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What You Need to Know Key takeaway #1 The new Book 6 of the Belgian Civil Code brought about the abolition of the “quasi-immunity” from direct liability for auxiliaries (such as directors and subcontractors). Interested companies must therefore review their…

The 2025 Legisway Legal Departments Benchmark, published by Wolters Kluwer, is based on a survey of over 700 legal departments across Europe and the United States. It offers a clear, data-driven perspective on the challenges, priorities, and evolving role of in-house legal teams.

Current ESG Regulatory Landscape Since the start of 2025, we’ve observed a significant shift in the EU ESG regulatory landscape—from uncertainty to rollback. Although the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into application in 2024 and has already been transposed…

Digitalisation is crucial for undertakings and organisations. The call for it has been around for a while but was brought even more prominently onto the agenda during and after the COVID-19 crisis. The latter raised questions such as: how can we sign electronically whilst preserving, to the greatest extent possible, equivalence with a wet ink signature? And can documents be maintained in electronic format only?

One of the most pressing questions companies face today is whether the AI systems they use fall within the high-risk category and must comply with the obligations set out in the EU AI Act. This question has become increasingly urgent, particularly as the obligations for high-risk systems listed in Annex III will take effect in August next year, and the European Commission has launched an open consultation to support its upcoming guidance on how such systems should be classified. This blog post outlines seven key steps to help companies identify whether their AI system qualifies as high-risk under the EU AI Act.

On 6 December 2024, a significant new law regulating private investigations in Belgium was published, marking a substantial update to the outdated law of 19 July 1991.

Under its new leadership, the Belgian Competition Authority is increasing its enforcement activities and launched a number of initiatives and investigations that put it at the forefront of competition law developments in the European Union.

The legislative proposal for the federal Programme Act was introduced last week in the federal parliament and is expected to be voted on this month. One of the only employment law matters included in this first big reform of the…

As of 1 July 2023, foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening has become an essential checkpoint for transactions involving foreign (non-EU) investors. With the European Parliament recently voting in favour of a reform of the European FDI framework aimed at strengthening…

Belgian companies listed on a regulated market (such as, in Belgium, Euronext Brussels) or a multilateral trading facility (MTF, such as, in Belgium, Euronext Growth or Euronext Access) are currently prohibited from issuing multiple voting shares. However, they may adopt…

On 24 March 2025, the Belgium Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) issued an important ruling regarding the classification of contractually agreed-upon compensations as wage, even if they are not directly linked to the work for the employer. Such compensations are recognized as “wages,” even when they are not directly linked to actual work performed.