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There is no magical number when it comes to “4-to-3” telecom mergers. On 28/5/2020, the EU’s General Court handed down a landmark judgment annulling a 2016 decision of the European Commission blocking the merger between O2 UK and Three.

On 24 July 2023, the Luxembourg law of 21 July 2023 aiming to improve and modernise the legal and regulatory framework applicable to investment fund products has been published in the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Stibbe’s Tax team has contributed to the Dutch chapter of the Global Legal Insights Corporate Tax Laws and Regulations 2023.

This is our biannual newsletter about the main developments in Dutch corporate law.

The ECHR ruling concerns three complaints against Russia related to human rights violations in the Donbas (eastern Ukraine) since 2014, including the downing of flight MH17. The ECHR finds that the Netherlands' complaint about the downing of flight MH17

National courts upheld the approach by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange, lowering the standard of proof for collusion by competitors when receiving competitively sensitive information from a buyer (or supplier).

Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Manuel Lokin en Jet Rutgers have contributed to the Dutch chapter of the Chambers and Partners Corporate Governance 2023.

Stibbe's IP team recapped last year's patent case law in Belgium for the IPKat Blog. IPKat regularly publishes on European patent law and is one of the most popular blogs dedicated to IP law.

Under Dutch law, the interpretation of contracts is governed by the 'Haviltex' standard. Parties who favour legal certainty sometimes opt for their own standard instead by including an 'interpretation clause'.

Op 1 januari 2024 treedt de Omgevingswet in werking. De wet is een ingrijpende stelselherziening van het omgevingsrecht. De Omgevingswet legt de basis voor een samenhangende benadering van de fysieke leefomgeving.  

The European Commission recently adopted a package to simplify its procedures for reviewing concentrations under the EU Merger regulation. Under the new rules, more cases can benefit from the simplified procedure.

Stakeholders in the medical devices market established in Belgium or carrying out activities in Belgium have to pay a Belgian contribution on their turnover related to the medical devices.

External safety plays a role under the Environment and Planning Act in the drafting of environmental plans and the granting of environmental permits. Compared to the former environmental law regime, some important changes are taking place.

For the environmental permit under the Omgevingswet (Environment and Planning Act), many things will change compared to the old legislation. In this blog, we address a number of important changes.

As the real estate market struggles, the Belgian federal government made things more challenging with additional tax measures affecting the real estate market, announced on 9 October 2023 as part of the 2024 budget.

With the arrival of the Omgevingswet (Environment and Planning Act) as of 1 January 2024, the concept of the omgevingsplan (environmental plan) will make its appearance.

On the 1st of June 2023, the European patent landscape has undergone a substantial change with the launch of the Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) and the Unitary Patent.

The applicability of a choice-of-court clause in general terms and conditions referred to by a hyperlink in the contract does NOT require the other party to have ticked a separate box for consent to the applicability of those GT&C.