141 results Developments in DMA land: EU tags Big Tech as first Gatekeepers The European Commission has designated six Tech Giants (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft) as gatekeepers for 22 core platform services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Stibbe relocates Luxembourg office to Cloche d’Or district The Luxembourg office of Stibbe relocates to the iconic Emerald building in the Cloche d’Or district, effective 30 January 2024. International Mobility – Dutch Tax and Social Security Considerations Johan Vrolijk and Lotte Hover-Boon conducted a webinar for Chambers and Partners, addressing certain Dutch tax and social security considerations related to international mobility. Actualiteiten Internationaal Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen (IMVO) Op 14 december 2023 hebben de Europese wetgevingsorganen overeenstemming bereikt over de inhoud van de Europese Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”). Competition law in 2024: putting theory into practice 2023 marked the near finale of the European Commission’s overhaul of its competition policy, leaving only a few loose ends to tie up in 2024/2025. It is now time to watch theory be put into practice by the competition authorities and at the courts. Consultation to extend shareholder notification obligations Stibbe has taken part in the public consultation concerning the draft Act on the extension of substantial holding notification obligations, which was commissioned by the Dutch Minister of Finance. The two sides of the ECS coin The concept of ‘electronic communications service’ (“ECS”) defined in Article 2(c) of Directive 2002/21/EC (“Framework Directive”) has been interpreted in two decisions of the ECJ in June 2019: C‑142/18 Skype communications and C-193/18 Google LLC. New tax measures for 2024: what do they mean for the real estate market? As the real estate market struggles, the Belgian federal government made things more challenging with additional tax measures affecting the real estate market, announced on 9 October 2023 as part of the 2024 budget. Environmental activities – from establishment to environmentally harmful activity (milieubelastende activiteit) Under the Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet), the concept of establishment is no longer the focal point for the regulation, but rather the environmentally harmful activity. In this blog post, we among others describe what happens to permits. Milieuactiviteiten - van inrichting naar milieubelastende activiteit (MBA) Onder de Omgevingswet is niet meer het begrip inrichting het aangrijpingspunt van de regulering, maar de milieubelastende activiteit (‘MBA’). In dit blogbericht beschrijven wij onder andere wat er gebeurt met (‘Wabo’) vergunningen voor inrichtingen. Stibbe wins four awards at the Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2021 Our Brussels office is honoured to have won four awards at the annual Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards ceremony last night. These awards celebrate the leading litigators and most impactful disputes across Europe. Stibbe advises Forum Estates A team of Stibbe’s Real Estate Transaction Group in Amsterdam advised Belgian real estate fund Forum Estates with the acquisition of three grocery stores (4,300m2) in The Netherlands. Stibbe participates in CFO Forum on ESG and sustainable value creation Derk Lemstra and Rogier Raas participated in the annual CFO Forum - the Annual edition, organised by Transformation Forums on May 19, 2021. The Clean Air Agreement and industry: Dutch government aims to tighten emission requirements On 26 March 2021, the implementation agenda for the Clean Air Agreement was presented to the House of Representatives. This marks the start of a process of concretizing the arrangements for emission reduction, as laid down in the Clean Air Agreement. Financiële instellingen zetten zich wereldwijd in voor biodiversiteit Zesentwintig financiële instellingen uit tien verschillende landen hebben de 'Finance for Biodiversity Pledge' ondertekend. Tegengaan van ontbossing door financiële sector Het Platform voor Duurzame Financiering heeft een gids gepubliceerd over het tegengaan van ontbossing. Waiting for the EC: third-party platform bans and RPM still on radar The results of the European Commission’s evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) call for more clarity and convergence in the interpretation of certain (online) vertical restrictions. Variabele rente in LMA-documentatie na de benchmarktransitie Er is de laatste tijd veel te horen en te lezen geweest over de benchmarktransitie (voor een beknopte beschrijving van die transitie verwijs ik graag naar mijn artikel van 7 augustus 2020). Het artikel dat u nu leest gaat over een deelonderwerp van de ben Pagination Previous page Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page
Developments in DMA land: EU tags Big Tech as first Gatekeepers The European Commission has designated six Tech Giants (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft) as gatekeepers for 22 core platform services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Stibbe relocates Luxembourg office to Cloche d’Or district The Luxembourg office of Stibbe relocates to the iconic Emerald building in the Cloche d’Or district, effective 30 January 2024.
