Schoups and Marco Schoups confirm their strong position in Real Estate in the Chambers & Partners Europe Guide 2022. Gwen Bevers is included for corporate/M&A for the first time, in both the Europe an...
In 2021, the legal interest rate applicable in civil and commercial matters was still 1.75%. In the attached document you will find a complete overview of the interest rates of the past years. [1] Com...
In previous newsletters we already reported on the obligation of legal persons to register their ultimate beneficial owners (‘UBOs’). Since 11 October 2020 all legal persons, in the context of the reg...
Renovations and repairs of private homes are, in principle, subject to the standard rate of 21%; for homes older than ten years the reduced rate of 6% applies. Since 1st January 2022 the formalities h...
Recently, the Belgian AML Law has been amended in order to introduce new provisions regulating crypto-exchanges and custodian wallet providers. As from 1 May 2022, entities established in Belgium prov...
The Flemish Government reached an agreement on 22 February 2022 on two contentious issues which had been on the agenda for a long time: the “construction shift” and the nitrogen issue. Minister-Presid...
Intro: In a recent ruling of 26 November 2021, the Court of Cassation considered that offering apologies can constitute compensation in kind for moral damage suffered and, therefore, can be claimed in...
Comments on a case where the estimated value of the contract was below the threshold for the European publication and where the procedure allowed for negotiation. This article is available in Dutch an...
For 2 years teleworking has been one of the main measures within companies in the fight against the coronavirus. This newsflash provides a brief overview of the current state of affairs and has the la...
In case the procurement authority discovers, during the award procedure, that an entity on whose strength a tenderer or candidate relies does not meet the selection criteria which apply to them, the p...
Since 1 July 2018, contractors, architects and other service providers in the construction sector are obliged to insure their ten-year civil liability (Cf. Peeters Act of 31 May 2017). On the grounds ...
In a ruling dated 20 May 2021, the Court of Cassation ruled that the advice and assistance obligation of architects in the context of an overall architecture commission extends to advice on the applic...