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
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).
VBB acted for The Rent Company B.V. on the acquisition of Edu-Tech, one of the main Belgian players in educational technologies and educational software licensing services.
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) recently delivered the latest instalment in the Pfizer/Flynn saga by annulling the decision re-imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CAT instead conducted its own assessment of the conduct and ultimately imposed a fine similar to that imposed by the CMA.
The November 2024 issue of our Belgian Business Law newsletter reporting on the latest developments in a range of areas, including competition law, consumer law, intellectual property and labour law.
The committee for Economic Affairs, Consumer Protection, and Digitalisation of the federal Chamber of Representatives requested the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) to give an advice on bill 56K0234 which seeks to prohibit dynamic pricing for the sale of entrance tickets to events, including sporting and cultural happenings.
We are pleased to provide you with the latest issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, reporting on the major developments in competition law at the European Union, UK and Member State levels.
BB’s transactions team are very happy to have assisted Shipit Group with the acquisition of a majority stake in Somef, a traditional Belgian specialist in logistics.
