Public Takeovers

Experience - Stibbe advises EssilorLuxottica on its mandatory public offer on the remaining shares in GrandVision.

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.

Experience - We advise Proximus, a listed company and longstanding client, on a broad variety of matters, including innovative partnerships, regulatory compliance, M&A and finance projects, and dispute resolution.  

Experience - Stibbe advises Tornier N.V. on its merger with Wright Medical Group, Inc. in an all stock transaction with a combined equity value of approximately $3.3 billion.

Experience - Assisting Tavares in the public takeover of all shares and warrants followed by a sale of 100% of its outstanding share capital to Wabco.

Experience - Assisting Picanol Group in its acquisition of the French State’s 27.6% stake in Tessenderlo Chemie.

Experience - Advising a group of investors led by Joh. A. Benckiser on its bid for all outstanding shares of D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 N.V.

Experience - Assisting Cellerix with its merger with Euronext-Brussels-listed Tigenix.

Experience - Advising Canon on its EUR 730 million all cash public offer for all shares of Océ. Together, Canon and Océ aim to create the overall number one presence in the printing industry. Canon also agreed to pay EUR 65 million to buy Oce’s preferred shares.

Experience - Assisting the two Euronext-Brussels-listed companies, Punch International and Accentis, with the 245 million EUR purchase of Punch's real property, and subsequent public offer on all shares of Accentis, a Belgium-based company engaged in project development and property management for third parties, with the focus on semi-industrial property.