This academic year, we are partnering with 180 Degrees Consulting Antwerp, a student-led non-profit organization that offers consulting services to other non-profits. As partners in this initiative, Anouk Focquet and Sofie Deprez provide legal guidance to the student consultants on data protection matters. Additionally, Emmelie Wijckmans and Vincent Van den Cruijce delivered an interactive guest lecture on competition law.
Read more ›On Friday, November 22nd, Faros was invited to speak on Competition Law to the students of Ghent University (UGent) during a lecture of course Commercial contract law of Professor Christoph Van der Elst. Maaike Visser and Kaat Aerts discussed various competition law topics, supported by real-life examples and valuable insights.
Read more ›Emmelie Wijckmans spoke about the protection of confidential information in legal proceedings, BCA cases, and M&A discussions. This year, the focus of the conference was on practical strategies for companies to safeguard their data within Belgian law, with particular attention to the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) and the Market Court. It was an engaging session with leading speakers, offering valuable insights on ensuring confidentiality in a complex legal landscape.
Read more ›Exciting Update for Dutch-Speaking Competition Law Professionals! The leading Dutch-Belgian law review SEW (taggen) has invited Frank Wijckmans to author a practice-oriented article on the new block exemption regulation for vertical agreements (distribution and industrial supply): ‘Een Kompas voor de nieuwe verticale groepsvrijstelling’.
Read more ›In collaboration with VBO-FEB, Faros is raising further awareness of competition law among federations and its members. Together with VBO-FEB, we published a brochure on this topic and organized a study afternoon.
Read more ›Today, the second Data Protection Lunch Webinar of 2024 took place. Nearly 70 professionals joined our webinar on managing data protection scenarios after rolling out direct marketing, indicating strong interest in the topic.
Read more ›At the Summit themed “Commercial Negotiations in Times of Crisis,” Faros discussed take-aways on competition law in the context of negotiations. Particular focus this year was on joint purchasing and buying alliances.
Read more ›Emmelie Wijckmans and Frank Wijckmans gave a presentation on ‘IP & Competition law’ during the ‘Lunch-Causerie’ of the Belgian National Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property ‘AIPPI’.
After discussing the general framework, they touched upon 7 touch points between competition law and IP.
Read more ›We are excited to share that Cédric Elst has joined Faros. Cédric took his oath today and is ready to dive into his role within our competition team.
Read more ›This summer, Faros team members once again headed to the studio of our video partner Arendsoog to record the next batch of Glossary videos. This series will be launched in the autumn.
Read more ›They were delighted to meet a highly motivated and international group of practitioners. They were among the first to be guided through the new EU draft guidelines on exclusionary abuses. The draft was published by the European Commission late last week. Discover some key take-aways below.
Read more ›Faros associate Sofie Deprez wrote an annotation on the ECJ judgment of 7 March 2024, 'IAB Europe'. This judgment concerns the scope of the concept of 'personal data' within the meaning of Article 4(1) GDPR, as well as on the qualification of joint controllers.
Read more ›Today, partner Frank Wijckmans trained the Luxembourg Competition Authority on vertical agreements and, more specifically, on Regulation 2022/720.
Read more ›For the fourth consecutive year, Faros partners Emmelie Wijckmans and Frank Wijckmans have authored the EU chapter of the latest edition of ICLG’s renowned ‘International Comparative Legal Guide on Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms’.
Read more ›The Faros associates attended a training offered by Expert Academy on 'Successful networking'. A more than pleasant start of the summer.
Read more ›In honour of the 60th anniversary of ADDE, the "Association of Dental Dealers in Europe", Faros was invited to speak at the conference in Frankfurt organised by BVD, the German dental professional federation ("Bundesverband Dentalhandel").
Maaike Visser spoke on various competition law topics including vertical agreements and distribution formats, sustainability and professional federations. Recent developments regarding the Medical Device Regulation were also discussed. As a long-standing partner of ADDE, it was an honour to participate in this conference.
Read more ›Today, Emmelie Wijckmans gave a guest lecture on competition law and arbitration proceedings in the LL.M. programme of the Brussels School of Competition.
Emmelie discussed how competition law aspects (can) occur in arbitration proceedings and how competition law can or should be applied in that case. She further shared concrete tools, based on her years of practical experience.
Read more ›Pablo Figueroa, partner at Spanish law firm Pérez-Llorca (and also lecturer at Queen Mary University) visited Faros today. He had lunch with the team and gave a presentation on competition law in Spain.
It was particularly interesting to gain more insight into Spanish practice and how it differs from the Belgian landscape.
Read more ›Today, partner Anouk Focquet spoke at the community event of Voka KvK Vlaams-Brabant.
