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Company and association law

We advise private and (semi-)public companies established in Belgium or abroad, whether profit-making or not, throughout their corporate life. We also assist their shareholders or members and their managers and assist in achieving their goals.

  • Identification of the optimum structure
  • Drafting Articles of Association and internal regulations
  • Negotiating and drafting investment agreements and other funding mechanisms (bonds or other securities)
  • Negotiation and drafting of shareholder's agreements
  • Negotiation and drafting of joint ventures and other partnership agreements
  • Employee participation arrangements
  • Assisting clients with the implementation of good governance and compliance rules
  • Directors' and officers' liability
  • Litigation and out-of-court shareholders’ dispute resolution (provisional measures, transfer of shares whether amicable or forced, …)
  • White-collar crime
  • Corporate taxation
  • Operation of corporate groups
  • Corporate restructuring (demergers, change of corporate form, winding up, companies in financial difficulty, …)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions (due diligence of potential seller / buyer / target, non-disclosure agreement, data room, share or company transfer agreement, implementation of guarantees, …)
  • Negotiation and drafting of cross-border transaction agreements
News
8 June 2026

Développement durable : révision des directives européennes CSRD et CS3D (« Omnibus I »)

Après plusieurs mois de négociations entre les institutions européennes, le paquet législatif dit « Omnibus I » a franchi un...
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12 MARCH 2026

RESPONSABILITE DES ADMINISTRATEURS : 5 ANS, C’EST TOUT.

La Cour constitutionnelle[1] a récemment répondu à une question préjudicielle posée par...
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21 NOVEMBER 2025

Durabilité : les dernières mises à jour du paquet Omnibus I

Depuis la publication de notre analyse en juin 2025, le paquet « Omnibus I » présenté par la Commission européenne pour allé...
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23 JUNE 2025

Allègement du reporting en matière de durabilité : ce que change le paquet Omnibus

Face aux nombreuses préoccupations relatives à la charge administrative imposée aux entreprises en matière de reporting de d...
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11 SEPTEMBER 2024

Assemblées générales - Droit de vote & abstentions

Par une ordonnance en référé, le président du Tribunal de première instance a reconnu la validité d’un vote lors d’une a...
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15 JULY 2024

Les obligations relatives à la forme et à la publication des comptes annuels : ce qu’il y a à savoir

Le début de l’été correspond en général à la période cruciale des assemblées générales ordinaires, durant lesquelles les com...
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Discover the team members

Edgard van der Straeten

Partner
Linkedin-in
edgard.vanderstraeten@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 33
Company and association lawEconomic and commercial law

David Szafran

Partner
Linkedin-in
david.szafran@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 34
Banking and financial lawCompany and association lawSports lawEconomic and commercial law
Francine Messinne CEW & Partners

Francine Messinne

Partner
Linkedin-in
francine.messinne@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 51
Banking and financial lawCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Marc-David Weinberger

Partner
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md.weinberger@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 39
Banking and financial lawCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Frédéric Heylbroeck

Partner
Linkedin-in
f.heylbroeck@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 42
Company and association lawSports lawEconomic and commercial law

Nicholas Ouchinsky

Partner
Linkedin-in
nicholas.ouchinsky@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 54
Banking and financial lawInsolvency & restructuringCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Thibault Raad

Counsel
Linkedin-in
t.raad@cew-law.be
+32 (0) 2 542 02 52
Company and association lawSports lawEconomic and commercial law

Antoine Mairesse

Associate
Linkedin-in
antoine.mairesse@cew-law.be
+32 (0) 2 542 02 77
Banking and financial lawCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Omar El Makaoui

Associate
Linkedin-in
omar.el.makaoui@cew-law.be  
+32 (0)2 542 02 59
Banking and financial lawInsolvency & restructuringCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Arthur Tadevosian

Associate
Linkedin-in
arthur.tadevosian@cew-law.be
+32 (0) 2 542 02 44
Company and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Théo Maquin

Associate
Linkedin-in
theo.maquin@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 58
Banking and financial lawInsolvency & restructuringCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Victoria Castermans

Associate
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victoria.castermans@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 40
Banking and financial lawCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

Capucine Chalencon

Associate
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capucine.chalencon@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 56
Banking and financial lawInsolvency & restructuringCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law

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15 OCTOBER 2025

Penalising the employment relationship
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18 November 2025

Workshop: Legal management tools and the cardinal points of the client-lawyer relationship
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29 JANUARY 2025

The balance between the inquisitorial and adversarial systems
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  • Non-profit organisations
  • Sports associations and federations
  • Banking-insurance-finance
  • Biotech
  • Consultancy
  • Water
  • Energy 
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Expats
  • Civil service
  • Hospitality industry 
  • Intermunicipal companies
  • Luxury goods
  • Media & Audiovisual
  • Public interest bodies
  • Public-private partnership (PPP)
  • Local authorities
  • Regulated professions and professional bodies
  • Public companies
  • Healthcare 
  • FPS
  • Start-ups and Scale-ups
  • Town planning
  • Transport
  • Art, culture, heritage
  • Non-profit organisations
  • Sports associations and federations
  • Banking-insurance-finance
  • Biotech
  • Consultancy
  • Water
  • Energy 
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Expats
  • Civil service
  • Hospitality industry 
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  • Luxury goods
  • Media & Audiovisual
  • Public interest bodies
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  • Public companies
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  • Town planning
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