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    • 13/02/2019
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    Thibaut D’hulst and Darach Connolly quoted by Politico on the recent German Bundeskartellampt decision on Facebook

    Van Bael & Bellis counsel Thibaut D’hulst and associate Darach Connolly were quoted by Politico on the recent Facebook decision by the German competition authority – the Bundeskartellampt – which links data protection and competition law in a novel decision.

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    • 11/02/2019
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    Johan Van Acker nominated by GCR for competition lawyer of the year under 40

    Van Bael & Bellis partner Johan Van Acker has been nominated for a Global Competition Review (GCR) Award in the category of “Competition Lawyer of the Year – Under 40”. Johan Van Acker is one of eight nominees worldwide singled out by GCR as a “competition lawyer under the age of 40 whose superior technical skill, practical judgement and excellence in client service in 2018 demonstrate that he or she is among the very best in the field”. Voting for the GCR awards is now open (for GCR subscribers) until midnight, 22 February 2019 at the following link.

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    • 11/02/2019
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    Porter Elliott and Johan Van Acker author chapter on “Merger control in the EU”

    Thomson Reuters have published their Practical Law guide on global merger control law, which features a chapter on “Merger control in the EU” authored by Van Bael & Bellis partners Porter Elliott and Johan Van Acker. This chapter answers the critical questions that typically arise in an EU merger control review with respect to the regulatory framework, jurisdictional thresholds, procedures and timetables, substantive test and remedies, amongst others. The chapter can be accessed here. Porter Elliott and Johan Van Acker are also the authors of the EU chapter of Merger Control: International Series, now in its third edition, for which Jean-François Bellis and Porter Elliott serve as General Editors. Jean-François Bellis and Porter Elliott are also the Contributing Editors of the 2019 Chambers Global Practice Guide for merger control.

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  • The firm has a unique position in the market as one of the only Benelux domestics to compete with the large international practices.

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  • Van Bael & Bellis ‘certainly stands up to its excellent reputation’ in the competition field, and is ‘always quick to respond to queries’.

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    • 22/01/2019
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    VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2019, No. 01

    The January 2019 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels.  Click below to view and download the issue.

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    • 26/12/2018
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    VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2018, No. 12

    The December 2018 issue of our newsletter, VBB on Competition Law, which covers major developments in competition law at both the European Union and Member State levels.

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    • 21/12/2018
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    VBB on Belgian Business Law, Volume 2018, No. 11

    The November 2018 issue of our Belgian Business Law newsletter reporting on the latest developments in a range of areas, including competition, data protection, intellectual property and labour law. Please click below to read the issue.

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DVD | Complying with EU competition law

Any business operating in the European Union is subject to European competition rules. The violation of these rules, even if involuntary, can have very serious consequences for businesses. These include fines that are becoming ever larger: fines close to €500 million have been imposed by the European Commission in cases concerning cartels and abuses of a dominant position.

This DVD provides a valuable training tool for any company wishing to disseminate the fundamental rules of competition law to personnel within the framework of a compliance programme. The training provided by this DVD does not require any previous knowledge of European competition law, and is therefore appropriate for training sessions with all of a company’s personnel.

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