713 results The honeymoon phase of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is over! Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. The industry voices have been clear about the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. But what is the authority’s view? We provide an update on recent developments, including the European Commission’s first policy brief. No impairment of the EC’s impartiality: ECJ upholds Scania judgment The ECJ upheld the Commission’s fine on Scania for participating in a cartel. The Commission’s impartiality is not necessarily impaired by having the Commission case team in charge of the settlement procedure also deal with the penalty decision. Greenwashing risico’s in groene of duurzame leningen en obligaties Leningen en obligaties met een profiel op het gebied van één of meer Environmental, Social en Governance (ESG) factoren hebben een grote vlucht genomen in de afgelopen jaren. Stibbe assists AUNA S.A. Stibbe assisted AUNA S.A. in identifying and addressing all Luxembourg legal aspects linked to its $360 million U.S. initial public offering of 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares. Landmark ECJ ruling: subsidiary liability in follow-on cartel cases On 6 October 2021, the European Court of Justice issued a landmark judgment in the Sumal case. Dust off your dawn raid manuals: the heat is (back) on Companies should brace themselves for multiple multi-jurisdictional dawn raids over the coming months. Evidentiecriterium door de Afdeling ontgroend: weigering om terug te komen van boete evident onredelijk De Afdeling oordeelt in haar uitspraak van 28 april 2021 (ECLI:NL:RVS:2021:908) voor de eerste keer expliciet dat een weigering om van een in rechte onaantastbaar besluit terug te komen evident onredelijk is. BRRD II implementation in the Netherlands Recently, the Dutch bill for the implementation of BRRD II establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended by Directive in the Netherlands was submitted to Dutch Parliament. Vervolgonderzoek van de AFM naar incidentmeldingen door asset managers Sinds de uitbraak van het coronavirus wordt ook in de financiële sector meer op afstand samengewerkt. Dat brengt specifieke risico’s met zich mee. Court of Appeal provides guidance for further course of proceedings in prestressing steel litigation On 27 July 2021, the Court of Appeal of Den Bosch issued an interim judgment in the Dutch prestressing steel litigation, ruling on three issues. ACM walks the walk: first-ever vertical price coordination fine The Dutch Competition Authority (“ACM”) has claimed a first victim in its vertical restraints battle. Samsung Electronics was fined nearly EUR 40 million for having meddled in the online resale prices for televisions at seven retailers. Commission reveals first piece of antitrust sustainability puzzle The European Commission has published a Policy Brief setting out its preliminary views on how to fit the European Green Deal’s sustainability goals into the EU competition rules. Commission’s record fine for gun jumping upheld Pre-closing covenants protecting the target’s value or commercial integrity pending merger clearance from the European Commission must be drafted carefully. Vanaf 1 oktober strengere regelgeving voor verkoop van turbo’s aan particuliere beleggers Turbobeleggers nemen veel risico’s en verliezen gemiddeld veel geld. De AFM vindt dat particuliere beleggers onvoldoende beschermd worden tegen de risico’s van turbo’s. De verkoop van turbo’s aan deze beleggers wordt daarom aan banden gelegd. Tijdelijke Wet COVID-19 Justitie & Veiligheid: werkingsduur verlengd tot 1 december 2021 De werkingsduur van de Tijdelijke Wet COVID-19 Justitie & Veiligheid (“de Tijdelijke wet”) is bij Koninklijk Besluit opnieuw verlengd. De nieuwe vervaldatum is vastgesteld op 1 december 2021. Jan Bogaert Partner Brussels Julien Bogaerts Partner Brussels Björn van der Klip Partner Amsterdam Pagination Previous page Page 11 Current page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Next page
The honeymoon phase of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is over! Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. The industry voices have been clear about the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. But what is the authority’s view? We provide an update on recent developments, including the European Commission’s first policy brief.
No impairment of the EC’s impartiality: ECJ upholds Scania judgment The ECJ upheld the Commission’s fine on Scania for participating in a cartel. The Commission’s impartiality is not necessarily impaired by having the Commission case team in charge of the settlement procedure also deal with the penalty decision.
Greenwashing risico’s in groene of duurzame leningen en obligaties Leningen en obligaties met een profiel op het gebied van één of meer Environmental, Social en Governance (ESG) factoren hebben een grote vlucht genomen in de afgelopen jaren.
Stibbe assists AUNA S.A. Stibbe assisted AUNA S.A. in identifying and addressing all Luxembourg legal aspects linked to its $360 million U.S. initial public offering of 30,000,000 Class A ordinary shares.
Landmark ECJ ruling: subsidiary liability in follow-on cartel cases On 6 October 2021, the European Court of Justice issued a landmark judgment in the Sumal case.
Dust off your dawn raid manuals: the heat is (back) on Companies should brace themselves for multiple multi-jurisdictional dawn raids over the coming months.
Evidentiecriterium door de Afdeling ontgroend: weigering om terug te komen van boete evident onredelijk De Afdeling oordeelt in haar uitspraak van 28 april 2021 (ECLI:NL:RVS:2021:908) voor de eerste keer expliciet dat een weigering om van een in rechte onaantastbaar besluit terug te komen evident onredelijk is.
BRRD II implementation in the Netherlands Recently, the Dutch bill for the implementation of BRRD II establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as amended by Directive in the Netherlands was submitted to Dutch Parliament.
Vervolgonderzoek van de AFM naar incidentmeldingen door asset managers Sinds de uitbraak van het coronavirus wordt ook in de financiële sector meer op afstand samengewerkt. Dat brengt specifieke risico’s met zich mee.
Court of Appeal provides guidance for further course of proceedings in prestressing steel litigation On 27 July 2021, the Court of Appeal of Den Bosch issued an interim judgment in the Dutch prestressing steel litigation, ruling on three issues.
ACM walks the walk: first-ever vertical price coordination fine The Dutch Competition Authority (“ACM”) has claimed a first victim in its vertical restraints battle. Samsung Electronics was fined nearly EUR 40 million for having meddled in the online resale prices for televisions at seven retailers.
Commission reveals first piece of antitrust sustainability puzzle The European Commission has published a Policy Brief setting out its preliminary views on how to fit the European Green Deal’s sustainability goals into the EU competition rules.
Commission’s record fine for gun jumping upheld Pre-closing covenants protecting the target’s value or commercial integrity pending merger clearance from the European Commission must be drafted carefully.
Vanaf 1 oktober strengere regelgeving voor verkoop van turbo’s aan particuliere beleggers Turbobeleggers nemen veel risico’s en verliezen gemiddeld veel geld. De AFM vindt dat particuliere beleggers onvoldoende beschermd worden tegen de risico’s van turbo’s. De verkoop van turbo’s aan deze beleggers wordt daarom aan banden gelegd.
Tijdelijke Wet COVID-19 Justitie & Veiligheid: werkingsduur verlengd tot 1 december 2021 De werkingsduur van de Tijdelijke Wet COVID-19 Justitie & Veiligheid (“de Tijdelijke wet”) is bij Koninklijk Besluit opnieuw verlengd. De nieuwe vervaldatum is vastgesteld op 1 december 2021.