25.11.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Eneco Experience - Stibbe is advising Eneco on the sale of all shares in Eneco to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for a total equity value of EUR 4.1 billion. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Nora Offergelt, Wouter Hofstee, Tess Hendriks, Omar El Gachi, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Maurits Schmitz, Paul Vestering, Tom Barkhuysen, Reinout de Boer, Rein Wesseling, Manon Cremers, Ali al Khatib, Li Wee Toh, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Iris Hendriksen, Ea Visser, Roderik Vrolijk, Judica Krikke, Rogier van der Struijk, Martin In de Braekt, Suzanne van Boheemen, Dennis Mollema, Anna Collignon, Soeradj Ramsanjhal, Marc Spuijbroek, Rein van Helden
10.07.2019 NL law Stibbe successfully represents Vantage in enforcement of international arbitration ruling Experience - Stibbe has represented Vantage Deepwater Drilling Inc. and Vantage Deepwater Company (Vantage) in the enforcement of an arbitral award against Petrobras in the Netherlands. Stibbe worked on this matter in close cooperation with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Sidley Austin. Read more Team: Tim de Greve, Daphne Rijkers
05.07.2019 NL law Stibbe wins summary proceedings for energy companies Experience - Under the strict sustainability provisions of the Agreement on Energy for Sustainable Growth 2013 (known as the Energy Agreement), coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands are using an increasing proportion of biomass instead of coal. Read more Toni van Hees Partner Amsterdam
17.01.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Eurus Energy Europe Experience - Stibbe advised Eurus Energy Europe (Eurus), a leading Japanese renewable energy company, in respect of the onshore Windpark Deil. Read more Team: Martin In de Braekt, Li Wee Toh, Neeltje Walgemoed
10.07.2018 NL law Stibbe advises on the construction of Oostpolder wind farm Experience - On 4 July 2018, the Administrative Jurisdiction Department of the Council of State rendered its judgment on the permitting for wind farm Oostpolder. Read more Anna Collignon Partner Amsterdam
05.07.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Advent International Experience - Stibbe advises Advent International, the US based venture capital and private equity firm, on the Dutch corporate aspects of the acquisition by Advent of General Electric’s (GE) distributed power unit for $3.25 billion. Read more Team: Fons Leijten, Manon Cremers, Dennis Mollema
22.02.2018 NL law Stibbe advises on the construction of the Drentse Monden and Oostermoer wind farm Experience - On 21 February 2018, the Administrative Jurisdiction Department of the Council of State rendered its judgment on the construction of the Drentse Monden and Oostermoer wind farm. The zoning plan and other permits are now irrevocable and the construction of the wind farm, including 45 wind turbines, in the municipalities Aa and Hunze and Borger-Odoorn may begin Read more Anna Collignon Partner Amsterdam
22.08.2017 EU law Stibbe advised KPS Capital Partners on the acquisition of C & D Technologies Experience - Stibbe advised KPS Capital Partners on the acquisition of C & D Technologies. Read more Team: Eva Das, Rein van Helden
01.01.2017 BE law Stibbe advises the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC/AFCN) Experience - Assisting the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) and the Belgian State in the context of nuclear law. Read more Jan Bouckaert Partner Brussels
04.11.2015 Stibbe advises ALSTOM on its disposal of its energy and grid business to General Electric Experience - Stibbe advised Alstom on the Dutch corporate law aspects of the reorganisation of the ALSTOM Group in connection with the disposal of its energy and grid business to General Electric (GE) and the subsequent establishment of joint ventures in three key energy sectors. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Dennis Mollema
19.02.2014 NL law Stibbe advises EPZ Experience - Advising EPZ on Long Term Operation (LTO) of its nuclear power plant at Borssele till 2033. The Dutch Council of State has ruled in favor of EPZ. Read more Tijn Kortmann Of counsel Amsterdam
25.06.2012 BE law Stibbe assists the Nuclear Energy Research Centre Experience - Assisting the Nuclear Energy Research Centre (SCK-CEN) on the financing, construction, and licensing of its new experimental nuclear reactor Myrrha. Read more Team: Nathanaelle Kiekens, Frederik Vandendriessche, Ian Arnouts
31.07.2020 NL law Consultatie Wet collectieve warmtevoorziening (Warmtewet 2) Short Reads - De Minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat (“Minister”) heeft op 22 juni 2020 de internetconsultatie gestart van de beoogde opvolger van de huidige Warmtewet, de Wet collectieve warmtevoorziening (veelal genoemd de “Warmtewet 2”). De einddatum van de internetconsultatie van de Warmtewet 2 is 3 augustus 2020. Read more Team: Jan Reinier van Angeren, Jaap Waverijn
19.06.2020 NL law Public Consultation on the Industry Carbon Tax Act: levy and trade in dispensation rights Short Reads - The public consultation on the Industry Carbon Tax Act (Wet CO2-heffing industrie) began on 24 April 2020. The government has already announced the carbon tax in the Climate Agreement. The public consultation comes one year after the bill on the minimum carbon price for electricity production, which is similar to the Industry Carbon Tax Act in several respects, although the bill on the minimum carbon price for electricity generators is only applicable to electricity generators. Read more Team: Jan Reinier van Angeren, Valérie van 't Lam, Sandra Putting
