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Francine Messinne

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

Banking and financial lawCompany and association lawEconomic and commercial law
francine.messinne@cew-law.be
+32 (0)2 542 02 51
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Francine Messinne CEW & Partners

Biography

Brussels Bar

  • Managing Partner at CEW & PARTNERS from January 2022 to September 2023
  • Partner at CEW & PARTNERS since 2019
  • Managing Partner of Legal Up! between 2013 and 2019
  • Managing Director of TriLegal between 2012 and 2013
  • Associate and then partner at KOAN between 2003 and 2012
  • Employee at Stibbe between 1998 and 2003
  • Trainee at Coppens van Ommeslaghe & Faurès (now: DLA Piper) between 1995 and 1998
  • Member of the Brussels Bar since 1995

ULB :

  • Lecturer in Introduction to Law, Faculty of Arts, Translation and Communication, since 2022
  • Lecturer in Civil and Criminal Procedure for the University Certificate for Sworn Translators and Interpreters, Faculty of Arts, Translation and Communication, since 2019
  • Assistant lecturer in Corporate and Association Law, Faculty of Law, since 2000
  • Lecturer in International Business Law, Faculty of Arts, Translation and Communication, between 2007 and 2022
  • Assistant lecturer in Heritage Law, Faculty of Law, between 1998 and 2020

Practice areas

  • Company law
  • Law of associations
  • Comparative company law
  • Legal audits
  • M&A
  • Corporate finance
  • Negotiation, review and drafting of contracts such as investment, financing, joint venture, collaboration, shareholder agreements, etc.
  • Managing a procurement process
  • Arbitration, negotiation, mediation
  • Companies with public participation

Languages

French, English, Dutch

Education

  • Special degree in Economic Law (ULB -1997)
  • Law degree (ULB - 1995)
Publications
  • "Les sûretés financières" in R.P.D.B., Droit bancaire et financier (M. Grégoire and V. De Francquen), forthcoming;
  • "L'intérêt social et l'intérêt de groupe" in Liber amicorum Xavier Dieux, Larcier, 2022 ;
  • "Affectation du boni de liquidation d'une ASBL", Observations under Cass., 10 April 2020, RPS - TRV, 2020, p. 1040 et sv. ;
  • "Gouvernance : les nouveaux modèles d'administration dans la SA et leurs incidences pour la SA cotée" with Didier Willermain and Gilles Collard in Actes du colloque ULB - VUB du 20 septembre 2018 sur le projet de Code des sociétés et des associations, Larcier, 2022 ;
  • Proceedings of the colloquium Centre de Droit privé ULB (M. Grégoire) et Bruylant - oct. 2017 : " Les sûretés réelles " (to be published) ;
  • Commentaire de l'article 518bis du Code des sociétés in Le Code des Sociétés Commenté, Kluwer (2017) ;
  • Sous la direction de Christian Jassogne : Les opérations sur titres in Traité pratique de droit commercial, éd. Kluwer (2017) ;
  • Under the direction of Christian Jassogne: Les sûretés financières in Traité pratique de droit commercial, ed. Kluwer (2017);
  • "Comment organiser de manière optimale vos relations avec vos associés et vos actionnaires", Salon Entreprendre en Wallonie, organised by the U.C.M. on 18 June 2013 :
  • In collaboration with Belfius and EULER Hermès: "How to take advantage of the crisis to secure your customer relationships", 29 April 2013;
  • Presentation to the Cercle de Wallonie: "Tax reforms: Optimise your fleet", 29 March 2013;
  • In collaboration with the diane network (UCM): "How much do your company cars cost you?", 15 January 2013;
  • Presentation to FEBIAC, with ASBL ELLA: "Company Cars: Impact of Di Rupo measures", 26 November 2012 ;
  • In collaboration with Group S: "Comment développer vos activités en France - Aspects fiscaux", 20 June 2012;
  • "La responsabilité des dirigeants de sociétés" organised with auditors Cats Toelens et associés, January 2010;
  • "Les interventions des pouvoirs publics dans l'économie", colloquium on the future Code of Economic Law organised by the FPS Economy on 8 and 9 December 2008 at the Cour de cassation;
  • Sous la direction du professeur Jean-Luc Fagnart ; Questions spéciales de droit pénal in Bancassurfinance, Colloque ULB en février et mars 2005, éd. Bruylant, 2005, p. 363 à 390 ;
  • Colloquium organised by the I.F.E. on 30 March 2004 on the 2003 - 2004 News on Banking and Financial Law: Conference entitled "The pricing of banking services, particularly with regard to new payment systems and cross-border payments";
  • In collaboration with Lucien Simont and Marc Wagemans: "Transnational litigation and transnational arbitration - The Belgian point of view", 1 July 2002;
  • In collaboration with Marc Wagemans : "Current issues relating to the regulation of the insurance market in Belgium in Insurance Seminar", held by Slaughter and May Law Firm, at the Harvard Club, New York, on October 11, 2000 ;
  • In collaboration with Professor Jules Messinne: "Le procès du curé de Saint-Gilles et ses retombées civiles: l'action civile de la victime contre le commettant de l'auteur de l'infraction", Observations sub Corr. Brussels, 9 April 1998, Journal des Procès, 1 May 1998, pp. 22-31 ;
  • Pouvoirs et responsabilités des dirigeants en Europe, proceedings of the symposium organised by E.F.E. on 21 and 22 November 1995, Journal des Tribunaux, 1996, p. 36 ;
  • Hommage à Jacques Heenen, review of a work published in 1994 by Bruylant, Journal des Tribunaux, 1996, pp. 845 and 846.

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News
23 NOVEMBER 2023

Me Francine Messinne conseille et assiste la société biopharmaceutique Bioxodes dans le cadre d’une levée de fonds de 12 millions d’euros

Une de nos associées, Me Francine Messinne, a assisté Bioxodes, société biopharmaceutique spécialisée dans ...
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News
14 DECEMBER 2022

Code des sociétés et des associations : dernière année des SCRL

Depuis le 1er janvier 2020, le Code des sociétés et des associations (ci-après le CSA) s’applique à l’ensemble des sociétés ...
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10 NOVEMBER 2022

Les obligations de dépôt et de publicité des comptes annuels pour les ASBL

Chaque année, lors de l’assemblée générale annuelle, les ASBL doivent adopter leurs comptes annuels. Dans ce contexte, chaqu...
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Insights
15 SEPTEMBER 2022

L’annulation d’une décision d’assemblée générale d’une personne morale

En cette période de l’année, de nombreuses entreprises ont tenu leur assemblée générale ordinaire et, au cours de celle-ci, ...
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13 JULY 2022

L’arrivée des Livres 1er et 5 dans le paysage juridique civiliste belge : Adieu à l’ancien Code « Napoléon » ?

Ce 1er juillet 2022, les lecteurs du Moniteur belge ont pu constater la publication des Livres 1er et ...
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Insights
06 JUNE 2022

Francine Messinne attended Telfa’s first Managing Partners’ meeting in Amsterdam on 18 May 2022

Telfa – The Trans-European Law Firm Alliance – of which CEW & Partners is a long-standing member, recently organised its fir...
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