30.04.2019 EU law Climate goals and energy targets: legal perspectives Seminar - On Tuesday April 30th, Stibbe organizes a seminar on climate goals and energy targets. Climate change has incited different international and supranational institutions to issue climate goals and renewable energy targets. Both the UN and the EU have led this movement with various legal instruments. Read more Team: Frederik Vandendriessche, Jan Bouckaert, Tom Ruys, Guan Schaiko, Cedric Degreef, Pieterjan Claeys
11.03.2019 NL law Stibbe attends MIPIM 2019 Conference - Reed MIDEM organises its annual property event MIPIM (Le marché international des professionnels de l’immobilier) from 12-15 March in Cannes. A team from Stibbe’s offices worldwide attends the 30th edition of the world's leading property market Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, Rudy Nauwelaerts, David Meijeren, Rony Vermeersch, Jan Bogaert, France Maussion, Nathanaelle Kiekens, Boris Cammelbeeck, Wim Panis, Jan Peeters, Johan Vrolijk, Pieter Bogaert, Guan Schaiko, Benjamin Marthoz
21.03.2019 NL law 15 aspects of Brexit you did not know Short Reads - A Brexit without a deal, or with a deal that does not cover all relevant aspects, is still a potential scenario. We have highlighted a number of unexpected legal consequences of Brexit in such a no deal or incomplete deal scenario. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Judica Krikke, Floris ten Have, Astrid Helstone, Jeroen Kortmann, Job van Hooff, Reinout de Boer, Martin In de Braekt, Rogier Raas, Anna Collignon, Jasper Klopper
07.03.2019 BE law General Court sends Commission back to drawing board in Belgian tax rulings case Short Reads - The European Commission has suffered its first court defeat in a tax rulings case. The General Court recently overturned an order to recover over EUR 700 million worth of tax breaks from 55 beneficiaries, because the Commission had wrongly qualified Belgian's excess profit exemption system as an "aid scheme". Read more Team: Peter Wytinck, Delphine Gillet
15.03.2019 EU law European Court of Justice issues landmark ruling on parental liability Short Reads - On 14 March the European Court of Justice issued a landmark judgment in the Skanska case. In this ruling, the Court of Justice held that parent companies can be held liable for the damage caused by a competition infringement committed by their subsidiary if the parent company (that holds all the shares in the subsidiary) has dissolved the subsidiary but continued its economic activity. Read more Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Nienke de Jong
07.03.2019 NL law Buckle up: the ACM is racing ahead with speedy solutions and more fines Short Reads - The Dutch competition watchdog ACM will bite faster and fiercer, according to its new chairman Martijn Snoep. The ACM plans to shorten the length of its investigations by deciding on their merits sooner. This will free up time and capacity to deal with more cases. Read more Team: Floris ten Have, Simone Evans