Permits

Experience - Stibbe assisted Union Investment on its acquisition of the Diamond office building in the Belgian city of Ghent.

Experience - Advising client on environmental matters of a large oil refinery and chemical plant in the Rotterdam area

Experience - Stibbe has advised Circuit Park Zandvoort on the necessary permits for the renovation of the circuit to make it possible to host Formula 1 racing in Zandvoort. Various nature and environmental organisations had requested the District Court of Noord-Holland in two preliminary relief proceedings, to stop the work on the circuit. The proceedings concerned eligibility for an exemption for disturbing protected animal species, and a permit for carrying out a nitrogen-emitting project near a Natura 2000 area.

Experience - The Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State rendered its judgment on the construction of wind farm N33 on 29 May 2019. Stibbe advises innogy and Yard on the construction of this wind farm.

Experience - Assisting SOFICO, the Walloon Region’s financing company, in one of Wallonia’s most innovative and ambitious PPP projects.

Experience - Assisting the Walloon Transport Operator (OTW) on the creation of a brand new tramway network (11.7 km) including the construction of 21 stations and a new depot and the acquisition of trams in Liège, Wallonia. Proud to be part of the first major PPP project ever closed in Wallonia.

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 advises an online housing company on matters concerning public law regulation.

Experience - Stibbe advises a gaming and entertainment company with regard to several casinos in different municipalities on whether municipal exploitation permits should be tendered and if so, under what conditions.

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 - De Werkvennootschap (established by the Flemish decree for the realization of complex city infrastructure) is currently leading the redevelopment of the traffic system on the ring road R0 around Brussels.  

Experience - Acting as longstanding legal counsel for Makro Cash & Carry Belgium in various legal fields, such as socio-economic legislation, competition law and unfair competition law, consumer protection, general commercial law and permitting rules for the development, extension or reorganisation of several Metro and Makro stores in Belgium.