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Every business is ultimately about its people and M&As, spin-offs and carve-outs are no exception.

The Commission will analyse the outcome of the survey before deciding whether any legislative or procedural changes are needed.

Our Corporate and M&A Team, in close collaboration with Jurimesh, had the pleasure of publishing a short blogpost on the risks of a term sheet and its impact on the long form agreement.

On 21 November 2016, the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority rejected a request of Brouwerijen Alken-Maes to suspend the acquisition of Brouwerij Bosteels by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV.

All eyes are on Illumina/GRAIL following the Advocate General's (AG) opinion. If the European Court of Justice follows the AG, it will overturn the European Commission's (EC) new approach to referrals under Article 22.

The judgment was issued following an appeal lodged by VAB, VAB Rijschool and Rijscholen Sanderus – companies which offer roadside assistance and driving lessons in Belgium.

On 1 March 2022, French supermarket group, Intermarché, announced that it would acquire the retail activities of the Mestdagh group.

With the arrival of spring and the federal, regional and European elections of 25 May 2014 fast approaching, we have noticed increased legislative activity.

On 27 November 2017, the General Court ("GC") dismissed appeals brought by HeidelbergCement and Schwenk Zement against the European Commission's ...

The Commission and Chinese authorities agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding in 2012 describing potential exchanges of views and experiences with respect to competition and anti-monopoly law.

On 26 October 2017, the General Court dismissed an appeal by Marine Harvest against a € 20 million fine imposed on it by the Commission for implementing its acquisition of sole control over Morpol ...

On 18 May 2017, the European Commission fined Facebook € 110 million for providing misleading information under the EU Merger Regulation.

On 24 April 2018, the European Commission fined Altice, a Dutch-based telecom operator, € 125 million for procedural infringements of the EU Merger Regulation.

Private Equity (PE) funds are amongst the most important investors in takeovers and carve-outs ..

Following the Court's annulment of the 31 May 2017 decision, the BCA reopened the case and adopted a new decision on 26 April 2018.

First created in 2003, the Private Privak, an investment vehicle primarily intended for private equity investments, had limited success.

Almost a year has passed since the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) became applicable on 12 July 2023. The notification obligations kicked in 3 months later.

On 6 March 2024, a draft bill was introduced in the Federal Parliament proposing various changes to the current investment deduction regime and the tax credit regime.