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Squire Patton Boggs

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Commercial, corporate and M&A

Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 4

Squire Patton Boggs

The corporate practice at Squire Patton Boggs is 'accessible, commercial and responsive with a wide range of expertise' and benefits from being able to leverage the firm's international network in significant cross-border transactions. In a recent work highlight, 'excellent lawyer' and practice head Bart Vanderstrete worked alongside colleagues in Tokyo in advising Toray Industries on its approximately $1.2bn acquisition of Royal Ten Cate’s advanced composites business.

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Competition: EU and global

Competition: EU and global - ranked: tier 4

Squire Patton Boggs

Squire Patton Boggs' team serves as 'true business partners in what is a highly technical area', delivering 'personal and constructive advice' on cartel investigations and related litigation; its work has spanned areas such as optical disc drives, refrigeration compressors, LCD screens and graphite electrodes. Praised for its 'in-depth knowledge and experience', the group 'can react to urgent matters'. Team head and managing partner Brian Hartnett ('a hugely experienced litigator'), Oliver Geiss and Will Sparks represented Chilean airline Latam in a successful appeal of the EC's finding of a global cartel in the air freight sector. Also notable is the firm's excellent credentials in state aid cases, as was illustrated when Hartnett and Geiss successfully represented Frucona Košice in a landmark appeal at the European Court of Justice. On the transactional front, the team acted as antitrust counsel to SK Global Chemicals concerning its acquisition of two business units from Dow for $370m. Lubrizol, Kuraray and Quanta Storage Inc are among other clients. Associate Tatiana Siakka, whose practice is split between London and Brussels, joined from K&L Gates LLP.

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Posting of workers to Belgium: Notification of the liaison officer through the LIMOSA declaration

The Act of 11 December 2016 transposed the Enforcement Directive (2014/67/EC) into Belgian law. This act made some modifications to the Act of 5 March 2002 concerning the working, remuneration and employment conditions in case of posting of workers in Belgium and the compliance with it. One of the novelties was the obligation for a foreign employer to appoint a liaison officer (physical person) in Belgium to act as a contact person with the Belgian inspectorate. The Royal Decree of 14 September 2017 that was published yesterday in the Belgian State Gazette states that the liaison officer must be appointed through the LIMOSA declaration. The Royal Decree enters into force on 1 October 2017.

- Claeys & Engels law firm
Court of Justice ruling regarding the habitual place of work in “Ryanair-case”

In its ruling of this 14 September the European Court of Justice confirms its earlier case-law with regard to employees who simultaneously work in various Member States. These employees can bring proceedings before the courts of the place from where they perform the essential part of their duties for their employer. The national court must determine this place in concreto in the light of all relevant circumstances. For the cabin crew in the aviation industry, the ‘home base’ can therefore be a significant indicator, without being equated with it.

- Claeys & Engels law firm
Discrimination on the basis of religion? A new European decision

The issue of discrimination based on religion continues to occupy the European courts.

- Claeys & Engels, member of Ius Laboris
The Constitutional Court rekindles the debate on the necessity of a hearing prior to a dismissal in

The Constitutional Court rekindles the debate on the necessity of a hearing prior to a dismissal in the public sector

- Claeys & Engels law firm
The Code on the well-being of workers is published

The Code on well-being of workers, which coordinates the various texts concerning well-being in the workplace by grouping them in a single instrument, was published in the Belgian Official Gazette on 2 June 2017 and will enter into force on 12 June 2017. This will make it easier to find specific regulations concerning well-being of workers. It is useful to inform all the stakeholders, who play a role in the company policies on well-being of workers of this recent publication.

- Claeys & Engels law firm
Binding effect of E101 certificate (current A1 form) reconfirmed by the Court of Justice

On 27 April, the Court of Justice of the European Union pronounced again on the binding effect of an E101 certificate (now A1 form). This binding effect is applicable, even if it is found by the competent institution or the courts of the host Member State that the conditions under which the worker concerned carries out his activities do not correspond to the conditions to be subject to the social security of the other Member State.

- Claeys & Engels law firm
The deadline to conclude a departure agreement is fast approaching

The Act of 15 May 2014 relating to various provisions modified the concept of “departure” in the Act of 28 April 2003 relating to occupational pensions and the tax regime of these pensions and of certain occupational benefits regarding social security (“AOP”) and has introduced a definition of “multi-organizer pension schemes” (“MOPS”).

- Claeys & Engels law firm
Stock options and management companies

Direct grant of stock options to the director of the management company (2)

- Claeys & Engels law firm
Supreme Court pronounces on Article 30 AOP: a deficit must be covered, no matter the cause

The Supreme Court ruled in a judgment of 6 March 2017 that the organiser of a pension promise must cover deficits of the vested reserves, as well as deficits regarding the minimum guaranteed return, no matter the causes of the deficits.

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Increase in the credit of additional hours for certain part-time employees

In line with earlier announcements in the framework of the Workable and Agile Work project of Secretary of Employment Kris Peeters, the legislator - in view of more flexibility for certain part-time employees - has increased the so-called “credit of additional hours”. An RD of 23 March 2017 (Belgian State Gazette of 5 April 2017) provides the necessary amendments to the RD of 25 June 1990 in this regard. Please also see our newsletter .

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