News and events

Event: Hoe gaan hackers te werk? (20 Nov)

Kom te weten hoe we live de beveiligingsmaatregelen zullen proberen te omzeilen en of we uiteindelijk in onze opzet zullen slagen.

20 November 2018, 8:15AM - 7:30PM, CET

Hoe slagen hackers er in om cruciale bedrijfsinformatie te stelen? Hoe komt u te weten dat uw systemen gehackt zijn? Wat zijn de gevolgen en hoe reageert u daar op? Vandaag is het niet langer de vraag of uw onderneming gehackt zal worden, maar wanneer dat zal gebeuren.

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Assessing the legal impact of Brexit on your future banking relationship with the UK

What is the issue?

With Brexit just around the corner, the UK and the EU are still struggling to reach a final divorce agreement; leaving organizations in the dark as to what exactly this will mean for them. A heightened sense of urgency is further created with the UK Government’s recent publication of a series of papers on what the potential impact of a “no-deal” scenario would look like.

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K law intervenes as legal advisor on the transaction whereby AZ Groeninge sells former health campuses in Kortrijk

Following their move last year to a brand new integrated health campus, AZ Groeninge sold two of their former major health campuses in Kortrijk. A team of K Law real estate lawyers were involved in this real estate project, which led to a sales agreement with Compagnie Het Zoute Real Estate NV for the site located at Loofstraat and with Divani NV for the site located at Vercruysselaan.
 
Read more about this sale here.
 

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K law real estate lawyers recognized in international legal rankings/guides

K law lawyers have recently been recognized by two international legal rankings/guides for their work in the real estate practice:

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UPDATE: Registration UBO postponed until 31 March 2019

As communicated in our previous newsflash regarding the Belgian UBO-Register, published on our website on 30 August 2018, Belgian corporate and other legal entities initially had to upload certain information on their UBOs to the UBO-Register by 30 November 2018 at the latest.

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Seminarie mobiliteit en cafetariaplan (25 sept)

Flexibiliteit is anno 2018 een hot topic. Werknemers verwachten vandaag steeds meer flexibiliteit op vlak van mobiliteit en verloning.

Flexibele verloning of cafetariaplannen en alternatieve mobiliteit worden tevens meer en meer een rekruterings- en retentietool die u als werkgever kan gebruiken om werknemers aan te trekken en te behouden.

Als werkgever is het niet altijd gemakkelijk om door de bomen het bos te zien:

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A1 certificates and the applicable social security legislation

Can the Belgian National Social Security Office, the National Institute for the Social Security of the Self-employed, the social inspection or a judge disregard an A1 certificate on the applicable social security legislation in case of an abuse of law?

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The Belgian UBO-Register and obligations for corporate entities

The Belgian UBO-Register and the obligations for corporate entities within the framework of the Law for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing: here’s what you need to know.

1. The new legal framework regarding the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing

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K law to speak at “Juristendagen 2018”

Christophe Piette will speak on 23 August in Leuven at the “Juristendagen 2018”; an annual event organized by M&D Seminars. Christophe will discuss the impact of the new Belgian Code of Companies and Associations on restructurings and liquidations. More information about this seminar is available here.

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Changements importants dans le droit environnemental

Des changements importants sont intervenus dans le droit environnemental, tant en Région flamande qu’en Région bruxelloise. En Flandre, les principaux changements concernent l’approche des infractions urbanistiques et l’optimisation du rendement territorial assorti d’un assouplissement de la procédure de délivrance des permis. A Bruxelles, les délais d’octroi des permis ont été raccourcis.

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