668 results Mayday, Mayday: Pay day! The Commission’s fight to avoid paying interest to Deutsche Telekom is over. The ECJ upheld the right of companies to receive interest on unduly collected antitrust fines, carrying a hefty price tag for the Commission. The ECJ’s ruling in Servier: Never Settle For Less Patent settlement agreements between originator pharmaceutical companies and generics manufacturers are a risky business. Originator medicine company Servier and five generic companies rolled the dice and the ECJ largely confirmed their antitrust fines. First application of Towercast in Belgium and merger filing exemption for certain hospital merger The Belgian Competition Authority has applied the Towercast case law in a first case in Belgium. It could possibly try do so again for certain hospital mergers that the legislator has recently exempted from merger filing in Belgium. Stibbe contributes to commentary on the Dutch Minimum Tax Act 2024 Zoya Zalmai and Thijs van Vliet contributed to the commentary on the Dutch Minimum Tax Act 2024 published in the online Dutch tax database NDFR. Global Legal Insights - Corporate Tax 2024 guide is now available The Global Legal Insights - Corporate Tax 2024 guide is now available. Michael Molenaars, Reinout de Boer, Maurits van Dijk and Ashley Peeters are its contributing authors. Listing Act: Inside information disclosure in a protracted process In April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the EU Listing Act. We discuss the removal of the obligation to immediately disclose an intermediate step in a protracted process that constitutes inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation. Tom Verdonk co-edited ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’ Tom Verdonk has co-edited the book ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’, recently published by Larcier-Intersentia. Dutch tax insights in debt restructuring cases We will highlight certain focus areas from a Dutch tax perspective in debt restructuring cases involving a Dutch debtor, also considering creditors holding or obtaining an equity stake – directly or indirectly - in the borrowing entity. Breaking off negotiations: does unjust enrichment lead to liability for damages? The Dutch Supreme Court rendered a decision on 14 June 2024 that sheds light on the standards for a party’s obligation to reimburse the other party’s costs when breaking off negotiations. Nederlands stakingsrecht op orde Deze zomer wees het Europees Sociaal Comité voor Sociale Rechten (ECSR) de klachten af die FNV en CNV hadden ingediend over het Nederlandse stakingsrecht. Stibbe advises on landmark multi-family residential transaction in Brussels Stibbe acted as legal counsel to ION Residential Platform (IRP), a joint venture between ION, Bouwinvest, and CBRE IM, in its most recent acquisition of 100% of the shares in Calevoet Land from developers LIFE and Miix. Tips for Navigating the 2024 Dutch Tax Roadmap In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars explain the key markers of the 2024 Dutch Tax Package and provide an overview of the tax developments expected in 2024/2025 and how these may affect international businesses. Recent Dutch Tax Developments in M&A Transactions In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars discuss recent Dutch tax developments that are relevant to mergers and acquisitions transactions with a Dutch component. Debt or Equity? That Is Still a Dutch Tax Question In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars examine a recent tax ruling of the Dutch Supreme Court regarding the qualifications of instruments as debt or equity for Dutch tax purposes. Equity Capital Markets Insights Guide 2024 The Stibbe Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Insights Guide 2024 offers an overview of recent developments in the equity capital markets in the Netherlands, highlighting the key trends and legal developments. Stibbe advises on strategic real estate acquisition in Continental Europe Stibbe advised on the strategic acquisition of Forum Estates Holding BV by Cibus Nordic Real Estate AB. This transaction marks Cibus' first step into continental Europe, with an underlying property value of approximately EUR 508 million. Draft bill on the implementation of the CSDDD (WIVO) published The draft bill on international corporate responsibility (“WIVO”) was published for consultation on 18 November 2024, together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The WIVO implements the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Netflix in own privacy cliffhanger: EUR 4.75 million fine from Dutch GDPR Watchdog Netflix, the global streaming giant, has been fined €4.75 million by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or AP) for failing to provide customers with adequate information about how their personal data was being processed. Pagination Previous page Page 19 Current page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Next page
Mayday, Mayday: Pay day! The Commission’s fight to avoid paying interest to Deutsche Telekom is over. The ECJ upheld the right of companies to receive interest on unduly collected antitrust fines, carrying a hefty price tag for the Commission.
