27.01.2021 NL law Stibbe advises InPost Experience - Stibbe acts as lead counsel to InPost on its IPO and listing on Euronext Amsterdam. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Pieter Schütte, Bernard Beerens, Nora Offergelt, Bart Stevens, Floor van Schendel, Thijn de Jong, Maurits Schmitz, Chris van Es, Eline Glazener, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Rik van Kessel, Lotte Hover-Boon, Jeroen Smits, Jean-Marc Delcour, Roderik Vrolijk, Johan Léonard
22.09.2020 BE law Stibbe advises Unifiedpost Group SA/NV Experience - Stibbe advised Unifiedpost Group SA/NV and the selling shareholders (PE Group NV, Smartfin Capital NV, Mr. Michel Delloye and EJF Funding DAC) on their successful private placement of EUR 252 million, followed by an initial listing on Euronext Brussels. Read more Team: Pascal Vanden Borre, Willem Witters, Celine Feys
09.06.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Basic-Fit Experience - Stibbe assisted Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest and fastest growing fitness chain, in its placement of 5,333,333 new ordinary shares through an accelerated bookbuild offering. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Manon Cremers, Lieke Stroeve, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, David de Groot, Maurits Schmitz
24.04.2020 BE law Stibbe assists LDA Capital Experience - Stibbe assisted LDA Capital, a US-based global investment group, with its capital commitment agreement with Mithra, a company dedicated to Women's Health. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Liselot Claeys
08.11.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Aedifica Experience - Stibbe advised Aedifica on its secondary share listing on Euronext Amsterdam. Trading started on 7 November 2019. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, Pieter Schütte, Rik van Kessel, Roderik Vrolijk
06.11.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Wright Medical Group Experience - Stibbe is advising Wright Medical Group on the offer from Stryker to acquire Wright Medical Group. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Jeroen Smits, Eva Das, Manon Cremers, Pieter Schütte, Dennis Mollema, Tom Storck, Claire-Marie Darnand
30.10.2019 BE law Stibbe assists the underwriters of Xior's capital increase Experience - Stibbe assisted the underwriters on the EUR 205.7 million capital increase of Xior. Read more Team: Pascal Vanden Borre, Willem Witters, Celine Feys
21.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Delivery Hero Experience - Stibbe advises Delivery Hero on the sale of its German food delivery businesses Lieferheld, Pizza.de and foodora to Takeaway.com in exchange for cash and an equity stake in Takeaway.com. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Sebastiaan Witkam, Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel, Manon Cremers, Dennis Mollema, Reinout de Boer, Judica Krikke, Rogier Raas, Roderik Vrolijk, Paul Vestering, Ea Visser, Daan Doorenbos
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 Hover-Boon, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette
13.06.2018 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of Adyen Experience - Stibbe advised the joint global coordinators Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan and the other joint bookrunners ABN AMRO, BofA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup on the IPO of Adyen on Euronext Amsterdam. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Rein van Helden, Reinout de Boer, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette
07.05.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Pershing Square Experience - Stibbe is advising Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. ("PSH") on a tender offer to purchase up to an aggregate amount of $300 million of PSH’s public shares. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Heleen Kersten, Rogier Raas, Reinout de Boer, Roderik Vrolijk, Rik van Kessel
23.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises B&S Group Experience - Stibbe advised B&S Group on its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam. B&S Group is an international wholesaler and distributor of fast-moving consumer goods across a range of niche markets. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen, Samuel Gray, Jean-Marc Delcour, Steven Hijink, Rein van Helden
14.12.2020 NL law Marieke Driessen new partner at Stibbe Inside Stibbe - Stibbe in Amsterdam is proud to welcome Marieke Driessen as a partner in its Financial Markets Group. With Marieke’s arrival, Stibbe’s Financial Markets practice in Amsterdam will grow to six partners as of January 1, 2021. Read more Team: David Orobio de Castro, Daan Doorenbos, Maarten de Bruin, Muriël Rosing, Rein van Helden, Rogier Raas
25.03.2020 NL law Key considerations for management and owners of Dutch privately held companies in distress due to COVID-19 Short Reads - The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant and immediate adverse effect on many companies in different industries. Many PE portfolio companies are particularly vulnerable given the typical high leverage finance structure and inherent need to maintain cash flow. To meet these challenges and mitigate liability risks, management and owners may need to take clear and immediate action (and refrain from certain other actions) in the interest of all stakeholders. The following sets out some key legal guidelines for management and owners when dealing with a Dutch subsidiary in distress. Read more Team: Job van Hooff, Duco de Boer, Egbert Vroom, Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte
