05.07.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Advent International Experience - Stibbe advises Advent International, the US based venture capital and private equity firm, on the Dutch corporate aspects of the acquisition by Advent of General Electric’s (GE) distributed power unit for $3.25 billion. Read more Team: Fons Leijten, Manon Cremers, Dennis Mollema
22.08.2017 EU law Stibbe advised KPS Capital Partners on the acquisition of C & D Technologies Experience - Stibbe advised KPS Capital Partners on the acquisition of C & D Technologies. Read more Team: Eva Das, Rein van Helden, Sam Dykes
12.07.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. Experience - Stibbe advises Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. - the Singapore-based provider of semiconductor packaging and electronic assembly solutions - on the acquisition of a 100% equity stake of privately held Netherlands based Liteq BV. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Paul Vestering, Jeroen Smits, Johan Vrolijk, Ea Visser, Floris ten Have
16.12.2016 NL law Stibbe advises Expedia on the IPO of trivago Experience - Expedia is one of the world’s leading travel companies, with an extensive brand portfolio that includes some of the world’s most trusted online travel brands, including trivago. trivago is a global hotel search platform, in which Expedia holds 65.6% of the shares. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte, Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Michael Molenaars, Paul Vestering, IJsbrand van Straten, Emile Bongers, Barbara Bier, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel
10.06.2016 NL law 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
09.06.2016 Stibbe advises Intertrust on its share offering Experience - Stibbe advises Intertrust, a leading global provider of high-value trust and corporate services, on its EUR 122 million share offering. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Hans Witteveen, Lieke Stroeve, Roderik Vrolijk
12.10.2015 Stibbe advises on the IPO of Ferrari Experience - Stibbe advises UBS and the other underwriters on the IPO of Ferrari N.V. Read more Team: Eva Das, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits
08.10.2015 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, Steven Hijink, Ivo Nelissen, Robert Steeg, Lieke Stroeve, Roderik Vrolijk
08.11.2019 BE law Interview with Wouter Ghijsels on Next Gen lawyers Articles - Stibbe’s managing partner Wouter Ghijsels shares his insights on the next generation of lawyers and the future of the legal profession at the occasion of the Leaders Meeting Paris where Belgian business leaders, politicians and inspiring people from the cultural and academic world will discuss this year's central theme "The Next Gen". Read more Wouter Ghijsels Managing Partner Brussels
19.03.2019 NL law De beursvennootschap: vooruitkijken naar 2019 en 2020 Articles - Ook dit jaar blikken Manon Cremers en Lieke Stroeve vooruit naar het aankomende vergaderseizoen en besteden ze aandacht aan de ontwikkelingen die voor beursvennootschappen van belang zijn bij de voorbereiding van hun algemene vergadering. Hun jaarlijkse bijdragen stonden de afgelopen twee jaar in het teken van de implementatie van de herziene Nederlandse Corporate Governance Code 2016 (de ‘Code 2016’) in 2017, en de verslaglegging daarvan in 2018. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Lieke Stroeve
22.08.2017 NL law UBO Register: implementation in Dutch domestic law delayed Short Reads - By 26 June 2017, the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2015/849/EU) needed to be implemented in domestic law of the EU Member States. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Eva Das, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar, Hans Witteveen
10.04.2017 NL law Act implementing the Directive and Regulation statutory audits of annual accounts Short Reads - The EU Audit Regulation (EU) nr. 537/2014 and the EU Audit Directive (2014/56/EU) came into effect on 17 June 2016. The Act implementing the Amending Directive and Regulation on statutory audits of annual accounts ("Implementation Act") and the ancillary Decree implementing the Directive and Regulation ("Implementation Decree") entered into force (for the most part) on 1 January 2017. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Eva Das, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar, Hans Witteveen
30.10.2019 NL law Blockchain and the law - Regulation for smart contracts on the way? Short Reads - The Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security (WODC) has recently published the report "Blockchain and the law". Read more Maartje Herweijer Junior Associate Amsterdam
23.04.2018 La Région wallonne encadre la location de surfaces commerciales de courte durée Articles - Phénomène économique en constante progression, les commerces éphémères – ou « pop-up stores » – font désormais l’objet d’un cadre juridique spécifique en Région wallonne, destiné à lever l’insécurité juridique qui planait sur les baux commerciaux consentis pour une durée inférieure à un an. Read more Team: France Maussion, Olivier Di Giacomo, Damien Léonard
10.04.2017 NL law Act implementing the Directive on disclosure of non-financial information and diversity Short Reads - On 5 December 2014, the EU Directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information in the directors’ report (2014/95/EU) entered into force. This Directive was implemented in the Netherlands by i) the Implementation Act, which entered into force on 6 December 2016, ii) the Disclosure of Diversity Policy Decree, which entered in force on 31 December 2016, and iii) the Disclosure of Non-Financial Information Decree, which entered into force on 24 March 2017. Read more Team: Eva Das, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar, Hans Witteveen
10.04.2017 NL law UBO Register and Central Register of Shareholders Short Reads - In February 2016, the Minister of Finance outlined how the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (''UBO'') register (''UBO register'') will be implemented in the Netherlands. The obligation to introduce a UBO register derives from the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2015/849/EU) (the "Directive"), which entered into force on 25 June 2015. Read more Team: Eva Das, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar, Hans Witteveen
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
22.08.2017 NL law Amended Shareholders' Rights Directive adopted Short Reads - On 9 June 2017 a new EU directive entered into force (2017/828/EU). The Directive amends the existing Shareholders Rights Directive (2007/36/EU). The European Commission aims through the amended Directive to encourage effective and sustainable shareholder engagement in listed companies. The amended Directive will need to be implemented in Member States by 10 June 2019. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Eva Das, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar, Hans Witteveen
10.04.2017 NL law Shareholders' Rights Directive Short Reads - On 9 April 2014, the European Commission published a proposal (COM 2014/213) to amend the Shareholders' Rights Directive (2007/36/EU) (the "Proposal'). Read more Team: Eva Das, Heleen Kersten, Fons Leijten, Allard Metzelaar, Hans Witteveen
20.01.2017 NL law Corporate Alert: de belangrijkste verschillen tussen de huidige Corporate Governance Code en de herziene Code Short Reads - Op 8 december 2016 heeft de Monitoring Commissie Corporate Governance Code (de “Commissie”) de herziene Corporate Governance Code (de “Code 2016”) aan Minister Kamp van Economische Zaken overhandigd. Read more Team: Fons Leijten, Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Allard Metzelaar