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The FSMA Sanctions Commission did find misleading practices at Nyrstar and convicted it of market manipulation related to its liquidity position prior to the restructuring. The other allegations, despite having been thoroughly analyzed for four years by the FSMA Auditor, were dismissed two years later, after six years of proceedings, including five days of closed-door hearings, without even consulting the minority shareholders' union that had been working on the case for more

“Together, we can make our societies open for business but closed for crime.” The words of Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever at the United Nations still resonate as I work my way through the 146-page decision of the FSMA Sanctions Committee on market manipulation at Nyrstar NV. The Committee’s mandate was clear: to determine the sanctions for four violations identified by the FSMA’s auditor after years of investigation. His exhaustive reports left little doubt that Nyrstar

The wheels of justice turn slowly – too slowly – and this undermines the credibility of the rule of law. In an opinion piece in De Tijd,...

Opinion: Recent events have cast a spotlight on the troubling role of major law firms in enabling corporate misconduct. Law professor ...

It’s official: Allen & Overy Shearman (A&O) has inked a deal with Donald Trump. A&O is one of five so-called “elite” law firms that have...

Pleadings were held yesterday before the Turnhout District Court for the appointment of a provisional administrator at Nyrstar NV. The...

The court in Turnhout has postponed the appointment of a provisional administrator for Nyrstar pending the results of the investigations...

It appears that, as part of the restructuring of Nyrstar, the listed residual company Nyrstar NV was transformed into a shell company...

Two special committees have been formed within the Nyrstar Board of Directors: one to follow the investigation by the Financial Services...

The Court of Cassation has rejected our appeal against the decision of the Antwerp Court of Appeal of 17 November 2002. This ruling...

While Trafigura , the (former) directors of Nyrstar  NV and their respective armies of advisors in Belgium remain deafeningly silent...

After more than five years of struggle by a group of minority shareholders against Trafigura's takeover of Nyrstar, and with the facts...

In the Netherlands, a break is being made with corporatist oversight in the legal profession:“Oversight of the legal profession is being...

Here is some more colour to support my statement that the Nyrstar General Meeting was a demonstration of malgoverno. The Board of...