Environment and planning

Experience - Stibbe advised Blackstone on the sale of the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Center to InterGlobe.

Experience - On 11 July 2018, the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State rendered its judgment on, among other things, the zoning plan, the environmental permit and the Nature Conservation Act permit for the Fryslân wind farm. The objections to the decisions have been declared unfounded and the construction of the wind farm with 89 wind turbines in the IJsselmeer may commence. 

Experience - On 4 July 2018, the Administrative Jurisdiction Department of the Council of State rendered its judgment on the permitting for wind farm Oostpolder.

Experience - Stibbe advises Elementis, a UK listed global specialty chemicals company, on the acquisition of Mondo Minerals Holdings B.V. for an enterprise value of $600 million on a cash and debt free basis. The acquisition will be financed through a rights issue and new debt facilities.

Experience - On 21 February 2018, the Administrative Jurisdiction Department of the Council of State rendered its judgment on the construction of the Drentse Monden and Oostermoer wind farm. The zoning plan and other permits are now irrevocable and the construction of the wind farm, including 45 wind turbines, in the municipalities Aa and Hunze and Borger-Odoorn may begin

Experience - Stibbe, in close collaboration with German law firm Luther, successfully represented E.ON, and more particularly its subsidiary PreussenElektra GmbH, in an ICC arbitration against Electrabel, which passed on Belgian nuclear power tax to E.ON which in its turn passed on German Kernbrennstoffsteuer tax to Electrabel based on the drawing rights agreements concluded in the framework of the 2008 SWAP transaction between the two energy groups.

Experience - Stibbe successfully acted as counsel to Iret Develoment in its tendering procedure, development, and negotiations of the more than EUR 100 million public–private partnership (PPP) project, which is the new police headquarters building in Antwerp (Post X site) and is based on a DBFM contract.

Experience - Stibbe advises Aedifica on the acquisition of a care residence to be constructed in Bosch en Duin (municipality of Zeist).

Experience - Stibbe advised Aedifica recently on two transactions in order to further expand her Dutch portfolio of care assets.

Experience - Stibbe has advised Blackstone on its sale of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam to Anbang.

Experience - Stibbe advises Aedifica on the acquisition of a care residence that will be constructed in Leersum. Aedifica acquired the full property of the site from Woudenburcht B.V., a local real estate developer. See for the press release here.

Experience - Stibbe advises Q-Park on the irrevocable and unconditional offer from KKR Infrastructure to acquire 100% of the outstanding share capital of Q-Park for an enterprise value of  €2.95 billion.