Corporate & Commercial Law
Company formation, shareholder arrangements, acquisitions, joint ventures and the commercial contracts that hold a business together.
Most corporate work is not dramatic. It is a series of decisions — how a company is owned, what a contract promises, who carries a risk — that either hold up years later or do not. We advise founders, family businesses, listed subsidiaries and investors on those decisions across Belgian, Luxembourg, Dutch and Italian law, and we write documents that a court or a future buyer can read without difficulty.
What this area covers
- Incorporation and restructuring of BV/SRL, NV/SA, SARL and S.p.A. entities
- Shareholders' agreements, articles of association and governance arrangements
- Share and asset acquisitions, due diligence and warranty negotiation
- Joint ventures, distribution, agency and franchise arrangements
- Commercial contracts: supply, services, licensing and general terms
- Directors' duties, board procedure and liability exposure
Situations clients bring us
You are buying or selling a business
We run due diligence, negotiate the share purchase agreement and the warranty package, and manage the completion mechanics — including the notarial steps that Belgian and Italian transactions require. Where the target has subsidiaries in several member states, we coordinate the local checks ourselves rather than leaving you to chase four sets of advisers.
Shareholders no longer agree
Deadlock is usually a drafting problem that surfaced years later. We read what the documents actually say, explain the realistic outcomes, and negotiate an exit, buy-out or restructuring. If the dispute must go to court or to arbitration, our litigation team takes it on with the corporate history already understood.
You are expanding into another EU country
We advise on whether you need a subsidiary, a branch or nothing at all, what that means for tax registration, employment obligations and VAT, and how to keep group governance manageable as entities multiply.
How we work
- A named partner reads every set of transaction documents before they go out.
- Fee estimates are given in writing at the outset and updated if the scope changes.
- We work in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish, so local counterparties negotiate in their own language.
The European dimension
Where cross-border practice makes the difference
Company law remains national, but the businesses using it rarely are. Freedom of establishment, the EU Mergers Directive and the cross-border conversion rules make genuine European restructuring possible — and full of procedural traps. Having offices in Brussels, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Milan and Málaga means the filings, notarial formalities and works council steps are handled by colleagues who do them routinely.
Questions about corporate & commercial law
Talk to a lawyer about corporate & commercial law
An initial consultation of up to forty-five minutes is charged at a fixed fee of €150 excluding VAT, and waived where we go on to act for you on the same matter.