318 results Tax Our tax practice covers a wide range of domestic and international tax matters, focusing on advisory, transactional and complex litigation work across the Benelux market. Banking and Finance We are a leading team of finance lawyers with in-depth knowledge of ever-changing rules and regulations and developments in the financial markets. We advise our clients on the constant challenges and opportunities they face and on their financial markets transactions. Capital Markets Our capital markets practice has an outstanding reputation for high profile IPOs and debt offerings as well as for handling innovative and complex cross-border capital markets deals. EU Artificial Intelligence Act and Generative AI – an update In this blogpost, our TMT expert Thibau Duquin elaborates on the AI Act, the rules on generative AI such as ChatGPT, and the next steps. Hoge Raad laat zich uit over het begrip vakantie en loon over bovenwettelijke vakantiedagen De Hoge Raad heeft zich recent uitgelaten over een tweetal vragen, namelijk (i) wanneer een vrijetijdsaanspraak heeft te gelden als vakantie en (ii) of het loonbegrip voor wettelijke vakantiedagen onverkort geldt voor bovenwettelijke vakantiedagen. Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent Women in Restructuring 2023 conference Stibbe is proud to be an exclusive sponsor for the Netherlands at the GRR Live: Women in Restructuring 2023 conference, the event will take place on June 29. ESG and sustainable finance update: how to manage greenwashing risks in green and sustainability-linked loans and bonds With green, sustainable and sustainability-linked debt funding on the rise, how do financial market participants steer clear of greenwashing risks when they provide or attract such debt funding? Op naar hoe: de volgende stap in het AFM-toezicht op duurzaamheidsclaims De Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) maant financiële ondernemingen tot uitgebreidere, concretere en duidelijkere communicatie over duurzaamheid. Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers. EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: A new adequacy decision for the United States On Monday July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted her adequacy decision for the United States, the “EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework”, which has immediate effect. ECB’s review of management bodies of EU banks Early 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) conducted a review of management bodies in a sample of 20 banks across the European Union. The revised Network and Information Security Directive: enhancing EU cybersecurity standards More businesses and organisations will have to strengthen their cybersecurity strategies, as the European legislator revised the NIS Directive. NIS 2 will impose stricter cybersecurity obligations on more organisations. Guidelines vs Guidance: exclusionary abuse Guidelines due by 2025 The European Commission is seeking feedback on the adoption of Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU. In the meantime, the Commission has amended its 2008 Guidance. Amendment to the AFM/DNB Policy Rule on Suitability 2012 The amended Policy Rule on Suitability 2012 (the Policy Rule) entered into force on 1 April 2023. Stibbe advised on the transformative restructuring of the Frigoglass Group Stibbe advised Frigoglass on the consensual recapitalisation and financial restructuring of Frigoglass S.A.I.C. and the group of companies formerly controlled by it (the “Frigoglass Group”). Reliance on war exclusion clause after cyberattack fails; insurers must pay out over a billion dollars in damages The NotPetya computer virus went global in 2017. Many companies, including pharmaceutical company Merck, suffered major damage as a result. Merck was insured with several all-risk property insurers and claimed compensation for their losses. ECB Releases Qualifying Holding Guide On 23 May 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published its guide on qualifying holding procedures (the Qualifying Holding Guide). Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page
Tax Our tax practice covers a wide range of domestic and international tax matters, focusing on advisory, transactional and complex litigation work across the Benelux market.
Banking and Finance We are a leading team of finance lawyers with in-depth knowledge of ever-changing rules and regulations and developments in the financial markets. We advise our clients on the constant challenges and opportunities they face and on their financial markets transactions.
Capital Markets Our capital markets practice has an outstanding reputation for high profile IPOs and debt offerings as well as for handling innovative and complex cross-border capital markets deals.
EU Artificial Intelligence Act and Generative AI – an update In this blogpost, our TMT expert Thibau Duquin elaborates on the AI Act, the rules on generative AI such as ChatGPT, and the next steps.
Hoge Raad laat zich uit over het begrip vakantie en loon over bovenwettelijke vakantiedagen De Hoge Raad heeft zich recent uitgelaten over een tweetal vragen, namelijk (i) wanneer een vrijetijdsaanspraak heeft te gelden als vakantie en (ii) of het loonbegrip voor wettelijke vakantiedagen onverkort geldt voor bovenwettelijke vakantiedagen.
Women in Restructuring 2023 conference Stibbe is proud to be an exclusive sponsor for the Netherlands at the GRR Live: Women in Restructuring 2023 conference, the event will take place on June 29.
ESG and sustainable finance update: how to manage greenwashing risks in green and sustainability-linked loans and bonds With green, sustainable and sustainability-linked debt funding on the rise, how do financial market participants steer clear of greenwashing risks when they provide or attract such debt funding?
Op naar hoe: de volgende stap in het AFM-toezicht op duurzaamheidsclaims De Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) maant financiële ondernemingen tot uitgebreidere, concretere en duidelijkere communicatie over duurzaamheid.
Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers.
EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: A new adequacy decision for the United States On Monday July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted her adequacy decision for the United States, the “EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework”, which has immediate effect.
ECB’s review of management bodies of EU banks Early 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) conducted a review of management bodies in a sample of 20 banks across the European Union.
The revised Network and Information Security Directive: enhancing EU cybersecurity standards More businesses and organisations will have to strengthen their cybersecurity strategies, as the European legislator revised the NIS Directive. NIS 2 will impose stricter cybersecurity obligations on more organisations.
Guidelines vs Guidance: exclusionary abuse Guidelines due by 2025 The European Commission is seeking feedback on the adoption of Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU. In the meantime, the Commission has amended its 2008 Guidance.
Amendment to the AFM/DNB Policy Rule on Suitability 2012 The amended Policy Rule on Suitability 2012 (the Policy Rule) entered into force on 1 April 2023.
Stibbe advised on the transformative restructuring of the Frigoglass Group Stibbe advised Frigoglass on the consensual recapitalisation and financial restructuring of Frigoglass S.A.I.C. and the group of companies formerly controlled by it (the “Frigoglass Group”).
Reliance on war exclusion clause after cyberattack fails; insurers must pay out over a billion dollars in damages The NotPetya computer virus went global in 2017. Many companies, including pharmaceutical company Merck, suffered major damage as a result. Merck was insured with several all-risk property insurers and claimed compensation for their losses.
ECB Releases Qualifying Holding Guide On 23 May 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published its guide on qualifying holding procedures (the Qualifying Holding Guide).