Stibbe advises worldwide seeds leader
Matter
BE Law
Stibbe assisted a worldwide seeds leader in negotiations on cooperation deals with competitors.
These negotiations involve applying the new Commission Horizontal Guidelines, Block Exemption, regulation on R&D agreements, etc. We also advised our client on an R&D agreement and assisted in the negotiation of various collaboration agreements regarding transgene technology and biotechnological research, license agreements, patent advice, etc.
On litigation, we represented our client before the Belgian courts in a dispute it had with one of its UK agents.