Brussels – July, 2010: Countermeasures are acts intrinsically contrary to international law, whose illegality is nevertheless precluded as they constitute a reaction to a previous wrongful act. Like States, international organisations resort to this kind of sanctions, against both member States and non-member States.
Brussels – May, 2010: Steven De Schrijver, head of Lorenz’s Corporate/M&A and IT and New Media departments, was interviewed for a feature in Finance Monthly’s May edition.
Brussels – July 5, 2010: Lorenz are delighted to be working with Startup Overseas. Startup overseas is part of the Prysm Group, who have been established as the market leaders in organising exhibitions for start-ups and small business owners for the past eleven years.
Poland – June 25, 2010: The Polish Parliament elected Mr. Wojciech Rafał Wiewiórowski the new President of the Polish Data Protection Authority (hereinafter: “DPA”). His term is for four years, which will begin upon the expiration of the current DPA President (Mr. Michał Serzycki) who will step down on July 13, 2010.
Lorenz is proud to announce that the Legal 500 has recommended Lorenz and Steven De Schrijver for Information Technology in Belgium, declaring: "Lorenz benefits from 'excellent lawyer' Steven De Schrijver ...
Lorenz is proud to announce that the Legal 500 has declared Lorenz as a first tier firm in EU Regulatory Privacy and Data Protection in Belgium and gives special accolades to Jan Dhont, the head of Lorenz's Privacy Department, ...
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Bishkek – January, 2010: Lorenz’s Bishkek office reports on the law draft of the Kyrgyz Republic “On insurance payments at the state social insurance”...
Brussels – January, 2010: The new Belgian Business Continuity Act, which entered into force on April 1, 2009, may offer new opportunities for investors who wish to acquire distressed assets in Belgium. In an article published in the 2010 Global Restructuring & Insolvency Worldwatch Report of Financier Worldwide,...
Brussels – February 5, 2010: The European Commission issues Decision 2010/87/EU updating the standard contractual clauses for international transfers to data processors outside the EU/EEA...
Brussels – February 1, 2010: Lorenz Corporate team wins Corporate INTL’s 2009 International Legal Award for Practice Excellence in Business formation in Belgium. These annual awards are granted by Corporate INTL to the very best law firms...
Brussels – February 1, 2010: Lorenz’s Corporate/M&A Department, headed by Mr. Steven De Schrijver, was profiled in Corporate INTL’s January issue for Lorenz’ work in legal due diligence. For the profile, Steven highlights the current demand for legal due diligence...
Brussels – December 15, 2009: Steven De Schrijver, head of Lorenz’s Corporate/M&A department, was interviewed for Corporate INTL discussing M&A activity in 2009. Steven specifically discussed the effects of the current economic climate within the Belgian M&A market....
Brussels – January 29, 2010: François Pons, member of the Lorenz international law team had an opportunity to meet and interview the new US Ambassador to the EU, Mr. William E. Kennard. In a casual atmosphere, the Ambassador shared his views on the transatlantic relations, ...
Brussels – January 20, 2010: Steven De Schrijver and Jeroen Mues contributed the submission for Belgium in the American Bar Association’s (ABA) article, International M&A and Joint Ventures Committees’ 2009 Year-in-Review. Further, Mr. De Schrijver was a co-editor of the article, assisted by Katherine Woodcock. This is a yearly article(...) 2009’s Year-in-Review was a remarkable accomplishment, as the full text includes a thirty nation update of M&A and JV developments...
The European Council has ultimately adopted the new e-privacy directive setting forth security breach notification requirements. The new measures will primarily affect communication service providers, but will likely spill over to other service sectors...