Commercial Disputes Prevention and Management
For Heraclitus, a presocratic philosopher born in Greece in the 6th century BC, "The constant conflict of opposites is defined as the father of all things". The prospect of a commercial dispute is the inevitable risk of business. This is usually given a negative connotation. In itself, however, a dispute [...]
Commercial Contracts are of crucial importance
The value of an enterprise, its ability to prosper and even survive depend considerably on the quality of its contracts. A fortiori, one could say that the real identity of a company lies mainly in the sum of its contracts, since these contain the major part of its rights and [...]
Drafting
"Drafting" refers to assisting in the preparation and amendment of any company document, whether contracts, codes of conduct, company statutes or procedural documents. Writing effectively requires the combination of three prerequisites: an understanding of the nature and complexity of the proposed transaction; a specific competence, at the limit between mastery [...]
Clean energy for all Europeans package
Based on European Commission proposals published on 30 November 2016, the EU has very recently agreed upon a comprehensive update of its energy policy framework to facilitate the transition away from fossil fuels towards cleaner (renewable) energy sources and to reduce GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions. This so-called “Clean energy for [...]
Abuse of economic dependence and unfair terms between companies (B2B)
On 21 March 2019 the Belgian Parliament adopted a Bill that added two concepts to the Belgian Code of Economic Law. On the one hand, the law adds a category of restrictive practices, in addition to agreements restricting competition and abuse of dominant position. From now on, companies will also be [...]
Belgian offshore wind energy
On 4 April 2019, the Belgian Parliament adopted a law which establishes the general principles of the competitive bidding procedure (concurrerende inschrijvingsprocedure) for the realisation of new renewable energy projects in the North Sea, such as it is also the case in the neighbouring countries and in accordance with the European [...]
Second chance for entrepreneurs: new rules on corporate insolvency
On 6 June 2019, the European Council approved the Directive on preventive restructuring systems, debt cancellation and professional prohibitions, as well as measures to improve the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and debt cancellation proceedings. The general objective of the Directive is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market [...]
Creation of an electronic database accessible to the public on judgments and decisions
The Law amending the Code of Criminal Investigation and the Judicial Code with regard to the publication of judgments and rulings was published on 16 May 2019. The main innovation: the creation of an electronic database of judgments and court decisions accessible to the public. Namely that the data allowing the [...]