Walid Bensaïd
Associate
Corporate Law and M&A / Commercial and Economic Law / Tax Law
Your legal partner in your successful businesses
Walid joined Andersen in Belgium in September 2023. He mainly focuses on corporate law and M&A and commercial and economic law.
Expertises
Tax Law
Commercial and Economic Law
Corporate Law and M&A
Qualification
- Master of Laws - UA (Universiteit Antwerpen) - 2023
Languages
- French
- English
- Dutch
Legal News
02.03.2026
•Real Estate, Renting and Co-ownership, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS
The new rules on consumer suretyship: what will change as from 2026?
In a previous contribution, we examined in detail suretyship as a personal security under the new Book 9 of the Belgian Civil Code, as well as the way in which this security mechanism has been modernised and clarified.
17.03.2025
•Tax Law, Andersen in Belgium, Case
The 10% tax increase in case of good faith and the corporate tax deduction ban
What after the Constitutional Court ruling and the government agreement?
19.12.2024
•Sustainability, Corporate Law and M&A, Andersen in Belgium, LEGAL NEWS, News
Belgium implements CSRD: SMEs also feel the impact
On 28 November 2024, the law transposing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) was approved by the Chamber of Representatives. Although the transposition had been due for implementation since 6 July 2024, it marks an important step towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly economy. The directive came into force on 5 January 2023 and aims to modernise and strengthen the rules regarding the social and environmental (ESG) information that companies must report.
25.11.2024
•Corporate Law and M&A, Andersen in Belgium, Case, News
Directors can be held personally liable
As already explained in the first part of our series of articles regarding the abolition of the quasi-immunity, it follows from the principle of "the quasi-immunity of the executing agent" that the person who effectively executes contracts on behalf of a company cannot be held liable for damages incurred by the company's counterparty. In practice, it was only in case of criminal misconduct that the executing agent could be held personally liable. This principle that extremely limited the liability of the execution agents (including directors), will be abolished by 1 January 2025. Note that along with the abolition of this principle, the New Civil Code also replaces the term "executing agent" by "auxiliary person". In other words, company directors are on the eve of significant changes regarding their personal liability for the performance of their duties.