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The MiCAR aims to create a broad EU regulatory framework for the issuance of, intermediating and dealing in, crypto assets. MiCAR entered into force in June 2023. Both ESMA and EBA published consultation papers including draft technical standards.

There is no magical number when it comes to “4-to-3” telecom mergers. On 28/5/2020, the EU’s General Court handed down a landmark judgment annulling a 2016 decision of the European Commission blocking the merger between O2 UK and Three.

On 24 July 2023, the Luxembourg law of 21 July 2023 aiming to improve and modernise the legal and regulatory framework applicable to investment fund products has been published in the Official Journal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

National courts upheld the approach by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange, lowering the standard of proof for collusion by competitors when receiving competitively sensitive information from a buyer (or supplier).

Phinney Disseldorp staat stil bij enkele vragen die in de praktijk spelen bij het toekennen van retentiebonussen in de financiële sector, en concludeert dat dit geen sinecure is.

The European Commission recently adopted a package to simplify its procedures for reviewing concentrations under the EU Merger regulation. Under the new rules, more cases can benefit from the simplified procedure.

Stibbe’s Equal Pay Team lanceert vandaag, op Equal Pay Day in Nederland, een website die werkgevers een uitgebreid en praktisch overzicht biedt van alle juridische aspecten van gelijke beloning voor vrouwen en mannen. 

On the 1st of June 2023, the European patent landscape has undergone a substantial change with the launch of the Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) and the Unitary Patent.

On 20 December, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted bill of law 8292 implementing Council Directive 2022/2523 on ensuring a global min. level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups & large-scale domestic groups in the EU, also known as Pillar Two.

The European Commission put forth a proposal for a directive on multiple-vote share structures. In this blog, we discuss the use of multiple-vote share structures in the EU and the Netherlands and provide insights into the proposed directive.