European Commission Adopts New Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and Horizontal Guidelines

On June 1, 2023, the European Commission published its new block exemption regulations on research and development agreements (R&D BER) and specia…

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15/06/23
The European Commission investigates the project of acquisition of Asiana Airlines by Korean Airlines

Korean Airlines notified the European Commission of its proposed acquisition of Asiana Airlines on 13 January 2023. On 17 February 2023, the Commissio…

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14/06/23
Competition watchdogs watch labour markets closely

HR professionals are often not included in competition law compliance programmes and training opportunities. That has to change, and this is why.

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09/06/23
One law to rule them all? The Belgian Exclusive Distribution Act can no longer overrule the law chosen by the …

In a groundbreaking decision, the Belgian Supreme Court recently established that the Belgian Exclusive Distribution Act is not an ‘overriding mandato…

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05/06/23
Competition watchdogs watch labour markets closely

HR professionals are often not included in competition law compliance programmes and training opportunities. That has to change, and this is why.

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30/05/23
The Arbitrability of Distributorship Law Disputes in Belgium: a reversal of case law

On 7 April 2023, the Belgian Cour de Cassation reversed its long standing case law and decided that (from now on) disputes concerning the termination …

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