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Companies participating in a franchise agreement are advised to carefully assess possible competition law concerns, particularly if the franchisees are (potential) competitors.

Further to the several tax proposals released by the Dutch government on Budget Day last month (see our Tax Alert of 20 September 2018), on 15 October the Dutch State Secretary of Finance sent a letter to the Dutch parliament containing a reconsideration

On 14 March the European Court of Justice issued a landmark judgment in the Skanska case.

The ACM will include the effects of mergers on labour conditions in its review. It will also investigate excessive pricing of prescription drugs.

In a private enforcement case brought by CDC against Kemira, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal applies the European principle of effectiveness and rules that claims are not time-barred under Spanish, Finnish and Swedish law.

On 28 January 2020, the Court of Appeal of Den Bosch issued a ruling in the Dutch prestressing steel litigation.

Companies should keep a careful record of which documents the Belgian Competition Authorities seize during a dawn raid.

Companies beware: the ACM may not need to specify the scope of its investigation into suspected cartel infringements in as much detail as expected.

In its first pay-for-delay case, the ECJ has clarified the criteria determining whether settlement agreements between a patent holder of a pharmaceutical product and a generic manufacturer may have as their object or effect to restrict EU competition law.

Op 31 juli 2019 is de Richtlijn digitale instrumenten en processen in het vennootschapsrecht in werking getreden. Deze richtlijn maakt in bepaalde gevallen een volledig digitale oprichting van vennootschappen mogelijk.

Op 1 januari 2020 is de Richtlijn grensoverschrijdende omzettingen, fusies en splitsingen in werking getreden. Nederland heeft tot 31 januari 2023 de tijd om de richtlijn te implementeren in de Nederlandse wet- en regelgeving.

Dutch dividend withholding tax has been a hot topic the last few years. In 2018 there were discussions on whether the Dutch dividend withholding tax should be abolished or not. One of the arguments to abolish related to the potential risk of the Dutch div

Het multilateraal instrument (MLI) is een van de belangrijkste fiscale ontwikkelingen van het moment. In een column voor Fondsnieuws bespreekt David de Groot de (potentiële) gevolgen die het MLI voor beleggingsfondsen kan hebben.

The global debate on alleged aggressive international tax planning initiated by the G20/OECD and the EU, is an important driver of the current developments in the field of international taxation. The following is a high level summary of certain developmen

On 20 July 2018, the Court of Appeal of Gelderland published another interim judgment in the ongoing proceedings between TenneT, the grid operator in the Netherlands, and ABB in relation to the gas insulated switchgear (GIS) infringement.

On 27 June 2018, the District Court of East-Brabant ruled on the limitation periods of a damages claim brought by Vestel in relation to the alleged cathode ray tubes (CRT) cartel.

On 16 July 2018, the European Commission adopted a new Best Practices Code for State aid control. With this code the Commission aims to provide clarity to Member States, businesses and stakeholders about the day-to-day conduct of State aid procedures.

On 12 July 2018, the General Court dismissed the appeals against the fines imposed by the European Commission in the power cable cartel.