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Legal 500 EMEA 2022: “Partner involvement, all areas in-house, professional juniors”
This week the Legal 500 published its’ 2022 edition. We are honoured to again have received excellent rankings this year. BarentsKrans has been ranked as Top Tier Firm in Employment Law and has been recommended in no less than ten practice areas. A special mention goes to Joost Fanoy who was listed as Leading Individual
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Banking Litigation Network conference at BarentsKrans
Last Friday BarentsKrans hosted the annual Banking Litigation Network conference. The Banking Litigation Network is a network of law firms from around the world with specialist experience of acting for clients in disputes with banks and other financial institutions. Its’ main objective is to provide members with ready access to a law firm in another
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Pharma update | Market entry of generic fingolimod before patent grant is not unlawful
In its interim decision of 22 March 2022 the PI judge of the District Court of The Hague ruled in the PI proceedings in Novartis v Mylan that the market entry by Mylan with its generic fingolimod 0.5mg product prior to Novartis’ patent entering into force, is not unlawful. Given the very short time between
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BarentsKrans has advised Quadrum Capital on its investment in JASA Group
A team of BarentsKrans has advised investment company Quadrum Capital with its investment in JASA Group. JASA develops, assembles and produces packaging machines and complete weighing and packaging lines. The team is led by Eduard de Haan, who as CEO has already successfully worked together with a large part of the management. “We are very
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BarentsKrans advised Benedictus Holding B.V. and T. Kuyvenhoven Holding B.V. on the sale of Liones Holding B.V.
BarentsKrans has advised Benedictus Holding B.V. and T. Kuyvenhoven Holding B.V. on the sale of Liones Holding B.V., a company that provides software for structured content authoring through its Dutch subsidiaries (among which Fonto Group B.V.), to SDL Holdings B.V., a (indirect) subsidiary of the British RWS Holdings. Through this sale, Liones Holding B.V. and
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BarentsKrans has advised Axion BioSystems on its acquisition of CytoSMART
Axion BioSystems, a leading life sciences tools company focused on advanced live-cell assay systems, announces the acquisition of the Netherlands-based CytoSMART Technologies—an innovator in kinetic live-cell imaging analysis. The collaboration positions Axion for significant expansion in the fields of stem cell research, immuno-oncology, cell-based therapies, and drug discovery. “Since Axion BioSystems’ inception, our focus has
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Chambers Europe 2022: “accessible, specialist and pragmatic”
After receiving honourable mentions in the Chambers Global Guide 2022 last month, we are proud and grateful to have been ranked in the Chambers Europe Guide 2022. Chambers Europe ranks the leading lawyers and law firms across Europe and is one of the leading guidebooks within the international field of advocacy. The annual rankings are
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Financing of hydrogen projects: the lay of the land in the Netherlands
In light of the ESG wave and the emission reduction targets set by governments throughout the world, hydrogen, in particular “green” hydrogen (being hydrogen produced using renewable energy sources), has become increasingly popular. With its clean-burning quality and its various applications in multiple industry sectors, green hydrogen could play a vital role in the global
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BarentsKrans has advised on the participation of APB and Shell in enie.nl
ABP contributes to the financing of the energy transition in the Netherlands through the ABP Netherlands Energy transition fund (ANET), among other vehicles. For ABP, it is clear that enie.nl will play a key role in the further necessary growth of solar energy in the Netherlands and abroad. Solar panels currently make up only 9.5%
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The future of ESG disclosure obligations
In 2016 the European Commission introduced the Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth. This has been the start of new regulations that aim to realize the European Union’s ambitious sustainability goals in the areas of environment, social and governance (ESG). Through these regulations the European Union introduces classification and disclosure requirements in the area of
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