International Mobility – Dutch Tax and Social Security Considerations Johan Vrolijk and Lotte Hover-Boon conducted a webinar for Chambers and Partners, addressing certain Dutch tax and social security considerations related to international mobility.
Actualiteiten Internationaal Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Ondernemen (IMVO) Op 14 december 2023 hebben de Europese wetgevingsorganen overeenstemming bereikt over de inhoud van de Europese Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”).
Competition law in 2024: putting theory into practice 2023 marked the near finale of the European Commission’s overhaul of its competition policy, leaving only a few loose ends to tie up in 2024/2025. It is now time to watch theory be put into practice by the competition authorities and at the courts.
Consultation to extend shareholder notification obligations Stibbe has taken part in the public consultation concerning the draft Act on the extension of substantial holding notification obligations, which was commissioned by the Dutch Minister of Finance.
The two sides of the ECS coin The concept of ‘electronic communications service’ (“ECS”) defined in Article 2(c) of Directive 2002/21/EC (“Framework Directive”) has been interpreted in two decisions of the ECJ in June 2019: C‑142/18 Skype communications and C-193/18 Google LLC.
New tax measures for 2024: what do they mean for the real estate market? As the real estate market struggles, the Belgian federal government made things more challenging with additional tax measures affecting the real estate market, announced on 9 October 2023 as part of the 2024 budget.
Environmental activities – from establishment to environmentally harmful activity (milieubelastende activiteit) Under the Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet), the concept of establishment is no longer the focal point for the regulation, but rather the environmentally harmful activity. In this blog post, we among others describe what happens to permits.
Milieuactiviteiten - van inrichting naar milieubelastende activiteit (MBA) Onder de Omgevingswet is niet meer het begrip inrichting het aangrijpingspunt van de regulering, maar de milieubelastende activiteit (‘MBA’). In dit blogbericht beschrijven wij onder andere wat er gebeurt met (‘Wabo’) vergunningen voor inrichtingen.
Stibbe wins four awards at the Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2021 Our Brussels office is honoured to have won four awards at the annual Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards ceremony last night. These awards celebrate the leading litigators and most impactful disputes across Europe.
Stibbe advises Forum Estates A team of Stibbe’s Real Estate Transaction Group in Amsterdam advised Belgian real estate fund Forum Estates with the acquisition of three grocery stores (4,300m2) in The Netherlands.
Stibbe participates in CFO Forum on ESG and sustainable value creation Derk Lemstra and Rogier Raas participated in the annual CFO Forum - the Annual edition, organised by Transformation Forums on May 19, 2021.
The Clean Air Agreement and industry: Dutch government aims to tighten emission requirements On 26 March 2021, the implementation agenda for the Clean Air Agreement was presented to the House of Representatives. This marks the start of a process of concretizing the arrangements for emission reduction, as laid down in the Clean Air Agreement.
Financiële instellingen zetten zich wereldwijd in voor biodiversiteit Zesentwintig financiële instellingen uit tien verschillende landen hebben de 'Finance for Biodiversity Pledge' ondertekend.
Tegengaan van ontbossing door financiële sector Het Platform voor Duurzame Financiering heeft een gids gepubliceerd over het tegengaan van ontbossing.
Waiting for the EC: third-party platform bans and RPM still on radar The results of the European Commission’s evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) call for more clarity and convergence in the interpretation of certain (online) vertical restrictions.
Variabele rente in LMA-documentatie na de benchmarktransitie Er is de laatste tijd veel te horen en te lezen geweest over de benchmarktransitie (voor een beknopte beschrijving van die transitie verwijs ik graag naar mijn artikel van 7 augustus 2020). Het artikel dat u nu leest gaat over een deelonderwerp van de ben