One-day seminar jointly organised by
INSOL Europe & Réseau CAP
Groups of Companies Under Pressure!
Friday 6 March 2026, 10:00 - 17:00
Palais des Académies, Brussels, Belgium
Explore how groups of companies navigate cross-border challenges at this expert-led seminar, featuring EU insights and practical guidance. Conclude the day with an exclusive guided tour of Brussels’ iconic Palais de Justice.
Explore how groups of companies navigate cross-border challenges at this expert-led seminar, featuring EU insights and practical guidance. Conclude the day with an exclusive guided tour of Brussels’ iconic Palais de Justice.
This one-day, high-level seminar brings together leading European practitioners, academics, and judges to examine the challenges faced by groups of companies in financial distress.
Organised jointly by INSOL Europe and Réseau CAP, in partnership with Anthemis & LeA Uitgevers, the conference offers an in-depth and practice-oriented analysis of group insolvency and restructuring in a cross-border context, combining legal doctrine, regulatory developments and hands-on experience.
Held exclusively in person, the seminar is designed to foster substantive dialogue, intellectual exchange and professional networking among participants. Ample time is reserved for discussion with speakers and peers, including a dedicated networking lunch in the historic setting of the Palais des Académies.
The day will conclude with an exclusive guided tour of the Palais de Justice, offering participants a rare behind-the-scenes insight into one of Brussels’ most emblematic judicial landmarks.
PROGRAM
09:30 - 10:10 | Welcome coffee and tea | |
| MORNING SESSION | Chair Bart De Moor |
10:10 - 10:30 | Opening remarks |
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10:30 - 11:00 | Keynote address |
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11:00 - 11:45 | Panel 1: Key issues: formal proceedings for some entities and not others, intercompany claims, cash pooling, D&O Insurance… |
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11:45 - 12:30 | Panel 2: Key issues: Same directors in various entities; subordination vs. non-hierarchical group, “double Lux-Co” structure |
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12:30 - 13h45 | Networking lunch | |
| AFTERNOON SESSION | CHAIR CÉDRIC ALTER |
13:45 - 14:30 | Panel 3: |
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14:30 -15:15 | Panel 4: Key issues: cooperation between practitioners, territorial and centralised proceedings, recognition of restructuring plans. |
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16h00-17h00 - Behind the Scenes of the Palais de Justice
Join us for a guided tour of the Brussels Courthouse (Palais de Justice), a landmark of architectural heritage, led by Bart De Moor, lawyer, Strelia, former president of the Brussels Bar.
Discover Brussels – Optional Side Activities
- Magritte Museum - A cultural immersion on Saturday, celebrating one of Belgium’s most renowned artists
- Further activities will be announced shortly
Time frame
The timing of the seminar has been planned to facilitate same-day travel
to and from Belgium for participants from neighbouring countries.
Recommended hotels nearby
The Scott: www.thescotthotel.be
The Hotel: www.thehotel-brussels.be
NH Hotel Grand Sablon:
www.nh-collection.com/fr/hotel/nh-collection-brussels-grand-sablon
Registration fees : 295€ exluding VAT
To registrate without Anthemis account --> please send an email to : [email protected]
Permanent training:
Lawyers: request in progress
ITAA: request in progress
Contact:
[email protected]