12.04.2018 NL law Stibbe advises SleepScore Labs Experience - Stibbe advised SleepScore Labs on the acquisition of Sleep.ai, a Netherlands-based digital health company. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Reinout de Boer, Annemarie Drahmann, Ea Visser, Bianca Geuze-Draaijer, Vincent van Kampen
29.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Lundbeck Experience - Stibbe advised Lundbeck on the acquisition of Prexton Therapeutics BV for an amount of up to EUR 905 million. Read more Team: Allard Metzelaar, Niels Douma, Paul Quist, Dennis Mollema
08.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Canon Medical Systems Experience - Stibbe advised Canon Medical Systems on the acquisition of Dutch medical equipment manufacturer Fysicon. Read more Team: Allard Metzelaar, Reinout de Boer, Paul Quist, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Dennis Mollema, Janna van Olst, Boris Cammelbeeck, Ea Visser, Annemarie Drahmann, Chaggai Kon
15.11.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Aedifica Experience - Stibbe advises Aedifica on the acquisition of a care residence to be constructed in Bosch en Duin (municipality of Zeist). Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, David Meijeren, Jan van Oosten
21.07.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Aedifica Experience - Stibbe advised Aedifica recently on two transactions in order to further expand her Dutch portfolio of care assets. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck, Jan van Oosten
29.05.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Aedifica Experience - Stibbe advises Aedifica on the acquisition of a care residence that will be constructed in Leersum. Aedifica acquired the full property of the site from Woudenburcht B.V., a local real estate developer. See for the press release here. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck, Jan van Oosten
21.07.2016 EU law Stibbe advises Mylan Experience - Stibbe advises global pharmaceutical company Mylan on the merger control aspects of its USD 7.2 billion acquisition of Swedish drugmaker Meda. Read more Team: Rein Wesseling, Jan Truijens Martinez
07.06.2016 NL law Stibbe advises Aedifica Experience - Stibbe advises Aedifica, a Belgian listed company investing in health care real estate, on reaching agreement to acquire two new senior housing sites in Lochem and Rotterdam. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck, Annemarie Drahmann, Cees Graafland
13.05.2016 NL law Stibbe advises Aedifica Experience - Stibbe advises Aedifica, a Belgian listed company investing in health care real estate, on the acquisition of a new senior housing site in Arnhem. This is the second investment of Aedifica in The Netherlands. Aedifica has developed a portfolio of health care real estate worth more than EUR 1 billion in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Press here for Aedifica's press release. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck, Annemarie Drahmann, Cees Graafland, Thomas van Nie
04.05.2016 NL law Stibbe has advised Sonova Holding AG on its acquisition of AudioNova B.V. from HAL Investments Experience - The value of AudioNova is EUR 830 million. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Maarten de Bruin, Heleen Kersten, Judica Krikke, Christof Swaak, Paul Vestering, Emile Bongers, Boris Cammelbeeck, Annemarie Drahmann, Valérie van 't Lam, Christien Saris
02.03.2016 NL law Stibbe advises Aedifica Experience - Stibbe advises Aedifica, a Belgian listed company investing in health care real estate, on its acquisition of four senior housing sites in The Netherlands. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck, Christien Saris
30.07.2015 NL law Stibbe represents Mylan in successful takeover defence against Teva’s hostile bid and the EU Merger Control proceedings related to the Perrigo offer Experience - On 27 July 2015, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced that it has withdrawn its previously announced hostile bid to acquire Mylan N.V. Stibbe represented Mylan in this successful takeover defence and advised Mylan on both litigation and EU competition law-related matters. Read more Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Fons Leijten, Rein Wesseling, Floris ten Have
23.05.2018 EU law Onafwendbaar Europees verbod op aantal pesticiden op basis van neonicotinoïden: wat doet België? Articles - Sommige pesticiden op basis van neonicotinoïden blijken ware “bijenkillers” te zijn. Dit werd recentelijk opnieuw bevestigd door het EFSA. Een Europees verbod lijkt dan ook onafwendbaar. De meerderheid van de EU-lidstaten keurde alvast in het expertencomité een voorstel goed om pesticiden op basis van de drie belangrijkste neonicotinoïden sterk aan banden te leggen. België onthield zich en wenst een uitzonderingsregeling te bekomen voor de bieten- en koolzaadsector. België lijkt dus te zullen moeten kiezen tussen bijen of bieten… of is het toch allemaal niet zo zwart-wit? Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Pieter Vandenheede, Bastiaan Schelstraete
