17.08.2021 NL law Stibbe advises GumGum Experience - Stibbe advised GumGum on the acquisition of JustPremium. Read more Team: Eva Das, Robert-Jan Dekkers, Rutger van Asbeck, Nathan van Rooijen, Reinout de Boer, Maurits van Dijk, Natalja van Hofwegen, Ea Visser, Manon Cremers, IJsbrand van Straten, Charlotte van Weert, Diederik Kok, Judica Krikke, Niek Groenendijk, Vincent Lampers, Ashley Peeters
23.11.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Schneider Electric Experience - Stibbe advises Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, on its strategic investment in Planon. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Jeroen Tjaden, Reinout de Boer, Judica Krikke, Ea Visser, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Wouter Hofstee, Willem Beek, Suzanne van Boheemen, Boris Cammelbeeck, IJsbrand van Straten
09.09.2020 NL law Stibbe advises TCV Experience - Stibbe advised TCV on leading a EUR 90 million Series B funding round for Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Marc Habermehl, Judica Krikke, Jeroen Smits, Roderik Vrolijk, Soeradj Ramsanjhal, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Ea Visser, Diederik Kok, Robert Steeg, Boris Cammelbeeck
24.07.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Adevinta on Marktplaats acquisition Experience - Stibbe has advised Adevinta on the acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group for a value of approximately USD 9.2 billion. eBay Classifieds Group operates a portfolio of leading marketplace brands in 13 countries, including Marktplaats in the Netherlands. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Jeroen Tjaden, Sebastiaan Witkam, Jeanine Timman - Clabbers, Barbra Bulsing, Rein van Helden, Reinout de Boer, IJsbrand van Straten, Stephanie Kleefstra, Ea Visser, Rogier van der Struijk, Claire-Marie Darnand
21.07.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Aquiline Capital Partners Experience - Stibbe advised Aquiline Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in New York investing in financial services enterprises, as lead counsel on the acquisition of the Quintes group together with existing management. Read more Team: Eva Das, Wouter Hofstee, Natalja van Hofwegen, Roderik Vrolijk, Jeroen Tjaden, IJsbrand van Straten, Rutger van Asbeck, Reinout de Boer, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Ea Visser, Barbra Bulsing
25.11.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Eneco Experience - Stibbe is advising Eneco on the sale of all shares in Eneco to a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation for a total equity value of EUR 4.1 billion. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Nora Offergelt, Wouter Hofstee, Omar El Gachi, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Maurits Schmitz, Paul Vestering, Tom Barkhuysen, Reinout de Boer, Rein Wesseling, Manon Cremers, Ali al Khatib, Li Wee Toh, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Iris Hendriksen, Ea Visser, Roderik Vrolijk, Judica Krikke, Rogier van der Struijk, Martin In de Braekt, Suzanne van Boheemen, Dennis Mollema, Anna Collignon, Soeradj Ramsanjhal, Rein van Helden
02.01.2019 NL law Stibbe advises TRUMPF Experience - Stibbe advises TRUMPF, a leading high-technology company, on the acquisition of the Photonics business from Philips. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Willem Beek, Reinout de Boer, Duco de Boer, Christien Saris
21.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Delivery Hero Experience - Stibbe advises Delivery Hero on the sale of its German food delivery businesses Lieferheld, Pizza.de and foodora to Takeaway.com in exchange for cash and an equity stake in Takeaway.com. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Sebastiaan Witkam, Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel, Manon Cremers, Dennis Mollema, Reinout de Boer, Judica Krikke, Rogier Raas, Roderik Vrolijk, Paul Vestering, Ea Visser, Daan Doorenbos
12.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Abry Partners and KORE Experience - Stibbe advised Abry Partners, a private equity fund, and its portfolio-company KORE, the independent global IoT leader, on the acquisition of ASPIDER-NGI, a leading provider of advanced connectivity, core network, and eSIM solutions. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Sebastiaan Witkam, IJsbrand van Straten, Lotte Hover-Boon, Christien Saris, Charlotte van Weert, Ea Visser, Iris Hendriksen, Judica Krikke
05.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner Experience - Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner on the acquisition of an approximate 33% interest in HHR Euro C.V. from their joint venture partner Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Maarten de Bruin, Job van Hooff, Jeroen Smits, Dirk de Graeff, Rik van Kessel, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Eline Holtman, Lotte Hover-Boon, Floris ten Have, Suzanne van Boheemen, Dries Hommez, Gérald Origer, Michaël Meylan, Sabrina Lai Cheong
28.05.2018 EU law Stibbe advises Smurfit Kappa Experience - Stibbe is advising Smurfit Kappa on the acquisition of Reparenco for approximately €460 million. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Reinout de Boer, Paul Vestering, Anna Collignon, Floris ten Have, Ea Visser, Willem Beek
28.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Grab Experience - Stibbe advised Grab on the Dutch law aspects of the acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asia operations. Read more Team: Eva Das, Judica Krikke, Jeroen Smits, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Ea Visser, Roderik Vrolijk
13.09.2021 NL law Adopting the new Standard Contractual Clauses to secure international personal data transfers Short Reads - Recently, the European Commission issued an implementing decision on standard new contractual clauses (“SCCs”) for the transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area. Organisations need to use the new SCCs from 27 September 2021 and onwards. Transitional periods apply for existing international data transfer agreements. To meet their obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation, organisations need to make the appropriate changes in time. Read more Team: Jurriaan van Mil, Judica Krikke
