313 results Webinar: The Dutch Scheme in international restructurings Daisy Nijkamp and Job van Hooff will present a webinar on the use of the Dutch Scheme in international restructurings, in collaboration with Lexology/Global Restructuring Review. Webinar: Intellectual Property Rights and Insolvency Proceedings Agoria, Belgium’s largest sectorial employers’ federation of technology driven companies, patent office V.O. and Stibbe jointly organise a webinar on the main aspects of insolvency proceedings and their impact on intellectual property rights. Webinar on restructuring of corporate finance and distressed M&A The global COVID-19 crisis poses major challenges to many companies, their shareholders and financiers. On Thursday 23 April 2020 from 13.30 to 14.30 (CEST) Stibbe organizes a webinar on restructuring of corporate finance and distressed M&A. Stibbe partne Dutch Supreme Court decides against the pledgeability of non-transferable claims Lawyers occasionally wonder how the law ended up as it is. We had that experience after the Dutch Supreme Court’s decision of 1 July 2022 (Rabobank/Ten Berge q.q.; ECLI:NL:HR:2022:984), regarding the possibility or impossibility of pledging a claim. Stibbe represents retail company Stibbe represented an upmarket department store company in the highly publicized proceedings before Belgium’s Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de cassation) regarding the validity of the national sales period legislation in light of EU law. Stibbe represents major insurance company Stibbe represented a major insurance company in its defence before the Brussels Court against a group of claimants who purchased life insurance schemes linked to Traded Endowment Funds. Stibbe advised Kroymans Stibbe advised Kroymans and a group of various automotive companies (both importers and dealers) and its group companies on its financial restructuring. Digital Law Up(to)date: The EDPS claims Pegasus might lead to an unprecedented level of intrusiveness On 15 February 2022, the European Data Protection Supervisor published Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware. In fact, this document directly targets the Pegasus spyware developed by an Israeli company. Digital Law Up(to)date: EDPS opinion on the proposal for a directive on consumer credits The European Data Protection Supervisor has handed down a positive opinion on the initiative of the European Commission to modernise Directive 2008/48 on credit agreements for consumers, taking into account the increasing digitalisation of this market. Digital Law Up(to)date: Display of advertising messages in electronic inbox similar to real emails constitutes unsolicited communication On 25 November 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the display in the electronic inbox of advertising messages in a form similar to real email constitutes an unsolicited communications. Digital Law Up(to)date: (1) the download of a software with a permanent licence can constitute a “sale of goods”; (2) alert of the BEUC regarding the privacy policy of WhatsApp and its new terms of use In this blog, we present two interesting matters in the field of digital law: (1) The supply of a copy of software together with a licence to use it can constitute a "sale of goods”; and (2) WhatsApp in turmoil for its privacy policy and terms of use. Stibbe advises Proximus Stibbe advised Proximus, a listed company and longstanding client, on a broad variety of matters, including innovative partnerships, regulatory compliance, M&A and finance projects, and dispute resolution. The Dutch scheme - a summary of the upcoming new restructuring tool The Dutch legislator has prepared a bill – the Act on confirmation of private restructuring plans – introducing a framework that allows debtors to restructure their debts outside formal insolvency proceedings (the "Dutch Scheme"). The Dutch scheme – when can it be used, and by whom? As mentioned in our earlier blog, the Dutch legislator has prepared a bill – the Act on confirmation of private restructuring plans (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord) – which introduces a framework allowing debtors to restructure their debts outside for Hondenbezitter niet aansprakelijk voor schade - voldaan aan relativiteitsvereiste? Handelt een hondeneigenaar gevaarzettend als hij zijn hond niet aanlijnt en een andere (wél aangelijnde) hond als reactie hierop zijn baasje omver trekt? En strekt de in een Algemene Plaatselijke Verordening opgenomen aanlijnplicht ertoe dit soort situati Verifieerbare vorderingen, de stand van zaken na Credit Suisse/Jongepier q.q. De afgelopen jaren heeft de Hoge Raad verschillende arresten gewezen over de invloed van het faillissement op wederkerige overeenkomsten, het fixatiebeginsel en de kwalificatie van vorderingen als boedelvordering, verifieerbare vordering of nietverifieerb Nouvelle loi sur l’abus de dependance economique, les clauses abusives et les pratiques du marche deloyales entre entreprises Le législateur belge a réglementé, trois séries de nouvelles pratiques : une interdiction d’abus de dépendance économique; une interdiction de clauses abusives dans les relations B2B; une interdiction de pratiques du marché déloyales. Secrets d’affaires et anciens employés Un problème qui se pose souvent lors du départ de travailleurs réside dans le savoir-faire qu’ils ont accumulé au sein de l’entreprise et qu’ils emportent avec eux dans une nouvelle entreprise. Dans quelle mesure ce savoir-faire peut-il être utilisé ? Pagination Previous page Page 12 Current page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Next page
Webinar: The Dutch Scheme in international restructurings Daisy Nijkamp and Job van Hooff will present a webinar on the use of the Dutch Scheme in international restructurings, in collaboration with Lexology/Global Restructuring Review.
