On June 9th, the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB-VBO) and the Jean-Pierre Blumberg Chair at the University of Antwerp organize a one-day conference on shareholder activism in Belgium. For more information and to register, click here.
On 29 April, Jura Falconis organizes its annual conference. The conference focuses on Foreign Direct Investments. For more information, click here.
Our database with compilations of the CCA’s parliamentary proceedings has been finalized: the documents with respect to books 13 to 18 now also contain tracked changes reflecting modifications between (draft) texts and hyperlinks to the justification of approved amendments
The Proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence has been published on the website of European Commission today.
The Center has recently updated its list of PhD’s in company and association law (in the broad sense) currently prepared or defended since 2018 at Belgian universities.
As from today, our website contains a useful database with compilations of the CCA’s parliamentary proceedings: one document per article, with every draft version, the explanatory memorandum, the motivation of approved amendments and relevant passages of the Council of State’s advisory opinion. The database (in French or Dutch) is available here.
On 2 December, the Instituut Financieel Recht of the UGent organises a free conference on “Business & Human Rights 2.0. Juridische facetten van het ESG-debat”. Click here to read the program and to register.
The ULB has called for applications for the position of “Adjunct Lecturer in “International Company Law and Corporate Governance””. Read the call here. We understood that applications submitted by the end of October (and not only before 15 October, as indicated in the call) will be considered.
On Monday 25 October 2021, the Jean-Pierre Blumberg Chair will be officially inaugurated. For more information, including the full program, click here.
On the 14th of June, the Dutch Minister Dekker adressed a letter to the president of the “Tweede Kamer”, enclosing a memorandum on the modernisation of the law applicable to public limited liability companies (NV)