Jeroen Kortmann speaks at the C5 Conference "Private Enforcement of Competition Law Damage Claims" in Amsterdam

Articles - Gertjan Boekraad schreef voor het Tijdschrift voor Insolventierecht een annotatie bij een arrest van de Hoge Raad over de vraag hoe in het faillissement van een bedrijf om te gaan met de vordering van de overheid die een milieuovertreding van dat bedrijf moet herstellen.  

Short Reads - On 22 March 2022, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) offered companies investigated for the same conduct by several authorities clarity on the core principles of the application of the non bis in idem (double jeopardy) protection by its rulings in cases C-151/20, Nordzucker and C-117/20, Bpost.

Inside Stibbe - We are pleased to announce that Elske Raedts will be joining Stibbe’s Amsterdam office as counsel. Her appointment as from 1 May 2022 will further strengthen our leading competition practice.

Short Reads - Companies involved in multi-step acquisitions should beware of potential gun-jumping risks. The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has fined a trade association for failing to notify the acquisition of four pharmacies involving a consecutive partial resale. Unlike the European Commission’s gun-jumping fine for partial implementation of a concentration through a ‘warehousing’ two-step acquisition (see our July 2019 newsletter; appeal pending), the ACM’s fine relates to faulty turnover calculations due to an unmaterialized two-step transaction.