Publications and articles
10 January 2025
Price parity clauses in two-sided markets: Case C-264/23 Booking.com
Helen Gornall and Marloes Wantenaar have written an article about the judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) - issued on 19 September 2024 - in Booking.com BV and Booking.com (Deutschland) GmbH v 25hours Hotel Company Berlin GmbH and Others. Helen and Marloes represented Booking.com in these proceedings.
18 December 2024Instruction on self-reporting, cooperation and internal investigations applied for first time
On November 22, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (NPPS) published a long-awaited instruction - see our unofficial translation here - outlining the framework and conditions for self-reporting and cooperation in criminal investigations into possible offences committed by legal entities. Although the instruction will only enter into force on 1 January 2025, the NPPS recently went ahead and applied the instruction to a case where a penal order was imposed on a large Dutch company.
17 December 2024FRAND developments in the Unified Patent Court: where do we stand?
On 22 November 2024, in a case between Panasonic and OPPO, the Mannheim Local Division (LD) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) handed down the first ever full-fledged substantive decision on the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs) on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms. The UPC had already dealt with FRAND cases in the context of procedural orders. Below we provide a brief overview of these developments, which are relevant to both SEP holders and implementers.
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Recent Matters
28 December 2024
De Brauw advises FrieslandCampina on its intended cross-border merger with Belgian cooperative dairy company Milcobel
On 18 December 2024, FrieslandCampina and Milcobel announced their intention to merge. De Brauw assists FrieslandCampina on this important step in the joint future of FrieslandCampina and Milcobel. By combining their forces, a leading dairy cooperative and dairy company will be created. The merger is intended to provide a strong foundation for a future-oriented organisation that has dairy front and centre for member dairy farmers, employees, consumers, and customers.
23 December 2024De Brauw advises BAM on divestment of its 50% share in Invesis to joint venture partner PGGM
De Brauw advised Royal BAM Group N.V. on the divestment of its 50% share in Invesis to joint venture partner PGGM Infrastructure Fund. The parties have reached conditional agreement on this divestment. The closing of the transaction, which is subject to obtaining relevant authority clearance and completion of the works council consultation process, is expected to take place early 2025.
20 December 2024Paulig acquires leading Dutch brand Conimex from Unilever
De Brauw assisted Paulig in its acquisition of Conimex from Unilever.
