Conference on Loyalty and Multiple Voting Rights in Europe (Antwerp – 15 May 2025)

The Jean-Pierre Blumberg Chair (University of Antwerp), the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance, and Innovation Policies (Maastricht University) and European Company Law will organise the “Conference on Loyalty and Multiple Voting Rights in Europe” on Thursday 15 May 2025 (13h30-18h30) in Antwerp.

The conference will discuss recent developments in loyalty and multiple voting rights in European corporate governance. In recent years, several European jurisdictions have allowed for deviations from the one share one vote-principle to boost the attractiveness of listing on the national stock exchange, and in 2024, the EU has adopted the Multiple-Vote Share Structures Directive, as part of the broader EU Listing Act package, with the aim to facilitate access to capital markets. Despite these regulatory developments, significant differences in national approaches still exist.

The conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss these recent legal developments in various European jurisdictions and reflect on the question how loyalty and multiple voting rights should be regulated. Speakers include Bobby Reddy (UK), Edmond Schlumberger (France), Irene Pollastro (Italy), Titiaan Keijzer (the Netherlands), Jeroen Delvoie & Theo Monnens (Belgium), Bastiaan Kemp (comparative conclusions), and Marieke Wyckaert (lessons for the future) (a more detailed overview of the program can be found on the website of the conference).

If you would like to attend the conference, you can register (required) on the website of the conference. Registration is free for academics and costs 100 EUR for practitioners (including accreditation for the OVB, IBJ, and Compliance Officers of the FSMA). It is also possible to attend the conference online via a livestream.

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Database CCA updated

On our website, you’ll find a comprehensive database with, for each CCA provision, a useful document containing the relevant preparatory works of the provision and of amending provisions, if any, with tracked changes comparing the different versions. We have updated these documents and included links to the preparatory works. The database is available here.

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Het vennootschapsrecht onder invloed: De impact van recente ontwikkelingen in andere rechtsdomeinen

On 31 May 2024, the Jan Ronse Institute (KU Leuven) will organize a conference on the impact of developments in other fields of law (e.g. the new Civil Code) on corporate law. For the full program and to register, click here.

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Colloquium Jeune Barreau de Charleroi – Aux sources du droit des sociétés de demain

On 23 January 2024 the Jeune Barreau de Charleroi organises the colloquium “Aux sources du droit des sociétés de demain. Le cent-cinquantenaire de la loi du 18 mai 1873 sur les sociétés commerciales”. For more information, click here.

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Draft law implementing mobility directive

On March 15th, the government filed a draft law which would, among others, implement the ‘mobility directive’ (2019/2121). The parliamentary proceedings can be consulted here.

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Coppens Prize – call for candidates

The Coppens Prize will be awarded for the 8th time in 2023. This prize (15.000 €), rewards a PhD in law of a European university, who is not older than 40 years and has authored, within the last five years, a thesis or work representing an original contribution to corporate law or to a legal subject related to corporate law. For more information, click here.

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Dieter Heremans Lectures 2022 – John Armour: The Corporation as a Social Actor

On 14 November at 10 AM, John Armour (Oxford) will be delivering the opening lecture of the Dieter Heremans Lecture Series in Law & Economics at the KU Leuven on ‘The Corporation as a Social Actor’.

To read the full program and to register, click here.

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TRV-RPS (2022/3): “Rechtspersonenrecht in beweging – Droit des personnes morales en évolution”

The directors of the BCC have contributed to the latest edition of TRV-RPS (2022/3): « Rechtspersonenrecht in beweging – Droit des personnes morales en évolution ».

De bestuurder – Robby Houben

Zijn de blijvende verschillen tussen NV en BV gerechtvaardigd ? – Hans De Wulf

Over de ‘versterkte goede trouw’ – Niels Appermont

Het intern reglement – Frank Hellemans

Belgische vennootschapsjuristen, het Europees vennootschapsrecht is onze grotere aandacht en waakzaamheid (eerder) waard – Marieke Wyckaert

Zijn de handvatten van het gemeen vennootschapsrecht tot realisatie van een duurzame economie aan versterking toe? – Alain François en Maxime Verheyden

Progressive Corporate Law in Belgium (?!) – Roman Aydogdu

L’équilibre “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” – Yves De Cordt

Une pensée qui mérite réflexion : faut-il élargir la notion de contrôle aux associations et aux fondations ? – Paul Alain Foriers

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