The ECJ’s ruling in Servier: Never Settle For Less Patent settlement agreements between originator pharmaceutical companies and generics manufacturers are a risky business. Originator medicine company Servier and five generic companies rolled the dice and the ECJ largely confirmed their antitrust fines.
First application of Towercast in Belgium and merger filing exemption for certain hospital merger The Belgian Competition Authority has applied the Towercast case law in a first case in Belgium. It could possibly try do so again for certain hospital mergers that the legislator has recently exempted from merger filing in Belgium.
Stibbe contributes to commentary on the Dutch Minimum Tax Act 2024 Zoya Zalmai and Thijs van Vliet contributed to the commentary on the Dutch Minimum Tax Act 2024 published in the online Dutch tax database NDFR.
Global Legal Insights - Corporate Tax 2024 guide is now available The Global Legal Insights - Corporate Tax 2024 guide is now available. Michael Molenaars, Reinout de Boer, Maurits van Dijk and Ashley Peeters are its contributing authors.
Listing Act: Inside information disclosure in a protracted process In April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the EU Listing Act. We discuss the removal of the obligation to immediately disclose an intermediate step in a protracted process that constitutes inside information under the Market Abuse Regulation.
Tom Verdonk co-edited ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’ Tom Verdonk has co-edited the book ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’, recently published by Larcier-Intersentia.
Dutch tax insights in debt restructuring cases We will highlight certain focus areas from a Dutch tax perspective in debt restructuring cases involving a Dutch debtor, also considering creditors holding or obtaining an equity stake – directly or indirectly - in the borrowing entity.
Breaking off negotiations: does unjust enrichment lead to liability for damages? The Dutch Supreme Court rendered a decision on 14 June 2024 that sheds light on the standards for a party’s obligation to reimburse the other party’s costs when breaking off negotiations.
Nederlands stakingsrecht op orde Deze zomer wees het Europees Sociaal Comité voor Sociale Rechten (ECSR) de klachten af die FNV en CNV hadden ingediend over het Nederlandse stakingsrecht.
Stibbe advises on landmark multi-family residential transaction in Brussels Stibbe acted as legal counsel to ION Residential Platform (IRP), a joint venture between ION, Bouwinvest, and CBRE IM, in its most recent acquisition of 100% of the shares in Calevoet Land from developers LIFE and Miix.
Tips for Navigating the 2024 Dutch Tax Roadmap In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars explain the key markers of the 2024 Dutch Tax Package and provide an overview of the tax developments expected in 2024/2025 and how these may affect international businesses.
Recent Dutch Tax Developments in M&A Transactions In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars discuss recent Dutch tax developments that are relevant to mergers and acquisitions transactions with a Dutch component.
Debt or Equity? That Is Still a Dutch Tax Question In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars examine a recent tax ruling of the Dutch Supreme Court regarding the qualifications of instruments as debt or equity for Dutch tax purposes.
Equity Capital Markets Insights Guide 2024 The Stibbe Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Insights Guide 2024 offers an overview of recent developments in the equity capital markets in the Netherlands, highlighting the key trends and legal developments.
Stibbe advises on strategic real estate acquisition in Continental Europe Stibbe advised on the strategic acquisition of Forum Estates Holding BV by Cibus Nordic Real Estate AB. This transaction marks Cibus' first step into continental Europe, with an underlying property value of approximately EUR 508 million.
Draft bill on the implementation of the CSDDD (WIVO) published The draft bill on international corporate responsibility (“WIVO”) was published for consultation on 18 November 2024, together with a draft explanatory memorandum. The WIVO implements the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
Netflix in own privacy cliffhanger: EUR 4.75 million fine from Dutch GDPR Watchdog Netflix, the global streaming giant, has been fined €4.75 million by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or AP) for failing to provide customers with adequate information about how their personal data was being processed.