779 results Stibbe advises Seven2 Stibbe advised Seven2 on the acquisition of a majority stake in Zwart Techniek. Ingrid van der Klooster Senior Professional Support Lawyer (not admitted to the bar) Amsterdam Navigating SFDR 2.0: Unofficial Consolidated Text of the Commission’s Proposal Following the European Commission’s proposal of 20 November 2025 to amend the SFDR, Stibbe has prepared a non-official consolidated version of SFDR 2.0 to help interested persons navigate the proposed EU sustainable finance legal framework. Back to the Future of Blue Monday? Het zijn spannende tijden voor het klimaat. In deze eerste editie van TvJ in 2025 bespreekt Manon Cremers positief (klimaat)nieuws om het jaar mee te beginnen. Stibbe contributes to Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 Valérie van 't Lam, Heleen Kersten, Marieke Driessen and Branda Katan contributed to the Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 in the chapter about Law and Practice in the Netherlands. Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers. Pieter Nobels Partner Brussels Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network. The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium The Belgian screening mechanism for FDIs will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belgium's critical infrastructure and to protect sectors crucial to Belgium's public order, national security and strategic interests. Extended access to electronic data for the Belgian Competition Authority The Belgian legislator has amended some competition law provisions in Book IV Code of Economic law. The new provision on access to data of electronic communications operators endows the Belgian Competition Authority with new investigation powers. Omnibus I: clarity on the future of the CSRD and CSDDD The long-awaited clarity on Omnibus I is here: the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a political agreement on the text. The European Parliament has already adopted the text, and for the Council of the European Union th Omnibus I: duidelijkheid over de toekomst van de CSRD en CSDDD De lang verwachte duidelijkheid over Omnibus I is er, het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie hebben een politiek akkoord bereikt de tekst. Het Europees Parlement heeft de tekst al aangenomen, en voor de Raad van de Europese Unie lijkt dit EU ESG wrap-up: concluding 2025 and stepping into 2026 In this blog, we briefly discuss the notable legal developments of 2025 and describe some of the major EU legal and legislative developments expected in 2026 and the planned proposals from the European Commission (EC) work programme for 2026. Upward referral of killer acquisitions: enlightened or one-stop shop flop? Companies involved in M&A deals falling below the EU and national notification thresholds need to think twice about their deal’s potential impact on competition from now on. The ECN+ Directive implemented in Belgium and introduction of merger filing fees On 7 March 2022, the Act implementing the ECN+ Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The Act entered into force on 17 March 2022. Second time lucky: Intel’s EUR 1.06 billion loyalty rebate fine quashed Intel’s second round at the General Court was significantly more successful than its first. In the first round, the General Court had failed to analyse whether the loyalty rebates at issue were capable of restricting competition. In the second round, afte ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector. Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision. Pagination Previous page Page 32 Current page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Next page
Stibbe advises Seven2 Stibbe advised Seven2 on the acquisition of a majority stake in Zwart Techniek.
Navigating SFDR 2.0: Unofficial Consolidated Text of the Commission’s Proposal Following the European Commission’s proposal of 20 November 2025 to amend the SFDR, Stibbe has prepared a non-official consolidated version of SFDR 2.0 to help interested persons navigate the proposed EU sustainable finance legal framework.
Back to the Future of Blue Monday? Het zijn spannende tijden voor het klimaat. In deze eerste editie van TvJ in 2025 bespreekt Manon Cremers positief (klimaat)nieuws om het jaar mee te beginnen.
Stibbe contributes to Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 Valérie van 't Lam, Heleen Kersten, Marieke Driessen and Branda Katan contributed to the Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 in the chapter about Law and Practice in the Netherlands.
Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers.
Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network.
The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium The Belgian screening mechanism for FDIs will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belgium's critical infrastructure and to protect sectors crucial to Belgium's public order, national security and strategic interests.
Extended access to electronic data for the Belgian Competition Authority The Belgian legislator has amended some competition law provisions in Book IV Code of Economic law. The new provision on access to data of electronic communications operators endows the Belgian Competition Authority with new investigation powers.
Omnibus I: clarity on the future of the CSRD and CSDDD The long-awaited clarity on Omnibus I is here: the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a political agreement on the text. The European Parliament has already adopted the text, and for the Council of the European Union th
Omnibus I: duidelijkheid over de toekomst van de CSRD en CSDDD De lang verwachte duidelijkheid over Omnibus I is er, het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie hebben een politiek akkoord bereikt de tekst. Het Europees Parlement heeft de tekst al aangenomen, en voor de Raad van de Europese Unie lijkt dit
EU ESG wrap-up: concluding 2025 and stepping into 2026 In this blog, we briefly discuss the notable legal developments of 2025 and describe some of the major EU legal and legislative developments expected in 2026 and the planned proposals from the European Commission (EC) work programme for 2026.
Upward referral of killer acquisitions: enlightened or one-stop shop flop? Companies involved in M&A deals falling below the EU and national notification thresholds need to think twice about their deal’s potential impact on competition from now on.
The ECN+ Directive implemented in Belgium and introduction of merger filing fees On 7 March 2022, the Act implementing the ECN+ Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The Act entered into force on 17 March 2022.
Second time lucky: Intel’s EUR 1.06 billion loyalty rebate fine quashed Intel’s second round at the General Court was significantly more successful than its first. In the first round, the General Court had failed to analyse whether the loyalty rebates at issue were capable of restricting competition. In the second round, afte
ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector.
Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision.