03.07.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group Experience - Stibbe advised private equity firm Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group on the joint acquisition of McDermott International, Inc.’s Lummus Technology Group, a leading licensor of proprietary petrochemicals, refining, gasification and gas processing technologies, and a supplier of proprietary catalysts and related engineering. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Eva Das, Reinout de Boer, Paul Vestering, Rein van Helden, Rogier Raas, Floris ten Have, Job van Hooff, Judica Krikke, Rogier van der Struijk, Janneke Müller
20.05.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Dutch State on support to Royal IHC Experience - Stibbe is advising the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy on a short-term bridging loan and guarantee facility provided to the leading Dutch maritime player Royal IHC and on the acquisition of Royal IHC. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Rein van Helden, Nora Offergelt, Toni van Hees, Manon Cremers, Barbra Bulsing
13.08.2019 NL law Stibbe advises ADNOC Experience - Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the acquisition of a 10% interest in VTTI BV, the owner and operator of storage terminals in 14 countries, including amongst others the Netherlands and Belgium, with 60 million barrels of capacity. Vitol and the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund will both own a 45% interest in VTTI. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Michael Molenaars, Pascal Vanden Borre, Sebastiaan Witkam, IJsbrand van Straten, Jan van Oosten, Muriël Rosing, Li Wee Toh, Roderik Vrolijk, Judica Krikke, Ea Visser, Anna Collignon, Cedric Degreef, Jan Proesmans, Annelies Van Huffel, Reinout de Boer, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Jan Bouckaert
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
21.06.2019 NL law Stibbe advises the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Experience - Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on its newly established global nitrogen fertilizer business joint venture with OCI NV (to be held 42% and 58% respectively) with a combined annual revenue of USD 1.74 billion. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Michael Molenaars, Reinout de Boer, Janneke Müller, IJsbrand van Straten, Roderik Vrolijk, Ea Visser
20.06.2019 BE law Stibbe assisted Alro Group with the sale of a majority stake to Gimv Experience - Stibbe assisted the Thijs family and the management as selling shareholders in the Alro Group with the sale of a majority stake to Gimv. Read more Team: Stefan Odeurs, Henk Verstraete, Margaux Beyer, Olivia de Lovinfosse, Laura Lasat, Joanna De Smedt, Nina Coussement, Johan Luntumbue
04.07.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Elementis Experience - Stibbe advises Elementis, a UK listed global specialty chemicals company, on the acquisition of Mondo Minerals Holdings B.V. for an enterprise value of $600 million on a cash and debt free basis. The acquisition will be financed through a rights issue and new debt facilities. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Branda Katan, Anna Collignon, Boris Cammelbeeck, Charlotte van Weert, Lotte Hover-Boon, Valérie van 't Lam, Barbra Bulsing
29.05.2018 Stibbe advises HKS Metals Experience - Stibbe advised HKS Metals on the acquisition of Van Dalen Recycling. HKS Metals is the largest metal recycling company in the Netherlands and part of TSR/Remondis. By combining the two companies, the total company consists of 13 branches, including one in Belgium and one in England. Read more Team: Allard Metzelaar, Rein Wesseling, Reinout de Boer, Dennis Mollema, Jan Truijens Martinez
28.05.2018 Stibbe advises Smurfit Kappa Experience - Stibbe is advising Smurfit Kappa on the acquisition of Reparenco for approximately €460 million. Read more Team: Allard Metzelaar, Duco de Boer, Reinout de Boer, Paul Vestering, Anna Collignon, Floris ten Have, Ea Visser, Willem Beek
11.05.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Solenis Experience - Stibbe is advising Solenis on the Dutch law aspects of its combination with BASF’s paper and water chemicals business, which is expected to close around the end of 2018. Read more Team: Eva Das, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Vincent van Kampen
11.12.2017 NL law Stibbe advises DexKo Global Experience - Stibbe advises DexKo Global on the acquisition of E&P Hydraulics. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Allard Metzelaar, Jeroen Smits, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Lotte Hover-Boon, Ea Visser
10.11.2017 Stibbe advises Constellium Experience - Stibbe advises Constellium N.V. on its offerings of ordinary shares and notes and on its cash tender offers of notes. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte, Jean-Marc Delcour, IJsbrand van Straten, Rik van Kessel
09.07.2020 NL law Position paper: a more circular carpet industry in the Netherlands Articles - Currently only 1-3% of European carpet waste is recycled. Together with Maurits de Munck, Ida Mae de Waal and Chris Backes (Utrecht University), Valérie van 't Lam has produced a position paper featuring recommendations for the European Commission on a more ‘circular’ carpet industry in the Netherlands. This position paper was commissioned by Excess Materials Exchange. Read more Valérie van 't Lam Counsel Amsterdam
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
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
11.03.2020 NL law Jeroen Kortmann nominated for best Dutch litigator Inside Stibbe - For the second consecutive year, Jeroen Kortmann has been nominated for the title of 'best Dutch litigator'. Read more Jeroen Kortmann Partner Amsterdam
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
30.03.2020 BE law Temporary authorisations for certain biocidal products to tackle the Corona crisis: unusual times call for unusual (temporary) measures Short Reads - The outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis has been officially acknowledged as a pandemic and public health crisis. In response, the Belgian authorities have decided to proceed with the grant of temporary authorisations for certain biocidal product types. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Bastiaan Schelstraete, Maarten Christiaens
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
11.03.2020 NL law The Dutch scheme – when can it be used, and by whom? Short Reads - As mentioned in our earlier blog, the Dutch legislator has prepared a bill – the Act on confirmation of private restructuring plans (Wet homologatie onderhands akkoord) – which introduces a framework allowing debtors to restructure their debts outside formal insolvency proceedings (the “Dutch Scheme“). Read more Team: Job van Hooff, Daisy Nijkamp, Bram Berends
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
23.03.2020 BE law Contracts & Corona: force majeure and related topics Short Reads - The spread of the coronavirus may have some consequences that affect your ability to perform your obligations under your contracts, or your co-contractors’ ability to perform theirs. We provide some insight on a few pressing questions. Read more Team: Oliver Stevens, Tobe Inghelbrecht
18.03.2020 BE law Corona Checklist for (Supply) Contracts in the Energy & Industry Sector Short Reads - The outbreak of the corona virus is affecting economies worldwide. Many governments are taking measures to mitigate the spread of the corona virus. Increasingly, this is leading to supply bottlenecks, assembly line stoppages, etc. The table below provides a short checklist of the most common issues that may arise in your contract. Read more Team: Rony Vermeersch, Frederik Vandendriessche, Cedric Degreef, Pieterjan Claeys
10.03.2020 NL law De AVG staat niet in de weg aan de verwerking van persoonsgegevens door een toezichthouder tijdens een bedrijfsbezoek Short Reads - Bedrijven die met toezicht worden geconfronteerd, zijn gehouden op verzoek van een toezichthouder in beginsel alle informatie te verstrekken. Met de komst van de Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming (AVG) is in de praktijk de vraag opgekomen of een toezichthouder bevoegd is om persoonsgegevens die onderdeel uitmaken van de gevraagde informatie te verwerken. Read more Christien Saris Senior Associate Amsterdam