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Posts by Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven

Decision of the Belgian Supreme Court on “pre-contractual information obligations” in a franchise agreement

15-12-2023

On June 2, 2023, the Belgian Supreme Court has ruled in a matter concerning the breach of “pre-contractual information obligations” in a franchise agreement. Pursuant to Article 3 of the Law of December 19, 2005 concerning “pre-contractual information in commercial cooperation agreements”, (as revised by article 4, 2° of the law of April 2, 2014), […]

The new EU Regulation 2023/988 on general product safety is entering into force on 12 June 2023 and shall apply from 13 December 2024

07-06-2023

The new EU Regulation 2023/988 on general product safety is entering into force on 12 June 2023 and shall apply from 13 December 2024. Directives 2001/95/EG and 87/357/EEG will be repealed and replaced by this Regulation. This Regulation brings the existing rules on “general product safety” in line with the recent developments in digitalization and […]

Arbitration in disputes on the termination of exclusive distributor agreements with effect in Belgium.

31-05-2023

In a landmark decision of April 7th, 2023, the Belgian Supreme Court (C.21.0325) has ruled that such disputes can be submitted to arbitration, disregarding the fact whether the arbitrator will apply Belgian law or not. By this decision the Court distanced itself from established case law. The Court came to that decision after applying the […]

Astrea advised Plantyn with the acquisition of uitgeverij Averbode and Editions Erasme

12-05-2022

Astrea recently advised the educational publisher Plantyn, part of Infinitas Learning and in control of NPM Capital, with the acquisition of Uitgeverij Averbode and Editions Erasme known from the educational magazines “DOREMI”, “ZONNEKIND”, “ZONNELAND” and “VLAAMSE FILMPJES” – all iconic titles that will further grow, also through digitalization, under the wings of its new shareholder. […]

Block Exemption Regulation on Vertical Agreements 2022

11-05-2022

Block Exemption Regulation on Vertical Agreements 2022 Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven will be participating to the discussion panel on “Protecting distributors against parallel sales” at the Annual Conference of International Distribution Institute in Madrid, 10-11 June https://www.idiproject.com. This conference comes at the right time after the adoption of the new VBER by the European Commission on […]

Our partners Steven De Schrijver and Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven contributed the Belgian chapter to the 8th edition of The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review , published by The Law Reviews

30-11-2021

The contribution sets out the most important Belgian laws relating to privacy and data protection. It looks into the Belgian implementation of the GDPR and its results, including some of the most important fines delivered by the DPA as of May 2019 (when it became fully operational) until August 2021. Read the entire chapter here: […]

Interview of our partners Steven de Schrijver and Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven with Leaders League

07-07-2021

Our partners, IT, media and telecoms expert Steven de Schrijver and GDPR expert Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven spoke to Leaders League about the challenges faced and overcome during one of the firm’s recent high-profile cases, explained the impact of digitalization in the automotive industry, and assessed the exponential growth of AI systems in the legal industry. […]

ASTREA ranked Excellent in Leaders League Belgium ‘s 2021 edition of “Best Law Firms for IT, Data Protection & Telecoms”

25-06-2021

Our IT, IP and Privacy team has been recognized in the 2021 edition of Leaders League rankings amongst the Best Law Firms for IT, Data Protection & Telecoms as Excellent. Congratulations to our teams headed by Steven De Schrijver ,Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven, Pieter Paepe and Christine De Keersmaeker. To learn more about all our rankings […]

ASTREA PUBLISHED IN THE BELGIAN CHAPTER IN “THE PRIVACY, DATA PROTECTION AND CYBERSECURITY LAW REVIEW

13-11-2020

Astrea’s corporate and technology partner Steven De Schrijver and commercial law partner Olivier Van Fraeyenhoven have contributed the Belgian chapter in “The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review” (Seventh Edition, Ed. Alan Charles Raul), which has been published by Law Business Research in its “Law Reviews”-series. The Law Reviews give readers a business-focused insight […]

Assistance of Alcopa with the set-up of a joint-venture structure with the Bergé group

06-08-2020

ASTREA advised Alcopa with the sale of 60% of its shareholding in Alcomotive, a car distributor selling 30.000 vehicles per year in 6 European countries, to Bergé Auto, which sells 150.000 cars per year in 9 markets in Europe and Latin America. ).   The transaction was managed by Frédéric Verspreeuwen, Philippe Willemsens and Seppe Laenen, […]