20.04.2020 EU law Europese klimaatwet: op weg naar klimaatneutraliteit Articles - Klimaatverandering staat hoog op de agenda van de Europese Commissie. Op 4 maart 2020 stelde de Commissie de Verordening van het Europees Parlement en de Raad tot vaststelling van een kader voor de totstandkoming van klimaatneutraliteit en tot wijziging van Verordening (EU) 2018/1999 (Europese klimaatwet) voor. De Europese klimaatwet is één van de tools om de doelstellingen van de Europese Green Deal te realiseren. Read more Team: Cedric Degreef, Guan Schaiko, Maarten Christiaens
08.04.2020 NL law Hydrogen: Consultation by the Dutch regulator (ACM) on the role of group companies of TSOs and DSOs in the Dutch hydrogen market Short Reads - On 30 March 2020, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (“Minister”) presented the ‘Government strategy on hydrogen’ (Kabinetsvisie Waterstof, also available in English), detailing the government strategy and policy agenda on hydrogen (further discussed in another Stibbe blog post). Read more Team: Martin In de Braekt, Jaap Waverijn
17.07.2020 NL law Stibbe Partners named in A Word About Wind’s 2020 Legal Power List Inside Stibbe - Stibbe is pleased to announce that Martin In de Braekt and Heleen Kersten (Stibbe Amsterdam) have been ranked in the A Word About Wind's (AWAW) 2020 Legal Power List, an independent publication of the 100 most influential lawyers (across in-house counsel and within law firms) working in the global wind industry. Read more Team: Martin In de Braekt, Heleen Kersten
16.06.2020 Webinar : Vers une coupure de l’eau et/ou de l’électricité ? Seminar - Plans d'urgence et responsabilités en cas de délestage Divers médias ont rapporté ces derniers jours que la Belgique fera face à une vague de sécheresse ces prochains mois. Il est fait mention de plans anti-sécheresse et de délestage. Le risque de coupures d’eau et d’électricité (les centrales ont notamment besoin d’eau pour leurs procédés de refroidissement) est bel et bien réel. Read more Team: Frederik Vandendriessche, Cedric Degreef, Pieterjan Claeys
08.04.2020 NL law The Dutch government publishes an ambitious strategy and policy agenda on the development of the clean hydrogen market Short Reads - The Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (“Minister”) presented the ‘Government strategy on hydrogen’ (Kabinetsvisie Waterstof, also available in English) by means of a letter addressed to the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) on 30 March 2020. With the presentation of its hydrogen strategy and policy agenda, the Dutch government has underlined its ambitions to use ‘the unique position of the Netherlands’ to develop a strong position for the Netherlands in the hydrogen market. Read more Team: Martin In de Braekt, Jaap Waverijn
18.03.2020 BE law Corona Checklist voor (leverings)contracten in de Energie & Industriesector Short Reads - De uitbraak van het coronavirus treft economieën wereldwijd. Veel regeringen nemen maatregelen om de verspreiding van het virus tegen te gaan. Dit leidt in toenemende mate tot leveringsproblemen, stilstand van assemblagelijnen etc. De onderstaande tabel geeft een korte checklist van de meest voorkomende problemen die zich in uw contract kunnen voordoen. Read more Team: Rony Vermeersch, Frederik Vandendriessche, Cedric Degreef, Pieterjan Claeys
23.06.2020 NL law Wetsvoorstel stikstofreductie en natuurverbetering: structurele aanpak voor de stikstofproblematiek? Short Reads - Van 27 mei 2020 tot en met 10 juni 2020 heeft het conceptvoorstel voor de Wet stikstofreductie en natuurverbetering in internetconsultatie voorgelegen. In dit conceptwetsvoorstel heeft het kabinet zijn nieuwe structurele aanpak van de stikstofproblematiek verankerd. Anders dan het Programma Aanpak Stikstof (PAS) voorziet het conceptwetsvoorstel niet in een systeem voor de toekenning van ontwikkelingsruimte voor vergunningverlening, maar in een systeem waarbij condities en herstel van de natuur in Natura 2000-gebieden voorop staan. Read more Team: Jan van Oosten, Anne-Marie Span
06.05.2020 NL law Consultatie van de Wet CO2-heffing industrie: heffing én handel in dispensatierechten Short Reads - Op 24 april 2020 startte de consulatie van de Wet CO2-heffing industrie. Het kabinet kondigde de CO2-heffing al aan in het Klimaatakkoord. De consultatie volgt bijna een jaar later op het wetsvoorstel minimum CO2- prijs elektriciteitsopwekking. Dat wetsvoorstel toont op verschillende onderdelen gelijkenis met de Wet CO2-heffing industrie, maar het wetsvoorstel minimum CO2-prijs voor elektriciteitsopwekkers is uitsluitend van toepassing op elektriciteitsopwekkers. Read more Team: Jan Reinier van Angeren, Valérie van 't Lam, Sandra Putting
08.04.2020 NL law The Dutch government publishes an ambitious strategy and policy agenda on the development of the clean hydrogen market Short Reads - The Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (“Minister”) presented the ‘Government strategy on hydrogen’ (Kabinetsvisie Waterstof, also available in English) by means of a letter addressed to the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) on 30 March 2020. With the presentation of its hydrogen strategy and policy agenda, the Dutch government has underlined its ambitions to use ‘the unique position of the Netherlands’ to develop a strong position for the Netherlands in the hydrogen market. Read more Team: Martin In de Braekt, Jaap Waverijn
18.03.2020 BE law Liste de contrôle ‘Corona’ pour les contrats (de fourniture) dans les secteurs de l'énergie et de l'industrie Short Reads - L'épidémie de coronavirus affecte les économies du monde entier. De nombreux gouvernements prennent des mesures pour limiter la propagation du virus. De plus en plus, cela entraîne des goulets d'étranglement au niveau d'approvisionnement, des arrêts de chaînes de montage, etc. Le tableau ci-dessous fournit une brève liste de problèmes les plus courants qui peuvent survenir dans votre contrat. Read more Team: Rony Vermeersch, Frederik Vandendriessche, Cedric Degreef, Pieterjan Claeys