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Stibbe in Amsterdam answers questions from consumers, small business foundations and NGOs about the coronavirus [updated]

In a special Q&A, lawyers from our Amsterdam office share their legal expertise and strive to provide answers to questions put to us by consumers, self-employed persons, enterprises large and small, foundations and NGOs as a result of the corona crisis.

Spreading fast: Dutch and Belgian COVID-19 State-aid approved

Many Member States are taking measures to support the economy during the COVID-19 crisis. The European Commission’s Temporary Framework enables the rapid approval of certain types of State aid.

COVID-19: fast-forwarding competition law

Competition authorities are temporarily ‘green-lighting’ certain collaboration initiatives to safeguard the supply of essential products in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.

ECJ confirms: no shortcut for ‘by object’ antitrust infringements

The European Court of Justice has found there is no shortcut for determining whether particular conduct can be held to have the object to restrict competition.

Marc Fyon and Viktor Pokorny authored two articles on the new Belgian Companies Code

The two in-depth analyses examine, respectively, the impact of the reform on the governance of financial institutions and on financial transactions, and the new form of limited company ("Société à responsabilité limitée"/"Besloten vennootschap").

Bill of law on interest and royalties paid to non-cooperative jurisdictions

The Luxembourg Government proposes to introduce the non-deductibility of interest and royalties expenses of a Luxembourg taxpayer towards collective entities located in a blacklisted jurisdiction.

ACM played high stakes and lost: no more fixed network access regulation

The ACM’s failure to meet the requisite standard of proof has led to the fixed networks of Dutch telecom providers KPN and VodafoneZiggo being free from access regulation.

EU competition policy agenda: full to the brim

The European Commission’s competition policy agenda stretches to 2024 and contains plans for many new or revised rules and guidelines.

Key considerations for management and owners of Dutch privately held companies in distress due to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant and immediate adverse effect on many companies in different industries. Many PE portfolio companies are particularly vulnerable given the typical high leverage finance structure and inherent need to maintain cash fl

Christof Swaak

Of Counsel Amsterdam

Contracts & Corona: force majeure and related topics

The spread of the coronavirus may have some consequences that affect your ability to perform your obligations under your contracts, or your co-contractors’ ability to perform theirs. We provide some insight on a few pressing questions.

Luxembourg adopts measures to facilitate holding of meetings in companies and other legal entities during Covid-19”

Luxembourg adopted a Grand-Ducal Regulation on 20 March 2020 introducing emergency measures relating to the holding of meetings in companies and other legal entities.

Edouard d'Anterroches contributes to BLI's white paper on impact finance

Stibbe Luxembourg's Funds Partner Edouard d'Anterroches offers an analytic view on the margins and possibilities granted by the regulation on social entrepreneurship funds (EuSEF) to foster innovative impact investment solutions in the European Union.

De renaissance van de voorlopige maatregelen in het mededingingsrecht

Mededingingsautoriteiten zijn op zoek naar instrumenten om snel in te grijpen bij ontluikende mededingingsproblemen op de techmarkten.

Edouard d'Anterroches contributes to BLI's white paper on microfinance

Stibbe Luxembourg's Edouard d'Anterroches, Funds Partner, contributed to Banque de Luxembourg Investments' workshops on sustainable finance and co-authored a white paper on microfinance, capturing key insights.

Directors' liability due to competition law infringements by the company

The District Court Noord-Nederland recently allowed the trustees in bankruptcy of Northsea shrimp trading company Heiploeg to recover part of a EUR 27 million cartel fine from a former director.

What to expect when you are expecting: broader investment screening in the Netherlands

On 8 September 2020, a draft bill setting up an ex-ante and ex-post screening mechanism for investments in companies active in vital processes or sensitive technology in the Netherlands was published for consultation.

If you can’t stand the heat: kitchen retailers fined for misleading consumers

There is a new enforcement trend in the Netherlands; consumer protection is shifting from private enforcement before the civil courts, to public enforcement through the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM).

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