200 results Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network. Belgian watchdog tackles bid rigging In recent cases in the fire protection and private security sectors, the Belgian Competition Authority has made the prosecution of bid-rigging one of its top priorities, imposing hefty fines on infringers for their participation in cartel schemes. First trip around the sun: FSR – one year in review The Foreign Subsidies Regulation has celebrated one year of its application. Time for companies to take stock of the lessons learnt from key developments of this first year. However, ambiguities remain and more is yet to come. Watch this space! 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. Nieuw Vlaams decreet over het vervreemden van onroerende domeingoederen en het vestigen en vervreemden van zakelijke rechten van toepassing vanaf 1 juni 2024 bij publieke vastgoedtransacties Op 1 juni 2024 trad een nieuw decreet van de Vlaamse regering in werking dat voorziet in de verplichting voor Vlaamse overheidsinstanties om gepaste en evenredige publiciteitsmaatregelen te nemen bij publieke vastgoedtransacties. Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such? 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. Planologische compensatie: een gamechanger in de strijd voor open ruimte? De planologische compensatieplicht is nu wettelijk verplicht bij elke wijziging van een 'zachte' naar een 'harde' bestemming. Wat betekent dit voor toekomstige RUP’s? Ontdek de regels, uitzonderingen én de nieuwe handleiding van het Departement Omgeving. EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007. Stibbe advises Avista Capital Partners Stibbe advised Avista Capital Partners in the acquistion of a 50% stake in Vision Healthcare. Stibbe contributes to the Financial and Business Crime Global Guide Hans Van Bavel, Elisabeth Matthys and Ann Apers contributed to the Financial and Business Crime Global Guide. Temporary unemployment due to force majeure: extension of simplified procedures On 7 May, 2020, the ONEM/RVA has modified its instructions: the simplified procedures for temporary unemployment due to force majeure resulting from the Covid-19 crisis can be applied up to and including 30 June, 2020. Chômage temporaire pour force majeure : prolongation des procédures simplifiées Ce 7 mai 2020, l’ONEM a modifié ses instructions. La procédure simplifiée pour la mise en chômage temporaire pour force majeure en raison de la crise du Covid-19 est prolongée jusqu'au 30 juin 2020. Marc Fyon and Viktor Pokorny authored two articles on the new Belgian Companies Code The two in-depth analyses examine, respectively, the impact of the reform on the governance of financial institutions and on financial transactions, and the new form of limited company ("Société à responsabilité limitée"/"Besloten vennootschap"). Cease fire on troubled companies! Royal Decree temporarily suspends enforcement Royal Decree No. 15 introduces a temporary moratorium amid COVID-19, shielding debtor-companies from enforcement measures and bankruptcy declarations. Impact du coronavirus sur les elections sociales Les élections sociales, prévues tous les 4 ans, devaient avoir lieu du 11 au 24 mai 2020, mais la crise du Covid-19 a perturbé ce processus démarré le 13 décembre 2019, nécessitant une adaptation inévitable. Finding your way through the maze of Belgian aid measures available to businesses in times of COVID-19 In order to help companies in these dire times of COVID-19, Belgium’s federal and regional governments have provided an arsenal of aid measures. Sophie Van Besien, Michèle de Clerck and Peter Wytinck provide an overview. I am suffering significant financial losses as a result of the spread of the corona virus. Is there a possibility of State aid? [Update] COVID-19 brings certain questions to centre stage regarding State aid. In this short read, Peter, Sophie, and Michèle discuss the possibility of State aid in case of significant financial losses as a result of the spread of the corona virus. 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Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network.
Belgian watchdog tackles bid rigging In recent cases in the fire protection and private security sectors, the Belgian Competition Authority has made the prosecution of bid-rigging one of its top priorities, imposing hefty fines on infringers for their participation in cartel schemes.
First trip around the sun: FSR – one year in review The Foreign Subsidies Regulation has celebrated one year of its application. Time for companies to take stock of the lessons learnt from key developments of this first year. However, ambiguities remain and more is yet to come. Watch this space!
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.
Nieuw Vlaams decreet over het vervreemden van onroerende domeingoederen en het vestigen en vervreemden van zakelijke rechten van toepassing vanaf 1 juni 2024 bij publieke vastgoedtransacties Op 1 juni 2024 trad een nieuw decreet van de Vlaamse regering in werking dat voorziet in de verplichting voor Vlaamse overheidsinstanties om gepaste en evenredige publiciteitsmaatregelen te nemen bij publieke vastgoedtransacties.
Greenwashing in the EU financial markets: sustainable finance status update The European financial markets feature numerous financial products with characteristics such as ‘green’, ‘ESG’, ‘sustainable’, ‘climate’, ‘transition’, ‘impact’ or similar. But when is it fair to name or label financial products as such?
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.
Planologische compensatie: een gamechanger in de strijd voor open ruimte? De planologische compensatieplicht is nu wettelijk verplicht bij elke wijziging van een 'zachte' naar een 'harde' bestemming. Wat betekent dit voor toekomstige RUP’s? Ontdek de regels, uitzonderingen én de nieuwe handleiding van het Departement Omgeving.
EU lift cartel damage claim rejected by Brussels Court of Appeal After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007.
Stibbe advises Avista Capital Partners Stibbe advised Avista Capital Partners in the acquistion of a 50% stake in Vision Healthcare.
Stibbe contributes to the Financial and Business Crime Global Guide Hans Van Bavel, Elisabeth Matthys and Ann Apers contributed to the Financial and Business Crime Global Guide.
Temporary unemployment due to force majeure: extension of simplified procedures On 7 May, 2020, the ONEM/RVA has modified its instructions: the simplified procedures for temporary unemployment due to force majeure resulting from the Covid-19 crisis can be applied up to and including 30 June, 2020.
Chômage temporaire pour force majeure : prolongation des procédures simplifiées Ce 7 mai 2020, l’ONEM a modifié ses instructions. La procédure simplifiée pour la mise en chômage temporaire pour force majeure en raison de la crise du Covid-19 est prolongée jusqu'au 30 juin 2020.
Marc Fyon and Viktor Pokorny authored two articles on the new Belgian Companies Code The two in-depth analyses examine, respectively, the impact of the reform on the governance of financial institutions and on financial transactions, and the new form of limited company ("Société à responsabilité limitée"/"Besloten vennootschap").
Cease fire on troubled companies! Royal Decree temporarily suspends enforcement Royal Decree No. 15 introduces a temporary moratorium amid COVID-19, shielding debtor-companies from enforcement measures and bankruptcy declarations.
Impact du coronavirus sur les elections sociales Les élections sociales, prévues tous les 4 ans, devaient avoir lieu du 11 au 24 mai 2020, mais la crise du Covid-19 a perturbé ce processus démarré le 13 décembre 2019, nécessitant une adaptation inévitable.
Finding your way through the maze of Belgian aid measures available to businesses in times of COVID-19 In order to help companies in these dire times of COVID-19, Belgium’s federal and regional governments have provided an arsenal of aid measures. Sophie Van Besien, Michèle de Clerck and Peter Wytinck provide an overview.
I am suffering significant financial losses as a result of the spread of the corona virus. Is there a possibility of State aid? [Update] COVID-19 brings certain questions to centre stage regarding State aid. In this short read, Peter, Sophie, and Michèle discuss the possibility of State aid in case of significant financial losses as a result of the spread of the corona virus.