1. How has the AIFM Directive been implemented in Belgium? The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (2011/61/EC) (the “AIFMD”) has been implemented in Belgium through the Act of 19 April 2014 on alternative institutions for collective investment and their managers (“Wet betreffende de alternatieve instellingen voor collectieve belegging en hun beheerders” / “Loi relative aux […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Benoît Goemans of Goemans De Scheemaecker. Benoît has joined IR as our exclusive Maritime Law member in Belgium. Benoît Goemans graduated at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, as a Candidate in law and as a Licentiate in law, at the Tulane University (New Orleans) as a […]
Indian Prime Minister’s three nation visit to Germany, France and Canada with the thrust on “Make in India” can easily be seen as a mood of this 12 month old Government. The growth in the GDP in 2014-15 and with IMF projecting India as overtaking China in growth rate in 2017-18, these is just the reflection of […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Philip Daenen of CURIA. Philip has joined IR as our exclusive M&A member in Belgium. Curia is an established law firm offering a full service to undertakings and entrepreneurs. The firm consists of more than 20 solicitors, each a specialist in their chosen […]
The ILO Client Choice Awards were launched in 2005 and have been awarded every year since then. They are based on selections made by ILO from more than 2000 assessments of individual lawyers made by senior corporate counsel around the world. Lieven Peeters, Head of the Real Estate team and Christophe Ronse, Head of the Patent […]
Brussels, 26 February 2015. Christophe Ronse, Head of the Patent team, and Lieven Peeters, Head of the Real Estate team, have been awarded ILO Client Choice Awards in the Patent and Real Estate categories.Established in 2005, the Client Choice awards recognise those partners around the world that stand apart for the excellent client service they […]
HR Law Focus” newsletter is released each time we see new legislation or case law that we believe might be important for your business. REMINDER: AMENDMENT OF RULES ON THE PREVENTION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS AT WORKThe provisions regarding violence, moral and sexual harassment at work as contained in the Act of 4 August 1996 on […]
By “securitisation” is meant the operation by which a securitisation vehicle acquires or takes on risks linked to loans, goods or liabilities accepted by a third party by issuing transferable securities the value or yield of which is dependent on these risks. Practically speaking, a securitisation operation consists of bringing together a group of assets […]
Altius In two months’ time, Marie Brasseur, one of our Corporate and M&A associate, will be speaking at the Annual Corporate Acquisition & Joint Ventures seminar in Roterdam from 23 April – 25 April. Altius AIJA
With a collapsed energy market in Argentina and a change of the current administration in 2015, it is clear that Argentina will have to develop and invest in the energy sector, and especially in the renewable energies sector. The purpose of this note is to briefly develop some of the main traits of the renewable energy legislation in – and theprospects for – Argentina. National System for Wind […]
The SOPARFI (Société de Participations Financières) is not a special type of company but an ordinary commercial entity governed by common law, specifically the 1915 Law on commercial companies. It does not enjoy any special tax regime and is fully taxable. There are no restraints on its field of activity. A Soparfi can, however, significantly […]
As they do every half-year, the Brussels Fieldfisher Employment Law Team is hosting an HR Law lunch seminar at its Brussels office. On Tuesday 27 January from noon till 2.30pm they will delve into the most important HR law topics (legislation and case law) of the last 6 months. Items which will be discussed include: […]