11.06.2019 NL law Stibbe advises Athora Experience - Stibbe is advising insurance and reinsurance group Athora on its acquisition of Vivat N.V. from Anbang and the related sale of Vivat Schadeverzekeringen to NN Group. The acquisition marks a significant step of Athora’s entry into the Dutch life insurance market following acquisitions in Ireland, Belgium and Germany. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Rogier Raas, Dirk de Graeff, Samuel Gray, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Allard Metzelaar, Paul Vestering, Rein van Helden, Sam Dykes, David Meijeren, Sabine Baegen, Manon Cremers, Eline Holtman, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Judica Krikke, Jasper Klopper, Roderik Vrolijk, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Floris ten Have
29.03.2019 NL law Stibbe advises ABN AMRO Experience - Stibbe advises ABN AMRO on the sale of a majority stake in Stater to Infosys. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Rogier Raas, Joe Mathis, Manon Cremers, Reinout de Boer, Floris ten Have, Rein Wesseling, Jeroen Kortmann, Judica Krikke, Jan Peeters, Elisabeth Matthys, Boris Cammelbeeck, Johan Zwemmer, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Roderik Vrolijk, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Soeradj Ramsanjhal, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Charlotte van Weert, Suzanne van Boheemen, Jasper Klopper, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Jan Proesmans
28.03.2019 NL law Stibbe advises citizenM and its existing shareholders KRC and APG Experience - Stibbe advises citizenM hotels and its existing shareholders KRC and APG on an agreement whereby GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, will acquire a 25% stake in citizenM valuing the company at €2 billion Read more Team: Egbert Vroom, Robert-Jan Dekkers, Bart Stevens, Nora Offergelt, Reinout de Boer, Floris ten Have, Rein Wesseling, Maarten de Bruin, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck, Sabine Baegen, Erik Verweij, Iris Hendriksen, Manon Cremers, Charlotte van Weert, Dennis Mollema, Eline Holtman, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Jaap van Slooten, Paul Vestering, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Judica Krikke, Jasper Klopper, Christien Saris
06.03.2019 NL law Stibbe advises SurveyMonkey Experience - Stibbe advises SurveyMonkey on the acquisition of Usabilla for an amount of approximately $80 million. Read more Team: Eva Das, Hans Witteveen, Reinout de Boer, Christine Plagmeijer, Joost Eyck, Sebastiaan Witkam, Ea Visser, Janneke Müller, Paul Quist
26.02.2019 NL law Stibbe advises KKR Experience - Stibbe advises KKR on the acquisition of Exact Software from Apax Partners Read more Team: Egbert Vroom, Duco de Boer, Julie-Anne Siegers, Reinout de Boer, Floris ten Have, Judica Krikke, Paul Quist, Rik van Kessel, Roderik Vrolijk, Ea Visser, Ingrid Viertelhauzen, Jasper Klopper, Johanne Boelhouwer, Charlotte van Weert, Dries Hommez, Jan Proesmans
02.01.2019 NL law Stibbe advises TRUMPF Experience - Stibbe advises TRUMPF, a leading high-technology company, on the acquisition of the Photonics business from Philips. Read more Team: Allard Metzelaar, Judica Krikke, Willem Beek, Jasper Klopper, Reinout de Boer, Duco de Boer, Johanne Boelhouwer, Christien Saris
21.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Delivery Hero Experience - Stibbe advises Delivery Hero on the sale of its German food delivery businesses Lieferheld, Pizza.de and foodora to Takeaway.com in exchange for cash and an equity stake in Takeaway.com. Read more Team: Heleen Kersten, Sebastiaan Witkam, Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel, Manon Cremers, Dennis Mollema, Reinout de Boer, Emile Bongers, Judica Krikke, Jasper Klopper, Rogier Raas, Roderik Vrolijk, Paul Vestering, Ea Visser, Daan Doorenbos
12.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Abry Partners and KORE Experience - Stibbe advised Abry Partners, a private equity fund, and its portfolio-company KORE, the independent global IoT leader, on the acquisition of ASPIDER-NGI, a leading provider of advanced connectivity, core network, and eSIM solutions. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Sebastiaan Witkam, Julie-Anne Siegers, IJsbrand van Straten, Lotte Boon, Emile Bongers, Christien Saris, Charlotte van Weert, Johanne Boelhouwer, Ea Visser, Iris Hendriksen, Paul Quist, Judica Krikke
05.12.2018 NL law Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner Experience - Stibbe advises APG and a joint venture partner on the acquisition of an approximate 33% interest in HHR Euro C.V. from their joint venture partner Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Maarten de Bruin, Job van Hooff, Jeroen Smits, Dirk de Graeff, Rik van Kessel, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Eline Holtman, Lotte Boon, David Meijeren, Floris ten Have, Suzanne van Boheemen, Dries Hommez, Gérald Origer, Michaël Meylan, Sabrina Lai Cheong
28.11.2018 NL law Stibbe advises MTS Systems Corporation Experience - Stibbe advised MTS Systems Corporation ("MTS"), listed on NASDAQ and a leading global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, on the USD 80 million acquisition of E2M Technologies B.V. ("ETM"). Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Julie-Anne Siegers, Reinout de Boer, Jasper Klopper, Ea Visser, Johanne Boelhouwer, Vincent van Kampen, Boris Cammelbeeck, Paul Quist, Rogier van der Struijk, Suzanne van Boheemen
04.10.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Tata Communications on the acquisition of Teleena Experience - Stibbe advises Tata Communications, a leading global digital infrastructure provider, on the acquisition of Teleena, a Netherlands-based Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity specialist and mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE). Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Julie-Anne Siegers, Charlotte van Weert, IJsbrand van Straten, Jan Truijens Martinez, Christien Saris, Paul Quist, Judica Krikke, Nora Offergelt, Lotte Boon, Ea Visser, David Meijeren, Boris Cammelbeeck
