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Ambos NBGO Advocaten is proud that the leading Legal 500 EMEA Ranking has recommended the firm in the following seven categories:

Theme: Challenges for the Company Secretary? How best to maintain practices and to avoid pitfalls as Company Secretary?

Speakers: Roel Nieuwdorp (vennoot - Ambos NBGO), Christina Trappeniers (vennoot - Ambos NBGO), Kathleen Paisley (vennoot - Ambos NBGO), Luc Hagemans (secretaris-generaal BNP Paribas, lid van het Executive Comité)

Language: NL, FR

Location and time: Ambos NBGO Brussels, 16.00 – 18.15 pm

For more information, please contact one of our experts.

Ambos NBGO has assisted Multiplicom and its shareholders in the preparation, negotiation and closing of a 5.5 million euro capital raising round. The shareholder consortium has been joined by Flemish investment company PMV, RMM (Rudi Mariën) and Qbic ARKIV Fund. Also, the company’s existing shareholders – Gimv, Biotech Fonds Vlaanderen and VIB – continue to support the growth of the company. VIB will again be making an investment in kind.

Ambos NBGO Advocaten received the award for "Corporate Law Firm of the Year 2013" at the Belgian Legal Awards 2013 ceremony. Ambos NBGO obtained this award in competition with 9 other international and Belgian law firms. Mainly its strategy, growth and merits in the field of corporate and M&A were applauded by the jury. In a few years’ time, the corporate team expanded from 4 to over 20 lawyers.

Ambos NBGO Advocaten is pleased to announce that it is the privileged partner of the Belgian Institute for company lawyers (Instituut voor bedrijfsjuristen/Institut des juristes d’entreprise) during 2013.  

A new law on maritime piracy was published in the Belgian official gazette on 30 January 2013. This law creates a legal framework for ships sailing under Belgian flag to protect them against the current wave of piracy in certain areas.

Before the law can effectively be applied, a number of issues will have to be dealt with by Royal Decree. This Royal Decree has not been published yet, its publication is expected next month.

As from 1 January 2013 all companies with more than 20 employees (FTE) must have an employment plan for older employees.(1)

The employment plan must include measures to promote employment for employees aged 45 or more (e.g. recruitment and selection, development of the competencies, career development, etc.)

On 1 January 2013, the salary amounts set forth in the Law of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts are adapted in accordance with the indexation rules.

For notice periods, non-competition clauses, training clauses, arbitration clauses (art. 22bis, 65, 69, 82, 84, 85, 86/2 and 104 of the Law on employment contracts), the following amounts apply:

For probationary periods (art. 67 Law on employment contracts):

Ambos NBGO Lawyers organises in collaboration with Vandelanotte Corporate Finance and ING Bank a breakfast seminar on the sale and purchase of small and medium sized companies.

While you enjoy your breakfast, a lawyer, an accountant and a banker will guide you through the acquisition process, discuss certain important topics and will you be offered the opportunity to ask questions.