Anouk participated in a panel discussion on safe and smart digital entrepreneurship. She then gave a presentation on online advertising in a legally correct way.
Read more ›Today, partner Frank Wijckmans presented the new European regime on vertical agreements (Regulation 2022/720) to the Luxembourg competition authority.
Read more ›The Hellenic Competition Commission and ERA organized an in-depth conference on vertical restraints. Faros partner Frank Wijckmans was invited to provide step-by-step guidance on the application of the European block exemption regime.
Read more ›It started with a question during the Verticals module at the Brussels School of Competition. Super Bock, Super League, ISU, by object… Luc Peeperkorn and Frank Wijckmans assumed students had forgotten all about it after the close of the BSC sessions. Wrong, so wrong. The Friends of the Brussels School of Competition picked it up and the result was an online lunch session.
Read more ›During lunch today, Anouk Focquet and Sofie Deprez gave an online session on how to maximise the potential of customer data in a data protection compliant manner. The webinar was enthusiastically received by companies from various countries, who greatly appreciated the practical session.
Read more ›The Faros team was immersed in the world of commercial conflicts. Luc Demeyere has just written a book on the subject and was happy to come and explain the most important key take-aways during one of our 'Knowledge is key sessions'.
Read more ›As is its biennial custom, the Order of Flemish Bars ('OVB') organised a conference with a wide range of topics and speakers oriented towards lawyers.
Read more ›Faros partner Maaike Visser co-organised the annual conference of the renowned Belgian journal 'Competitio' and also acted as opening speaker. Several team members joined the conference.
Read more ›The EMEA rankings of Legal 500 have been published. We are proud to announce that Faros is ranked immediately.
Read more ›Maaike Visser and Femke Van Belle represented Faros at Elsa Brussels' Career Day. They spoke to plenty of students who are interested in the legal profession and in our firm.
Read more ›Anouk Focquet and Julie Mannekens were invited by student organisation GLSC for a training on Privacy & Data Protection. They gave a crash course full of practical examples and relevant cases.
Read more ›The updated version of the Dutch Data Protection Handbook has been published by LeA Publishers.
The title of the book is: ‘Handboek Gegevensbescherming in de diepte & in de praktijk’ (Dutch) and the manuscript was finalized on 30 September 2023.
Read more ›In collaboration with Thomas Ghys of Webclew, Anouk Focquet recorded an on-demand webinar on cookies and other forms of online tracking. The webinar is now available online (free of charge).
Read more ›As a start-up firm, it is not a given to be picked up by Chambers & Partners right away. It normally takes a couple of years before a new firm can enter this prestigious directory. For Faros, however, this has worked out well.
Read more ›Today, Anouk Focquet spoke at the 31st VRG Alumni Day, where she gave a presentation on the European health data space ('EHDS'), and in particular on the relationship between the EHDS Regulation and the General Data Protection Regulation ('GDPR').
Following her lecture, Anouk also wrote an academic article on this topic.
Read more ›Karolien Francken and Annemie Van de Vliet gave a guest lecture at UA (University of Antwerp) in the form of competition compliance training. They did so in the course ‘EU and International Economic Law’ of Professor Pierfrancesco Mattiolo.
Read more ›On 20 February we organised a roundtable discussion with lawyers active in the Belgian competition world. The aim was to discuss in depth recent developments in European competition law.
Read more ›The Faros data protection team is currently finalising the updated version of the Dutch Data Protection Handbook and its French translation. Publication of both works is expected later this spring.
Read more ›In 2024, ADDE will celebrate its 60th anniversary. BVD (German member of ADDE) is organising a conference in Frankfurt on June 14 to celebrate this anniversary. Faros partner Maaike Visser speaks at this event.
Read more ›Also in 2024, our team members will continue publishing! We just received confirmation from both JECLAP (Journal of European Competition Law & Practice) and SEW (Journal of European and Economic Law) that they will each publish a Faros article on vertical agreements in mid-2024.
Read more ›Last December Frank taught the course on 'The Law and Economics of Vertical Restraints' together with Luc Peeperkorn at the Brussels School of Competition. Meanwhile, the completed exams were delivered to Frank and Luc for correction.
Read more ›In honor of Data Privacy Day, our Data Protection team drafted some rules of thumb for the Brussels Bar on how to use evidence in legal proceedings in line with the GDPR. You can find the post on the LinkedIn profile of the Brussels Bar (‘Balie Brussel’).
Read more ›Do you know our Glossary? Through a series of videos, we build a Glossary of the most important terms in competition law and... now also data protection law!
Read more ›In collaboration with Thomas Ghys of Webclew, Anouk Focquet recently recorded an on-demand webinar on cookies and other forms of online tracking. The webinar will soon be made available online for free.
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