25.11.2021 NL law Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs Asset Management Experience - Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs Asset Management on the sale of its portfolio company Caldic to Advent International. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Omar El Gachi, Maartje Herweijer, Reinout de Boer, Pascal Vanden Borre, Dieter Demuynck, Jan Proesmans, Barbra Bulsing, Diederik Kok, Natalja van Hofwegen
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, Ashley Peeters
13.07.2021 BE law Stibbe advises Novy Experience - Stibbe assisted the shareholders of Novy with the sale of their shares to the American group Middleby. Read more Team: Dries Hommez, Elisabeth Matthys, Nathanaelle Kiekens, Henk Verstraete, Sophie Van Besien, Jan Proesmans, Margaux Beyer, Nina Coussement, Gwennaëlle Kusters, Pieter van Daele, Michèle de Clerck, Hannah Dusauchoit, Jan Joos
24.03.2021 BE law Stibbe advises Blackstone Experience - Stibbe assisted Blackstone with the acquisition of Desotec. Read more Team: Dries Hommez, Jan Peeters, Elisabeth Matthys, Margaux Beyer, Ann Apers, Elmo Goossens, Nina Coussement, Louis Bidaine
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, Wouter Hofstee, Willem Beek, Suzanne van Boheemen, Boris Cammelbeeck, IJsbrand van Straten
04.11.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Nuvei Corporation Experience - Stibbe has advised Nuvei Corporation, the global payment technology partner of thriving brands, on the acquisition of Smart2Pay. Read more Team: Eva Das, Reinout de Boer, IJsbrand van Straten, Rogier Raas, Rein Wesseling, Judica Krikke, Roderik Vrolijk, Wouter Hofstee
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, Ea Visser, Diederik Kok, 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, 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, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Ea Visser, Barbra Bulsing
03.07.2020 NL law Stibbe advises Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group Experience - Stibbe advised private equity firm Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group on the joint acquisition of McDermott International, Inc.’s Lummus Technology Group, a leading licensor of proprietary petrochemicals, refining, gasification and gas processing technologies, and a supplier of proprietary catalysts and related engineering. Read more Team: Michael Molenaars, Eva Das, Reinout de Boer, Paul Vestering, Rein van Helden, Rogier Raas, Floris ten Have, Job van Hooff, Judica Krikke, Rogier van der Struijk, Janneke Müller
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, 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
01.07.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Excess Materials Exchange (EME) Experience - Excess Materials Exchange (EME), a digital facilitated marketplace B2B platform for excess materials trade. We advised on matters with regard to setting up the articles of association and legal structure, employment law, data protection and advise EME on the legal position of the definition of “waste”. Read more Team: Valérie van 't Lam, Roos Bruijnsteen, Karlijn van den Heuvel
28.07.2022 NL law Purely commercial interest also a legitimate interest? Council of State leaves the question unanswered. Short Reads - On 27 July 2022, the Council of State confirmed that the Dutch Data Protection Authority wrongly imposed a €575,000 fine on VoetbalTV. But the Council did not answer the question whether the AP rightly or wrongly believes that a purely commercial interest cannot be a legitimate interest within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Jurriaan van Mil
13.06.2022 NL law Nynke Brouwer new senior associate at Stibbe Inside Stibbe - We are pleased to announce that Nynke Brouwer will be joining Stibbe’s Amsterdam office as senior associate. Her appointment as from 13 June 2022 will further strengthen our TMT/IP practice. Read more Judica Krikke Partner Amsterdam
01.06.2022 BE law Digital Law Up(to)date: Cookies on Belgian press sites - A first DPA decision against Roularta Articles - The Investigation Service of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) launched a broad investigation on the use of cookies by Belgian press sites. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
13.05.2022 NL law Podcast: Product counseling en intellectueel eigendom Short Reads - In de nieuwste podcastaflevering van Stibbe Legal Insights spreken Femke van der Voort, gespecialiseerd in intellectueel eigendom, en Paul van der Hulst, mede-eigenaar en managing director van MoviĜo, over het beschermen van intellectuele eigendomsrechten. Read more Femke van der Voort Associate Amsterdam
28.07.2022 NL law Zuiver commercieel belang ook gerechtvaardigd belang: Raad van State laat zich er niet over uit Short Reads - Op 27 juli 2022 heeft de Raad van State bevestigd dat de Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens onterecht een boete van € 575.000 aan VoetbalTV heeft opgelegd. De hoop bestond dat de Afdeling antwoord zou geven op de vraag of de AP terecht of onterecht meent dat een zuiver commercieel belang géén gerechtvaardigd belang kan zijn in de zin van de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming. Het antwoord op deze vraag blijft echter uit. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Jurriaan van Mil
01.06.2022 EU law Digital Law Up(to)date: EDPB Guidelines on facial recognition in the area of law enforcement Articles - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted on 12 May 2022 Guidelines 05/2022 on the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in the area of law enforcement. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
17.05.2022 EU law Digital Law Up(to)date: Art. 17 of directive 2019/790 is valid! Articles - The CJEU validates the new liability regime for large online platforms organised by article 17 of the directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market. The action was brought by the Republic of Poland to annul a part of article 17 as it is contrary to the right to freedom of expression. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
26.04.2022 EU law Digital Law Up(to)date: Two new EU proposals of regulation to strengthen cybersecurity and information security across the EU organs Articles - On 22 March, the EU published two new proposals of regulation on 'cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union' and on 'information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union'. A short overview of the two initiatives. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
24.06.2022 BE law Digital Law Up(to)date: Cookies on Belgian press sites - A second DPA decision against Rossel Articles - The Belgian DPA fined the Belgian press site Groupe Rossel for several breaches of the GDPR on three of its websites. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
01.06.2022 BE law Digital Law Up(to)date: The confidentiality of letters would become the confidentiality of private communications Articles - The Belgian Parliament published a proposal to amend article 29 of the Belgian Constitution (see here). The provision now states that the “confidentiality of letters is inviolable”. If the proposal is adopted, article 29 should read as follows: “The confidentiality of private communications is inviolable, except in the cases and conditions established by law”. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
16.05.2022 EU law Digital Law Up(to)date: Art. 17 of directive 2019/790 is valid! Articles - The CJEU validates article 17 of directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM directive). The new liability regime for large online platforms is therefore valid. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
26.04.2022 EU law Digital Law Up(to)date: Further clarification by the CJEU on the retention of traffic and location electronic communications data for the purpose of combating serious crime Articles - On 5 April 2022, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union first confirmed that EU law precludes national legislative measures which provide, as a preventative measure, for the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data relating to electronic communications, for the purpose of combating serious crime. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels