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EU Commission Publishes Omnibus Directive: What You Need To Know About The Latest EU Regulatory Changes

On February 26, 2025, the Commission published its first set of omnibus proposals intended to simplify EU sustainability legislation, enhance competitiveness of EU industries and bring additional investment capacity.

European Union Commercial

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Human Rights Obligations Of Companies: International Regulation And Shifts In Focus

In recent decades, the relationship between businesses and human rights has shifted significantly, emphasizing shared responsibilities between states and businesses.

Belgium Government

S

Stibbe

Sustainability Reporting In Europe – Understanding What's Required

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires certain large companies to draft an annual sustainability report covering information on environmental...

Belgium Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

New Directive For Large Companies

The environment and human rights are more than ever at the heart of concerns. This is confirmed by the European Union by placing (very) large companies at the centre of the sustainability...

European Union Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

Nieuwe CS3D-richtlijn Voor Grote Ondernemingen

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

Nouvelle Directive CS3D Pour Les Grandes Entreprises

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

EU Publishes Supply Chain Due Diligence Directive

Belgium Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

Ecocide Crime In The New Belgian Criminal Code: Understanding Scope And Context

Belgium Criminal

LL

Loyens & Loeff

UPDATE - Nieuwe wetgeving buitencontractuele aansprakelijkheid - Bestuurders en werknemers kunnen sneller door derden aangesproken worden voor hun persoonlijke fouten

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

UPDATE - New Legislation On Extra-contractual Liability - Directors And Employees Can Be Held Liable More Quickly By Third Parties For Their Personal Mistakes

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

UPDATE - Nouvelle législation sur la responsabilité extracontractuelle - Les administrateurs et les travailleurs peuvent être plus rapidement tenus pour responsables envers des tiers en raison de leurs fautes personnelles

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

Proposed Reforms For Belgian Listed Companies Regarding The Shareholders' Right To Oppose The Transfer Of Their Company's Key Assets And Governance

Belgium Commercial

SB

Simont Braun

CSDDD: Challenges And Opportunities For Business Partners Of In-scope Companies

Belgium Environment

FB

Fieldfisher

Sustainability Agreements And Competition Law (Video)

Belgium Anti-trust

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright

Restructuring For International Employers: A Ius Laboris Guide

Worldwide Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

First Informal Guidance Letters On Sustainability-Related Agreements: Key Takeaways From The European Commission

Belgium Environment

AP

Arnold & Porter

Family Office Comparative Guide

Belgium Wealth Mgt

Nijs Draye

European Union And United States Agree On Import Tariffs For Pharmaceutical Products

Worldwide International

VB

Van Bael & Bellis

From Indicia To Duration: Emerging Procedural Themes In EU Dawn Raids

European Union Anti-trust

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New Legislation On Extra-Contractual Liability: Directors And Employees Can Be Held Liable More Quickly By Third Parties For Their Personal Mistakes

On 1 February 2024, the draft Act introducing Book 6 of the New Civil Code was approved in Parliament. This book contains the new rules on extra-contractual liability (formerly Articles 1382 et seq. of the Civil Code).

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

Nouvelle Législation Sur La Responsabilité Extracontractuelle : Les Administrateurs Et Les Travailleurs Peuvent Être Plus Rapidement Tenus Pour Responsables Envers Des Tiers En Raison De Leurs Fautes Personnelles

Le 1er février 2024, le projet de loi introduisant le Livre 6 du nouveau Code civil a été approuvé par la Chambre. Ce livre contient les nouvelles règles sur la responsabilité extracontractuelle...

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

Nieuwe wetgeving buitencontractuele aansprakelijkheid: Bestuurders en werknemers kunnen sneller door derden aangesproken worden voor hun persoonlijke fouten

Op 1 februari 2024 werd het wetsontwerp tot invoering van Boek 6 van het Nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek goedgekeurd in de Kamer.

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

De-Risking The Greenwashing Risk. 10 Questions And Answers

Understanding greenwashing is not just about mitigating your liability risks. It is the key challenge in getting ESG right in the years to come.

Belgium Environment

LW

Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

FinReg Monitoring - February 2023

Belgium Finance

LW

Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

The New MiFID2 Suitability Regime. A Practical Checklist In 10 Questions.

Belgium Commercial

LW

Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

Women On Boards Directive: What Impact For Belgian Listed Companies?

European Union Commercial

LL

Loyens & Loeff

Amendment To The Articles Of Association And The Abolition Of Management Committees: The End-of-year Deadline Approaches

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

Corporate Sustainability Reporting – What Do We Need To Do? (Podcast)

European Union Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

Data Protection Day: Privacy As A Fundamental Aspect Of ESG

Belgium Privacy

L

Lydian

New Sustainability Reporting In The EU

Worldwide Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

How ‘ESG' Is Your HR Practice?

Worldwide Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

Sustainable Due Diligence Requirements: A New EU Proposal

European Union Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

Shareholder Rights Directive II: The Belgian Perspective

Belgium Commercial

CG

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

New Sustainability Reporting In The EU

The Directive will apply to a wider range of organisations than before and will require organisations to report not just on how ESG factors impact the organisation, but also on the external...

Worldwide Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

How ‘ESG' Is Your HR Practice?

In the past, large corporations could largely go about their business, creating profit and satisfying their shareholders, unhindered, but in today's world, businesses are being buffeted by world events...

Worldwide Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

Sustainable Due Diligence Requirements: A New EU Proposal

The European Union is moving forward with plans to implement rules on sustainable corporate governance...

European Union Commercial

IL

Ius Laboris

Shareholder Rights Directive II: The Belgian Perspective

On April 16, 2020, Belgium adopted the law transposing the Shareholder Rights Directive II ("SRD II Law"), almost one year after the ultimate transposition deadline of the directive.

Belgium Commercial

CG

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Emergency Equity Raises – Practical Guide For Belgian Companies

Belgium Commercial

CG

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Significant Developments In Belgium: Implementation Of Shareholders' Rights Directive And Debates On Executive Remuneration And Gender Equality On Corporate Boards

2011 has been rather calm as far as new corporate legislation is concerned.

Belgium Commercial

N

NautaDutilh

CRD III And Remuneration: What Are The Issues And How To Deal With It?

This client memo intends to give you a brief overview of the CRD III transposition in Belgium and addresses certain key implementation issues, including questions that various clients have posed to us in the past weeks

Belgium Finance

LW

Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick

Limits On So-Called "Golden Parachutes" In The New Corporate Governance Code

On 12th March the new Corporate Governance Code for listed companies was presented. The new Code is a revision of the so-called 'Code Lippens' which dates from 2004.

Belgium Commercial

CE

Claeys & Engels

The European Commission Publishes its Action Plan on Modernizing European Company Law & Enhancing Corporate Governance in Response to Enron, Ahold, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Belgium Anti-trust

LW

Latham & Watkins LLP

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CA

CYAUSE Audit Services Ltd

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Arthur Cox

Eyes On ESG: DNSH And PAI (Video)

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Arendt & Medernach

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Wildgen

Owner Managed Businesses Webinar (Video)

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Grant Thornton

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