Belgium

A New Company Code  On 23 March 2019, the Belgian Parliament approved a bill meant to fundamentally reshape the existing Company Code. The new Belgian

A law of 18 September 2017 provides for the creation of a centralized register of ultimate beneficial owners (‘UBO’) in Belgium. The royal decree determining

Companies frequently use “sales concessions” to market and/or distribute their products. The sales concession differs essentially from other forms of commercial distribution by the fact

Belgian law distinguishes between two categories of investment firms: brokerage companies; and portfolio management and investment advisory companies. “Brokerage companies” are authorized to provide the

On 22 December 2017, the law amending and inserting provisions on payment accounts and payment services in various books of the Code of Economic Law

The law of 3 September 2017 on the publication of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups (the “Law“) came into force

When buying a business, is it preferable to acquire the assets of the target company (i.e. its business, in whole or in part) or the