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- improving access to legal information;
- fight against the perception that the litigant may have of the law as something unpleasant;
- offer an innovative legal service based on the technological possibilities of digitisation;
- provide our clients who wish to learn (more) for themselves from qualitative information sources;
- Structure the collective learning of the members of the firm around a common platform (permanent training notes, research carried out in the files, etc.) on which to draw during the following assignments;
- have a reflection of the company’s activity and know-how.
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Clean energy for all Europeans package
Based on European Commission proposals published on 30 November 2016, the EU has very recently agreed upon a comprehensive update of its energy policy framework to facilitate the transition away from fossil fuels towards cleaner (renewable) energy sources and to reduce GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions. This so-called “Clean energy for all Europeans package” consists in total of eight legislative acts. [...]
Abuse of economic dependence and unfair terms between companies (B2B)
On 21 March 2019 the Belgian Parliament adopted a Bill that added two concepts to the Belgian Code of Economic Law. On the one hand, the law adds a category of restrictive practices, in addition to agreements restricting competition and abuse of dominant position. From now on, companies will also be prohibited from abusing the economic dependence of another company [...]
Belgian offshore wind energy
On 4 April 2019, the Belgian Parliament adopted a law which establishes the general principles of the competitive bidding procedure (concurrerende inschrijvingsprocedure) for the realisation of new renewable energy projects in the North Sea, such as it is also the case in the neighbouring countries and in accordance with the European state aid rules. By choosing a competitive bidding procedure [...]
Second chance for entrepreneurs: new rules on corporate insolvency
On 6 June 2019, the European Council approved the Directive on preventive restructuring systems, debt cancellation and professional prohibitions, as well as measures to improve the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and debt cancellation proceedings. The general objective of the Directive is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market and to remove obstacles to the exercise of fundamental [...]