26.08.2021 EU law Facebook/Belgian DPA: Landmark ruling on cross-border enforcement under the GDPR Short Reads - On 15 June 2021, the CJEU delivered an important judgment on the one-stop-shop mechanism. While the CJEU reinforced that the lead supervisory authority is the sole interlocutor in cross-border processing operations, it also contributed to the effective enforcement of the GDPR by reiterating the conditions under which supervisory authorities other than the lead supervisory authority can bring enforcement actions against such processing operations. Read more Team: Jurriaan van Mil, Frederiek Fernhout
18.06.2021 NL law FAQ: Wat houdt het Wetsvoorstel elektronische gegevensuitwisseling in de zorg (Wegiz) in en wat is de verhouding tot de AVG? Short Reads - (Digitale) gegevensuitwisseling in de zorg is een actueel thema. Illustratief is een item bij EenVandaag van april 2021 waarin de analoge werkwijze bij gegevensuitwisseling in de zorg wordt aangekaart, maar ook dit artikel in het NRC van afgelopen maand waarin verslag werd gedaan van een datalek waardoor duizenden gevoelige patiëntgegevens op straat kwamen te liggen. Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Sophie Ravelli, Steven Bastiaans
04.05.2021 NL law Participatie en privacyregels: hoe te combineren onder de Omgevingswet? Short Reads - In het stelsel van de Omgevingswet (Ow) is een belangrijke rol bedacht voor participatie bij de totstandkoming van besluiten. Het beoogde resultaat: tijdig belangen, meningen en creativiteit op tafel krijgen en daarmee een groter draagvlak en kwalitatief betere besluitvorming bereiken. Door een grotere betrokkenheid van meer personen gaan overheden en initiatiefnemers ook meer persoonsgegevens verwerken. Dit brengt privacyrisico’s met zich mee. Wat regelt de Ow op het gebied van privacy, de verwerking van persoonsgegevens en datagebruik? Read more Team: Jan Reinier van Angeren, Karlijn van den Heuvel, Frédérique ten Hove
09.09.2021 BE law Digital Law Up(to)date: (1) Parliamentary initiatives about cyber attacks; (2) ‘Zero tariff’ options before the CJEU; and (3) Council of State, GDPR and encryption Articles - In this blog, we briefly present three interesting news in the field of digital law: (1) Parliamentary initiatives to tackle cyber attacks (2) "Zero tariff" options and open internet access do not mix! (3) Council of State, GDPR and encryption: validation of a decision of the Flemish Authorities Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
22.07.2021 NL law Towards a European legal framework for the development and use of Artificial Intelligence Short Reads - Back in 2014, Stephen Hawking said, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” Although the use of artificial intelligence is nothing new and dates back to Alan Turing (the godfather of computational theory), prominent researchers – along with Stephen Hawking – have expressed their concerns about the unregulated use of AI systems and their impact on society as we know it. Read more Team: Frederiek Fernhout, Maartje Herweijer
20.05.2021 NL law Overheid: let op naleving AVG Short Reads - Met twee handhavingskwesties in de afgelopen maand ziet het ernaar uit dat de Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (“AP”) zich ook steeds meer gaat richten op gemeenten. Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Francisca Ribeiro Bártolo, Steven Bastiaans
04.03.2021 BE law Webinar: Responding to Personal Data Breaches in the Post-GDPR era Seminar - On 24-26 March 2021 ERA (Adademy of European Law) organises an online Conference "Responding to Personal Data Breaches in the Post-GDPR era". Erik Valgaeren, our Brussels TMT partner, addresses the topic "Managing personal data breach in a complex international scenario", including cross border cases in the EU and breaches at non-EU establishments. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
26.08.2021 BE law Sarah De Wulf and Malik Baba co-authored a book dedicated to the legal aspects of the video-game industry Articles - The book, entitled 'Legal Aspects of the video-game industry', provides a first answer to the most important legal questions that might arise in the lifecycle of a video-game company. These insights are intended to be applicable irrespective of jurisdictions, illustrated by real-life situations and easy to read for individuals without a legal background. Read more Team: Sarah De Wulf, Malik Baba
19.07.2021 BE law One year of Schrems II: a state of affairs for international data transfers Articles - International data transfers have been the subject of intense debates ever since the Court of Justice issued its landmark judgement of Schrems I, on 6 October 2015. The intensity of the debate was further reinforced since the Schrems II decision one year ago, on 16 July 2020. The decision annulled the U.S. Privacy Shield and severely tightened the rules on the use of standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”). Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Jan Joos
18.05.2021 NL law Kroniek: De bestuursrechtelijke aspecten van de AVG Articles - Tom Barkhuysen, Steven Bastiaans en Fatma Çapkurt (Universiteit Leiden) schreven samen de eerste editie van de nieuwe jaarlijkse NTB kroniek: de bestuursrechtelijke aspecten van de AVG. Hierin bespreken zij onder meer de meest relevante (bestuursrechtelijke) jurisprudentie van het afgelopen jaar op het gebied van de AVG. Read more Team: Tom Barkhuysen, Steven Bastiaans
04.03.2021 EU law Webinar: The next generation of international data transfers Seminar - On 18 March 2021, Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen and Jan Joos host a webinar on 'The next generation of international data transfers', organised by DPO-pro. Read more Team: Carolien Michielsen, Jan Joos, Erik Valgaeren