Benoît Kohl contributes as legal expert to new Belgian Civil Code on

Inside Stibbe - On 24 April 2018, Paul Quist obtained his PhD at the Radboud University Nijmegen with a doctoral thesis on 'Conversion and Shares'. His thesis extensively describes three forms of conversion: conversion of shares into shares of another type (class) or indication, conversion of reserves into shares and conversion of debt into shares (debt/equity swaps), which has been published in a book by Kluwer. 

Short Reads - On 9 June 2017 a new EU directive entered into force (2017/828/EU). The Directive amends the existing Shareholders Rights Directive (2007/36/EU). The European Commission aims through the amended Directive to encourage effective and sustainable shareholder engagement in listed companies. The amended Directive will need to be implemented in Member States by 10 June 2019.

Articles - Phénomène économique en constante progression, les commerces éphémères – ou « pop-up stores » – font désormais l’objet d’un cadre juridique spécifique en Région wallonne, destiné à lever l’insécurité juridique qui planait sur les baux commerciaux consentis pour une durée inférieure à un an.

Short Reads - By 26 June 2017, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2015/849/EU) needed to be implemented in domestic law of the EU Member States.