10.09.2018 NL law Stibbe advises on the equity offering of ProQR Experience - Stibbe advised the joint bookrunners Citigroup, Evercore ISI and RBC Capital Markets and the co-managers on the $104.1 million equity offering of ProQR Therapeutics N.V. ("ProQR"). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Lotte Boon, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette
26.07.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Agendia Experience - Stibbe advised Agendia on securing a $35 million investment from funds managed by Athyrium Capital Management. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Samuel Gray, Rein van Helden, Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Suzanne van Boheemen, Vincent van Kampen, Eline Holtman, Rik van Kessel, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette
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, 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, Boris Cammelbeeck, Ea Visser
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 NL 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, 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, Cees Graafland, Thomas van Nie
04.05.2016 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, Valérie van 't Lam, Christien Saris
24.09.2018 NL law Tom Barkhuysen speaks at conference about fair court fees Speaking slot - On 24 September 2018 Tom Barkhuysen will talk about the importance of fair court fees. He will be one of the keynote speakers at the conference, which will also include members of the House of Representatives and officials from the Ministry of Justice and Security. Read more Tom Barkhuysen Partner Amsterdam
05.06.2018 New EU rules to reduce marine pollution Articles - Plastic pollution has become a key environmental concern. And it is not surprising why: according to a recent study, of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics that have been produced so far, 6.3 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. Of this plastic waste, 79% is accumulating either in landfill sites or in the oceans. Therefore, on 28 May 2018 the EU Commission issued a new draft Directive aimed at tackling marine litter by addressing single use plastic items and abandoned fishing gear. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Pieter Vandenheede, Sophie Timmermans
16.03.2018 (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 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
27.08.2018 Gewassen verkregen door mutagenesetechnieken vallen nu ook onder GGO-richtlijn Articles - Organismen die zijn verkregen door middel van mutagenesetechnieken of –methoden zijn genetisch gewijzigde organismen (GGO’s) in de zin van de GGO-richtlijn 2001/18. Dit is wat het Europees Hof van Justitie op 25 juli 2018 oordeelde in de zaak C-528/16. Hiermee schept het Hof klaarheid in het juridisch niemandsland rond teeltvariëteiten bekomen door middel van mutagenese. Read more Team: Jan Bouckaert, Pieter Vandenheede, Sophie Timmermans
23.05.2018 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
25.06.2018 Afdeling: wèl rechtsbescherming mogelijk tegen de bestuurlijke waarschuwing. Inzicht in de gevolgen voor de handhavingspraktijk Short Reads - In een uitspraak van 2 mei 2018 heeft de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State geoordeeld dat een bestuurlijke waarschuwing een appellabel besluit is indien die is gebaseerd op een wettelijk voorschrift. Read more Team: Christien Saris, Niels Jak
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 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