16.05.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Moody’s Corporation Experience - Stibbe is advising Moody’s Corporation, the US credit rating agency, on its € 3 billion acquisition of Bureau van Dijk, a global provider of business intelligence and company information, from Swedish private equity firm EQT. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Paul Quist, Pascal Vanden Borre, Rudy Nauwelaerts, Emile Bongers, Julie-Anne Siegers, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Frédéric François, Janna van Olst, Laurens Dauwe, Olivia Hottat, Pieter Bogaert
04.05.2016 NL law Stibbe has advised Sonova Holding AG on its acquisition of AudioNova B.V. from HAL Investments Experience - The value of AudioNova is EUR 830 million. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Maarten de Bruin, Heleen Kersten, Judica Krikke, Christof Swaak, Paul Vestering, Emile Bongers, Boris Cammelbeeck, Annemarie Drahmann, Frédéric François, Valérie van 't Lam, Christien Saris
26.04.2016 EU law Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs on the acquisition of Continental Bakeries Experience - Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs on the acquisition of Continental Bakeries by Goldman Sachs and The Silverfern Group of NPM Capital, a subsidiary of SHV. Continental Bakeries is a leading European bakery group which produces typical Dutch cookies, but it also owns brands like Haust and Brinky. Continental Bakeries employs approximately 1,600 employees; The activities take place from locations in i.a. the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Sweden. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Dries Hommez, Judica Krikke, Allard Metzelaar, Michael Molenaars, Paul Quist, Christof Swaak, Aaldert ten Veen, Paul Vestering, Rein Wesseling, Reinout de Boer, Dieter Demuynck, Olivier Di Giacomo, Pieter Bogaert, Boris Cammelbeeck, Frédéric François, Bianca Geuze-Draaijer, Valérie van 't Lam, Janna van Olst, Christien Saris, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker
04.12.2015 NL law Stibbe advises on the IPO of ABN AMRO Experience - Stibbe advises ABN AMRO, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley (as joint global coordinators) and the other underwriters on the IPO of ABN AMRO. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Tom Barkhuysen, Manon Cremers, Heleen Kersten, Judica Krikke, Fons Leijten, Rogier Raas, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Paul Vestering, Rein Wesseling, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Dennis Mollema, Frederieke Schoute, Marleen Velthuis, Roderik Vrolijk, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker
07.07.2015 NL law Stibbe advises Apax Partners Experience - Stibbe advises Apax Partners on the acquisition of RFS Holland Holding (Wehkamp and two sister companies, homeware store Fonq and appliances merchant Create2Fit). Read more Team: Astrid Helstone, Heleen Kersten, Judica Krikke, Michael Molenaars, Rogier Raas, Paul Vestering, Paul Quist, Reinout de Boer, Joannes de Bont, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck, Frédéric François, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Christien Saris, Roderik Vrolijk
29.05.2015 Stibbe advises Tribune Media Company Experience - Advising Tribune Media Company and its subsidiary Gracenote, the world’s leading provider of entertainment data, on its acquisition of Infostrada Sports. Read more Team: Eva Das, Rein van Helden, Michael Molenaars, Boris Cammelbeeck, Floris ten Have, Robert Jean Kloprogge, Janna van Olst, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker
07.04.2015 NL law Stibbe advises Amsterdam RAI Experience - Advising Amsterdam RAI, the largest Dutch congress and convention center, on e-commerce and privacy related matters. Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
07.04.2015 NL law Stibbe advises an international fast moving consumer goods company Experience - Advising an international fast moving consumer goods company on IT and privacy related matters, such as the use of cloud computing and the transfer of personal data outside of the European Economic Area. Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
18.02.2015 BE law Stibbe advises on Belgium's first PPP road charging project Experience - Assisting a consortium composed of Belgacom, T-Systems International GmbH, Strabag AG, and Efkon AG in preparing its eventually-successful bid, in the negotiations and subsequent closing of the contract for the realization of the Electronic Toll Collection System (ETCS) PPP project in the three Belgian regions. Read more Team: Jérôme Aubertin, David D'Hooghe, Wouter Ghijsels, Dries Hommez, Wim Panis, Ivan Peeters, Erik Valgaeren, Rony Vermeersch, Philip Van Steenwinkel, Ian Arnouts
22.07.2014 NL law Stibbe advises Kinepolis Experience - Stibbe advises Kinepolis on its acquisition of the Dutch Wolff cinema group. Kinepolis acquires nine existing cinemas in the Netherlands, as well as two new construction projects for a megaplex in Utrecht and a multiplex in Dordrecht. The Wolff group not only manages cinemas, but is also a programmer and purchasing centre for other cinemas. These activities are taken over by Kinepolis as well. Moreover, as part of its expansion plans, Kinepolis is also developing its own project for the construction of a multiplex cinema in the Netherlands. Read more Team: Jan Peeters, Egbert Vroom, Boris Cammelbeeck, Janna van Olst
18.02.2014 NL law Stibbe advises Dutch Police Experience - Advising on the processing of personal data in various IT systems and separately, on several licensing and procurement issues. Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
