The Dutch investment screening authority (Investment Screening Bureau, Bureau Toetsing Investeringen (BTI)) has published its second annual report covering its activities in 2024. The report highlights the increasing importance of economic security and the BTI’s growing role within the Dutch regulatory landscape. Amid rising foreign investment, geopolitical tensions and hybrid threats, the Netherlands faces a complex task of in safeguarding its strategic interests.

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Private equity and M&A dealmakers in 2025 are navigating a landscape shaped by geopolitical tensions and uncertainty. Both sellers and buyers will look for legal protection when approaching transactions. In transatlantic deals, however, differing market practices in the US and Europe can introduce additional layers of complexity that parties need to take into account.

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AKD publishes a monthly newsletter to inform you of the most important recent developments in competition law and adjacent regulation at EU level and in the Benelux. This month featuring Just Eat/Naspers, decisions of the Belgian Competition Authority in Proximus/Orange and Dossche Mills/Cera, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation and much more. This newsletter brings you entirely up to date!

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On the third Tuesday of September, known as Budget Day (Prinsjesdag), the Dutch Ministry of Finance traditionally presents the Budget Plan, which includes the Ministry’s tax plans for the upcoming year. The draft bills presented on Budget Day will be debated in the Dutch Parliament. During the legislative process, these bills may be amended. We have outlined the main proposals below. Unless otherwise noted, these proposals are expected to take effect on 1 January 2026.

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De Amerikaanse inflatie ligt al vijf jaar ver boven de doelstellingen van de Federal Reserve. De trend beweegt langzaam omhoog. Tegelijkertijd stapelen de signalen van arbeidsmarktverkoeling zich op.

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As of today, the EU Data Act comes into force across the European Union. Part of a broader package of digital legislation, this regulation establishes clear rules for accessing and sharing data generated by connected products and related services (primarily Internet of Things – IoT – products). It also introduces important safeguards against unfair contract terms in data-sharing agreements and facilitates switching between data processing services.

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US fund managers (USFMs) regularly set up an office in Europe to accommodate European deal sourcing, European capital raising and/or to manage their European asset acquisition vehicles. As the Netherlands offers an attractive legal and social environment, it is usually on the shortlist of jurisdictions for setting up such office.

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Can mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures (concentrations) that escape concentration supervision by falling under the applicable notification thresholds nevertheless be subsequently reviewed – and even disallowed – under the prohibition on abuse of a dominant position? In the Towercast judgment, the European Court of Justice affirmed that the EU prohibition on abuse of a dominant position (Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)) can apply to concentrations that fall below the notification thresholds.

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