760 results Stibbe advises ABN AMRO Stibbe advises ABN AMRO on the sale of a majority stake in Stater to Infosys. Stibbe advises citizenM and its existing shareholders KRC and APG Stibbe advises citizenM hotels and its existing shareholders KRC and APG on an agreement whereby GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a 25% stake in citizenM valuing the company at €2 billion. European Parliament votes in favour of representative actions for consumers On 26 March 2019 the European Parliament approved an amended version of the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on representative actions for the protection of collective interests of consumers, following a debate on 25 March 2019. Wanted: fast solutions for fast-growing platforms Dominant digital companies be warned: calls for additional tools to deal with powerful platforms in online markets are increasing. No fine means no reason to appeal? Think again! Whistleblowers who have had their fine reduced to zero may still have an interest in challenging an antitrust decision. ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel. Stibbe advises Mitsui, Modec and others Stibbe advised Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Modec, Inc., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation as sponsors on the offering of US$ 1,100,000,000 senior secured notes by MV24 Capital B.V. Stibbe advises ADNOC Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the acquisition of a 10% interest in VTTI BV, the owner and operator of storage terminals in 14 countries. Implementatiewet gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen in consultatie tot 3 september 2019 – op naar een circulaire economie? Op 24 juli 2019 is een concept AMvB in consultatie gegaan, die strekt tot wijziging van enkele besluiten ten behoeve van de implementatie van de gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen (Richtlijn 2008/98/EG, "Kra", zoals gewijzigd door Richtlijn 2018/851/E Call of duty: Commission must state reasons when straying from its guidelines The European Commission has lost a second battle concerning its EUR 15 million fine imposed upon interdealer broker ICAP, this time before the European Court of Justice. Brand owners beware: Commission tough on cross-border sales restrictions The European Commission recently imposed a EUR 6.2 million fine on Hello Kitty owner Sanrio for preventing its licensees from selling licensed merchandising products across the entire EEA. General court dismisses all five appeals in the optical disk drives cartel The General Court recently upheld a Commission decision finding that suppliers of optical disk drives colluded in bids for sales to Dell and HP by engaging in a network of parallel bilateral contacts over a multi-year period. The ACM follows EU approach in its first pharmaceutical merger The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently reviewed its first merger between two pharmaceutical companies. Digitisation and competition law: past, present and future It is nearly time for the European Commission to reveal its course of action in digitisation and competition law. The need for speed in mergers is no reason to ignore rights of defence On 16 January 2019, the European Court of Justice clarified the procedural guarantees the European Commission needs to provide to merging parties during merger reviews. Wetsvoorstel tot implementatie Vierde Spoorwegpakket op 29 januari 2019 aangenomen Eerder schreven wij een blogbericht over de implementatie van het zogenaamde 'Vierde Spoorwegpakket'. In navolging van de Tweede Kamer (9 oktober 2018) heeft de Eerste Kamer het daartoe strekkende wetsvoorstel op 29 januari 2019 aangenomen. Milieuschade: voorkomen en betalen Een korte behandeling van twee onderzoeken naar het milieuaansprakelijkheidsrecht en de ontwikkelingen sindsdien. Sweet & Maxwell’s annual EU Competition Law Handbook The 29th edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s annual EU Competition Law Handbook has been published. Pagination Previous page Page 24 Current page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Next page
Stibbe advises ABN AMRO Stibbe advises ABN AMRO on the sale of a majority stake in Stater to Infosys.
Stibbe advises citizenM and its existing shareholders KRC and APG Stibbe advises citizenM hotels and its existing shareholders KRC and APG on an agreement whereby GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a 25% stake in citizenM valuing the company at €2 billion.
European Parliament votes in favour of representative actions for consumers On 26 March 2019 the European Parliament approved an amended version of the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on representative actions for the protection of collective interests of consumers, following a debate on 25 March 2019.
Wanted: fast solutions for fast-growing platforms Dominant digital companies be warned: calls for additional tools to deal with powerful platforms in online markets are increasing.
No fine means no reason to appeal? Think again! Whistleblowers who have had their fine reduced to zero may still have an interest in challenging an antitrust decision.
ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel.
Stibbe advises Mitsui, Modec and others Stibbe advised Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Modec, Inc., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation as sponsors on the offering of US$ 1,100,000,000 senior secured notes by MV24 Capital B.V.
Stibbe advises ADNOC Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the acquisition of a 10% interest in VTTI BV, the owner and operator of storage terminals in 14 countries.
Implementatiewet gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen in consultatie tot 3 september 2019 – op naar een circulaire economie? Op 24 juli 2019 is een concept AMvB in consultatie gegaan, die strekt tot wijziging van enkele besluiten ten behoeve van de implementatie van de gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen (Richtlijn 2008/98/EG, "Kra", zoals gewijzigd door Richtlijn 2018/851/E
Call of duty: Commission must state reasons when straying from its guidelines The European Commission has lost a second battle concerning its EUR 15 million fine imposed upon interdealer broker ICAP, this time before the European Court of Justice.
Brand owners beware: Commission tough on cross-border sales restrictions The European Commission recently imposed a EUR 6.2 million fine on Hello Kitty owner Sanrio for preventing its licensees from selling licensed merchandising products across the entire EEA.
General court dismisses all five appeals in the optical disk drives cartel The General Court recently upheld a Commission decision finding that suppliers of optical disk drives colluded in bids for sales to Dell and HP by engaging in a network of parallel bilateral contacts over a multi-year period.
The ACM follows EU approach in its first pharmaceutical merger The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently reviewed its first merger between two pharmaceutical companies.
Digitisation and competition law: past, present and future It is nearly time for the European Commission to reveal its course of action in digitisation and competition law.
The need for speed in mergers is no reason to ignore rights of defence On 16 January 2019, the European Court of Justice clarified the procedural guarantees the European Commission needs to provide to merging parties during merger reviews.
Wetsvoorstel tot implementatie Vierde Spoorwegpakket op 29 januari 2019 aangenomen Eerder schreven wij een blogbericht over de implementatie van het zogenaamde 'Vierde Spoorwegpakket'. In navolging van de Tweede Kamer (9 oktober 2018) heeft de Eerste Kamer het daartoe strekkende wetsvoorstel op 29 januari 2019 aangenomen.
Milieuschade: voorkomen en betalen Een korte behandeling van twee onderzoeken naar het milieuaansprakelijkheidsrecht en de ontwikkelingen sindsdien.
Sweet & Maxwell’s annual EU Competition Law Handbook The 29th edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s annual EU Competition Law Handbook has been published.