Webinar: Intellectual Property Rights and Insolvency Proceedings Agoria, Belgium’s largest sectorial employers’ federation of technology driven companies, patent office V.O. and Stibbe jointly organise a webinar on the main aspects of insolvency proceedings and their impact on intellectual property rights.
Webinar on restructuring of corporate finance and distressed M&A The global COVID-19 crisis poses major challenges to many companies, their shareholders and financiers. On Thursday 23 April 2020 from 13.30 to 14.30 (CEST) Stibbe organizes a webinar on restructuring of corporate finance and distressed M&A. Stibbe partne
Dutch Supreme Court decides against the pledgeability of non-transferable claims Lawyers occasionally wonder how the law ended up as it is. We had that experience after the Dutch Supreme Court’s decision of 1 July 2022 (Rabobank/Ten Berge q.q.; ECLI:NL:HR:2022:984), regarding the possibility or impossibility of pledging a claim.
Stibbe represents retail company Stibbe represented an upmarket department store company in the highly publicized proceedings before Belgium’s Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de cassation) regarding the validity of the national sales period legislation in light of EU law.
Stibbe represents major insurance company Stibbe represented a major insurance company in its defence before the Brussels Court against a group of claimants who purchased life insurance schemes linked to Traded Endowment Funds.
Stibbe advised Kroymans Stibbe advised Kroymans and a group of various automotive companies (both importers and dealers) and its group companies on its financial restructuring.
Digital Law Up(to)date: The EDPS claims Pegasus might lead to an unprecedented level of intrusiveness On 15 February 2022, the European Data Protection Supervisor published Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware. In fact, this document directly targets the Pegasus spyware developed by an Israeli company.
Digital Law Up(to)date: EDPS opinion on the proposal for a directive on consumer credits The European Data Protection Supervisor has handed down a positive opinion on the initiative of the European Commission to modernise Directive 2008/48 on credit agreements for consumers, taking into account the increasing digitalisation of this market.
Digital Law Up(to)date: Display of advertising messages in electronic inbox similar to real emails constitutes unsolicited communication On 25 November 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the display in the electronic inbox of advertising messages in a form similar to real email constitutes an unsolicited communications.
Digital Law Up(to)date: (1) the download of a software with a permanent licence can constitute a “sale of goods”; (2) alert of the BEUC regarding the privacy policy of WhatsApp and its new terms of use In this blog, we present two interesting matters in the field of digital law: (1) The supply of a copy of software together with a licence to use it can constitute a "sale of goods”; and (2) WhatsApp in turmoil for its privacy policy and terms of use.
Stibbe advises Proximus Stibbe advised Proximus, a listed company and longstanding client, on a broad variety of matters, including innovative partnerships, regulatory compliance, M&A and finance projects, and dispute resolution.
The Dutch scheme - a summary of the upcoming new restructuring tool The Dutch legislator has prepared a bill – the Act on confirmation of private restructuring plans – introducing a framework that allows debtors to restructure their debts outside formal insolvency proceedings (the "Dutch Scheme").
The Dutch scheme – when can it be used, and by whom? As mentioned in our earlier blog, the Dutch legislator has prepared a bill – the Act on confirmation of private restructuring plans (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord) – which introduces a framework allowing debtors to restructure their debts outside for
Hondenbezitter niet aansprakelijk voor schade - voldaan aan relativiteitsvereiste? Handelt een hondeneigenaar gevaarzettend als hij zijn hond niet aanlijnt en een andere (wél aangelijnde) hond als reactie hierop zijn baasje omver trekt? En strekt de in een Algemene Plaatselijke Verordening opgenomen aanlijnplicht ertoe dit soort situati
Verifieerbare vorderingen, de stand van zaken na Credit Suisse/Jongepier q.q. De afgelopen jaren heeft de Hoge Raad verschillende arresten gewezen over de invloed van het faillissement op wederkerige overeenkomsten, het fixatiebeginsel en de kwalificatie van vorderingen als boedelvordering, verifieerbare vordering of nietverifieerb
Nouvelle loi sur l’abus de dependance economique, les clauses abusives et les pratiques du marche deloyales entre entreprises Le législateur belge a réglementé, trois séries de nouvelles pratiques : une interdiction d’abus de dépendance économique; une interdiction de clauses abusives dans les relations B2B; une interdiction de pratiques du marché déloyales.
Secrets d’affaires et anciens employés Un problème qui se pose souvent lors du départ de travailleurs réside dans le savoir-faire qu’ils ont accumulé au sein de l’entreprise et qu’ils emportent avec eux dans une nouvelle entreprise. Dans quelle mesure ce savoir-faire peut-il être utilisé ?