74 results Webinar Sustainability Reporting: impact of the CSRD The European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) will be submitted to the European Commission on 23 November 2022 – a milestone for sustainability reporting. The top five points for corporate borrowers to protect themselves against bank insolvency in Europe and elsewhere Here are five steps that corporate borrowers can take to protect themselves against the fall-out of their financing banks’ insolvency. Daisy Nijkamp joins board of Dutch Restructuring Association We are pleased to announce that Daisy Nijkamp has joined the board of the Dutch Restructuring Association (NVvH). Gegevensbescherming in faillissement: uitdagingen voor de curator In faillissement dient rechtmatig omgegaan te worden met persoonsgegevens. In de praktijk leidt dat tot uitdagingen voor de curator. Voorlopige schuldeiserscommissie in faillissement D-reizen Noot bij de uitspraak van de Rechtbank Noord-Holland van 22 april 2021 inzake de instelling van een voorlopige schuldeiserscommissie (ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2021:3382). Good things are worth waiting for: new law amendments in force for companies in difficulty The long-awaited new law amending Book XX of the Code of Economic Law and the Income Tax Code 1992 just came into force. This replaces the "COVID-moratorium" and creates the possibility to restructure a company through a “preparatory agreement”. How certain elements of the Dutch scheme may (or may not) affect ISDA Master Agreements On 1 January 2021, the legislative framework for court-approved restructurings of debts outside formal insolvency proceedings (hereafter referred to as the ‘Dutch scheme’, or simply, the ‘scheme’) entered into force. BNR: het faillissement van de Amsterdam Trade Bank Bij BNR’s ‘Onder Curatoren’ vertelt Job van Hooff, curator en partner in Stibbe’s Restructuring & Insolvency praktijk, over de afwikkeling van het faillissement van Amsterdam Trade Bank. Structural sustainability cannot be enforced through liability In her inaugural lecture at Leiden University on 22 March, Branda Katan spoke about enforcing sustainability through liability. The number of civil cases against companies is expected to increase in the coming years. Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts. The new sustainability advertising code: lessons from one year of review by the advertising code committee In the first year since the SAC came into force there have been 22 rulings by the ACC and the AT in which an advertisement has been tested against the SAC. This blog addresses the lessons that can be drawn from an analysis of these rulings. District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP. Overheidsaansprakelijkheid: claims tegen de overheid In deze aflevering van Stibbe Legal Insights duiken we met Tijn Kortmann en Branda Katan in het overheidsaansprakelijkheidsrecht. Wat gebeurt er wanneer de overheid verantwoordelijk wordt gehouden voor schade geleden door burgers? EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007. Zafar Shaikhli Junior Associate Amsterdam Verticale prijsbinding: handhaving, boetes en schadeclaims We bespreken de wijze waarop bedrijven hun afnemers ongeoorloofd dwingen tot het rekenen van minimumprijzen en waarom dat niet mag. De ACM handhaaft streng en leveranciers kunnen rekenen op hoge boetes en schadeclaims van gedupeerde consumenten. 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. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page
Webinar Sustainability Reporting: impact of the CSRD The European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) will be submitted to the European Commission on 23 November 2022 – a milestone for sustainability reporting.
The top five points for corporate borrowers to protect themselves against bank insolvency in Europe and elsewhere Here are five steps that corporate borrowers can take to protect themselves against the fall-out of their financing banks’ insolvency.
Daisy Nijkamp joins board of Dutch Restructuring Association We are pleased to announce that Daisy Nijkamp has joined the board of the Dutch Restructuring Association (NVvH).
Gegevensbescherming in faillissement: uitdagingen voor de curator In faillissement dient rechtmatig omgegaan te worden met persoonsgegevens. In de praktijk leidt dat tot uitdagingen voor de curator.
Voorlopige schuldeiserscommissie in faillissement D-reizen Noot bij de uitspraak van de Rechtbank Noord-Holland van 22 april 2021 inzake de instelling van een voorlopige schuldeiserscommissie (ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2021:3382).
Good things are worth waiting for: new law amendments in force for companies in difficulty The long-awaited new law amending Book XX of the Code of Economic Law and the Income Tax Code 1992 just came into force. This replaces the "COVID-moratorium" and creates the possibility to restructure a company through a “preparatory agreement”.
How certain elements of the Dutch scheme may (or may not) affect ISDA Master Agreements On 1 January 2021, the legislative framework for court-approved restructurings of debts outside formal insolvency proceedings (hereafter referred to as the ‘Dutch scheme’, or simply, the ‘scheme’) entered into force.
BNR: het faillissement van de Amsterdam Trade Bank Bij BNR’s ‘Onder Curatoren’ vertelt Job van Hooff, curator en partner in Stibbe’s Restructuring & Insolvency praktijk, over de afwikkeling van het faillissement van Amsterdam Trade Bank.
Structural sustainability cannot be enforced through liability In her inaugural lecture at Leiden University on 22 March, Branda Katan spoke about enforcing sustainability through liability. The number of civil cases against companies is expected to increase in the coming years.
Contractual clauses prohibiting the transferability or pledgeability of business claims could become void in the near future We discuss a draft bill to declare contractual clauses limiting the transferability and/or pledgeability of claims in business relations void, and call upon the Dutch Senate to reconsider at least its applicability to existing contracts.
The new sustainability advertising code: lessons from one year of review by the advertising code committee In the first year since the SAC came into force there have been 22 rulings by the ACC and the AT in which an advertisement has been tested against the SAC. This blog addresses the lessons that can be drawn from an analysis of these rulings.
District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP.
Overheidsaansprakelijkheid: claims tegen de overheid In deze aflevering van Stibbe Legal Insights duiken we met Tijn Kortmann en Branda Katan in het overheidsaansprakelijkheidsrecht. Wat gebeurt er wanneer de overheid verantwoordelijk wordt gehouden voor schade geleden door burgers?
EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007.
Verticale prijsbinding: handhaving, boetes en schadeclaims We bespreken de wijze waarop bedrijven hun afnemers ongeoorloofd dwingen tot het rekenen van minimumprijzen en waarom dat niet mag. De ACM handhaaft streng en leveranciers kunnen rekenen op hoge boetes en schadeclaims van gedupeerde consumenten.
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.