1224 results Consumer law and online ‘order buttons’: Supreme Court takes strict approach with far-reaching consequences The Supreme Court ruled in two cases on the (in)clarity of the text on an order button for online purchases: several buttons did not make it sufficiently clear to consumers that they were entering into a payment obligation. Consumentenrecht en online ‘bestelknoppen’: Hoge Raad kiest strikte lijn met vergaande gevolgen De Hoge Raad deed uitspraak in twee procedures over de (on)duidelijkheid van de tekst op een bestelknop bij online aankopen: verschillende knoppen maken consumenten onvoldoende duidelijk dat zij een betalingsverplichting aangaan. Stibbe advises Sixth Street Stibbe has advised Sixth Street, a global investment firm with over $80 billion in assets under management and committed capital, on the acquisition of a minority stake in EdgeConneX. Stibbe advises OMV Petrom S.A. Stibbe has advised OMV Petrom S.A., Romania's largest oil and gas company, together with its Austrian parent company OMV AG, on the acquisition of a stake in EIT InnoEnergy. Stibbe advised Shinagawa Refractories on the acquisition of Gouda Refractories Group Stibbe has successfully advised Shinagawa Refractories Co., Ltd (“Shinagawa”) on the acquisition of all issued share capital of Gouda Refractories Group B.V. (“Gouda”). The EU Green Claims Directive The EU's proposed Green Claims Directive has emerged as a potential new framework aiming to tackle greenwashing and help consumers make greener choices when purchasing a product or using a service. Take aways Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Conference 2024 The Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Conference took place on 25 June. The take aways on the two main topics Greenwashing vs. Greenbleaching and Climate Litigation can be found in a freely accessible one-pager. Take aways Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Congres 2024 Op 25 juni vond het Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Congres plaats. De take aways van de twee hoofdonderwerpen Greenwashing vs. Greenbleaching en Climate Litigation zijn te vinden in een vrij toegankelijke onepager. Netherlands Chapter in Chambers: Corporate Governance 2024 Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Manuel Lokin and Sandra Rietveld contributed to Chambers: Corporate Governance in a chapter about Law and Practice in the Netherlands. Stibbe advised Reno.energy on its acquisition of Sungevity Belgium from Engie Stibbe advised Reno.energy, a company specialising in energy-efficient renovation projects, on its acquisition of photovoltaic panel installer Sungevity Belgium, a 100% subsidiary of Engie. Stibbe assisted Contassur in the sale of a branch 21 life insurance portfolio to Monument RE We assisted the Belgian insurance company Contassur in all aspects of the sale of a closed traditional group life insurance portfolio of branch 21 to the Belgian subsidiary of Monument RE, Monument Assurance Belgium. Stibbe a assisté Contassur dans la vente d'un portefeuille d'assurance-vie de la branche 21 à Monument RE Nous avons assisté la compagnie d'assurance belge Contassur dans tous les aspects de la vente d'un portefeuille fermé d'assurance vie de groupe traditionnelle de la branche 21 à la filiale belge de Monument RE, Monument Assurance Belgium. EU Court of Justice ruled on the statute of limitation and scope of applicability of the Damages Directive in Heureka vs. Google In a judgment of 18 April 2024, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) ruled on preliminary questions of the City Court of Prague concerning a damages claim lodged against Google by comparison shopping service provider Heureka. Listing Act: Inside information disclosure in a protracted process In April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the EU Listing Act. We discuss the removal of the obligation to immediately disclose an intermediate step in a protracted process that constitutes inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation. Stibbe assists Schoolkracht Stibbe assisted Schoolkracht, a private consortium consisting of AG Real Estate, EPICO², Rebel and Ethias, with the realisation of a DBFM (Design, Build, Finance, Maintain) programme for the first cluster of 27 Schools of Flanders. Wet aanpassing geschillenregeling en verduidelijking ontvankelijkheidseisen enquêteprocedure Op 4 juni 2024 is de Wet aanpassing geschillenregeling en verduidelijking ontvankelijkheidseisen enquêteprocedure (“Wagevoe”) aangenomen door de Eerste Kamer. De Wagevoe treedt in werking op 1 januari 2025. Duurzaamheidsverslaggeving: nationale implementatie van de CSRD en mondiale ontwikkelingen (juli 2024) Op 5 januari 2023 is de Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") in werking getreden. Actualiteiten UBO-registers en Europese ontwikkelingen In deze update beschrijven we enkele actuele ontwikkelingen over de toegang tot en het raadplegen van de UBO-registers en gaan we in op enkele Europese ontwikkelingen, waaronder een recent gepubliceerde verordening waarin de UBO definitie wordt aangepast. Pagination Previous page Page 25 Current page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Next page
Consumer law and online ‘order buttons’: Supreme Court takes strict approach with far-reaching consequences The Supreme Court ruled in two cases on the (in)clarity of the text on an order button for online purchases: several buttons did not make it sufficiently clear to consumers that they were entering into a payment obligation.
