Michael Molenaars

Michael is head of the tax practice group of Stibbe. He specialises in domestic and international taxation with particular emphasis on M&A and private equity transactions, corporate reorganisations and structured finance. He was previously resident partner at our London office and at our New York office. He holds a law degree from Amsterdam University and an LL.M. from New York University. His clients include large multinational companies, financial institutions and private equity firms. Michael is a frequent speaker on international tax issues and has co-authored several books and articles on international taxation.

Credentials

• NYSE Euronext on its US$ 10.2 billion proposed combination with Deutsche Borse
• Xinmao on its Euro 1 billion public offer for the shares of Draka, a Dutch wire and cable maker 
• Tornier, a company partly owned by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, on its US$ 166 million IPO 
• Apollo on the acquisition of Rio Tinto's Alcan Engineered Products division through a Dutch joint venture structure
• Ziggo (owned by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Cinven) on the placement of Euro 750 million senior secured notes and Euro 1.2 billion senior unsecured notes
• ING on its Euro 7.5 billion rights offering
• Aéroports de Paris on its strategic cooperation with Schiphol Group and cross-shareholding with Schiphol Airport
• Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs as underwrites in the Euro 467 million IPO of NXP on NASDAQ
• J.C. Flowers & Co. on the Dutch acquisition structure used in connection with a tender offer for shares of Japan's Shinsei Bank
• Warburg Pincus on its US$ 4.5 billion acquisition of Bausch & Lomb and the financing thereof
• BRC on the US$ 10 billion Inbev-Anheuser Busch capital increase in connection with in Inbev-Anheuser Busch merger 
• Blackstone on the US$ 4.3 billion acquisition of Travelport from Cendant
• Canon on its USb 1.3 billion public offer for all shares of Oce, a leading international manufacturer of professional printing and copying equipment
• Fortune Brands on supporting Pernoud Ricard's acquisition of Allied Domecq followed by a sale of assets to Fortune Brands
• Marubeni on the restructuring of its international power division