20.07.2018 Stibbe advises Ammeraal Beltech Experience - Stibbe advised Ammeraal Beltech, a global leader in light-weight process and conveyor belting, on the acquisition of conveyor belt specialist Optiband BV. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Jeroen Smits, Lotte Boon, Eline Holtman, Paul Quist, Boris Cammelbeeck, Ea Visser
03.10.2019 BE law Seminar: Recent developments in Insurance Law Seminar - Join us for a seminar on recent developments in Insurance Law on 3 October, 2019 at our Brussels office from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Oliver Stevens, Sophie Bourgois, Jan Proesmans, Glenn Heirman
27.06.2019 NL law Stibbe launches website about Digital Economy Inside Stibbe - Stibbe's Digital Economy group published a new website this week: Stibbedigital.com With this new website we aim to view technological developments including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, the Internet of Things, smart mobility and the rise of digital platforms from a legal perspective. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Jaap van Slooten, Jan Truijens Martinez, Jasper Klopper, Soeradj Ramsanjhal, Daan Barbiers, Frederiek Fernhout, Marko Jovović, Joe Jay de Haas, Niels Jak
06.06.2019 BE law TMT Roundtable: Getting a handle on software quality Roundtable - Erik Valgaeren, TMT Partner at Stibbe Brussels, and his team organize a roundtable on software quality in our Brussels office on June 6th, 2019. Software quality is a recurring theme in many matters handled by our TMT team. Whether our assistance relates to preparing tender documents, contracting effectively, assessing proper performance or allocating ownership and accountability in challenging IT projects, questions concerning software quality always arise. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
28.03.2019 EU law Erik Valgaeren moderates a discussion on data governance at the IBA’s M&A and Tech Conference in Barcelona. Speaking slot - Erik Valgaeren, head of our TMT department @ Stibbe Brussels, moderates a hot topic round table session on 'GDPR and its current effects' on 28 March 2019. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
15.07.2019 EU law ICO to impose record-breaking fines for inadequate security measures and data breaches Short Reads - Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR, two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly. Both of the substantial fines are to be handed out as a result of shortcomings in handling data breaches caused by cyber-attacks. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Joe Jay de Haas
19.06.2019 NL law Stibbe's Digital Economy team launches ‘AI for Business’ course Workshop - To provide our clients with cutting-edge and effective solutions to the legal challenges involved when deploying artificial intelligence (AI), a thorough understanding of the concepts of AI is crucial. Read more Team: Judica Krikke, Jaap van Slooten, Jan Truijens Martinez, Jasper Klopper, Marko Jovović, Frederiek Fernhout, Daan Barbiers
06.05.2019 EU law Can you rely on your contract to process personal data? Everything you need to know about Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and more Articles - The EDPB adopted on 9 April 2019 a set of draft guidelines on personal data processing under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of providing online services to data subjects. Read below everything you need to know about the (pre-)contractual necessity criterion, the guidelines, and more. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Cyril Fischer
28.03.2019 EU law Data Protection & Employment Law: Can They Be Reconciled? Articles - At the GDPR 360° seminar, Carol Evrard, Erik Valgaeren, Jérôme Aubertin and Cyril Fischer discussed some of the numerous interrelations between data protection and employment law. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Jérôme Aubertin, Carol Evrard, Cyril Fischer
05.07.2019 EU law The two sides of the ECS coin Articles - The concept of ‘electronic communications service’ (“ECS”) defined in Article 2(c) of Directive 2002/21/EC (“Framework Directive”) has been interpreted in two decisions of the ECJ in June 2019: C‑142/18 Skype communications and C-193/18 Google LLC. Read more Team: Cyril Fischer, Hanna Koonen
07.06.2019 BE law Part three - GDPR and public law: To retroact or not? Articles - Since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became applicable almost one year ago, multiple questions have arisen about its interaction with other fields of law. In this three-part blog series of “GDPR and public law”, we discuss three capita selecta of the interaction of GDPR with public law and government. In this blog we discuss the retroactive application of GDPR. Read more Team: Erik Valgaeren, Carolien Michielsen, Niels Tack
02.04.2019 EU law Erik Valgaeren is panelist during the EDPS-ENISA conference on risk in personal data breaches in Brussels. Speaking slot - Erik Valgaeren, TMT-partner in our Brussels'office, is panelist at the EDPS-ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) conference, which is organised in Brussels on 4th April, 2019. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels
22.02.2019 BE law Sarah De Wulf on challenges of SAP contracts and indirect use during a Beltug seminar. Speaking slot - Sarah De Wulf, junior TMT associate, discusses SAP licensing agreements during a Beltug seminar on 20 February 2019. Many of the Beltug members are customers of SAP and face daily questions and challenges regarding SAP's software licensing policies. These questions include (among others): how the licence models will evolve (especially in terms of the growth of cloud services) and how to cope with indirect access. Read more Erik Valgaeren Partner Brussels