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
05.02.2018 BE law Stibbe advises Proximus on a broad variety of matters 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. Read more Bruno Lombaert Partner Brussels
03.11.2014 NL law Stibbe advises Tornier 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. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Duco de Boer, Jeroen Smits, Dennis Mollema
13.02.2014 BE law Stibbe assists in public takeover of Transics International 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. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Jan Bogaert
26.07.2013 BE law Stibbe assists Picanol in its acquisition of Tessenderlo Chemie Experience - Assisting Picanol Group in its acquisition of the French State’s 27.6% stake in Tessenderlo Chemie. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Marc Fyon, Elisabeth Matthys, Dieter Demuynck, Tom Ruys
12.04.2013 NL law Stibbe advises the Joh. A. Benckiser led investor group on its bid for D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 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. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Derk Lemstra, Duco de Boer, Judica Krikke, Michael Molenaars, Rogier Raas, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Paul Vestering, Jaap Willeumier, Reinout de Boer, Steven Hijink
27.01.2011 Stibbe assists on public merger Experience - Assisting Cellerix with its merger with Euronext-Brussels-listed Tigenix. Read more Pascal Vanden Borre Partner Brussels
17.11.2009 NL law Stibbe advises Canon 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. Read more Team: Jan Reinier van Angeren, Duco de Boer, Maarten de Bruin, Manon Cremers, Daan Doorenbos, Björn van der Klip, Jeroen Kortmann, Allard Metzelaar, Michael Molenaars, Pieter Schütte, Jaap van Slooten, Paul Vestering, Rein Wesseling, Reinout de Boer, Christien Saris
02.05.2006 BE law Stibbe advises Punch International and Accentis 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. Read more Team: Pascal Vanden Borre, Jan Bouckaert, Dries Hommez, Rudy Nauwelaerts
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
16.08.2019 EU law GDPR meets corporate: (new) opportunities in an M&A case Articles - The GDPR is everywhere, also in M&A cases. This article covers some practical points how to cope with GDPR during a deal from beginning to end. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Sarah De Wulf
13.05.2019 LU law Stibbe renforce son cabinet luxembourgeois en nommant trois nouveaux Counsel Inside Stibbe - Stibbe renforce son cabinet au Luxembourg avec la nomination de Vanessa Schmitt (droit des sociétés et droit financier), Olivier dal Farra (droit fiscal) et Frédéric Pilorget (droit des sociétés et droit financier) en tant que Counsel. Ces nouvelles nominations ont pris effet au mois d’avril et permettent à Stibbe de renforcer davantage son équipe luxembourgeoise en droit fiscal ainsi qu’en droit des sociétés et droit financier afin de continuer à répondre aux besoins du marché. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Vanessa Schmitt, Frédéric Pilorget
13.12.2018 BE law New Belgian Companies Code approved in committee Articles - The draft law regarding Belgium’s new Companies Code has been approved in Committee (second reading). Read more Jan Peeters Partner Brussels
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
28.07.2019 NL law Public M&A in the Netherlands – 2019 Articles - How may publicly listed business combine? What are the main laws and regulations governing business combinations and acquisitions of publicly listed companies? What are the disclosure requirements for owners of large shareholders in a public company? How are cross-border transactions structured? Do specific laws and regulations apply to cross border transactions? Allard Metzelaar and Willem Beek provide answers to these and other questions about public M&A in the Netherlands. Read more Team: Allard Metzelaar, Willem Beek
28.03.2019 EU law Erik Valgaeren moderates a discussion on data governance at the IBA’s M&A and Tech Conference in Barcelona. Speaking slot - Erik Valgaeren, head of our TMT department @ Stibbe Brussels, moderates a hot topic round table session on 'GDPR and its current effects' on 28 March 2019. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
10.12.2018 NL law Stibbe wins Mergermarket ‘Benelux M&A Legal Adviser of the Year’ award Inside Stibbe - During the European M&A Awards 2018 in London organised by Mergermarket, Stibbe received the ‘Benelux M&A Legal Adviser of the Year’ award. Following a review of all pitches and M&A league table data the judges selected Stibbe as the winner for the Benelux. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Hans Witteveen, Claire-Marie Darnand, Henk Verstraete, Julien Bogaerts, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Sebastiaan Witkam
10.10.2019 BE law Stibbe hosts AmCham “Lunch & Learn” on The New Companies Code: first lessons learned. Seminar - On 10 October 2019, Stibbe will host the AmCham “Lunch & Learn” on The New Companies Code: first lessons learned. Read more Jan Bogaert Partner Brussels
13.05.2019 LU law Stibbe reinforces its Luxembourg office with the appointment of three new Counsel Inside Stibbe - Stibbe reinforces its Luxembourg office with the appointment of Vanessa Schmitt (Corporate & Finance), Olivier dal Farra (Tax), and Frédéric Pilorget (Corporate & Finance) as Counsel. The new appointments have taken effect in April and allow Stibbe to further strengthen its Luxembourg tax and corporate and finance teams to continue to respond to market needs. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Vanessa Schmitt, Frédéric Pilorget
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
04.12.2018 NL law Stibbe nomme deux nouveaux associés et trois counsels Inside Stibbe - Stibbe a nommé Floris ten Have (droit de la concurrence, Amsterdam) et Julien Bogaerts (droit des sociétés et droit financier, Bruxelles) en tant qu’associés. Johan Zwemmer (droit du travail, Amsterdam), Li Wee Toh (droit de l’énergie et industrie, Amsterdam) et Giovanni Smet (droit fiscal, Bruxelles) deviennent, quant à eux, counsels. Ces nouvelles nominations prendront effet le 1er janvier 2019. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Derk Lemstra, Floris ten Have, Julien Bogaerts, Li Wee Toh, Giovanni Smet