Legal news (2026)

The magazine Le Point has published its ranking of law firms in France, which is based on recommendations. General counsels were able to rate the firms they work with and lawyers were able to indicate which firms they would recommend to their clients. DELSOL Avocats’ expertise is recommended in : Compliance Healthcare law Commercial,...

Marc QUAGHEBEUR, in collaboration with British Chamber of Commerce in Brussels, will host a webinar on the new capital gains tax on financial assets and will examine developments in Belgian tax reforms. Join the webinar 👉 Register

DELSOL Avocats has once again been distinguished at the Palmarès du Droit organized in Paris by Le Monde du Droit. The expertise of our teams was rewarded in the following categories : Life Sciences - Healthcare : GoldenTrophy Real Estate - Construction : Silver Trophy Public Business Law : Silver Trophy Compliance : Bronze Trophy These...

Decree No. 2026-209 of March 24, 2026 [1] published in the Official Journal on March 26, 2026, amends the regulatory part of the Public Health Code to incorporate obligations relating to the location of hosting and to transparency concerning transfers of personal health data outside the European Economic Area (hereinafter “EEA”), which had until...

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be ranked in 11 Legal 500 EMEA 2026 categories : M&A : Smaller deals – Tier 1 The regions – Tier 1 Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences – Tier 2 Construction – Tier 3 Data privacy and data protection – Tier 3 Private equity : venture/growth capital – Tier 3 Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation – Tier 4...

On March 4, 2026, Decree No. 2026-153 [2] (“Decree”) was published, defining the procedures under which the Minister of Health may impose financial penalties on publishers of digital health services (services numériques en santé - "DHS") in the absence of a certificate of compliance with the interoperability, ethics, and security standards...

On 13 March 2026, the French Data Protection Authority (hereinafter "the CNIL") published its recommendation on the deployment of a web filtering proxy server [3], adopted by deliberation no. 2026-022 of January 29, 2026 [4], following a public consultation conducted in 2025 that received fourteen contributions. A web filtering proxy server...

The CNIL and the French National Authority for Health ("HAS") signed a partnership agreement on 10 March 2026 aimed at strengthening best practices in personal data protection and promoting fundamental rights relating to digital tools in the healthcare, social and medico-social sectors [6]. The partnership is intended to enable both...

Tax residence can be a difficult concept, especially if you have a residence in different countries. This is something Belgian singer Angèle discovered the hard way. The singer is in the news because she lost a court case in which she attempted to recover the documents and personal items seized by the French tax authorities in her apartment in...

In Circular No. 6519/SG [7] dated 5 February 2026, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu sets out the framework for the State’s digital public procurement and reiterates the requirement to rely on the SecNumCloud qualification for hosting data of particular sensitivity, including health data. The circular establishes digital sovereignty as the...

In its decision of 10 February 2026, WhatsApp Ireland Ltd v European Data Protection Board (Case C-97/23 P) [8], the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) held that a decision of the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) constitutes an act that may be challenged before the EU courts. In this case, following complaints relating to data...

In 2023, the CNIL established a dedicated service for the economic analysis of issues related to personal data, with the aim of strengthening its expertise and informing its decisions through impact assessments, sectoral analyses, and quantitative studies evaluating the economic effects of its rulings. It is indeed essential for a data...

DELSOL Avocats is proud to be listed in 6 Chambers and Partners 2026 rankings : Construction - Band 3 Corporate/M&A : Mid-Market - Band 2 Corporate/Commercial Litigation : Highly Regarded - Band 2 Pharma/Life sciences - Band 3 Tax - Band 6 General Business Law - Spotlight In addition to these collective rankings, Jeanne BOSSI MALAFOSSE...

Belgium and France signed a new double taxation treaty on 9 November 2021, which will replace the current treaty dating back to 1964. It is still a long way from coming into force. It should be noted that, on the Belgian side, the treaty was signed by the federal government and five regional and community governments. In Belgium, the treaty...

On 8 January 2026, the French data protection authority (CNIL) issued two rulings against Free Mobile [10] and Free [11] (the “Companies”), imposing fines of €27 million and €15 million respectively for various breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this case, the Companies were alerted in October 2024 that an attacker had...