Law360, New York (December 08, 2009, 4:51 PM ET) -- More than 2,000 former minority shareholders of the defunct Belgian and Dutch financial services giant Fortis NV have reportedly lost their bid to halt the sale of a portion of the company to French bank BNP Paribas SA.
The Belgian Commercial Court in Brussels on Tuesday rejected the shareholders' request to annul or award damages for the October 2008 carve-up of Fortis by the Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg governments as well as the subsequent sale of the Belgian and Luxembourg section of its banking business to...
Fortis-BNP Paribas Merger Upheld By Belgian Court
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