14.09.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Warner Music Group Experience - Stibbe advises Warner Music Group on its acquisition of Spinnin’ Records. Read more Team: Eva Das, Duco de Boer, Michael Molenaars, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Janna van Olst, Robert Jean Kloprogge, Bianca Geuze-Draaijer, Ea Visser
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
20.09.2017 BE law GDPR expert Erik Valgaeren debates with State Secretary Philippe De Backer: “Our companies are behind schedule.” Short Reads - On September 4, Erik Valgaeren, TMT partner at Stibbe Brussels, together with Philippe De Backer, Secretary of State for Privacy, and 8 other experts took part in a panel on the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
21.08.2017 NL law Gebruik van afvalpassen voor ondergrondse containers strijdig met de Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens. Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens treedt alsnog handhavend op Short Reads - Op 13 juli 2017 heeft de voorzieningenrechter van rechtbank Gelderland een belangrijke uitspraak gewezen over de verwerking van persoonsgegevens bij het gebruik van een afvalpassensysteem voor ondergrondse afvalcontainers. De Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (“AP”) constateerde dat de gemeente Arnhem in strijd handelde met de Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens (“Wbp”) omdat persoonsgegevens werden verwerkt zonder dat dit noodzakelijk was voor de publiekrechtelijke taak. Read more Christien Saris Senior Associate Amsterdam
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
18.09.2017 EU law 26 September 2017: Erik Valgaeren speaks at conference on data privacy issues Conference - On Tuesday 26 September 2017, Erik Valgaeren discusses data privacy issues with a focus on international transfers and the status of the privacy shield at a conference for members of the Practice Group International Company Lawyers of IBJ/IJE (Instituut voor Bedrijfsjuristen/Institut des juristes d’entreprise). Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
08.08.2017 BE law 12 October 2017: Stibbe speaks at seminar on anti-money laundering and terrorism financing Seminar - On July 20 2017, the Chamber adopted the preliminary draft law (new AML Act) for the implementation of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive. The current anti-money laundering scheme will be completely replaced and thus rewritten. Read more Team: Ivan Peeters, Sarah De Dijn, Carol Evrard
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
08.09.2017 EU law 13 September 2017 : Seminar on Challenges and Chances of the GDPR with 8 months to go until applicability Seminar - Erik Valgaeren and Carol Evrard will be attending, as participants and panelists, the seminar organized by the University of Luxemburg, “Nearly there !? Challenges and Chances of the GDPR with 8 months to go until applicability”, next Wednesday, the September 13th. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carol Evrard
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
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