Jul 20, 2023 Sanctioning of companies for corruption offences under new EU draft directive By Lea Babucke Nathalie Colin Béatrice Collette Louise Couret Laura Feldman Florence Fruhling Thomas Kustor Federico Mercuri Marcel Michaelis Elena Salsi Daniel Travers Silvia Van Dyck Anne-Laure Vincent Marco Vogels +11 more... Show less The European Commission recently introduced a new package of anti-corruption measures, which it refers to as ‘milestone in the fight...
Nov 24, 2022 Updated with CJEU clarification: public access to UBO registers across the EU ruled invalid By Silvia Van Dyck Eva Schneider Marcel Michaelis Jan Struckmann +1 more... Show less In the past years, the EU legislator has gone quite far in its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) efforts....
Jun 28, 2022 Green Power v Spain: the first decision to ever uphold the intra-EU objection. Is this a turning point for ECT arbitrations? By Nathalie Colin Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Gregorio Pettazzi +1 more... Show less Executive summary For the first time an investor-State tribunal upheld the intra-EU objection, holding that the ECT does not include a...
Feb 07, 2022 Regional Development Banks Come of Age as Global Enforcers By Adam Siegel Kim Rosenberg Eric Bruce Nathalie Colin Daniel Cendan Justin Simeone +3 more... Show less A contract award for a project funded by a multilateral development bank (MDB) can often be a lucrative opportunity for a company to...
Nov 19, 2021 Belgium’s ‘climate case’ – Klimaatzaak files an appeal to "force Belgium to act" By Nathalie Colin David Zygas In a recent decision, the French-speaking Court of First Instance in Brussels decided, at the request of the non-profit organisation...
Jun 18, 2021 Belgium’s ‘climate case’: Court finds Belgian state at fault but offers no guidance on how to reduce GHG emissions By Nathalie Colin Dimitri Lecat Emmanuelle Brunelle Jonathan Isted Cat Greenwood-Smith +2 more... Show less The French-speaking Court of First Instance in Brussels (‘the Court’) has decided that the Belgian public authorities had failed to...
Mar 09, 2021 ECJ recognises natural persons' right to silence in insider-dealing proceedings – and carves out undertakings under competition law By Nathalie Colin Tone Oeyen Silvia Van Dyck Victoria Delettre +1 more... Show less In a recent preliminary ruling, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recognised a natural person’s right to silence in insider-dealing...
Feb 25, 2021 The EU Representative Actions Directive: settlement By Dimitri Lecat Nathalie Colin Jeroen Van Hezewijk This fourth blog post in our series examining the options open to member states when implementing the Representative Actions Directive...