A previous post (in Dutch) discussed a recent case of the Belgian Supreme Court about the nullity of a sale of shares because of prohibited financial assistance. The case giving rise to the judgement of the Belgian Supreme Court illustrates how the nullity sanction is cleverly designed to exploit the incentives of contract parties to serve the legislator’s goals. Continue reading “Nullity of a contract: the economic equivalent of a put or call option”
Nullity of a contract: the economic equivalent of a put or call option
How the law exploits the opportunism of contract parties to make the nullity sanction sting