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The “vehicle identification number” (VIN): personal data under the GDPR? The Court of Justice says yes… or not?

On 9 November 2023, the European Court of Justice ruled in case no. C-319/22 on the interpretation of article 61 of Regulation 2018/858. This article ...
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Successful appeal in a Belgian court applying Dutch employment law – Joint pleadings with a Dutch law firm

Together with the Dutch law firm, Astrea represented a Belgian employee who had left the company to settle in the US and start a competing business. T...
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Assisted a Finnish company with individual termination negotiations

A Belgian employee of a Finnish company was made redundant in compliance with the terms and conditions of his employment contract which was drawn up u...
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Assistance of MEDIPARTNER and its management with the investment by WE ARE JANE

Astrea assisted Medipartner and its CEO Sophie Mestré in the transaction with the new private equity firm WE ARE JANE, investing in MEDIPARTNER. Medip...
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Astrea advised DoubleVerify on the acquisition of Digital Video Technology Company, Zentrick

Astrea has assisted US-based company DoubleVerify Inc. (the leading independent platform for digital media measurement and analytics), which is backed...
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Assistance with international employment to a UK construction company

Astrea assisted a UK based construction company that will build a data center in Belgium about the mandatory social security and employment requiremen...
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Copyrights compensation, a popular tool for salary optimisation

Over the past ten years, personal income tax returns including income from the transfer of copyrights have increased tenfold. More and more employers ...
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Astrea has advised ArchiMed on its investment in Xpress Biologics

Astrea has advised ArchiMed, a leading investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industries, on backing Xpress Biologics, a leading develo...
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Assistance of Alcopa with the set-up of a joint-venture structure with the Bergé group

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 countri...
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Astrea advised DPG Media on the set-up of a Joint Venture with Telenet

ASTREA acted as lead counsel to the largest media concern in Belgium, DPG Media (owning a.o. the largest broadcasting company in Belgium) in the set-u...
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Assistance of Castelmore Group with acquisitions in property management industry

Astrea has advised Castelmore Group with the roll out of their buy and build strategy in de property management industry, acquiring amongst others JAL...
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Assistance of Contraload founder and management with the sale to and reinvestment in Tosca

Astrea advised the founder and management of Contraload, a Belgian leading load carrier pooling company, active in almost all countries in Europe, wit...
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Assistance with structuring initial seed funding GIMBER

Astrea has advised the founders of the start-up GIMBER (gimber.com) a rapidly growing ginger drink manufacturer, with their first external funding rou...
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Astrea advised GERANTIS and its shareholders with the investment of M80

Frederic Verspreeuwen and his team composed of Seppe Laenen, Annalyne Van den Steen and Toon Van Grunderbeek, advised GERANTIS and its shareholders wi...
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Astrea advised the management on the acquisition of Plastiflex Group NV from 3d investors by the IK Small Cap III Fund

Plastiflex is a market-leading global supplier of high-end customised tube system solutions for the healthcare, industrial and appliances markets. Und...
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NFT, the new hype. What about intellectual property rights?

NFT, the hype of the moment. However, NFTs are not that new. Already in 2015, the first tradable NFT was developed as part of the so-called Etheria pr...
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Your own name as a brand : smart or not ?

In the fashion industry, and sometimes in the design industry, it is common to use your own name as the name of your company or brand. But, is that a ...
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Last day for EU Member States to transpose the Digital Single Market directive of 2019

Today, 7 June 2021, is the deadline for EU Member States to transpose the Digital Single Market directive of 2019 (EU 2019/790 of the European Parlia...
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Christine De Keersmaeker is once again recognized as IP STAR

Astrea is delighted to announce that our IP specialist Christine De Keersmaeker is once again recognized in Managing IP 2021 ranking as one of the IP ...
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ASTREA ranked Excellent in Leaders League Belgium 's 2021 edition of "Best Law Firms for IT, Data Protection & Telecoms"

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 &...