We advised a major European sector federation in proceedings before the EU General Court concerning the lawfulness of the European Commission’s state aid decision on differentiated tax rates for online and offline games of chance in Denmark.
We have advised a gaming company in relation to the compatibility of Swedish legislation with EU law in a Swedish court case.
We have advised the Board of Directors of a private equity fund on shareholder and director liability under national law related to unlicensed and/or foreign licensed operators of online games of chance and sports wagers, and on the possible impact of overriding principles of European law.
We have defended a German lottery operator in criminal proceedings brought against it before the Belgium courts.
Our lawyers have assisted national sector federations in the area of gaming and sports wagering on ensuring competition law compliance in the course of meetings between sector members.
We have acted as lead counsel in the formal application process for several licenses, both for the provision of offline and online games of chance, lotteries and (sports) wagering.
We have successfully assisted commercial teams in negotiating and drafting frame agreements as well individual purchase agreements and change orders on NATO and NATO Nation level.
We have advised Defense, Aerospace, Government and Mobility software vendors on justification grounds and contract wording to qualify for sole source contract awards.
We have successfully brought informal and formal challenges to sole source contract awards to competitors resulting in retendering and/or rescoping of the contracts concerned. This involved representing the complainant in discussions and settlement meetings with the contracting authority.
We have assisted a major US Systems Integrator in bidding on a procurement program, and negotiating the ensuing contract, for the delivery of fregate ships to a European NATO Nation.
We have successfully negotiated licensing terms, IRAD and shared IP agreements on behalf of Belgium-based software companies with various major European and US Systems Integrators.
We have audited the use of FOSS software within a commercially available SDK and have advised on adapting licensing terms and conditions as well as documentation to ensure full FOSS compliance without unduly burdening licensor and licensee commercial operations.
We have successfully assisted commercial teams in negotiating and drafting frame agreements as well individual purchase agreements and change orders on NATO and NATO Nation level.
We have advised on the competition law aspects of prime- and sub-contractors in various bid consortia for national and international tenders. This included the setting up of Chinese Walls, “clean teams”, compliance structures and advising on non-discriminatory pricing strategies.
We have been part of compliance teams working on the applicability of Belgian and European export control legislation to software vendors. This involved internal and customer audits as well as informal contacts with relevant authoirities. We have also assisted clients in responding to enquiries related to requests to access public documents and related to parliamentary questions raised by individual MPs.
