Legal and regulatory framework
Act of 1 March 2000 establishing the Institute of company lawyers
The Institute of company lawyers (IBJ-IJE) was established by the Act of 1 March 2000 (as amended by the Acts of 19 May 2010, 14 March 2023 and 7 April 2023), which defines, among other things, the functioning of the Institute, the conditions for becoming a company lawyer and the confidentiality of the advice given by company lawyers.
Ethics and confidentiality
Code of ethics for company lawyers as of 1 March 2025
The deontological rules for company lawyers are laid down in the code of ethics approved by the General Assembly on 14 November 2024 and in force since 1 March 2025 (replacing the code of 19 June 2001).
The company lawyer