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The Powerling Group acquired the assets of the WCS Group in January 2024, thereby strengthening its presence in the Benelux.
The takeover took place while WCS was in bankruptcy, with the Powerling Group undertaking to safeguard the 31 employees at risk. However, the liabilities accumulated by the WCS group at the time of the cessation of payments were not transferred, otherwise the operation would be deprived of all economic viability.
Among the creditors of the WCS group at the time of the cessation of payments were independent partners who worked with the entities of the group and who were unable to receive remuneration for their work.
The Powerling group, aware of this situation, made attempts to offer these translators the continuation of the collaboration under favorable conditions and guarantees.
However, there is no legal justification for requesting that it pay debts which it did not incur and which predated the takeover of the WCS group.
The Powerling group is currently the target of a smear and defamation campaign on the internet, carried out by independent translators, who are making claims against it in connection with the takeover of the WCS group.
It should be noted that many of the professionals involved have never collaborated with the WCS or Powerling groups: this is clearly for them an approach based on purely competitive and opportunistic motives.
No dispute can justify such unlawful conduct, and that is why the Powerling Group has instructed its lawyer to, on the one hand, be available to counsel anyone wishing to raise an issue with the group, and, on the other hand, to initiate legal proceedings against internet users who publish denigrating or defamatory comments or keep them accessible to the public.
Legal contact: Julien Roelens - roelens@joshua-avocats.com