Consumentenrecht en online ‘bestelknoppen’: Hoge Raad kiest strikte lijn met vergaande gevolgen De Hoge Raad deed uitspraak in twee procedures over de (on)duidelijkheid van de tekst op een bestelknop bij online aankopen: verschillende knoppen maken consumenten onvoldoende duidelijk dat zij een betalingsverplichting aangaan.
Stibbe advises Sixth Street Stibbe has advised Sixth Street, a global investment firm with over $80 billion in assets under management and committed capital, on the acquisition of a minority stake in EdgeConneX.
Stibbe advises OMV Petrom S.A. Stibbe has advised OMV Petrom S.A., Romania's largest oil and gas company, together with its Austrian parent company OMV AG, on the acquisition of a stake in EIT InnoEnergy.
Stibbe advised Shinagawa Refractories on the acquisition of Gouda Refractories Group Stibbe has successfully advised Shinagawa Refractories Co., Ltd (“Shinagawa”) on the acquisition of all issued share capital of Gouda Refractories Group B.V. (“Gouda”).
The EU Green Claims Directive The EU's proposed Green Claims Directive has emerged as a potential new framework aiming to tackle greenwashing and help consumers make greener choices when purchasing a product or using a service.
Take aways Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Conference 2024 The Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Conference took place on 25 June. The take aways on the two main topics Greenwashing vs. Greenbleaching and Climate Litigation can be found in a freely accessible one-pager.
Take aways Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Congres 2024 Op 25 juni vond het Stibbe ESG & Sustainability Congres plaats. De take aways van de twee hoofdonderwerpen Greenwashing vs. Greenbleaching en Climate Litigation zijn te vinden in een vrij toegankelijke onepager.
Netherlands Chapter in Chambers: Corporate Governance 2024 Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Manuel Lokin and Sandra Rietveld contributed to Chambers: Corporate Governance in a chapter about Law and Practice in the Netherlands.
Stibbe advised Reno.energy on its acquisition of Sungevity Belgium from Engie Stibbe advised Reno.energy, a company specialising in energy-efficient renovation projects, on its acquisition of photovoltaic panel installer Sungevity Belgium, a 100% subsidiary of Engie.
Stibbe assisted Contassur in the sale of a branch 21 life insurance portfolio to Monument RE We assisted the Belgian insurance company Contassur in all aspects of the sale of a closed traditional group life insurance portfolio of branch 21 to the Belgian subsidiary of Monument RE, Monument Assurance Belgium.
Stibbe a assisté Contassur dans la vente d'un portefeuille d'assurance-vie de la branche 21 à Monument RE Nous avons assisté la compagnie d'assurance belge Contassur dans tous les aspects de la vente d'un portefeuille fermé d'assurance vie de groupe traditionnelle de la branche 21 à la filiale belge de Monument RE, Monument Assurance Belgium.
EU Court of Justice ruled on the statute of limitation and scope of applicability of the Damages Directive in Heureka vs. Google In a judgment of 18 April 2024, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) ruled on preliminary questions of the City Court of Prague concerning a damages claim lodged against Google by comparison shopping service provider Heureka.
Listing Act: Inside information disclosure in a protracted process In April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the EU Listing Act. We discuss the removal of the obligation to immediately disclose an intermediate step in a protracted process that constitutes inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation.
Stibbe assists Schoolkracht Stibbe assisted Schoolkracht, a private consortium consisting of AG Real Estate, EPICO², Rebel and Ethias, with the realisation of a DBFM (Design, Build, Finance, Maintain) programme for the first cluster of 27 Schools of Flanders.
Wet aanpassing geschillenregeling en verduidelijking ontvankelijkheidseisen enquêteprocedure Op 4 juni 2024 is de Wet aanpassing geschillenregeling en verduidelijking ontvankelijkheidseisen enquêteprocedure (“Wagevoe”) aangenomen door de Eerste Kamer. De Wagevoe treedt in werking op 1 januari 2025.
Duurzaamheidsverslaggeving: nationale implementatie van de CSRD en mondiale ontwikkelingen (juli 2024) Op 5 januari 2023 is de Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") in werking getreden.
Actualiteiten UBO-registers en Europese ontwikkelingen In deze update beschrijven we enkele actuele ontwikkelingen over de toegang tot en het raadplegen van de UBO-registers en gaan we in op enkele Europese ontwikkelingen, waaronder een recent gepubliceerde verordening waarin de UBO definitie wordt aangepast.