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On 21 October 2022, the long awaited legislative proposal to amend the Dutch Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act.

On 18 October 2022, the Dutch State Secretary of Finance published a document regarding certain Dutch corporate income tax considerations in respect of premiums and payouts under a Warranties and Indemnities (W&I) insurance.

In a recent judgement of 18 October 2022, the Belgian Court of Cassation has weighed the fundamental right to privacy against the equally fundamental right to information and freedom of expression.

Op 11 oktober vond het Stibbe Diversiteitsseminar plaats. Tijdens het Stibbe Diversiteitseminar gingen Stibbe professionals in gesprek met experts over de werking getreden Wet ingroeiquotum en streefcijfers (“Diversiteitswet”).

A right of usufruct on a claim cannot be used to appropriate what is received through collection of that claim, as the Dutch Supreme Court ruled in its decision of 30 September 2022 (ECLI:NL:HR:2022:1331).

In de lustrumbijdrage van de Vereniging voor Milieurecht hebben Valérie van ’t Lam en Monique van der Linden het hoofdstuk “Wat is nodig voor een duurzaam milieu(straf)recht?” geschreven.

Jeroen Kortmann, Amber van Vugt, Twan Heikens and Francis Blaauboer contributed to the International Comparative Legal Guide - Competition Litigation 2023 in a Q&A chapter about the Netherlands.

A team of Stibbe lawyers from our Brussels, Luxembourg and Amsterdam offices have authored the BeNeLux sections of the Private M&A 2023 chapters published by Lexology Getting the Deal Through.

In de lustrumbijdrage van de Vereniging voor Milieurecht heeft Jan Reinier van Angeren een hoofdstuk geschreven over handelssystemen om milieudoelstellingen te bereiken.

PropertyNL facilitated a roundtable discussion with representatives of top listed real estate practices. Maarten de Bruin participated on behalf of Stibbe.

Al enige tijd waait een protectionistische wind door Europa, ingegeven door de behoefte om vooral sectoren die raken aan nationale veiligheid te beschermen tegen ongewenste (buitenlandse) partijen.

Reinout de Boer, Michael Molenaars, Rogier van der Struijk and Mieke Lavreysen contributed to The Legal 500: Tax Disputes Comparative Guide in a Q&A chapter about the Netherlands.

Om laagdrempelige rechtsbescherming bij de bestuursrechter mogelijk te maken tegen beslissingen op een verzoek om personen uit Afghanistan te evacueren, breidt de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak haar eigen bevoegdheid uit.

The ACM’s push for companies to come forward for an antitrust blessing of their sustainability solutions is paying off. The ACM has again given informal guidance to companies wishing to make sustainability agreements.

The AEC test has likely assumed mythic status at the European Commission with the EU courts striking down its AEC analysis for a third time. Nevertheless, the Commission seems on the right track to tackling abuse of dominance in the digital sector.

Crystal ball gazing into prospective innovation rat races when assessing vertical mergers may soon be all in a day’s work for the European Commission. Innovation was a recurring theme in the Commission’s handling of the Illumina/Grail deal.

When handled properly, ESG and sustainability create opportunities for companies in the real estate sector to make their business model future proof
and to benefit the bottom line. ESG has thus become an important driver for business considerations.

Financial institutions and third party ICT providers will have to strengthen their IT security organisations, as the European Digital Operational Resilience Act is expected to be fully applicable in early 2025 after a two-year implementation period.

Climate change has become the most important sustainability issue of our time. Three major developments in the field of climate and sustainability inevitably affect the way businesses operate and how they move towards more sustainable business models.

This article discusses the main considerations when considering and structuring forward deals.

De werkingsduur van de Tijdelijke Wet COVID-19 Justitie & Veiligheid (“de Tijdelijke wet”) is bij Koninklijk Besluit opnieuw verlengd. De nieuwe vervaldatum is vastgesteld op 1 december 2022.