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When a business dispute becomes unavoidable, our experienced Litigation team will advise you on the most appropriate course of action both in and out of court, in commercial and corporate disputes, and in all our four home markets: Belgium, Luxembourg the Netherlands and Switzerland. We are dedicated, no-nonsense and think ahead. And we have one goal: to ensure you the best possible solution, so that you can focus on running your business.
Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important factor in the decisions of investors, companies, consumers, shareholders and policy and law makers. The broadly supported awareness of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives is reflected in many international voluntary standards as well as in an increasing number of European regulations.
Over the past few years, interest organisations are increasingly initiating court cases against various parties in order to mitigate (dangerous) climate change.
On 22 March 2024 the Luxembourg regulator (the CSSF) released its supervisory priorities in the area of sustainable finance.
Digital transformation is all about using the latest technology to improve your business model. Digital technology creates new business opportunities which in turn creates a whole new range of tax and legal challenges such as contracting, data protection, privacy questions, intellectual property, consumer protection and competition issues.
The speed at which digital technology has become an integral part of our daily lives has overtaken most legislative processes. In recent years, the European Union, Member-States and international legislative bodies have therefore increased their regulatory efforts.
The Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065, DSA) has come into force as of 17 February 2024 (please see our previous blog).utch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer).
On 17 February 2024, the EU Digital Services Act became fully applicable to online intermediaries and platforms (online marketplaces, social networks, content-sharing platforms, etc.) operating in Europe.
Recent developments, such as international treaties to combat (cross border) corruption, money laundering and the financing of terrorism and more sophisticated international cooperation between (tax) authorities are just a few examples of the growing number of laws and regulations that need to be complied with. Also, companies should take into account that they themselves can become a victim of fraud or a victim of breach of (internal) regulations.
The Belgian Parliament has recently approved the draft bills recasting the first and second book of the Belgian criminal code.
We are pleased to announce that Marleen Velthuis joins Loyens & Loeff to lead the Corporate Investigations, Compliance & Defence team in the Netherlands, effective 1 March 2023.
