As the third and last part of the law of 4 April 2019 (B2B law) to enter into force, after unfair practices (01/09/2020) and abuse of economic dependence (22/08/2020), certain clauses in contracts between undertakings (B2B) concluded, renewed or otherwise amended as from 1 December 2020 may as from that date be considered unfair.Realising that like in B2C contracts, there [...]
Onze partner Grégory Sorreaux werd geinterviewd door Gondola Magazine, de belangrijkste titel in de distributiesector in België omtrent de nieuwe B2B-wet en haar invloed op franchisecontracten. Artikel
Our partner Grégory Sorreaux wrote an article on the new B2B Act on abuse of economic dependence, unfair terms and misleading and agressive practices. This article is co-authored with Denis Philippe (who wrote the part on unfair terms) and will be published soon in the legal journal DAOR. Click here to find the part written by Grégory Sorreaux. [...]
Our partner Grégory Sorreaux spoke about the new B2B Act on abuse of economic dependence, unfair terms and misleading and agressive practices at the conference held by Université Saint-Louis on 23 September. https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/juri/crides/evenements/conference-la-loi-du-4-avril-2019-abus-de-dependance-economique-clauses-abusives-et-pratiques-de-marche-deloyales-entre-entreprises-23-9-19.html
The commercial practices of major food retailers have already been the subject of much discussion. The European Commission estimates that their abusive practices would cost agricultural and agri-food SMEs between €2.5 and €8 billion each year. For the first time, a European directive aims to put an end to certain practices considered unfair. Context and objectiveOne year after [...]
Our partner Grégory Sorreaux has been interviewed by Gondola Magazine to give his view on the new law prohibiting the abuse of economic dependence and abusive clauses in B2B relationships. The article can be read here : http://www.gondola.be/nl/news/food-retail/nieuwe-wet-beschermt-zelfstandige-uitbaters-leveranciers-tegen-winkelketens
Grégory Sorreaux contributed to the "Codes en poche - Code of Economic Law 2017" edited by Larcier. This work gathers the 18 books of the Code of Economic Law and includes in addition other reference legislations or regulations. Click here for more information.
A quarterly overview of noteworthy deals and cases handled by THALES’ partners Deals and Cases Le département Commercial assiste un leader mondial dans la fabrication de profilés en aluminium dans le cadre de diverses procédures judiciaires relatives à des violations de leurs droits de marques et de brevets par des concurrents. (Grégory Sorreaux, Partner) L’équipe Tax [...]
A quarterly overview of noteworthy deals and cases handled by THALES’ partners Thales Commercial assists, together with our partner firm in EU competition matters, a major airline in several unfair market practice cases (Alexis Wochenmarkt, partner). Thales Employment has successfully assisted a client confronted to a discrimination claim based on the prohibition to wear the Islamic headscarf [...]
Alexis Wochenmarkt contributed the Belgian section of the “2015 Review of Crowdfunding Regulation & Market Developments for RES project financing in the EU”. The report was coordinated by CROWDFUNDRES (http://www.crowdfundres.eu/) an organization seeking to unleash the potential of crowdfunding for financing renewable energy projects. This report received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. [...]