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15 Nov

Updates from the Distribution Law Center

The DLC - Distribution Law Center aims to be the go-to online knowledge platform for EU and national distribution law developments. Specialised law firms from 27 jurisdictions, including contrast as the driver, contribute to the platform and share their knowledge for free with the community of practitioners, academia, and students.

On 10 October 2024, the Distribution Law Center hosted its 3rd Yearly Update on Verticals to share what business needs to know about 2023-2024 developments in the field of verticals. 390 attendees joined the update, and we are happy to share with you the materials and recordings from the update:

๐Ÿ“น Access the recordings here (https://lnkd.in/ejfQnWvJ).
๐Ÿ“„ The slides are available here (https://lnkd.in/erA4HJ-9).
โ“ Find a handy Q&A document answering the questions received in the chat (https://lnkd.in/e2uxJetY).

Would you like to be notified of events of the Distribution Law Center?

Join the DLC platform (https://lnkd.in/eu6spV6j) for free access to the right expertise, knowledge, and information about upcoming events.

#DistributionLaw #DistributionLawCenter #webinar #dlc #meetcontrast #contrastlaw

 DLC
12 Nov

Launch contrast connects

๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ offers inhouse legal counsels and business professionals a platform to learn and exchange ideas on selected legal topics and to network in a dedicated group setting.

Last Friday, we kicked off our ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ series with a competition law crash course. Thank you to the participants for their attendance and interaction.

Our next ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ event takes place on 5 December 2024, when we focus on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and its significant obligations for companies.

Interested to join this next session or to receive more information on ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ? Please feel free to reach out to your regular contact person at contrast or send us a message at contrastconnects@contrast.law.

#inhousecounsels #lawfirm #legalinnovation #contrastconnects #meetcontrast

 contrast connects
08 Nov

LinkedIn Workshop in Ghent

๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐๐ˆ๐ง ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ญ ๐”๐†๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

๐Ÿ“… ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?

Join us next Thursday from 19h - 21h for a hands-on LinkedIn workshop at the UGent, organised in collaboration with ELSA Gent and Vlaams Rechtsgenootschap Gent (VRG). During the workshop, youโ€™ll learn about the power of LinkedIn, receive practical tips to optimise your online profile, and discover how to build a valuable network with professionals. This will significantly boost your chances for internships and future job opportunities. The event will conclude with a small networking reception.

๐Ÿ“๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐? ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: https://lnkd.in/euhegFR4 (location: UGent, campus Aula, auditorium E)

#lawstudents #lawfirm #jobfairs #legalinternship #meetcontrast #contraststudentcornerย #fitforpurpose

 Students Careers
06 Nov

Meet us at the job fair

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž? ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ!

At ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, we offer a variety of internships (summer/winter/academic internships, research assistant, junior lawyer) tailored for law students. You can count on us for enriching internships with interesting cases, a strong team spirit, and personalised guidance and training.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž? Come and meet us at the following job fairs:

- ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ: UGent Jobfair (ICC โ€“ top floor)
- ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ: UA Jobfair (Handelsbeurs)
- ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ : VUB (13 November) | Leuven (14 November & 26 November) | UCLouvain (26 November)

๐‚๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ? Send us your CV today via our website ๐Ÿ”— https://lnkd.in/dE3Y37iz

Our team looks forward to meeting you!

At the job fairs: Simone Goyvaerts (HR manager) | Emiel Weyers (commercial lawyer) | Camille Verstraete (competition lawyer) | Emma Fransen (competition lawyer) | Maarten Cnudde (corporate lawyer) | Marie-Julie Kormoss (litigation & competition lawyer)

#lawstudents #lawfirm #jobfairs #legalinternship #meetcontrast #contraststudentcorner #fitforpurpose

 Students Careers
31 Oct

Our new team member

๐€ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐•๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š!

Vanessa joined ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ in october 2024. She graduated from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, 2023) with a Master's degree in communication sciences.

She joins the office team as our new Communication & HR assistant. In this role, she will assist her colleagues in the HR, marketing, and finance departments.

We all wish her good luck on this new adventure.

Also interested in joining our team? Discover our career opportunities here.

#contrastvibes #contrasttalent #welcome #lawfirm

 People
31 Oct

The Halloween Cafรฉ

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ‘ป

This afternoon our contrasters came together at โ€˜the Halloween Cafรฉโ€™. We were treated to a great assortment of homemade, halloween-themed pastries. Delicious coffees and chai lattes were also available to enjoy.

A big thank you to our contrast vibes team, especially Berto and Cathy for organising this event and showcasing their baking skills. A warm thank you as well to Imad for his efforts in decorating the space ๐Ÿ™.

#contrastvibes #teamvibes #halloween

 contrast vibes
30 Oct

Competition update - case highlight

๐„๐‚๐‰ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž: ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ˆ๐…๐€ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ? โš–๏ธโšฝ

As reported earlier (see our LinkedIn post: https://lnkd.in/eHq_YTy8), in a preliminary ruling of 4 October 2024 the EU Court of Justice found that certain FIFA transfer rules are contrary to the free movement of workers and competition law.

Following the preliminary ruling, FIFA has issued a press release indicating that it will open a โ€˜global dialogue on the transfer systemโ€™ in light of the required changes to its transfer rules.

In his contribution in the Juristenkrant of 23 October 2024, our senior associate Benjamin Magnus discusses the ECJ judgement. He explains why and how the ECJ decided that the FIFA transfer rules are contrary to EU law and considers the possible consequences of the judgement, which may be far-reaching.

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ?

๐Ÿ”— You can access the article here (in Dutch): https://lnkd.in/ebSTd5kG.

๐Ÿ”— You can read the ECJ judgement here: https://lnkd.in/ePRDcvAP.

๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ? Feel free to contact Benjamin or your usual contact person at ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ.

#sports #football #competitionlaw #sportslaw #disputeresolution #ECJ #FIFA #RBFA #contrastpublications

 Publication
29 Oct

Guest Lecture at UCLL

๐ŸŒŸ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ŸŒŸ

Last week, our paralegals Cathy Van den Branden and Evi Noรซl Noel gave a guest lecture to first-year students at UC Leuven-Limburg.

They showcased the vital role of paralegals in law firms, sharing their passion and expertise.

Thank you to An De Graeve and Katrien Vanderschot for this opportunity, and to the students for their enthusiastic participation!

Interested in our opportunities for paralegals? Check out our career page.

#paralegal #paralegals #lawfirm #UCLL #contraststudentcorner #contrasttalent

 Students Seminar
28 Oct

Student workshop - CV

๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐• ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!

Get ready for the upcoming job fairs by joining our CV workshop at the University of Ghent on 29 October at 19:00. In collaboration with the Vlaams Rechtsgenootschap Gent (VRG) and ELSA Gent , our HR manager Simone Goyvaerts and our counsel Eva Alboort will provide law students with practical tips and tricks to upgrade their CVs.

Interested? Subscribe here ๐ŸŽฏ https://lnkd.in/evdB7tuQ

Can't wait any longer? Don't hesitate to send in your CV hereย for a summer, winter, and/or bar internship for 2025 in one of our practice areas (competition & EU | corporate & M&A | commercial | dispute resolution).

We look forward to meeting you!

#lawstudents #lawstudent #lawfirm #cv #legalinternship #contraststudentcorner

 Students Careers
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