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Baker & McKenzie

Joost G Haans

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European & Competition Law Practice.

Position

Senior associate, specialising in EU and Dutch Competition law. Advises clients on a wide variety of issues including merger clearance procedures, technology licensing, the structuring of distribution networks, competition law compliance programs, etc. Has also advised on issues concerning European customs law and Dutch and Belgian corporate, commercial and competition law.

Career

Admitted to the Brussels bar in 2000, qualified at Brussels bar in 2004. Worked at the Dutch Ministry of Justice from 1996 to 1998, inter alia, in the field of EU and public international law.

Languages

Dutch, English, French, German.

Member

Member of the Dutch Competition Law Association (Vereniging voor Mededingingsrecht) and the Dutch European Law Association (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Europees Recht).

Education

University of Leiden (graduated in 1995), College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium (LL.M. in European law, 1999), University of Brussels (graduated in Belgian law, 2000).

Leisure

Sports, music.

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    Continuing our practice of regularly updating our clients on changes in the Russian legislation, in this legal alert we would like to inform you that as of September 1, 2011, the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation will introduce a new procedure for assessing working conditions in workplaces. 1 [1] Results of workplace assessments with respect to the working conditions conducted before September 1, 2011 (in accordance with the procedure currently in effect 2 [2]) will remain valid up until the next regular assessment.
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