Van Bael & Bellis (VBB) is pleased to announce that it has appointed competition partner Andreas Reindl as its new managing partner, with effect from 1 February 2024. Andreas succeeds Philippe De Baere who has led the firm since 2016 and will continue to practise as a member of VBB’s EU and international trade law group
The European Commission (the Commission) has suffered a new defeat in its protracted effort to obtain damages for the harm which it and other European institutions supposedly suffered
An M&A team comprising partner Michel Bonne, counsel Hannelore Matthys and associate Seppe Jansegers is advising international dairy company FrieslandCampina in relation to its proposed merger with dairy cooperative Milcobel. The merger will create a leading dairy cooperative and dairy company able to capitalise on opportunities in the global dairy market.
On 6 December 2024, the long-awaited Law of 18 May 2024 governing private investigations (Wet van 18 mei 2024 tot regeling van de private opsporing / Loi du 18 mai 2024 réglementant la recherche privée - the Law) was published in the Belgian Official Journal. The Law establishes a comprehensive framework for organisations conducting internal investigations (e.g. in relation to suspected fraudulent or wrongful acts committed by their employees).
On 18 December 2024, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) published what it calls a “short guide for tech challengers” (the Guide) which discusses the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the benefits which the DMA is intended to bring to the digital sector in terms of innovation and competition by reducing entry and expansion barriers and improving fairness in the dealings of third parties with specific gatekeepers, the largest digital platforms in Europe
Our EU and Belgian competition law expertise has been recognised in Global Competition Review (GCR)’s 2025 guide to the world’s best competition practices. The guide aims to provide a research-based quantitative and qualitative analysis of the law firms doing the most important antitrust work globally.
The EU Forced Labour Products Ban, which prohibits economic operators from placing on, making available in or exporting from the EU market products made with forced labour, was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 12 December 2024 and it entered into force the following day. This client alert sets out answers to questions commonly asked by companies preparing for compliance.
The European Commission publishes today the fourth of six Regulations implementing the Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) (Regulation (EU) 2021/2282 of 15 December 2021 on health technology assessment and amending Directive 2011/24/EU) (see, Van Bael & Bellis Life Sciences News & Insights of 15 December 2021 and Van Bael & Bellis Life Sciences News & Insights of 22 December 2021) (the HTA Regulation).
