4th Belgian M&A Survey by contrast
30/03/2017

On 28 March contrast organized a closed event where the results of the fourth M&A Survey were presented to all participants. The fourth edition of the M&A Survey was based on 300 transactions with a total deal value of 14.7 billion euros and closed in the period 2012-2016.

contrast appoints its fourth musketeer, Herlinde Burez.
17/02/2017

contrast is pleased to announce that Herlinde Burez will strengthen its partnership. Herlinde has experience across the entire practice of contrast and in particular in business law, distribution law and competition law matters.

New book on agreements between competitors : a competition-law minefield
16/04/2015

This month, a book titled "Horizontal Agreements and Cartels in EU Competition Law" and focusing entirely on agreements and arrangements between competitors is being published by the prestigious Oxford University Press. These kinds of practices are viewed with suspicion in competition law. For the most serious violations, the so-called cartels, the fines can quickly rise into the tens and even hundreds of millions. Many Belgian companies too have already run afoul of the competition-law rules and been obliged to pay heavy fines.

The book is edited by Frank Wijckmans and Filip Tuytschaever, both of them partners in the specialised law firm contrast. 

The use of (electronic) identity cards.
08/11/2019

(Electronic) identity cards are an easy means to identify people. However, their use is not without risk.

Data processing agreements: tips & tricks.
09/10/2019

Article 28 GDPR requires a controller and a processor (see GDPR Toolkit 09) to enter into a data processing agreement. Companies can only rely on processors who offer sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures so as to ensure that the processing complies with the GDPR.

GDPR and B2B agreements.
05/09/2019

GDPR not only applies to relations between companies, their employees and (B2C) customers, but also plays an important role in B2B relations with suppliers and (B2B) customers. In these relations there will always be a transfer of personal data.

The company is liquidated, long live the undertaking!
02/08/2019

Imagine… Your business is expanding rapidly and you recently took over the activities of a major competitor on the European market. A short time later, your company is abruptly confronted in multiple European countries with actions for damages due to competition law infringements. These infringements were supposedly committed by the company you took over not long ago.