19.01.2021 NL law Right to free choice of lawyer also applies to stages in a dispute that may lead to proceedings Short Reads - The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found in a judgment of May 2020 that the right of a legal assistance insured person to freely choose his or her lawyer applies not only to proceedings before a court or an administrative body, but also to stages in a dispute that may lead to such proceedings before a court. Read more Cas Michiels Associate Amsterdam
17.10.2019 BE law Glenn Heirman speaks on new rules on evidence Conference - On the 17th of October, Glenn Heirman has been invited to speak at the Antwerp Liability Law and Insurance Chair (ALLIC) conference on the new rules on evidence. Read more
22.02.2019 BE law Lost your passport - How a hard Brexit will affect UK financial institutions’ access to the Belgian financial market Articles - FSMA gives local guidance - Belgian legislature prepares contingency measures The UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. Unless specific arrangements granting the UK at least a temporary status quo will be adopted before 29 March 2019, the UK financial industry will be considered third-country entities and will therefore be seriously restricted in carrying on their activities in the EEA, including Belgium. Read more Jan Peeters Partner Brussels
12.04.2017 NL law What does a legal entity know? Short Reads - In civil law many rules rely for their legal effect on the presence of certain knowledge or a certain intention with one of the parties. If the party at hand is a legal entity, like a limited company (besloten vennootschap), it can be difficult to determine what the entity knew. Fragments of information can be present in different parts of the organisation; an officer of the company may have gained his knowledge trough his private life; he may also have a duty of confidentiality. Read more Branda Katan Partner Amsterdam
06.04.2020 BE law Coronavirus and insurance Short Reads - The coronavirus will impact almost all aspects of the insurance sector and will trigger many insurance policies. It is important to analyse your insurance policy terms and conditions and to determine whether and to what extent you are covered. Read more Oliver Stevens Partner Brussels
03.10.2019 BE law Seminar: Recent developments in Insurance Law Seminar - Join us for a seminar on recent developments in Insurance Law on 3 October, 2019 at our Brussels office from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Oliver Stevens, Sophie Bourgois, Jan Proesmans
27.09.2017 BE law L’assurance obligatoire de la responsabilité décennale des professionnels de la construction Articles - La loi du 31 mai 2017 relative à l’assurance obligatoire de la responsabilité civile décennale des professionnels de la construction a été publiée au Moniteur belge du 9 juin 2017. Cette loi impose aux entrepreneurs, aux architectes et autres professionnels de la construction de faire assurer leur responsabilité décennale découlant des articles 1792 et 2270 du Code civil. Read more Team: Rony Vermeersch, France Maussion, Benoît Kohl
16.09.2016 BE law Rejection of the level 2 draft RTS implementing PRIIPs by the European Parliament Short Reads - The PRIIPs Regulation introduces the so-called Key Information Document (the so-called “KID”) which will have to be provided to retail consumers when they buy retail and insurance-based investment products. These include asset management products and other "packaged" investment products sold by banks or insurance companies. Read more Jan Peeters Partner Brussels
12.11.2019 EU law Warranty & Indemnity Insurance: an increasingly popular insurance Articles - A warranty & indemnity (W&I) insurance covers damage resulting from breaches of warranties given in the SPA by the seller. W&I insurance has been around for many years, but it has become increasingly popular in the last few years. According to Lockton, “recent statistics suggest that over 50% of corporate real estate transactions in Europe now use W&I insurance, a large driver for this has been the adoption of a EUR 1 cap on sellers’ liability under the SPA.” Read more Matthias Maselis Partner Brussels
12.03.2019 LU law Entry into force of the RBE Regulation and update Articles - The Grand-Ducal Regulation of 15 February 2019 on the registration, payment of administrative fees and access to information recorded in the register of beneficial owners (the “RBE Regulation”) entered into force on 1 March 2019 and depicts the practical aspects of the Law of 13 January 2019 establishing a beneficial owner register (the “RBE Law”). Another document, the LBR Circular 19/01 (the “Circular”) issued by the Luxembourg Business Registers on 25 February 2019 further describes the new register of beneficial owners (the “RBE”) with the aim of helping users. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Inès Denison, Estelle Schul
30.05.2017 The Growth of Collective Redress in the EU: A Survey of Developments in 10 Member States—the need to maintain safeguards Articles - In 2013, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on Collective Redress. It invited Member States to adopt a collective redress framework by July 2016 that would include the features mentioned in the Recommendation and then by July 2017, to report to the Commission about the extent to which they had done so. On the basis of the Member States’ report, the Commission will assess whether further actions by the EU is required. Read more Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Oliver Stevens
15.06.2016 NL law Stibbe is moving Inside Stibbe - From Monday 20 June 2016 we will be located in our brand new office building at Beethovenplein 10. Read more Derk Lemstra Partner Amsterdam