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Hogan Lovells International LLP

AVENUE LOUISE 523, BOITE 24, 1050 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Zagreb, Washington DC, Warsaw, Tokyo, Singapore, Silicon Valley , and 41 more

What we say about the firm's legal practice in Belgium

Competition

Within Competition, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a second tier firm,

The newly-merged Hogan Lovells International LLP has the ‘size to meet the workload demand’ and ‘react speedily’, with ‘practical and efficient guidance’; it is ‘well suited in large, complex, global mergers’, being ‘well integrated and organised’. Lawyers singled out include Christopher Thomas, who ‘thinks deeply about the issues’, Catriona Hatton (‘leadership and extraordinary diligence’), Matthew Levitt (‘well founded written assessments’) and Jacques Derenne, who is ‘a very solid lawyer’. Signature work included state aid advice for Belgian Post, merger control filings for Black & Decker in a $4.5bn Phase I merger, and the successful conclusion of the Microsoft IE litigation for a complainant. Ciara Kennedy-Loest’s EU public procurement work is also recommended.

Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping

Within Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a second tier firm,

Hogan Lovells International LLP’s Lourdes Catrain is ‘very professional in trade defence, including on the political structuring of issues’ She has a ‘good network with stakeholders in Brussels’. With the merger of the legacy firms complete, there is clear feedback that the firm has exploited client synergies between now-larger US/EU operations and contacts in emerging markets such as China; familiar EU markets are not forgotten, as it acts for a number of EU trade associations in anti-dumping cases, and also acts for Philips.

EU regulatory

Within EU regulatory: Chemicals (REACH), Hogan Lovells International LLP is a first tier firm,

Hogan Lovells International LLP offers Jacqueline Mailly as its lead REACH contact, and has advised on the REACH obligations of third country manufacturers, and on sole representative status for polymer/monomer-related clients.

Within EU regulatory: Environment (including WEEE and RoHS), Hogan Lovells International LLP is a first tier firm,

Hogan Lovells International LLP strength has been augmented, post-merger, in the range of regulatory advice it gives, including on policy formation through EU insider, former ambassador Hugo Paemen. Jacqueline Mailly advised a leading global semi-conductor company (on adherence to EU environmental standards), and a fruit wholesaler (on the use of biodegradable packaging materials).

Within EU regulatory: Food , Hogan Lovells International LLP is a first tier firm,

Hogan Lovells International LLP represents a major fruit producer and a leading soft drinks company as clients. It advises on health and nutritional regulatory queries, labelling and food additive questions. Jacqueline Mailly and Elisabethann Wright are praised for an ‘outstanding, commonsense, approach’.

Within EU regulatory: Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology , Hogan Lovells International LLP is a first tier firm,

Hogan Lovells International LLP’s Elisabethann Wright ‘looks continually at all facets of an issue to ensure you are protected’; she has a particular niche in medical devices manufacturers.

Within EU regulatory: Telecoms, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a first tier firm,

Hogan Lovells International LLP’s Gerry Oberst ‘does an amazing job’ and is a ‘leading satellite regulatory lawyer; always available and responsive’. He represents clients in major proceedings before the International Telecommunications Union and European Commission.

Within EU regulatory: Transport, Hogan Lovells International LLP is a first tier firm,

Hogan Lovells International LLP’s EU transport practice spans air, rail, and sea; it advised Korean Air and Maersk on various EU-related claims, and acted for Tube Lines.

What we say worldwide

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Offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

Belgium

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China

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Croatia

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Czech Republic

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Germany

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Spain

Offices in Madrid and Alicante

France

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Hong Kong

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Hungary

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Indonesia

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India

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Italy

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Japan

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London

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Netherlands

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Poland

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Russia

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Saudi Arabia

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Legal Developments in Belgium

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Employment in more than one country - place where the employee habitually carries out his work

place of business through which the employee was engaged

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
No social security contributions due on a 'premium for drinks'

A 'premium for drinks' that is paid by the employer to comply with its obligation to put the appropriate drinks at the disposal of its employees is not subjected to social security contributions.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Gaming & Gambling Law Newsletter January 2012

Judgment in the Rank Group plc cases (C-259/10 and C-260/10): interpretation of the principle of fiscal neutrality applied to gambling

- ALTIUS (in cooperation with Tiberghien)
FSMA MiFID Action Plan announced

Like in many of our neighboring countries, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) is taking a more persistent approach in pursuing compliance with MiFID conduct of business. In that regard it has announced a “MiFID Action Plan”.

- Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick
International mobility - limited access to the Belgian labour market

Bulgarian and Romanian workers still need a work permit until 31 December 2013.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Modification of the dismissal rules as from 1 January!

Claeys & Engels has updated the calculation modules on www.formuleclaeys.be. Higher level white-collar employees who enter into service after 1 January 2012 will, in the event they are dismissed, be entitled to a notice period, calculated on the basis of the IPA Act. The new notice period amounts to 30 days per started year in service, with a minimum of 91 days.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Social elections 2012: Day X-35 (between 3 and 16 January)

On day X-35 at the latest, the employer must announce several decisions. The latter may be subject to appeal before the labour tribunal at the latest on day X-28.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
Enantiomers and race-mates: the same product?

On October 3 2011 the Brussels Commercial Court invalidated Lundbeck's supplementary protection certificate (SPC) for escitalopram, the 'S' enantiomer of its racemate citalopram. The court held that escitalopram is the same product as citalopram, and that the former's SPC did not comply with Articles 3(c) and (d) of EU Regulation 469/2009. The court held that it was in the interests of patients to declare the decision provisionally enforceable.

- ALTIUS (in cooperation with Tiberghien)
Employment Law News Flash

Another year draws to its close. At the eleventh hour, a government was formed, a budget was agreed and political pledges were made to tackle the current adverse economic and financial climate. The year-end - traditionally a busy period with the issuing of hefty Programme Statutes - marks the beginning of intensified law-making under the reign of Di Rupo I.

- ALTIUS (in cooperation with Tiberghien)
Towards a new dismissal regime

The new regime of dismissal compensation must be simple and should in no way lead to a cost increase for employers. Unnecessary procedures before the courts must be avoided. The purchasing power of the dismissed individuals must be maintained.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris