This second edition of Competition Law of the European Union and the Netherlands: an overview, is a complete revision and update of an earlier publication of 1998, published shortly after the introduction of the Dutch Competition Act. Competition law is of vital importance for all major strategic business decisions and for all corporate and MandA transactions. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the EC and Dutch rules and practises in this area of the law. It is only a matter of size of the parties and of the transaction whether the EU or Dutch rules apply. This is the primary...

Intellectual Property Law in The Netherlands deals with IP rights, unfair competition law, internet-related aspects, and procedural law aspects. Since Dutch IP law is of an increasingly European character, the relevant EC law aspects and the decisions of the European Court of Justice are also discussed. Intellectual Property Law covers an area that is practised in several law firms in The Netherlands. There are only a few, however, that provide the in-depth expertise that meets the degree of sophistication demanded by the international business community. Allen and Overy is unanimously...

The Dutch telecommunications market is probably one of the most open in the world. Three years after its full liberalisation (which was completed six months ahead of the EU timetable) the Netherlands have approximately 65 operators with interconnection or special network agreements, including five providers of mobile telephony networks. Nearly all of the world's largest international players have established a presence in the Dutch telecom market. It is for their benefit and for the benefit of their advisers that this book has been published. Dutch Telecommunications Law contains the...