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België en VK versterken samenwerking tussen balies na Brexit.

Op 29 september 2025 heeft de Orde van Vlaamse Balies samen met Avocats.be en de twee Brusselse balies enerzijds en de balies en law societies van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (Engeland…

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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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The Commission sends formal antitrust charges to Facebook for allegedly providing misleading data concerning i…

The European Commission has sent formal antitrust charges to Facebook for allegedly submitting misleading information during the review carried out by…

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La réforme de l’audit pour la Saint Sylvestre

Le 31 décembre 2016, la réforme de l’audit fera son entrée dans le paysage juridique belge. La réforme impose le respect de bonnes pratiques ains…

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Growth Companies, Too, Can Raise Money onthe Markets

Sometimes it seems that a stock market listing is reserved for mature companies with large market capitalization, but that's a persistent misconceptio…

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GDPR: WP29 Issues Guidance on Data Portability

Article 20 of the GDPR creates a new right to data portability. This allows for data subjects to receive the personal data that they have provided to …

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WAT IS ER MIS MET DE LUXEMBURGSE BELASTINGCONSTRUCTIES VAN BELGISCHE TOPVOETBALLERS?

Het valt niet te ontkennen dat verschillende Belgische topvoetballers verregaande belastingconstructies hebben opgezet. Zo gebruiken enkele Rode Duive…

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Eindejaarswetten goedgekeurd

Op 5 december jl. werd het ontwerp van programmawet ingediend dat uitvoering geeft aan het begrotingsakkoord. Het ontwerp is op 22 december goedgekeur…

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Traitement fiscal des revenus recueillis d’une SCI de droit français translucide – La Cour de Cassation revoit…

Le 29 septembre dernier, la Cour de cassation a prononcé une décision qui devrait emporter de lourdes conséquences fiscales pour de nombreux résidents…

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GDPR: WP29 Issues Guidance on Lead Supervisory Authority

The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (WP29) has published guidance on how to identify a controller or processor’s lead supervisory author…

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Use of Employee E-mails in Dismissal Cases: Look Before You Leap!

Despite the emergence of new communication platforms, email remains the preferred means of communication within most companies. In this regard, employ…

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Du nouveau en matière de crowdfunding et de tax shelter

Le tax shelter adopté dans le cadre du « Plan Start Up » au travers de la loi-programme du 10 août 2015 publiée au Moniteur belge du 18 août…

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GDPR: WP29 Issues Guidance on Data Protection Officers

Article 37(1) of the GDPR provides that the controller or processor must appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) in any case where: 

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Luxemburg is geen fiscaal paradijs voor rijke particulieren

Steeds meer vermogende Belgen verhuizen naar Luxemburg. Deze tendens valt al enkele jaren op te merken. Volgens de media is de kans groot dat hun vert…

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Court of Justice of the European Union: tax benefits for multinationals could form forbidden State aid (World …

On 21 December 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) rendered its judgement in the Commission v World Duty Free Group case (…

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Italy joins the non-doms

The Italian Finance Act 2017 proposes a new tax regime for new Italian residents to be subject to Italian taxes only on their Italian sourced income. …

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Sociale partners sneller dan wetgever: CAO nr. 103ter past recht op tijdskrediet aan

Het voorontwerp van wet Werkbaar en Wendbaar werk voorziet in een uitbreiding van het recht op tijdskrediet voor zorgmotieven. Die bepalingen zullen e…

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Budget 2017 – Program Law adopted - impact on company cars, dividends and liquidation reserves

The 2017 Program law has been adopted by the Parliament on 22 December 2016. The provision of a company car used for private purposes b…

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Belgian excess profit provision: recovery procedure has been enacted

Belgium has adopted on 22 December 2016 a law with regard to the Belgian excess profit provision. The law, which has been drafted in coopera…

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Another attempt to tackle the wage gap

In Belgium, a competitiveness gap is acknowledged with regard to neighbouring countries, i.e. Germany, the Netherlands and France. In order to reduce …

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Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest hervormt de schenkings- en successierechten voor de overdracht van familiebedri…

De drie regionale, fiscale wetgevers hebben een vrijstelling of verlaagd tarief voorzien inzake schenkings- en successierechten, wanneer de schenkinge…

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De burgerlijke maatschap is geen fiscaal misbruik

Eind november was er heel wat te doen rond een ruling van de Vlaamse Belastingdienst (VLABEL) over een schenking van deelbewijzen van een burgerlijke …

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