Jeroen Kortmann is moderator of panel at GCR's 8th Annual Brussels Conference "The bigger picture"

Articles - Boekjaar 2020 was het eerste jaar waarin beursvennootschappen verplicht waren om hun verslaggeving over beloningen in te richten in overeenstemming met de nieuwe eisen voor het door de herziene Europese richtlijn aandeelhoudersrechten (SRD II) geïntroduceerde bezoldigingsverslag.

Short Reads - In the pre-contractual phase, professional contracting parties often negotiate under one or more conditions. Several different conditions are common in (commercial) legal practice: “subject to signature”, “subject to approval” and “subject to finance.”

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.

Short Reads - On 14 December 2020, the Commission published a report on the implementation of the Antitrust Damages Directive (the Directive). The Commission observes a significant increase in antitrust damages actions since the adoption of the Directive. However, there is insufficient experience with the new Directive to properly evaluate its application. Instead, the Commission provides a concise overview of the implementation of some key aspects of the Directive.