27.01.2014 NL law Stibbe advises the Supervisory Board of Ziggo Experience - Advising the Supervisory Board of Ziggo on a recommended public share exchange and cash offer by Liberty Global - and on other aspects of the transaction - to acquire the stake it doesn't hold in Ziggo. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Björn van der Klip, Fons Leijten, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Paul Vestering, Jaap Willeumier, Joannes de Bont, Christien Saris
16.06.2017 BE law 23 June 2017: Seminar on the new legislation and jurisprudence regarding digital criminal investigation Seminar - On Friday 23 June 2017, Laurens Dauwe and Charlotte Conings will speak at a lunch seminar organized by Lexdura. Read more Team: Laurens Dauwe, Charlotte Conings
06.04.2017 NL law Stibbe lawyers speak at the “Privacy Congress & National Lawyer Days” organized by the Dutch Police Speaking slot - On 5 and 6 April, Christien Saris, Frédéric François and Marleen Velthuis spoke at the “Privacy Congress & National Lawyer Days” organized by the Dutch Police. Read more Team: Marleen Velthuis, Christien Saris, Frédéric François
09.03.2017 NL law Eén Europese standaard voor bescherming persoonsgegevens Articles - Judica Krikke lichtte op 15 februari tijdens het congres IT & Information Security 2017 in ’s-Hertogenbosch de nieuwe Europese Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG) toe. Volgens haar is de AVG voor veel Nederlandse bedrijven een wake up-call. “We hebben de Wet Bescherming Persoonsgegevens al geruime tijd, maar we hebben hem met z’n allen een beetje genegeerd.” Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
24.02.2017 BE law Guidance on the GDPR by the Belgian Privacy Commission Short Reads - The Belgian Privacy Commission has issued some first guidance on the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which will become effective as from 25 May 2018. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen
30.05.2017 EU law The Growth of Collective Redress in the EU: A Survey of Developments in 10 Member States—the need to maintain safeguards Articles - In 2013, the European Commission adopted a Recommendation on Collective Redress. It invited Member States to adopt a collective redress framework by July 2016 that would include the features mentioned in the Recommendation and then by July 2017, to report to the Commission about the extent to which they had done so. On the basis of the Member States’ report, the Commission will assess whether further actions by the EU is required. Read more Team: Jeroen Kortmann, Oliver Stevens
16.03.2017 BE law Moeilijke verstandhouding in ICT-recht - Bijlage bij De Standaard - Fokus Legal Success Articles - Privacy, cybercriminaliteit, hacking… ICT-recht is een rechtstak die de laatste jaren voortdurend nieuwe uitdagingen op haar bord kreeg. Met de wet op het ethisch hacken en de GDPR-richtlijnen duiken opnieuw belangrijke dossiers op. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
24.02.2017 NL law District Court The Hague: WhatsApp is more than data transition medium and must appoint Dutch representative Short Reads - On 22 July 2015, the Dutch Data Protection Authority ("DPA") imposed an order on WhatsApp Inc., backed by a penalty for non-compliance. The DPA concluded that WhatsApp must appoint a representative in the Netherlands within three months, subject to a penalty of €10,000 per day with a maximum of €1,000,000. Read more Team: Elisa Hendriksen, Judica Krikke
24.02.2017 BE law Skype Luxembourg condemned in Belgium for refusing to set up wiretap Articles - In a judgment of 27 October 2016, the Correctional Court of Mechelen condemned Skype Communications SARL, a Luxembourg-based entity, for refusing to set up a wiretap that was ordered by the investigating magistrate (“Onderzoeksrechter”/”juge d’instruction”) in Mechelen. The wiretap was ordered as part of an investigation into a Skype user. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
12.04.2017 NL law What does a legal entity know? Short Reads - In civil law many rules rely for their legal effect on the presence of certain knowledge or a certain intention with one of the parties. If the party at hand is a legal entity, like a limited company (besloten vennootschap), it can be difficult to determine what the entity knew. Fragments of information can be present in different parts of the organisation; an officer of the company may have gained his knowledge trough his private life; he may also have a duty of confidentiality. Read more Branda Katan Senior Associate Amsterdam
15.03.2017 LU law 25 April 2017: Erik Valgaeren is a panellist at the "Law Enforcement Challenges in the Online Context" conference at the University of Luxembourg Seminar - This conference will focus on two sets of challenges for law enforcement and criminal justice that have developed in the collection and sharing of computer based evidence and en-forcement. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
24.02.2017 NL law Amsterdam Court of Appeal denies copyright and database right protection for standard test-result tables Short Reads - On 22 November 2016, the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam rendered its judgment in the case of Pearson Assessment and Information against Bär Software. Read more Team: Elisa Hendriksen, Judica Krikke
24.02.2017 EU law Quod personalis notitia Iovi, non personalis notitia bovi Articles - In its decision of 19 October 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") clarified the concept of personal data. The Court held that an IP address can be qualified as personal data, even if the processor could only identify the actual user through information on the IP address held by an Internet Service Provider ("ISP"). Read more Team: Frédéric François, Judica Krikke, Erik Valgaeren