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
03.04.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Buy Way Personal Finance Experience - Stibbe assisted Buy Way Personal Finance, a Belgian-Luxembourg consumer credit provider with the set-up of its inaugural public asset-backed securities (ABS) programme. Read more Team: Philip Van Steenwinkel, Ysaline Mouthuy, Giovanni Smet, Ivan Peeters, Jean-Marc Delcour, Olivier dal Farra
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
31.01.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Payvision Experience - Stibbe advised Payvision, a global merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment provider, on its strategic partnership with ING. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Duco de Boer, Rogier Raas, Paul Quist, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Roderik Vrolijk, Geertje Jonker, Judica Krikke, Paul Vestering, Jeroen Smits, Janna van Olst, Johanne Boelhouwer, Floris ten Have, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Ivo Nelissen
23.06.2016 Stibbe advises Aegon on the launch of the first General Pension Fund in the Netherlands Experience - Stibbe has made a significant contribution to the establishment of the first General Pension Fund in the Netherlands. Aegon is the first company to receive approval from the Dutch Central Bank to launch a General Pension Fund in the Netherlands. This offers a cost-effective alternative for new and existing company pension schemes. Read more
10.06.2016 Stibbe advises on the IPO of Basic-Fit Experience - Stibbe advises Basic-Fit, the largest "value-for-money" fitness club operator in Europe as measured by number of clubs, on its IPO. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Manon Cremers, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Paul Vestering, Steven Hijink, Dennis Mollema, Muriël Rosing, Lieke Stroeve, Johan Vrolijk
04.12.2015 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of ABN AMRO Experience - Stibbe advises ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley (as joint global coordinators) and the other underwriters on the IPO of ABN AMRO. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Tom Barkhuysen, Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Judica Krikke, Fons Leijten, Rogier Raas, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Paul Vestering, Rein Wesseling, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Dennis Mollema, Roderik Vrolijk, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker
08.10.2015 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of Intertrust Experience - Advising Intertrust and Blackstone on the IPO of Intertrust. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Gérald Origer, Manon Cremers, Rogier Raas, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Paul Vestering, Jaap Willeumier, Steven Hijink, Ivo Nelissen, Robert Steeg, Lieke Stroeve, Roderik Vrolijk
29.10.2014 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of Pershing Square Holdings Experience - Stibbe advises Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. on the IPO of this investment fund managed by the leading active investor Bill Ackmann. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Rogier Raas, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Roderik Vrolijk
27.05.2014 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of Euronext Experience - Advising Euronext and IntercontinentalExchange Group on the IPO of European stock market operator Euronext. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Pieter Schütte, Jaap Willeumier
11.12.2013 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of Constellium Experience - Advising Constellium on its USD 370 million initial IPO on the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris and on USD 165 million secondary offerings. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Rein van Helden, Rogier Raas, Hans Witteveen
02.04.2013 NL law Stibbe advises the French state Experience - Advising the French State on the restructuring of the shareholding and corporate governance structure of EADS, the European aerospace and defence corporation which manufactures Airbus. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Fons Leijten, Pieter Schütte
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
23.01.2018 BE law Changes to the law on financing SMEs Articles - The Act of 21 December 2013 on the financing of SMEs (the “SME Financing Act”) introduced legislation that regulates how SMEs are financed [1]. On 8 January of this year, the law amending the SME Financing Act has entered into force (the “Amending Act”). Read more Team: Ivan Peeters, Philip Van Steenwinkel
11.08.2017 NL law ESMA APM Q&A Short Reads - On 12 July 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released an updated version of its questions and answers (the “Q&A”) on alternative performance measures (“APMs”). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen
20.07.2017 NL law Wetsvoorstel aanvullende maatregelen accountantsorganisaties Short Reads - Het wetsvoorstel aanvullende maatregelen accountantsorganisaties (“Wetsvoorstel”) geeft uitvoering aan het voornemen van de Minister van Financiën om, mede gelet op de ernst van de bevindingen van de AFM in het onderzoek naar de kwaliteit van wettelijke controles door de Big 4-accountantsorganisaties in 2014, aanvullende wettelijke maatregelen te nemen. De AFM is van mening dat accountantsorganisaties, ook onafhankelijk van het Wetsvoorstel, nog meer stappen moeten zetten naar verbetering. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Heleen Kersten, Allard Metzelaar
28.05.2018 BE law New Belgian Companies Code heads for Parliament Articles - Last Friday, the 25th of May, the Council of Ministers approved the text of the draft law for a new Companies Code. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Stefan Odeurs
13.11.2017 BE law Unfair contract terms and investment instruments - a balancing act Articles - Stibbe contributed to the IBJ/IJE publication regarding the evolution of corporate law. Read more Team: Ivan Peeters, Sarah De Dijn
01.08.2017 NL law Eumedion Evaluates 2017 Dutch Proxy Season Short Reads - On 10 July 2017, Eumedion released its evaluation of the 2017 Dutch proxy season. The evaluation reports on a number of findings, including the following two notable points: Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen
18.07.2017 NL law Ontwerp besluit aanwijzing organisaties van openbaar belang Short Reads - De Minister van Financiën is voornemens om netbeheerders, woningcorporaties, grote pensioenfondsen en drie instellingen voor het wetenschapsbeleid aan te wijzen als organisatie van openbaar belang in de zin van de Wet toezicht accountantsorganisaties. De gevolgen van deze aanwijzing voor de betreffende instellingen zijn aanzienlijk. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Heleen Kersten, Allard Metzelaar
25.04.2018 EU law 25 April 2018: Stibbe sponsors LPEA Insights conference in Luxembourg on 'Building the Real Economy' Conference - LPEA, Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, organises a conference in Luxembourg, which brings on stage General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs) to discuss and showcase the private equity sector from the perspective of local practitioners, together with additional contributions from guest speakers specially invited to the event. Stibbe Luxembourg is a proud sponsor of this event, which some of our lawyers will attend. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Claire-Marie Darnand, Renaud Graas
24.09.2017 NL law ESMA MAR Q&A Short Reads - On 1 September 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released the seventh version of its questions and answers (the “Q&A”) on the Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014) (“MAR”). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen
26.07.2017 NL law ESMA MAR Q&A Short Reads - On 6 July 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released the sixth version of its questions and answers (the “Q&A”) on the Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014) (“MAR”). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen
18.07.2017 NL law Voorontwerp Wet identificatie houders aandelen aan toonder Short Reads - Het voorontwerp Wet identificatie houders aandelen aan toonder beoogt alle houders van aandelen aan toonder te identificeren. De voorgestelde maatregelen richten zich op de bestrijding van belastingontduiking, witwassen en de financiering van terrorisme. Hiermee wordt opvolging gegeven aan de aanbevelingen van het Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum) en van de Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Heleen Kersten, Allard Metzelaar