28.11.2018 NL law Stibbe advises MTS Systems Corporation Experience - Stibbe advised MTS Systems Corporation ("MTS"), listed on NASDAQ and a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, on the USD 80 million acquisition of E2M Technologies B.V. ("ETM"). Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Reinout de Boer, Jasper Klopper, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Vincent van Kampen, Boris Cammelbeeck, Rogier van der Struijk, Suzanne van Boheemen
27.07.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Groothandelsgebouwen Experience - Stibbe advised Groothandelsgebouwen on the sale of the Groot Handelsgebouw and its business to HighBrook Investors. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Lieke Stroeve
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
08.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Cornelis Vrolijk Experience - Stibbe advised fishing company Cornelis Vrolijk on the acquisition of the majority of the shares of Bertus-Dekker Seafood BV. Read more Team: Egbert Vroom, Robert-Jan Dekkers, Bart Stevens
17.01.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Infinigate Experience - Stibbe advises H.I.G. Capital’s portfolio company Infinigate, a leading pan-European IT Security VAD (Value Added Distributor), on the acquisition of CRYPSYS, a Dutch Security VAD. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Jeroen Smits, Rein van Helden, Boris Cammelbeeck, Lotte Hover-Boon, Robert Steeg, Johanne Boelhouwer
08.12.2017 NL law Stibbe advises PostNL and ING Experience - Stibbe advises PostNL and ING on the sale of their shares in book store chain Bruna to the Dutch publisher VBK (rebranded as Shared Stories Group). Read more Team: Egbert Vroom, Reinout de Boer, Floris ten Have, Robert-Jan Dekkers
08.12.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Airborne Oil & Gas Experience - Stibbe advises Airborne Oil & Gas (AO&G) on the strategic investment by Subsea 7. Read more Team: Egbert Vroom, Dennis Mollema, Lieke Stroeve, Robert-Jan Dekkers
20.11.2017 Stibbe advises Blackstone Experience - Stibbe advised Blackstone on the USD 1.3 billion joint venture with Celanese. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, IJsbrand van Straten, Emile Bongers, Lotte Hover-Boon
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
06.06.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Blackstone Experience - Stibbe has advised Blackstone on its sale of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam to Anbang. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Emile Bongers, IJsbrand van Straten, Nora Offergelt, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Christien Saris
06.06.2017 NL law Stibbe advises itelligence Experience - Stibbe advises SAP consulting firm itelligence on the acquisition of Goldfish ICT. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Jeroen Smits, Judica Krikke, Lotte Hover-Boon, Ea Visser, Marieke Bredenoord-Spoek, Boris Cammelbeeck
04.12.2019 NL law Stibbe appoints three new partners Inside Stibbe - Muriël Rosing, Jan van Oosten and IJsbrand van Straten have been appointed as partners at Stibbe in Amsterdam with effect from 1 January 2020. Muriël is a criminal law specialist, Jan is a recognised expert in environment and planning law, and IJsbrand is a specialist in (notarial) corporate law. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Muriël Rosing, Jan van Oosten, IJsbrand van Straten
23.07.2019 NL law Europese richtlijnen grensoverschrijdende omzetting, fusie, splitsing en digitale oprichting kapitaalvennootschappen Short Reads - Op 25 april 2018 heeft de Europese Commissie een voorstel voor een richtlijn gepubliceerd met betrekking tot grensoverschrijdende omzettingen, fusies en splitsingen. Read more Team: Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Heleen Kersten
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
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