22.02.2018 BE law 27 February 2018: Ignace Vernimme speaks on IP rights within international contracts Speaking slot - Enterprise Europe Network Vlaanderen (a professional network of regional organizations whose mission is to help innovative SMEs to conquer foreign markets) organizes a seminar in Antwerp on how to find foreign business partners and how to deal with them. Stibbe's IP partner, Ignace Vernimme, gives a presentation titled: IPRs: a key tool for innovative SMEs to conquer foreign markets. Read more Ignace Vernimme Partner Brussels
20.02.2018 BE law 26 February 2018: Herman Craeninckx and Jérôme Aubertin speak at seminar on 20 years Renault law. Seminar - On Monday 26 February, the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium (FEB) and Stibbe organise a seminar on the Renault law. Herman Craeninckx and Jerome Aubertin, together with a.o. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Employment Kris Peeters, will reflect on the 20-year existence of the law. Read more Team: Jérôme Aubertin, Herman Craeninckx
06.12.2017 BE law The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Investigations Articles - The second edition of "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Investigations" will soon be published. The Belgian chapter to the guide was authored by Hans Van Bavel together with Frank Staelens from Moore Stephens Belgium. Read more Hans Van Bavel Partner Brussels
25.04.2018 BE law Wetsontwerpen ziekenhuishervorming in eerste lezing door de regering goedgekeurd Articles - De Ministerraad van 30 maart 2018 keurde twee langverwachte wetsontwerpen goed op voorstel van Minister van Volksgezondheid Maggie De Block. Read more Team: Frederik Vandendriessche, Leen De Vuyst, Marie Van Den Langenbergh
21.02.2018 BE law REACH: laatste registratiedeadline in zicht Articles - Op 31 mei 2018 eindigt de derde registratieronde van chemische stoffen onder REACH. Tegen die datum moeten alle fabrikanten en leveranciers die chemische stoffen produceren of vervaardigen binnen de EU, deze onder REACH laten registreren. Doen ze dat niet, dan lopen ze het gevaar op verwijdering van hun product van de interne markt. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Pieter Vandenheede, Sophie Timmermans
21.01.2018 BE law 23 February 2018: Stibbe hosts CEA's Third Annual Conference Conference - On Friday, 23 of February, the Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA) is holding its Third Annual Conference on "The present and near future of new technologies in arbitration" at the Stibbe office. Read more Team: Nicolas Résimont, Benoît Kohl, Carol Evrard
23.11.2017 EU law The precautionary principle: outdated protection against authorized GMOs? Articles - Member States must not - on the sole basis of the precautionary principle - adopt national emergency measures prohibiting certain authorised genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This was decided by the EU Court of Justice in the recent Fidenato case. While such a decision ensures a harmonized approach to GMO regulation, it undermines the possibility for Member States to prohibit the cultivation of already-authorized genetically modified crops for which there is no new scientific evidence. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Pieter Vandenheede, Sophie Timmermans
16.03.2018 BE law (Micro)plastics: EU-restrictie op komst? Articles - Lees hier meer over de groeiende aandacht voor microplastics, die meer en meer in producten en levensmiddelen opduiken. De Europese instellingen hebben de microplastics in het vizier vanwege hun mogelijke impact op het marien milieu en de menselijke gezondheid. Ze denken na over beperkingen op microplastics. Volgen ook in België bindende maatregelen? Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Pieter Vandenheede, Sophie Timmermans
21.02.2018 BE law REACH: last registration deadline is fast approaching Articles - The third round of registering chemical substances under REACH ends on 31 May 2018. Every manufacturer and supplier that produces or makes chemical substances in the EU must have them registered under REACH. If they don’t do that, then they are at risk of having their product removed from the internal market. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Pieter Vandenheede, Sophie Timmermans
16.01.2018 BE law The Guide to International Employment and Labor Law - Belgian chapter Articles - The fifth edition of the Littler Mendelson's Guide to International Employment and Labor Law provides corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners as well as Human Resources professionals with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of employment and labor law. Read more Jérôme Aubertin Partner Brussels
23.11.2017 BE law The Asset Tracing and Recovering Review: Belgian Chapter Articles - The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review is an international publication published by The Law Reviews. The review focuses on developments in the market and interesting cases. Read more Team: Hans Van Bavel, Tobe Inghelbrecht