17.01.2020 LU law Stibbe Luxembourg étend son offre de services par la venue de nouveaux associés et counsels au sein des pratiques spécialisées en gestion d’actifs/fonds d’investissement, en droit des sociétés ainsi qu’en droit financier Inside Stibbe - Luxembourg, le 17 janvier 2020 – Stibbe renforce ses pratiques spécialisées en droit des sociétés, en droit financier ainsi qu’en gestion d’actifs/fonds d’investissement par la venue de Bernard Beerens (associé, droit des sociétés), Audrey Jarreton (counsel, droit bancaire et financier), Edouard d’Anterroches (associé, fonds d’investissement), Victorien Hémery (associé, fonds d’investissement) et Dayana Bert (counsel, fonds d’investissement). Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Bernard Beerens, Edouard d'Anterroches, Victorien Hémery, Dayana Bert, Audrey Jarreton
05.10.2018 BE law Additional delay for new Companies Code? Articles - The Council of State has taken a second look at the draft law and recently issued, for the second time, a rather bleak opinion about the overall quality of the draft law regarding Belgium’s new Companies Code. Read more Jan Bogaert Partner Brussels
21.07.2020 NL law Financiële sector moet klimaatrisico’s bespreken met klanten Short Reads - Financiële instellingen moeten in gesprekken met klanten aandacht besteden aan klimaatrisico’s. Bij zakelijke klanten met name over de mogelijke impact van klimaatrisico’s op hun bedrijfsvoering en bij hypotheekeigenaren bijvoorbeeld over de verduurzaming van hun woning. Ook in het licht van het Klimaatcommitment van de financiële sector is dit van belang. Dit blijkt uit een bloemlezing van acht Nederlandse financiële instellingen, verenigd onder het Platform voor Duurzame financiering. Read more Team: Ingrid van der Klooster, Barbara Bier, Derk Lemstra, Heleen Kersten, Rogier Raas, Steven Hijink, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen
16.03.2020 NL law Update with respect to COVID-19 – Regulated Markets Disclosure & Reporting Short Reads - The developments with respect to COVID-19 raise a number of challenges for issuers of securities listed on a regulated market relating to – among other things – disclosure of information and periodic financial reporting. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Pieter Schütte
24.07.2019 EU law Wet implementatie Prospectusverordening in werking getreden Short Reads - Op 21 juli 2019 zijn de Wet implementatie prospectusverordening en het bijbehorende Besluit en de Regeling in werking getreden. Deze nieuwe regeling strekt tot implementatie van de Prospectusverordening (Verordening (EU) 2017/1129). De Prospectusverordening brengt enkele wijzigingen aan in het bestaande prospectusregime. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Rogier Raas, Manon Cremers
21.06.2018 NL law ECM seminar: ‘Major shareholders on the stock exchange’ Seminar - On 21 June 2018, Stibbe will host its annual Equity Capital Markets seminar focusing on listed companies with a major shareholder. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Derk Lemstra
29.04.2020 NL law Tapping the Equity Capital Markets in Times of Economic Uncertainty Short Reads - This short note discusses a few thoughts for Dutch issuers that are considering a capital raise in order to strengthen their balance sheet, with or without the need to publish a prospectus. Although the markets for equity issuances are currently by and large closed due to the COVID-19 situation, this is likely to change in the coming months. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Derk Lemstra, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette
17.01.2020 LU law Stibbe boosts service offering in Luxembourg with new partners and counsel for asset management/funds and corporate & finance Inside Stibbe - Luxembourg, 17 January 2020 – Stibbe reinforces its corporate & finance and asset management/funds practices in Luxembourg with the hire of Bernard Beerens (corporate partner), Audrey Jarreton (banking and finance counsel), Edouard d’Anterroches (investment funds partner), Victorien Hémery (investment funds partner), and Dayana Bert (investment funds counsel). Their arrival comes after the recent hire of tax partner Johan Léonard. All of these new additions demonstrate the firm’s commitment to expanding Stibbe’s service offering in Luxembourg. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Bernard Beerens, Edouard d'Anterroches, Victorien Hémery, Dayana Bert, Audrey Jarreton
29.01.2019 NL law Wetsvoorstel implementatie Prospectusverordening Short Reads - Op 17 december 2018 is het wetsvoorstel Wet implementatie prospectusverordening ingediend bij de Tweede Kamer. Dit implementatiewetsvoorstel strekt tot implementatie van de Prospectusverordening (Verordening (EU) 2017/1129). Deze verordening brengt talrijke wijzigingen aan in het bestaande prospectusregime. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten
07.06.2018 NL law Introduction of Green Loan Principles Short Reads - Green finance and sustainable finance are trending topics. After green bonds becoming an increasingly common financing instrument, there is a growing demand by borrowers for green loans. For lenders on the other hand, also in view of various recent initiatives of the European Union in respect of sustainability, participation in (syndicated) green loans is expected to become more important within the investment criteria of a financial institution. Read more Rein van Helden Partner Amsterdam