{"id":4106,"date":"2021-09-14T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T14:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/durnezadv.be\/practice-areas\/business-law\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T14:54:25","slug":"business-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/durnezadv.be\/en\/practice-areas\/business-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Business law"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4106\" class=\"elementor elementor-4106 elementor-3596\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7d8b56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7d8b56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We make it our business<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-674669b\" data-id=\"674669b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-145056e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"145056e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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agreements, etc.)<\/li><li>directors\u00b4 liability<\/li><li>real estate law, construction law and public and administrative law (with a specific focus on environmental law and urban development);<\/li><li>corporate restructurings, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions<\/li><li>banking and finance law, law of liens and pledges, securities, loan agreements.<\/li><li>insolvency law and the Continuity of Enterprises Act<\/li><li>intellectual property law (patents, trademarks, drawings and models, copyright, etc.)<\/li><li>IT, networks, e-commerce, data protection, etc.<\/li><li>market practices (more specifically advertising and consumer protection law, unfair commercial practices and distortion of competition, etc.)<\/li><li>distribution law, competition law and regulatory aspects<\/li><li>insurance law<\/li><\/ul><p>We handle such matters both in and out of court, always taking the various international aspects into account.<\/p><p>We have SME e-wallet recognition for advice.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Many of the results achieved by our firm have been published in the legal professional literature<\/span><\/p><h3>Insolvency law<\/h3><ul><li>Commercial Court of Ghent dated 10\/01\/00, Rechtskundig Weekblad 00-01, 699 (judicial composition)<\/li><li>Brussels dated 14\/03\/00, Rechtskundig Weekblad 00-01, 697 (bankruptcy and excusability)<\/li><li>Brussels dated 06\/11\/01, Rechtskundig Weekblad 03-04, 66 (judicial composition and remission)<\/li><li>District Court of Leuven dated 13\/09\/02, Rechtskundig Weekblad 03-04, 1274 (bankruptcy and excusability)<\/li><li>Antwerp dated 02\/04\/09, Rechtskundig Weekblad 10-11, 25 (bankruptcy and excusability)<\/li><li>Constitutional Court no. 22\/2019, 14 February 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling) http:\/\/www.const-court.be (15 February 2019); Belgian Official Journal 14 October 2019 (first publication) (extract), 94283 and http:\/\/staatsblad.be (15 October 2019); JLMB 2019 (summary), issue 19, 915 and http:\/\/jlmbi.larcier.be\/ (12 June 2019), note by F.G.; RW 2018-19 (summary), issue 29, 1160 and http:\/\/www.rw.be\/ (3 April 2019); RW 2018-19 (summary), issue 39, 1544 and http:\/\/www.rw.be\/ (26 June 2019), note (bankruptcy &#8211; third-party opposition)<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Market practices<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Commercial Court of Tongeren dated 26\/05\/1988, Rechtskundig Weekblad 88-89, 128, and TPR, Overzicht van Rechtspraak wet op de handelspraktijken [Overview of Case law relating to the Act on Commercial Practices] 1983-1988, 289 (verbatim copying of catalogue)<\/li><li>Commercial Court of Brussels dated 19\/10\/1994, Jaarboek Handelspraktijken [Commercial Practices Yearbook] 1995, 543 (abuse of dominant position)<\/li><li>Brussels dated 21\/06\/1995, Rechtskundig Weekblad 95-96, 853 and AJT, 95-96, 497 and Jaarboek Handelspraktijken en Mededinging [Commercial Practices and Competition Yearbook] 1995\/96, 567 (abuse of dominant economic position \u2013 refusal to sell)<\/li><li>Ghent dated 20\/10\/04, Rechtskundig Weekblad 07-08, 280 (joint offer \u2013 real estate agent)<\/li><li>President of the Commercial Court of Leuven dated 11\/05\/2006, Juristenkrant 21\/06\/2006, no. 123 (misleading advertising \u2013 international jurisdiction)<\/li><li>Antwerp dated 04\/06\/2015, NJW dated 28\/12\/2016 (no. 353) p. 918 (parasitic competition \u2013 defamation \u2013 domain name)<\/li><\/ul><h3>Transportation law<\/h3><ul><li>Commercial Court of Hasselt dated 17\/10\/1996, Rechtskundig Weekblad 96-97, 1101 (CMR \u2013 indemnification claim)<\/li><li>(2nd division) AR P.20.1298.N, 16 February 2021 (clearing service), https:\/\/juportal.be (15 March 2021)(tachograph \u2013 criminal procedure law)<\/li><\/ul><h3>Corporate law<\/h3><ul><li>President of the Commercial Court of Leuven dated 22\/06\/99, TBH 2000, 654 (forced takeover of shares)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We make it our business Business law and corporate law Durnez Advocaten has broad knowledge and practical experience concerning the follow-up and handling of the various aspects of commercial and business law You can count on us for the classic questions and procedures concerning: the drafting of contracts (purchase\/sale agreements, shareholders\u00b4 agreements, general terms and &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/durnezadv.be\/en\/practice-areas\/business-law\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Business law<\/span> Read More 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