Online platforms, E-Commerce and the B2C legal framework - Belgium | Europe

Belgian Consumer Law has been at the forefront of the European legal framework on Consumer Protection and Data Protection.

A-Law International team of lawyers is guiding and advising Europe’s leading online Fashion platform, E-Commerce on the compliance with legal and regulatory requirements applicable to consumers.

Investors who want to establish a company in Belgium which will provide products or services on the Belgian market and Online sales providers active on the Belgian Market are required to respect the rules of the Belgian Consumer Law.

Specific rules further pertain to the procedure of debt recovery against Consumers by the entity providing the goods or services or by the Debt Recovery provider mandated by the Online Seller.

Our team of Belgian and European lawyers can assist both natural persons and legal entities with information on the stipulations of the consumer and data protection laws applicable in Belgium, the respective EU countries and the overall European legal framework.

The A-Law team of attorneys and business practitioners offers you the best insights in investments in Belgium, Europe and the international markets in which A-Law is active.  Investment is time, energy, or matter spent for the purposes of obtaining a positive expected return within a specified date or time frame.  It is indispensable for project investors to identify and manage the risks related to the investment, protect same, and rely upon professionally conducted due diligence and regulatory compliance audits.  Companies must guard that their proper inventions are not violated by third parties.

The economic context of the investment should be looked upon in order to define the risks to be assessed. This pro-active approach will benefit A-Law customers as time can be reduced and fee budgets can be agreed upon.

A-Law provides due diligence, legal review, regulatory compliance, advisory and litigation services for all forms of investment in Belgium, Europe and the international markets in which we are active in matters of:                                   

• Corporate Law (M&A/JV/PPP)
• Compliance audits
• Regulatory compliance : see also A-Law service on sale, commercial cooperation, trade, consumer protection, competition
• Due diligence
• Product entry assessment
• Market entry assessment 
• Establishment of company
• Merger and acquisition
• Transfer of shares or assets, goodwill 
• Commercial cooperation or partnership agreements
• Economic and Business Law
• Tax and Finance Law
• IP (intellectual property), IT (information technology) and TMT(technology, media and telecommunication) Law 
• Labor and Employment Law 
• European and International Law 
• Other

For more information about our services, contact Attorney-At-Law Patricia Leers, Managing Partner | Head of the International Department at P.leers@a-law.eu or fill in our online contact form.