Online information session: "Payment Issues During Corona"

Adverit AntwerpAntwerp, Belgium

If an entrepreneur’s customers stop paying, this can result in the entrepreneur being unable to pay their own suppliers. More than ever, entrepreneurs will need to ensure that their customers pay on time.

But what does Corona change about this legal enforceability of payment? And can entrepreneurs invoke this themselves against their own suppliers? These are the topics of our first Corona online information session on Wednesday, April 29 at 10:00 AM:

  • the starting point: the situation before the crisis

  • falling back on the terms of the agreement during Corona?

  • invoking force majeure?

  • debt collection options.

  • judicial reorganization: what do I do with it?

Registration is free and can be done here.

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Commercial law Insolvency law Civil law

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